The Washington herald., 1909-03-21

N0-s- IT. Tie just NiidNIF~ -
know that his employer was going TO
have horse race In a day or two with
wealthy acquaintance. He, the secretary
knew. absolutely and positively knew,
which horse would win. 1t couldn't lose.
He, the secretary. would like 10 bet. but
he didn't dare let his employer knew
about IT, Now. wouldn't Mr.. Kile bet the
money for him? Perhaps he wouldn't
mind trying a whirl himself, eh2
This man knew that Kile would never
have anything 20 do with a wrestling
bout or a prize fight, but he knew, also,
that Kile liked horses and had run them
himself once upon time. He touched
him where he was the weakest kile was
willing. He talked il over with Mrs. Kile,
he said later in a statement. and she
agreed. So the secretary told him now 10
go about IT, He was given a typewritten
form of challenge in which he told the
milliOnaires that a friend had put him
next" and he wanted a chance in tho
game himself. These challenges differed
In different plays. but this was the form
kile signed and sent to the rich men
They agreed 10 let him in, and. further
to meet him in HIS room and do the bet
ting. They met there. Kile says Mabvay
was Gordon. l. ]. Warner was DR.
James. and ]. N. Johnson was Love
JOY" All these men are now in custody
In his statement to the Federal officers
Kile says there was fully a bushel OF
money on the table in his room when the
miilionaires quit betting II included So
900 OF his money.
Go to Race Course.
After this was finished the whole party.
Mrs. Kile in the number, went to a lone
ly road a mile outside the city near
FOurche Creek. There they found the
horses and jockeys awaiting them. They
were 10 race tC the foot Of a hill about
One-half mile away. Kile liked the ap-
pearance Of the sorrrel mare on which ne
and the millionaires had bet their money.
and he was justified. because the sOrrel.
now I'm the sheriffs keeping. really is a
magnificent animal
They got away in good shape, the sOrreI
in the lead. Kile was delighted. So were
the milllionaires. The other man. the
friend with the losing horse, was sad.
The Illinois farmer threw his hat in ths
air and yelled. Mrs Kile was happy.
But ah, as they say in novels what's
this? Something had happened to the
jockey on the sorrrel. He had fallen sud
denly forward-he was off-down-on the
ground. and the millionaires and the
friend and Kile and his wife were run
ming down the road toward the spot.
Kile's white whiskers waving IN the
wind
When they reached him they found his
face covered with blood; Il was flowing
from his mouth; he was injured internal
ly; he was dying. Fright seized every
one.
OF course. Kile didn't know-he learned
only a few DAYS agO-that the syndicate
jockeys and wrestlers and boxers always
bled much al the mouth. He didn't know
they carried little thin rubber sacks filled
with blood. or something resembling IT,
in their mouths; THAT sometimes they bit
the sack and sometimes burst Il against
their ears 10 show how dangerously they
had been injured.
Go Home to Their Farm.
The millionaires said Il mustn't get into
the papers Mrs. Kile said she wanted to
70 home. Then she thought Of her hus-
bands S10000. When they turned to see
the stakeholder, one George Wilson. he
had disappeared. The millionaires were
furious So was the friend" whose horse
certainly had won because Of the accl-
dent. He reminded Kile OF that and KiIe
admitted IT, And they all went back to
the city. saddened. The friend" said he
would have the police after that stake
holder The Kiles believed they'd go back
70 the farm in Illinois. They didn't want
the 1900 acres now II was not until the
arrest Of the swindlers. nearly three
weeks later. that KiIe realized how he
had been taken in Thereupon he con-
ferTed again with Mrs Kile. and the up-
shot OF it was that he hastened 10 Little
Rock 10 see If he could arrange with the
other Mikes here in convention assem-
bled for a share of the $4,000 which the
government had attached.
The intimate personal element in the
plans of the syndicate which made its ap-
parently absurd plan almost infaIiible.
was shown by a man from Minnesota,
Who admitted giving up S10GO0. He had
known the steerer, or agent, for q long
time and never knew anything against
him His friendship got him into the
DEAL and the steerer after trimming him
Tor the $1,000 which the millionaires
took. OF course, borrowed money from
him TO make his escape" and also took
his overcoat. and then. adding insult
TO injury, advised the victim 10 commit
suicide rather than face the loss Of the
Slo1O- This Minnesota mans story is
worth hearing. His name IS withheld az
his request.
Il am a lumber dealer" he said. II
am not thirty years old used to go I'D
to Minneapolis occasionally and there met
an old acquaintance, Louis Stowe, whom
l hadn't seen for years. My family had
known him for twenty years. His father /
IS an Episcopal rector. 7 took this fel-
low TO my home often after I met him. /
one day he said he had a friend, Frank
Myers. an instructor in physical culture
whose cousin George Bennett. was pri-
vate secretary for three or four million
aires In Pittsburg. Pa. These miIIionaires
nae developed a wrestler. German BY
name. whom they would match against
any one Stowe said the milliOnaires
would bet any sum. After much persua- |
sion l agreed 10 go 10 Omaha to see
match-I was due for a vacation, any
way-and Stowe said couldn't lose.
Takes His Check Along,
A certain A. B. Shores was 10 wrestle
the millionaires' man. VINO had agreed. |
Stowe said. to let himself be thrown. I |
took with me check for $4,000 to make |
4 showing. The millionaires I met we're /
his Gordon and two others. I told Stowe. /
IN Omaha, that I was next and wouldn't /
bet my money. but would bet their money
Tor them, as I'd been asked to do. 7 de- /
posted my check in a bank. During the
betting Gordon asked me TO place a bet
If 5000 or $4,000 on the side. deferred
iOing ii, however. Shortly afterward
Ieorge Bennett, the private secretary.
old me that his money. which he had
hoped 10 get in Omaha to bet on tine
match. had not come. and that II might
,e declared off II I wouldn't help. Stowe
md Myers and Shores, the wrestler. went
md pleaded with me To help them bv
putting up the stakes they needed. FL
lally l consented. The money was TO be
merely an advance. ] got the $4,000 at
he bank and gave It 10 Stowe TO hold.
Is he was the only man I knew well
" thought I did He gave me this re-
.eipt:
Received Of ..................... SleOOa
-heh Is not he BET or bal,rc in anv oDeT