The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-01
LOST $4,000 IN SINFUL CANE
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ore vas 4 MAN w uAFflallfEs "a,
20 the -lring Who seemed Ia be a
..r uf financial Importance. Anon z
.. % whom he Was introduced a. sec-
..- % , syndtcats that was buying
.atr Jacksonville. Fla was Prod
L'ustrr. a placid German who
-.eu' the greater part of his life be-
no COUNTER VI his grocery store
ulster understood. that his new
rHvts Interested also IN mining prop-
.a. .r he West
.rs -.rcer speedily becnms convinced
#rf Values IN Floriln were due h
.., ..-v soon Early IN April he vas
.r-,..iai by Mr. Hartman his nav
.-.-. tn e. IN Baltimore a. talk over
,.. r Esonville project with friends Of
.. CAPITALISTS all
g baltimore they met three men Whoss
man fsstltlous IT wealth stunned the
gree Tine ~ them was introduced NJ
rsr,E. Brooks from the West. the
90 hers we're from Boston. They were
81 20 me Jacksonville real estate aCheme
-, they were all casually interested In
- racing "A Mr.. Jouster always had
,-s dered betting on horssracos sinful
1-4 therefore had refrained from learn
~ ANYTHING about IL at first he was
.a-rAed bv their talk. But finally hs
.srne 10 consider betting merely a PgOper
-aanatlcn FOR men u wealth ani action
he new friends. az 81 whom owned
l1rses. were a,aking arrangements 10
80 5ut some Of their fast ones on the Jack
,-uville trip Each bOasted Of the merits
~ his horss Mr. Brooks said that he was
v.Il.ng 20 back his 10 the extent Of 5000.
The two men from Rorton put up q 500
,,-h Is he had nothing at stake they
greed that Mr.. Louster should hold the
~orsy and put a roll Of bills in bis hands.
nat ,hey said. was the tiOOOO.
When the jovial real estate conference
as nearly az an end. however. one Of
'he inarCicrs suggested that Il would be
vel CT their friend from arrisbuTg
=. show that be wus man ~ RESPONSE
bi.ty Perhaps he had tiO.OoO IN his
pocket which he would show them Just 10
Prove that he was al right Mr. Loustsr
vas rhagrlned Ne did not have the cash
Nth hru ". started for Harrisburg 10
Ertr
d, be vas returning tn Baltimore he
-s..m"l . Telegram. from HE friend
'la-'lll asking him to meet him IN
U.,.rleIphia instead No did 80. and
Hartman explained Ia him that the three
rsi. estate kings had lem summoned
T. Nsv lurk on urgent business and that
~. course the race was p1Stponed. though
u.t 'srporlrily
81 Lobster olligingly came n New
inrs Ou tho trip Mr. Hartman told
.m 90 rouiIdeDce that he and his friends.
~h. VI Jpuster must understand.
although ~, simple in their tastes were
900 reality -uig men resolved advance
nIurrsrru1 q, to which horEe would
ru met lp the biE races SIR lso,ister
znIH understand IT course that no
% t'nrr could ~ mentioned; II would H.
enough for nan of Mr. lourtsE's intelh-
s-n.4 = HINT that this Information came
over = s'aphune. Mr. Iouster. though
sunIsrng what bis friend was talking
ahog, Eas at sfied
Nr Hartman. according 10 Mr. l.oustsr.
opA dIm 20 a hoii-e IN Vest Fifty-second
q 49, ~, sral man Wer. there making bets
70 HORSES We Was told IN a whisper that
rr. mysterious telephone was IN ths newt
otu Of course II wouldn de- to ha p 20
n sght
w loustaT. hrs conscience salynd ~ 10
ra notion that he capitalist friends we're
IolnE Gkswisa bet SioO on a hors" What
lorss cr what race h. does not know
Anyhow he won and HE conscience was
-nnplstely silsuced. To be sure h. only
~ ti.5. Tor there were certain mysterious
scps 90 be tipped. hut still he won
was on saturday. April Q
Ira following Monday he Wss persuaded
tn ash the check for si0.OO Thst
afternoon he bet the whole sum Through
some unacoountabls miscalculation he I
.0s' n was small consolation % him F.
'ha' his friends lost too They could /.
afrrd 70
W vent back 20 Harrisburg For a
v 80. he received kilograms from hrs real .
'.iate friends telling him how the project
~ progressing. There was no word I
q horse racing. On April n he was
larsIadsd 70 CONS 70 New York again /
Ne brought with him 5000 This went
'rs psy q the $1,000.
Ne returned ~ Harrisburg and after
.Ins cogitatiun laid his troubles before
r'si = Police e. T. George. After a
1rsr search ~ the city the Harrisburg
Ace decided that their game vas In New
= r-- inspector Russell was notified
w custer when the scent got warm
.s-1a ~ New York for the third time He
07'. lied the streets With Detectives
ss-'v Csmpbsll and Dale
-stardav afternoon he thought he saw
.- 20 me m@n In group AZ Fiftieth
.'a' nd seventh avenue. Fogarty. Who
7.. r'r him told him N walk toward
.-' np until he could see their faces
... them were tia ones wanted
-tar vas 70 turn and walk slowly 1
VIZ Isoustsr recognized Hartman
? tho others. Instead 81 walking
ne detective IN tried TO gather
% group INTO HE arms He failed
m 'le sidewalk while the men
-s 1s'ly down seventh avenue.
b. .rry seventh street Fogarty caught
thr The grocer says u Hartman
'.r.- GOV arav Hartman said he
~ rA-rs Old a salesman. u 2i5 West
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