Arizona republican., 1906-01-15
A SWATH OF GRAFT
 ENDED IN ALBUQUERQUE
Phoenix Lay in the Path of the Craft
 CTS.

Two men who made Phoenix a wis it of several days during the last of December and wlo when they left here also left several very disappointed ac- Quaintances they had made after their arrival in the city, have been arrested at AlbuqUeIque tried on the charge of working a confidence game and bound over to await the action of the grand jury, their bond in each case being fix ed at $500. Neither of them were able to furnish the security. and they were. at last reports, languishing in the count jail The game for which they were taken up by the AlbuQuerqUe of ncers, they worked nearly as success fully in Phoenix. but those who were Sictimized tere, rather than stand the accompanying publicity refuse to di vulge the amounts of which they were reeced.
 The names of the men are John D. Morris and s. L. Gray. They arrived in Phoenix on the morning of Sunday. December 24th. and took rooms at one of the leading hotels. They presented their cards which introduced them in business way as travelling representa- tives of the National Commercial Travellers" This concern, they eX- plained, had as it's object the securing for commercial travellers of a flat rate Of two cents a mile on all lines of ,he country. Their work was the circu- lating of a petition addressed to the Southwestern Passenger association, which meets shortly at Atlanta, Ga. All they ask is that merchants sign the petition. but it is also intimated at tie same time the petition is being signed that contributions to the fund used in securing the petition would be received. Sucn cash amounts, how ever, were only accepted in check form and were made payable to J. II. An derson. western manager at Los Aa- geles, Cal
 The combination must have found a rich and productive field for their oD- erations here for it had an abundance of capital the first three days of its stay here. It came near breaking one roulette wheel on one occasion, and at another time it contributed large amount for the interest it took in the great guessing contest. One morning. following nignt of dissipation, the members of the combine awO6e ,o find themselves bankrupt. On the strength of an acquaintance they had made
 during the days they had funds, they ] were able to cash q draft at one of the iocaI banks for $1O0. Two o-her sim liar transaction were successfully car i yied out
 | With these endorsements they left ! the city for the north. stopping for a 1 few days at Prescott. To that city they i more several letters of introduction ad- l dressed to MT. Burke, of Burke ho-el and written by their chance acQua-nt-
 ances In Phoenix. They were sucf
 fine fellows and so liberal that mos an of those giving the letters of in reduction did so gladly. And the let
 .ers must have been appreciated bl the representatives of the Nationa Commercial Travellers company, foi
 on the strength of them they c2she' the proverbial draft with dr. Bulk a in previous eases drawn on Los An
 seles. They spent one day worA'n;
 Inc petition for the two-ccnt rat
 rilaLei around Prescott and on the da-
 fhe drafts they drew ia Phoenix woul' he returned from Los Angeles they lsf
 the TaoInt1in ci.y for A.5TCuerguC