Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-15
''SCOTTY" WANTS
TO MATCH ROLLS
SEEKS HIGH AND Low FOR {.
OSCAR HART
Death Valley croesus Resents Being
Called a "Piker" and Starts Out
With pWad" to Find
His MaIIgner

"Scotty'' Of Death valley fame
armed with the biggest wad he ever
carried, spent yesterday searching for
E. Oscar Hart, who created a panic
on South Broadway last week by
throwing hundreds of bouquets OF
violets and torn $100 bills from an au-
tomobile in which he was driving.
But Hart has entirely disappeared
from the "public eye" and "Scotty's'
search is on par with Diogenes' search
for an honest man. For nowhere was
last weeks cyclone to be found.
With a roll of yeilowbacks four in
ches in diameter "Scotty' was pre-
pared to meet the new conner who has
dubbed the Death valley mystery
"piker" and Scott was prepared 10
give Hart a run for his money-if Hart
has any left.
To secure this small fortune Rol
King, financial manager for "Scotty,'
had to 20 to the bank and make re-
quest for 1t personally. When this
was turned over to the millionaire
mine owner 1t was tucked away, IN
the rear pocket of Scott's coat, and to
the unwise one it suggested that
'tScotty' had loaf of bread on his
person.
Wants to Match Rolls
With two friends in an automobile
the entire city and the surrounding
country was searched with the
shrewdness of Dupin, Edgar Allan
Poe's famous detective.
eff that fellow-whoever he is;
never heard of him-wants to call me
a 'piker' have no objections, pro-
vided he can come through with the
goods and materialize his assertions"
sail Scott yesterday evening.
'I have been looking for him all day
and If he was here and was game he
would have shown up. I've got wad
here that I'll stake against his any
time. I'll bet that if he laid his roll
down beside mine you'd have to
switch on the spot light to see his.
Every time he lays down dollar
I'll toss over one. Every time l lay
down dollar he'll have to toss
over one. When he pulls out thous-
and-dollar bill I'll cover it with one
of mine. But, every time I lay down
$1,000 he'll have to come through with
a like amount or he won't play with
me-" is the way "Scotty" put it, and
was fully prepared to make good his
threatened game in which he would
like to match himself against E. oscar
Hart.
Seeks Revenge Only
When Walter Scott stepped from the
limited train last Tuesday night the
first thing that he asked for was E.
Oscar Hart. But, what "Scotty' said
was not with the hopes of advertising
himself, but from spirit of revenge
why, that poor miserable cuss
hasn't got enough to last him over
hight with me-" continued "Scotty."
"What do you think of it? They tell
me he even put on a blue shirt and
red tie and claimed he was relative
of mine! And as for his knowledge of
1a xr,ha bOt1fc n INV ToiOpc--unll
trot him out. I'll give him one of them
if he can point it out.
'.You know what L think about him?"
asked Scott
''He was probably sent out here by
some New York promoters and told
to make a splurge and bamboozle the
public about his knowledge of the
they tossed over $4,000 to him and
told him to throw it to the winds to
create an impression" added "Scotty,"
with a sneer.
'All these claims that are made by
promoters to the effect that they know
where my mines are and that they are
associated with me in their develop
ments are efforts to swindle the pub
lic,' asserted the Death valley
Croesus. Nobody is associated with
me and nobody will be-"
Doesn't Like Insurance Men
Rol King and his protege will put
forth special efforts to stop this fake
ASSOCIATED with Scotty's Death val
ley gold mines" They are unanimous in
declaring all such statements as false
and solely for the purpose Of defraud-
ing the public.
While in New York city "Scotty"
claims he demonstrated to the east
erners where they stood, both theatri-
cal managers and life insurance pro-
moters
The latter, owing to his escape from
death by being shot on the desert, were
anxious to insure his life, and offered
to risk him for fabulous sums. Scott
says that because they knew he was