The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-28
ENRICH SCHOOL FUND (!
Ine N6ku Made to Suffer The Penalty
Of DiNeedente Of law. Gambler Is
tapes---Ranthman Dupe Of Irkkdefs.

aiging In court yesterday In which
local gambler and fanchman residing
a few miles from town contributed q
sum total OF si5o towards the school
fund. As Is usually the case the
gambler came out OF the aIffay on
top and the ranchman paid the part |
OF the sucker by being worked to n
finish
The Recorder viii not mention any
names for the reason that IL does not
care 10 injure the ranchman any
more than he has injured himself,
We believe that be has learned such
wholesome lesson that he will go
and sin no more; aud for that reason
we will leave him OF easy this time.
The trouble all originated over the
issuing OF checks In payment OF the
amount of the ranchman losses to
the gambler, which amounted to over
-four hundred dollars. Alter issuing
| the checks on local bank the draw.
er OF the checks gave the bank orders
TO refuse their payment. The gam
hler realizing that he Was about To
lose the four hundred for which he
had put In several hard hours work
to secure placed his troubles In the
hands OF local lawyer.
Here Is where the trouble began
which resulted In publicity. The
lawyer presented the matter In such
a light before the rancher, by the aid
OF threats aud cajolery that he soon
had him convinced that TO refuse 20
pay the checks would not only cost
him dearly In financial way and
might result In sending him to the
penitentiary and possibly might end
With rope around his neck When
the ranchman was sufficiently fright
ened a proposal was made that the
matter be compromised by the gam
bier being paid half OF the losses and
the checks would then be destroyed
The rancbman fell into the trap pre-
pared for him and "due up ovel
$500. The gambler and his colleaR ~
the lawyer thought the matter wal
: ended, but future events declared
otherwise.
The ranchman began 10 realize t1a'
he had been the dupe OF schcmer
aud began to tell his troubles TO hi
] friends. Possibly his friends begaI
q 10 tell IL 10 some one else. Az an,
: rate the affair came To the ears o
G the sheriff's ONCE, which began y
q make IL warm for the ranchman D.
d insisting that he swear out informa
e tion against the gambler. Tuesda
a the raDchman came TO the conclusion
that this was tho wisest thing b
could do, and consequently paper
e were served upon the gambler 10
e disobeying u state law The gamble
! retaliates by swearing out iBforma
e tion against the ranchman for tb
IS same ofIense.
IS Here the attorneys service eau
J. IN play 10 again make uupe out
e the rancbman. lie proposes tia
'e his client. the gambler, pleads guilt,
u the ranchman 10 pay half OF the TN
j. and the complaint against the rancl
u man would be dismissed. The rancl
a man was evidently an easy mark,
ID he agreed TO the proposition, an
ID contributed 800 or half OF the hn'
<. supposing this would relieve him
D. the difficulties under which he W:
II laboring. Judge Steel evident
at looked at the matter In a difierei
ID light. as he refused to dismiss u
or case II the gamblers attorney eve
10 asked for a dismissal.
Id So far IN the game, which staft'
OF In an innocent game Of poker Decen
}" Der q. the rancbman was only out
or little over 1900 and the gambler ~
lie bis colleague. the lawyer, were abe'
NJ sj07 OF the rauchman's money. II
d. ,auebman AYERS that In case bis su
ms sas not withdrawn the gambler,
Id his intermediary. agreed To pay ha
he az bis fine IN case the suit was co
.e. tinuei.
TO Yesterday morning the ranchmst
lie case was called in court, With vi
es- nesses who testified that they "
on money pass over the table and "e
M satisfied that gambling was going
iey in which the prisoner was implic'
ais ed. The ranchnan made no deien
ter nor did he employ lawyer or pI
duce a witness In bis favor. The
suit was that the Judge found D
h,s guilty Of gambling and assessed
no fine at 1850, which added to
,e. amount be bad paid the attorney
=, The gambler made the neat little 81
hts OF $50.
n, 1, win b. seen from this story n
e~ the ranchman got the worst OF
o. bargain from start 10 nnish.
a,e paid the neat little sum OF nea
A 900 fof his experience, while
~ gambler still has enough left fr
ea, the game to buy him fes mei
o@.n through the assistance and manipr
a.. ,ions OF a shrew1 attorney. {
,.a sympatbies are with the raDcbn
. 10 the extent only that be has,
our mind. been the victim OF sba