The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
~ RE TBAT HELPs SwTNDLgRa
~ THEIR WORN.

E,sn Men 60 ssaaxiang Net Always Ahlu
10 menlaa ths remawanalem 60 Analsa n
Frauds-A Fake Pooa masN meealled
~ . msceaa coaVactisa IN I@Wa.
why L. IT, rsulmrked the gray haired
lawyer who had iVIst obtained . verde,
in a famous case. that u 10 Rgnsrally
men high In the conAdsncs % the psepi1
that are caught by such triuhstsgs as wers
tired and convicted q few days 100 "a
lnwas
Upward Of three scOFS msn we're banded
together. accOrSiin@ 10 the svidsace cd
duced In tAFee months trial. for ths pur-
pose of skinning psopls at all manner a
crooked gnmee-horss rnpsa. psiRsflahts.
wrestling matches and. woswt az 90. foei
races. for had suppossA that thsre vas
nobody gullibae enough In this twunaieaa,
century % hes On trial % s~e@A h@s4een
two men. u reminds mo az ths fellow
who said never bst on anythlng that
can talk. That man had o Rilmmsrsns
Of reaRon.
That BANNER who squeabsd whsn shs
gang took hls $4,000 waa an Iliuslrafion
Of what have jtnse aMid. He STOOD hlah
in his own uUmanumiiy. but hurw M waa
fWSuY W NM9NA1ANN4A8 ~ ~ D10NWU3 AMNDs
The cmas o. ehe snAnafaesnreg taAA -
reoently In Tun nuN waa sneshsr. ThSY
goe him for eDo.0o1. hnt he wMs 90 pro@R
that he kept quiet. and that GlEpoaitioa
10 what has made 70 possible for thess
Swindlers 20 Operate FOR - many yonrs
without molcssasion.
"Ths average man had rather tAks
HE IOsa God say nothing than sxposs
himself 10 the Fidioule and contempt Of
his fsllows and loss his monsy too. The
mAgnitods Of their operations and the
amount Of money they picked up h shown
by one Of them swearing that the takings
u the Grew In three ysars amounted 10
more shan ss.0oo.ooo. Think Of the
infinite pianninG. the schsming and con-
niving necessary 10 perfect such an or
ganizatioa Of CROOKS and realize " you
can the amount % monsy s1ch mon and
womsn-for there were women In tho
gang tOo-could securs 10 thsy devoted
their skill and talent % legitimate eutsr-
prisssi
The story Of that chap who passed
himself on an a miner from Colorado and
spent perhaps a couple Of thousand dollars
~ secure the confidence Of the oothamits
who fell for the crooked race nc Denv0r
b would indicate thaf they are pretty he~n
s'udents Of human nature. for ~ 10 not
likely that any swindIsr would 10 that
far unlsss he had q pretty definite idea
that he would land his man In the end
Yes remarked one 81 those Who hssi
ls-ened attsntively % the remarks of
%" lawyer. and ] am told that right
here In New York when tho wire tap
ping game YES beet the nance Of some
Of he geatlsmen who wont up against
y would make inferestip9 reading. Die
irict ATTORNEY Jerome " he would could
'eli Soma tAlaa that waaild maks sssne
'ours abroad Q w4re~sity.
rausSs al kinds and Saalisiss ~ men
and women TOO. IN the oldsn DAYS be-
fore the police bscams 90 wafchful thsre
were mors Of these fraFnsrs up of GOOD
things with headquarters IN Nsw York
Than elsewhere in the country and the
city earned an unenviable repufatioa a.
a consequence. ] can recall the TINA
when certain managers and opsrafofa
in telegraph Offices not q hundred miles
from Broadway got . regular monthly
peyink particular attention Go their come
on service. Stir your msmory and go
WHISTLER You can recall the casa Of q come
on In recent years. I know I can't and
a. it's printed day by day
wrong remarked snother man. ssSas
don 4 rsoall the shock we All rot In the
little village uD the STATE r, witch I vas
horn when q dstsetive dropped into tire
lace one morning early and agr~uesd
Inc uosfmaasar Tor DaaainR coslne~rfwIe
money through his Ofare.
-The man acciIasd vas inward Of
sG yeara OF are the fnfhNr on A Ramilv
and RAD heen promlnN0t for wears n
church circles he didn't Gambia ln anv
way. kspt no fast horssa. nor was Ne ad-
d,ct..d ~ any an the other nastlm@a whSrh
In m" opinion Of the slsrs tSnd 10 aeunrste
a mac frosn hia money. Il mazda 4 Fnoas
lastInx impression on the oomam,nlfv-
TOR IL reaTlssd in the ruin Of ths nan'.
fImily. They scattered broken hesrtsd
- az narts Of tbs country. ard n have
haard that s0fne OF them changed th~lr
rame in an endiaMvor 20 esenpe trovu the
d-Rrace
I knew a foot runner 0ncs.s aDoks
w anoth~r IiWten~v. who I'm MA dav oa,,IA
stem down the elutlpr nakh At alrnosf a
'an second Rait who had the instincte
~ a gpntl~rnan in many yaVn' balf No.
would skin Voe Out on vO,1r ave toath
when n Game 10 a foot rnos Ia ou~r-
a'ed with a cOnsedernfs and IA nlan