Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-26
Seven Hundred and twenty Dollars
Token by Crooks, Who Used
Old, Old Game.
MATTER REPORTfO T0lOCAl Police
Name of Victim From Rockingham
County is Withheld by the Depart
mcnt at His Request-Appeal for
Assistance win Be Made to Captain
Carpenter.

Having been ieeccd out of about $40
In Joint" on One Hundred and First
street near the Maryland avenue en-
trance to the jamestown Exposition
yesterday afternoon, an aged farmer
OF Rockingham county, who came to
this city Wednesday to visit the Ter.
centennial. appeared ut the local sta
ton house last night and asked the
police to assist him In recovering his
ioll.' After explaining that they
could not assist him because the af-
fair occurred outside of the iurisdic
tion of tho city, the police gave the
aged man a letter 10 Captain Carpen-
ter commanding the Exposition guard
and nc vii cnll ON Captain Carpenter
today
The farmer. whose name is Withheld
by the police at his request. says that
he brought $999.GO In cash to this city
him. intending to invest greater part
Of 1t here IL he could find good prop
osltion.
Carried "Roll" to Fair.
He did not have the opportunity to
seek Investments Thursday and when
he left for the Exposition with a friend
yesterday morning lie had ahout $3.50
IN his pockets After spending several
hours in the fair grounds, he and his
friend started back to this city lenv.
Ing the Exposition through the Mary
land avenue gate, While walking
along One Hundred ana First street
the men were attracted by II crowd to
one of the Joints on the street and
they entered.
Several kinds of gambling games
were said to have been in full swing
in the place and the strangers looked
all of them over. The man running
one of the games asked the strangers
to throw dice for prizes, but they re.
fused. When the gamester repeated
the invitation, the farmer asked him
the price of n throw and when told
that 1t WAS ten cent, the stranger re-
fused to play.
The Old, Old Story.
Apparently angcrcd by his refusal.
the glmester told the farmer that lie
would bet him ST that he did not have
the price OF throw Tho stranger re-
torted with the boast that he had near
ly 81 900 on his person The gamester
then offered TO bet him So that he did
not have half the amount and the vic
tim quickly took up the bet.
After the money had been wagered,
the farmer pulled out one of his rolls
OF bills. containing about $500. and
started TO count II. The gambler said
that he would have to count the money
as he could not accept the strangers
count, This was agreed upon and after
the game keeper had counted all OF
the bills he showed the roll down In
his pocket and announced to the vic
tim that he had lost his het
The farmer protested that he had
not lost and demanded his money back.
Ills reply was laugh and threat of
death If he raised any disturbance. AL.
though 60 years OF age. the visitor
pulled OF his coat and started to
clean out the place.
BOGUS "Coo" Appears.
At that juncture OF the proceedings
the bogus cop attached to the place
stepped in, displayed his badge and
arrested the victim of the fleece
game. Eccorting his prisoner out of
The place aud up the street. the sup
posed policeman told the stranger that
II he behaved himses' he would be Civ.
en- his liberty The prisoner assente,-
ana was freed
The unfortunate old man had anoth-
or roll of about $3.50 in his possession.
hut he escaped with that
After the robbery he and his friend
came to this city aud reported the
matter to Attorney Floyd IIudglns ana
asked him to assist them m recover.
ing the money. The lawyer told them
that he could not assist them and he
directed thnp1 IN Tho ,,nit,. .-t,t;on