The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-14
SWiNDLE OPERATIONS STARTED ON MOUNTAIN BUT ARRESTS
 FOLLOW PROMPTLY.
IA NEW METHOD WAS USED
Visiting Italian Takes Up With New Found Friend Only to Be Made the Victim After He Engages in Match. ing Dollars on West Mountain.

A new swindle operation was devel- oped yesterday, and incidentally soma prompt police work resulted, all of which makes for this first swindle op- eratlon also proOably the last that will be pulled in Hot Springs for awhile Paul IDemeugere, an Italian and a vis- itor, was lured to West Mountain and "beat" for $1,000 in checks which later were estopped from payment. and the swndle exposed.
 Chief of Police Ellison went to work on the case immediately, and before very late in the afternoon one arrest was made. and others were being planned.
 The arrest was that of F. o. Max well, alias Martin, who it is said was the tall man" in the case. and who has been so thoroughly identified that Chief Ellison has no further doubt in the matter Chief Ellison also has line on the other party wanted and expects that arrest to follow at any hour
 The man arrested was detained as ''held for the chief" pending the further investigation of the case, and from the method used in the whole of the procedure. it is apparent that the chief of police is determined that this first case shall be pursued with such vigor that there will be no oth' CTS follow during the coming season at least.
 There were some new and inter esting features to the swindle that was sprung yesterday. The story is slightly different from others of which local readers are familitr, and the de- tail more interesting.
 Paul Demeugere, the foreigner who looked easy. was walking about the streets Wednesday when he met a stranger who took kindly interest in him. They talked together, and soon were friends. The friendship worked remarkably well, and was in the nature of confidence before the first parting.
 Yesterday they met again, in the morning, the tall stranger and the Italian, who had become fast friends. The tall stranger proposed a visit to West Mounttin. The foliage was beautiful, and the air must be fine there. What invigoration there was in mountain strols! The Italian was lured.
 The couple wandered over the mountains and enjoyed the outins fine. Then suddenly they came across a short man The short man proved interesting before the other couple came close to him, for the short min was counting a large roll of bills Any man out in the woods counting g large roll of money is interesting.
 The tal man accompanying the ! Italian and the short man counting I money opened up conversation. The short man was sporty. He proposed they match dolltrs. Of course dol 1 lar lost or won didn't amount tc much The tall man acceTted the challenge, and they matched awhile The tall man won, and the short man didn't mind losing. The sport was fine. Soon the Italian was urged | into the game by the till man, who i didn't want to win all the short mans money himself, so was willing to share the game with the Italian. They played for a dollar, and the Italian won, then for more, and then for five and then for ten, and twenty, and SC
 on. It wtsn't long before the Italian
 had won $S,O00.
 1 Now that was true fortune knock | ing at the door. The game ciosed | and setthng time come. The mar with all the money (and incidentally l the tall friend of the ltalian had beer
 stakeholder wanted to settle by giV | ing the Italian the stakes, but tho short man wanted to know what ht
 would have gotten if he had won him
 self, so the Italian was called on t' l show some money.
 Now the Italian didn't have muta money, scarcely any, but he did draw
 a check for $500 on the Mound Cit
 Bank of Illinois, and he drew all
 other on the South Bend Bank of Iowa and there was s1,000 in good check
 to prove that he had money. Th' short man doubted the genuinenes
 of the checks drawn, and there was al argument, and soon the Italian saw ih l -hn..t man take the checks he hal