The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

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nIa0. Oo0 Mere Game Twice Week.
BosroS. March SIN the presence of
his attorney. n. n. WinsloW. and Capt.
Patrick Hurley and inspector NeilAn of
the Co-nbridge police George w. Coleman
yestasday told the s.ory % how the money
when he took from the National City
Rank Of Cambridge went into the nav 20
Ias kaeo bunco gang.
He said he would not try to shield him
self or anybody else and gave the Cam
bridge officials the names % the faro
confidence men who he said had tried TO
make him the scapegoat. hut who. In his
opinion. deserved TO be punished just a.
Severely AZ he was likely TO he.
Coleman says National hank Examiner
Hahn 10 mistaken when he estimates that
the total loss TO the defunct National City
Rank will aggregate s7sO.OOO. He says
he stole sisO.OOO. All % this. he Gays.
went TO the faro men. He says there
ian't a dollar Of Il left and that he doesn't
eSpcct to be able To recover penny % 10.
although ne would Ike Co ana wants to do
all in his power to aid the prosecutor
He says that while he was occupying
a cell at the Charles street Jail an attorney
visited him on behalf Of the faro men and
tired to induce him to sign a statement
that he had lost 90. 900 in stock specula-
ZION and OO00 on the recent MAyoralty
election. had spent $4,000 in riOtOus liv-
ing and $4,000 in miscellaneous eX-
penses.-
The~s statements he branded a. pure
inventions and refused 60 attach his
signature. He was told that he would
have In aerye n term at Atlanta anyway
and that II he tndor-ed the statement
certifying that the bulk OF his loot had
heen swallowed up IN the stock market
pressure would he brought Z" near ana
everything fixed - no wouldnt get any
more than Ave years. But he stall refused
and the lawyer went away.
In his confession Coleman adm','ed
that he squandered s2lS'"o. hni "Np'a'h"u
that only $4,000 Of this was stolen from
the hank. The other SIS On. he said. was
HE own money.
II ~ young ColemAn's purpose to plead
guilty to the offence charged. 'ha, OF
making false entries in the books OF the
hank. but he proposes TO give the United
States authorities every opportunity tn
,ndics and prosecute his accomplices He
.xnec,s IN he sentenced 10 at least FIVE
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.'1.' ""' "e "olNs no
reach the men -hc.n Coleman charges
,r;,h V~.nins the Droti,s Of his rnaniu,lla-
1870 ~ 49,. N.,ion.I Cos, Rant
uon .. tne w - = -
nrst got acuna'hu~u WIN the Neu
York game about four years ago, said
Coleman. At that time I met a man ia
. ho,aI IN washington atrees Bo-ton.
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very good friends Ano "a" toiu me OF '"ro
Rams, IN New York which could he broken
through An .,mpIoy.. who was willing To
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49, - "a .,s 90 - Ems, o., men,,
mat tint i@iu $500 W ny
which ! was willing tn risk had not
taken a dollar Of the hanks money To
au..cul.ta and the money had was IeRiti-
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g ~. ..i,h A.. ,.,.,
went 10 Wv 'O. n 'uS
ard he introduced me 10 man called
Jack do not know hls last name nor
have ever heard it. 'JAcE dealt IN a
~. YorL ,,anL and the .chetns Was for
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uH I" quay ouH "'"'-' ~"
that We won
4 made several visits Ia This hank
,rhsra Lack dealt with Draper and I
aI-rav. Io.t They would turn a card or
w. ZACH time and show me IL had only
enough money TO play a little longer I |
-,',,,id hays won
i Kent thi. up until lost the So on
I do not remember the street in New
YorI whsre In. Gambling house was
iocaIed for I was bewildered. but it Was
north Of Fiftieth street
When I had lost the last dollar OF nv
oun money 4 told the Bonton man that I
had no more money I told him I Vas
endowed mi a hank and might possibly
get some money there, bur I thought I /
Ssd he,tsr giv.. IN gambling
M. told me I must QUIT He said I
had betteT not take any Of the HANKS Z
Uonsy. that IL had none OF INV own 4
had SStter not gamble I had nothing
a. 40 with the faro game after that until
Ia., Nav
.In the meantime met Draper. The. unnn /
Nth whom I fir-t went 20 New YORK. a. a
Ro@ton hotel and kept Ip an aootlaintanc,s
4 aaked him m there was ANYTHING doing In J
New Work. and ne aid mere was MOI
G,ov Hughes he told me- had put ths. lid .
down had .toDped b..ttinR At the race
tracks. rad clos.,d the poolrooms and had 1
rcd the aamhlsr.