The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-15
 TURN TO OLD
 BADGER GAME
Wealthy Sporting Man Causes Arrest of Pretty Girl and Her Supposed Hu band
Victim Tells Police Story of His Romance With Young Woman in Handsome Washington Apartments
Especial from United Press.)

Washington. Dec. 15-The old badger ] game. worked in the most sensationa | modern way. is responsible for the presence in the district jail today o1 three men. a pretty girl, and a great 1 mental anguish for Isaac Rosenthal. veal ,hy sporting man. Rosenthal tolo
 the police a story of romance with the young women. Mrs. James E. Knott, which terminated in an exciting denounement at her handsome apart ments in the fashionable Cairo Apart ment House. wi.h her husband hold ing. a pistol to the temple Of Rosen- thai, with a demand for $5,00O. RoSen- thai declared that he was confronted with a series of photographs of him. self and Mrs. Knott in various com promising pastures and was told that if he did not pay the money he would be arrested.
 The husband, weeping over the sit uation. declared that $5.000 could as- suage his grief. Whereupon ROsen- thal who had been bound and gagged, signed check and was released. La ter Rosenthal told Knott he would be give him $2.000 if he would call at his store. When Knott appeared to claim the money he was arrested.
 Mrs. Knott was found in suburb, evidently prepared to leave town as soon as her husband joined her with the money. At the Cairo Apartments the police found Knott's brothert Ben- jamin, with Alton A. Armstrong. They were arrested.
 Rosenthal declares he did not know the woman was married and that he became acquainted win her through her buying various trinkets at his store.
 Armstrong showed us how to get the pictures said the girl today. ''He is an expert electrician. He fixed an attachment in the ceiling. then bored a hole in the wall. rigged the camera in an adjoining room. It was easy enough for me to persuade Rosenthal to sit where the camera could have full sweep at us. To make sure, got him in almost every part of the room. Every one of the pictures turned out good. My husband work ed the camera
 desire for luxury. which they could not afford led Knott and his wife to try the badger game. according to Mrs. Knott. who says she is the daugh- Detroit She declared Armstrong originated the scheme and persuaded her to try it.
 My home is in Detroit" said she. 'T won't tell the name of my father. He Is a respectable business man and
 
 nine months ago I ran away from home with a man named Weise. thought we were to be married. We came to Washington and lived together about three months. His money gave out and we were unable to buy food, so left him. A few weeks later met Knott. He told me his people were rich and that they sent him money. After few. days we were married. We rented a furnished apartment that cost $135a a month. A few weeks ago MT. Knott told me he had no money. He wasn't able to get any more. One evening Armstrong was visiting us and we were trying to map out rlan to set money. Armstrong said he knew a way to get big money easy. Then he told us about the badger game. We had to have money to pay the rent and to buy food and clothes
 ''Mr. Rosenthal happened to be the victim because he was the first ner- chant who flirted with me af.er We had decided to work the game. We looked him up and found that he had some money. Then I phoned him and made an engagement. You know the reSt.''