The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-23
THINK HE'S HEAD
100000 CROOK
Arrest Cuts Short the Honey Grove
Kids" Tenderloin Festiv-


! New York, Dec. 23.-One Of the al.
legged leaders Of gang Of swindlers
working for years in the United States
who have got fully 100000 by fake
races, prizedghts and wrestling matches
was arrested here by detective Daily
The man, who says his name is Lucius
Hindmsn, is known to the police and
postal authorities as the Honey Grove
Kid" and was at one time profess
sional foot racer He is said TO have
been the chief assistant OF John c. Ma
bray in the organization OF the gang
Mabray and thirteen others were arrest
ed in Little Rock, Ark, several months
ago, and Mabrsy got two years.
At the time OF the arrest in the West
Postmaster General Hitchcock deter
mined to round up the rest Of the gang
which is said to consist OF about 80
active members and fully 800 field
agents, whose business il was TO inter
est men with money in the first instance
The police inspectors say that men OF
this type always drift to the Gay
White Way after making q good haul
And inspector Dickinson instructed in
speetors Jacob and James three or four
weeks ago to be ON the lookout, espe-
cially for the Honey Grove Kid They
had been securing the Tenderloin resorts
daily and nightly.
AT last detective Daily, who had never
seen Hindmau, noticed a man on Sew
enth avenue, near Thirty-seventh street,
who resembled the description OF the
Honey Grove Kid" While he was
walking along behind the suspect, an
other man came along and stopping the
suspect said: Hello, Honey Grove"
The two shook hands, and then DAILY
approached Hello, Honey Grove" he
said. and also took the suspects hand
"Helloln said Hindman. who are YOU 2.
'Pm detective from headquarters,
replied DAILY, holding the Others hand
and reaching into his side pocket. DAILY
had been told by the post office inspect.
ors that Hindman had been concerned
in several feuds in Texas and was said
to have killed tYo or three men in fights,
When DAILY put his hand into Hindman's
pbthtlt ilc lulltu pht Ga dubothdAte mag
azine revolver.
"Now, Kid he said Eve been told
all about you. know what a tough
fighter you are and how fast you can
run, but I've got the gun and you may
as well come along peaeeably,'
Hindman thought so, too, and was
taken to headquarters without further
trouble
The operations of the Mabray gang
included private cars, handsomely fur
nished offices, and set of fake railroad
men, supposed to be touring for pleasure
or on trips Of inspection Of their prop
critics The sums involved ranged from
So 900 to $4,000 in the case of each vic
tim. The usual method was for one OF
the gang to get to know an actual
friend of the victim He would then
explain that he was secretary to one
of the railroad magnates, and was on
the inside of good many deals. Then
he would tell how a fake race or prize
fight had been fixed up, on which large
sums of money We're to be wagered and
won. The man in whom he confded all
this would then be induced to oonfde
it in turn to the victim who had the
money, and in due course the latter
would make the acquaintance OF the
fake secretary and the fake Jockeys or
priezighters concerned in the deal.