The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-28

swindiers. and that they may have got
altogether over half million, and pos
sibly nearer a million.
Pittsburg MiIIionaires.
of course, the little group who posed
as 'PittsburS millionaires and their
private secretary did not get all of
this money. The records show that the
usual basis of division was 80 per cent
to the steerer or steerers, Is per cent to
the wrestlers. prizefighteTs. jockeys or
foot racers, and the remainder, So per
cent. to the syndicate. The syndicate's
outfit for holding these fake sport
events was very complete. 1t even in
cluded four fine race horses. These
horses have been attached by a vic
tim"
Among the things shown TO Chief In
spector Dickson by Inspector Swenson
is the gangs filing system, having
eighty-four large envelopes, each con-
tanning complete records of the syndi-
Gates transactions with a victim or
intended victim. Each envelope bears
the name and address of the particular
victim, records concerning whom il con-
tains, the number of the field man who
steered the victim appearing in the
lower left-hand corner.
Kept Record of Plays.
A fleeing is known in the gangs Ian
guage as a play" and hence each rec
ord is headed by that word, coupled
with the word of to the steerers
number. For instance, if the steerer
happens to be No. So, the head will
read Play of 81" The nature of the
fake used, whether wrestling match.
pTizefight, horse race or foot race, and
all other incidents of the separation Of
the Mike from his money are re-
corded.
The actors in the particular play"
are recorded in such manner as to re-
mind one Of the cast of characters on
a theatre program. Alongside of the
fictitious names by which the gang
members were known to the particular
Mike" are numbers by which the real
identity of the bearers of the fictitious
names might be known to any member
of the gang who might at any time
have occasion to refer to the rec
ords. For instance the cast in the
Play of %, in which J. Z. Cavanagh.
a Pine Bluff. Ark, dealer i'm lumber and
timber lands, lost $97, 200, is as follows:
Nike. z. Cavanagh.
Guide-W. 5. Harris
Outsde-O. c. Marsh. p
Inside-John German. B.
ManageT-George Rodgers. II.
G. M. G. Gordon. SIS.
G. NE. c. Foster. rs.
Q. MI. II. Hamilton S.
In the Csvanagh record, which shows
that the separation of this Mike" from
his $4,000 required four days. the first
days proceedings are described as fol-
lows:
Jan 1s.-'Mike' arrived. and p and
Harris came in ahead. Was interviewed
faTH 4. Sc
% Sent him TO bank"
In the gangs language, the foregoing
statement that Mike has %" means
that Cavanagh has s25, 900. This syndi-
cate never discussed such small mat
ters as dollars, but always thousands Of
dollars.
After describing in detail the betting.
which began Jan. II, 1907. and contfn-
ued Jan. is and 10. the report clearly
indicates how commonplace fake sport
was to the gang by confirming the de-
scription Of this fake sport meant to
these words:
"12 and Sc to box Contest"
The report concludes as follows:
will blow him from Washington and
New York with usual message from
here. He leaves this afternoon, good
shape"
Cavanagh, in his written statement to
the postoffice inspectors, describes re-
ceiving kilograms from Washington,
New York, etc, and adds:
Il did not learn I was swindled for
eight or ten months"
Inspector !Swenson has the syndi-
Gates list of the names and addresses
of it's 306 steerers. who, he says. reside
in all sections of the United States and
Canada.
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