The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-03-03
BANKER LOST
IN FARO GAME
SAID 10 Have Been trimmed"
10 The Tune Of $4,000
BUT ONE or MANY VICTIMS

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s~insire syseses,s win rrhssvsf
as Ia Bosson espertc 70 ssss
Bisc risissr Persons OF e ossf
saoo 900. ire sssssso Lasaes S~ai
ts~isc Lemss mlthos, sVFmvr~-
&C, ssbsisnilsl sgrn Fron Coleman
ispton. March VIII the ais
eavery that peil-spown Boston
hsnlsr had been sstadicd out Of 'ea
ooe By nc gag ths' hrifea ~F~es
ihs Naiional CITY h&ns q CasnbfldEe
the Exposure q the great hosiou
hanoo syndicate reached crisis this
reyelsslon broagai the total kn0su
operations 81 the EanE % 70 sos
100, 18th a certainty that tho profits
~ the syndicate bad been much more
thzn that.
THE Tremendous loss n this banker
Whose name Is known throughout
the New England financial world
vas "a percent greater even than The
smouu, taken from Coleman. tfs boy
bookfocpef Of The Cambridge bank
II was taken from a supposedly con
seryaiiys financial man That the
spindlets succeeded IN getting a for
tame from him showed conclusivcly
that R0stnn IL the headquarters % one
Of the strongest, elevercsi and most
powerful syudicsiss Of crime known
ia 4 generation.
Fifteen victims are now known 10
have supplied this gang with over
1900 ono Nor will any Of them ad-
NIT that be fell a prey 10 the gang
The facts we're obtained only after
the most exhaustive search How
many more have paid the penalty Of
The mad race for unearned profit can
not even be guessed Most men will
not confess that they have been fools
10 say nothing Of admitting that they
host their own money trying 10 cheat
somebody else. SO the full extent OF
The frauds will never be known,
The operations OF the gang extended
even 10 a Boston Judge u Is learned
and he was induced 10 descend from
The bench, where he was supposed 70
administer justice and where he had
often sentenced poor, unfortunate
petty criminals. 10 try TO cheat set
OF gamblers Result. he lost $4,000, a
years honest salary
From the evidence gathered. one Of
the greatest sviudles ever known IN
Boston ls exposed gang includ
Ing nearly score OF Boston sports
has worked right and left, taking
thousands OF dollars from gullible
men--m merchants. bank employees. pro-
fcssional men and Others.
The gang OF swindlers Is said ri
have had an office on Beacon street.
Here II was that the intended victims
were taken to be instructed IN the
part they were supposed 10 play In
the breaking of the New York bank
Since Wednesday the Office has been |
vacant and the men whose names |
have been mentioned az members Of |
the gang have been noticeably absent |
from their customary resorts.
The get-rich plan Is attributed 10 |
Martin Walsh. man OF world wide |
reputation. who IL a resident OF Mel
rose. when he ia at home. His right
hand man or chief steerer is presented |
IN the person OF William Keliher
known as big Bill. good looking |
athletic fellow. who has been the |
wonder OF bis friends for months past
by the way he scattered and displayed |
$1,000 bills.
n the entire story comes into pub
licity. as II promises TO do, the city /
win stare wonderingly, not only be-
cause the scheme shows how easily |
men can be separated from their
money. but also at the standing and
responsibility OF the men who stood
ready 10 work plan 10 rob someone.
even II the rohbing was 10 be done
from a gambler with the aid OF dis
honest" gambling employe.