The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-27

the Pendlet0n sheep King. Who
Missed 1000 roll goodbye a few
months ago 10 a li'ile ramshaekls
houaeboat on Lake Washington. ~
Seattle. as the price u seeing a
fake prlzeiight. mapped out iheir
program in leading hotel in Tits
city, formulated Oh plans for oper.
alton. picked their prospective fio"
tlms and then folded their tents
and trehked 20 the city By tho
sound 20 turn their Chadwickian
trick, which 81 said 70 have netisd
them cleanups counted I'm siN Zig.
ures. al within the past eight
months.
In Perkins Hotel.
tits known that Charles Cunning.
ham. the sheep king OF eastern
Oregon" was Cleaned Of about
$4,000 BY sharpers and that mo
plan 10 mulet him was laid IN tho
Perkins hotel IN this city. The 20.
lice. whatever they admit. know all
about the affair. and Cunningham
through an agent. made an especial
confldant OF one man The police
failing 10 take steps looking 70 the
return Of hia coin. Cunningham
placed the matter IN the hands OF
the Pinkefton National Detective
Agency.
According TO a detective who -
familiar with the affair. Cunning.
ham. who Is reputed To be worth
half . million dollars. came 10 Port.
land from Pendieiou and took
roam AZ the Perkins hotel a
.staeneri' in the employ OF The ITO
accused Of being responsible for the
crooked work was In the city al the
tlme--this was three OF four
months aKo--and ascertained that
Cunningham was Ia the city. lie
went 10 the hotel where the sheep
king was staying end himself en-
gagged room. In short time ne
managed 20 serape acquaintance
with Cunningham. and finally
sprung the game" on him Hs
showed the eastern Oregon man a
letter from A confederate 81 Seat
Tic. saying that a fight or wrestling
match was TO be pulled of there
ION the quiet" aud that en- Alaska
millionaire was backing the man
who could not pussihly win the con-
test.
This is a good thing" Cunning
ham was tola. Il think We can
make a wad OF money out Of t."
Sees a Telegram.
The next day the sheep king"
was shown IA Telegram. sent by the
writer of the letter. urging the
"steerer 70 come TO Seattle and
place his money on the other prin.
cipal In the prospective match.
Cunningham, Il Is said. fell into tho
trap and accompanied the crsok 10
scatile. There he lost several thou
sand dollars The = erer did not
let him 90 at that, however. accord
ing TO report. but accompanied him
TO Portland. and even vert to Pen.
dleton and back 20 Portland with
MIN. lie lamcnted his own 'oss
90. and told the sheepman that
they must do something 20 retrieve
their losses. II IS said that Gun.
bingham. still unsuspicious. 80 ma
turally was the game played, 40
companied the "steerer" again TO
Seattle. and there lost more money,
the aggregate besag about $4,000.
Cunningham. II Is said. grew sus'
pIcious. and returning to Portland
sent an agent TO one OF the city de.
tectiyes and acquainted him with
the affair. Other members Of the
department also secured informs'
ton of the crooked game which
had been carried on in the sound
city. Nothing was done by the po-
lice. and finally the Pinkertons
were hired TO try to recover tho
money
Pinkerlon detectives accompanied
20 Seattle and "shad,
owed" men whom be accompanied
10 various places. The sheepman
did not do anything which would
let the sharpers know he realized
that he had been robbed. and he
was clever enough 10 stall them
Off when they attempted to get him
to enter into a scaeme by which he
stood to lose more coin.
Whether or not he ever recovered
any part of his money is not known
No arrests were ever made. and
finally he and the Pinkerton men
returned TO Portland. Since that
time Cunningham has stuck pretty
close 10 eastern Oregon.