The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-30
C0N MAN NABBED
 AT LAST
HONEY GROVE kIO", LONG SOUGHT BY UNCLE SAM IS
 FINALLY LANDED.

NEW YORK. Dec. 31. - A dapper, raigned before Unite States Com missioner Shields as fugitive con man, long wanted by the government, as well as by the au- thorities of several states, Central Officer Detective Joseph Daily says he prisoner is Lucius Hindman. of Paris, Tex, alleged member of th Maybray gang of fake horse race and prize fight promoters. and known 10 the gentry as Honey Grove Kid"
 Hindman is one of eighty-five men indicted at Council Bluffs, la, last year for misuse of the mails. Eff teen members have been arrested. and the l ader, James C. Maybray, is serving two years. Ii is said the gang has trimmed come ns" for at least s5OO,O0O
 Detective Daly thought he recOg- nized Hindman at Sev nth avenue and Thirty-seventh street. In a few minutes he heard someone say, Well, how is the Honey Grove Kid these days?" Daily knew Hind iIltiI " dS tOIlSlutltAl btld iildu so he rushed him. They landed against the door of a secondhand clothing store, which gave way
 Both sprawled on the floor. and before Hindman could get up the detective had captured his maga- zine revolv r. IIindman was taken 10 police headquarters, pro esting a mistake had been made in his iden- tity.
 PostofIice Inspectors Jacobs and Jam s. who have been trailing Honey Grove Kid" for many months, said he was wanted speci- tically for having assisted in swnd ling a Pennsylvania banker out of s55 900 less than two months ago. although he has been concern d for more than two years in the fraud ulent operations of the Maybray gang, they said
 It has been the custom of the Maybray outfit, Jacobs explained, to select a likely victim always a nan of means - and have a m m Der of the gang, who assumes tn role of private secretary to a mil lionaire, work himself into the good SldteS anu NbullltllNt OI lll' Su uN N er." The private secretary con fides that his employer has won derful race horse or is backing a prize fighter, and that everything is fixed" either fer the race or the pugilistic go.
 The secretary reluctantly agrees to let the prospective victim in on the "easy coin" The fight or race invariably takes place in a state where such events are prohibited by law. But the events are always arranged privately, and only a se lect few are present. Tho victim, at the pseudo secretary's expense. is taken West or South, winsd and dined and eventually puts up his money He is even permitted to hold the waeers, which are conceal ed in a small bag.
 In the case of a prize fight or a race the result is exactly the same. The fighter or jockey is furnished with a small sausage-like affair containing red fluid. As the horse i> about io come in c-' e. t2t wire or the pugilist receives a heavy blow on the jaw, the "sau- sage IS Dlllen III 0 anu the ltu fluid flows. The jockey or fighter in either case collapses and a cry goes up:
 Hes had hemorrhage. Let's beat it before he dies and the police get us"
 During the attendant excitement the bag containing the wagers IS erasped from the "come on." When he protests a substitute bag simi lar in appearance, but containing stage money" is handed him. Then the gang makes a quick taway. Later the victim finds he has been swindled. In the case of the Phil adelphia banker S1O0,000 in real money was 'wagered."