The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-22
nab THE HONEY GROVE KID
SEVENTEENTH ARREST ~
COINCTL BLyFFS GANG LIST.
The Outfit He Il Accused of Belonging to
Got Up Bogus Horse Races win q
Dead Jockey Thrown n-Hintimnn
Indictment HAS " aated Year for Him

Lucius Hindman. who is known 10 the
police As the Honey Grove Kid" and who
halls from Honey Grove. Tex. was ar
rested yesterday afternoon at Thirty
seventh street and Seventh avenue by
Headquarters Detective Joseph DAILY at
the request Of Post ONCE Inspectors
James and Jacobs. who say that Hindman
was indicted out in Council Bluffs, Ia.
about "A year ago in connection with the
notorious fake horse race. fake prizetght
and fake wrestling match swindles. The
charge against him il the fraudulent use
Of the mails.
DAILY saw Hindman on the street and
thought he recognized him from descrip-
ton. but waited a minute TO make sure.
Then another man came along and greeted
Hindman with: Well. how il the Honey
Grove Kid these days. When the two
parted after a few minutes conversation
DAILY. remembering that Hindman WAS
supposed to be bad man. rushed him
against the door Of a second hand clothing
store. The door gave way and IN. de-
tective and his prisoner sprawled on tn.
floor inside. When they got strai ghteneCl
out again DAILY took an automatic pistol
Police Headquarters.
Hindman says that he in 81 years old
and that his home is at Paris. Tex. Ac-
cording to To- postal inspectors he il a
member Of a crowd Of swindlers whose
head was +. J. Mabrey. already convicted
IN Iowa. Altogether. the inspectors say.
there have been seventeen arrests Of
members Of the gang in tn. last year.
The gang is credited with having
cleaned up about half a million dollars
one Of the favoritc met hods was TO get
their victim. usually a well "a do bus ness
man. to come out to Denver or Council
Bluffs. or somewhere in the West. with a
promise Of great cleanup on a hors"
race. They would then pull hun out of
bed NJ O'Clock in the morning and show
him a workout on some country road
IN which two horses figured TN" of then.
looked ike "A regular horse and the O'h-r
didn't They would point "ut thar tn"
better looking horS" couldn't possibly
lose. but would explain that the owner
Of the other didn't see II that way. and
was willing 20 bet on his own nag They
would put up mon.y themselves. get the
victim to put IN a few thousand and
then when thu rae" -tar-.'d also on a
country road early in the morning tn.
jockey Of the favorit. would bit. into a
bladder Of red fund and fall or his horse.
apparently dead There then would b..
Gr-a' skirmish. with tn" explanation
that The laws Of that parricu stat"
forbad. horse racing anyhow. and now
they had dead man on their hands.
and IN" victim. who also had been n.
-takeho '"r. would h. driven 10 a railroad
station IN an automobile and old Ia keep
the grip containing IN" money and -pli,
II up later when the excitement blew
over Bur There had meanwhile.
been an "NchanC" of bags. and IN" piece
Of luggage rhs victim carried away con-
tanned no money
After complaints had been received
bv m. post oFic" officials from Council
Bluffs they learned thai n" gang had
operated az Denver Oh ago and wilkes
barr" Among tn" victims va a Phlla-
d'lphia banker who ~ supp. 10 hav"
lost SD, 600. and = Wall Htr."; lawyer
who - said 10 have lost s3p'u