Gunnison news-champion., 1913-10-10
ERoA RICH
ho@ q hesiis Wealthy sEs5argh
Nan sas Flsecec-
~ Nsraocs sst Afabi. s.ranzar
~ne s-slishss Ass0sissr sShsas
sae N o.s cs.nse OF Time 10
S1ssrsaac srorn Mucn money.

tllasbuEgh. Ps--i1 sas in ths lats
- taai fittsbaEah ssssltaEsly issns 3;
So pilstoCrsfic. Iron had flowed infe
'oen ron The 0re lelds. changed iaso
$50 q ihe blast gsrEaces, and b.
AalpF Esossra sair.ois fiaaliy a.
suia banked 10 the oredH OF thou.
saiias 0i sarprisea. hsif dslsrisss eiti
~eas- Trade Was ssiasalstea beyond
baiiet Spreading NsS lavish. heads
were turned Piltsbsrgh became the
oanifai Of gold
or oourss fCiioe ine prosperity Hke
NeHie Us. "a tE8oVea the valsares Of
ri.iiizatisH. CF0uks of al the known
sariatiss ~. sarI.sea throazh fhe tosH
iof q aeeads. Eeapins the tst hsr
iesi eiah an ease and . darins thai
seFe oiamored hall way around the
Sarid-and 10 particular the sndeT-
world
he police could Do much to sup.
press crimes of violence. II was not
30 simple to thsart the sultares who
preyea spon the suilabilIty OF the
newly rich. ConadsRce games we're
successfully worked IN az many forms
~ there ~ere confidence men To in
sent them. l do not believe tina; any
police oficer In the world was ever
confronted With as many preposteross-
y Obvious methods Of separating hon
est men from their money.
The case of William Murdoch 10 In
point. Mr. Murdoch Was q pillar of the
community, = man whose business
sense had helped make Pittsburgh
what u VAS On q certain Saturday
afternoon he emerged from q throas.
ed barber shop and WAS accosted by
Pheasant looking fellow outside
Why. Mr. Murdoch. how do you
do cried the pedestrian. holding out
his hand
The benevolent fnancier paused. ad
iusted his spectacles and tried to place
the young mans face. He failed but
being a irm believer in sociabil
iiy as well as the other institutions Of
Pittsburgh life, he fell into the
strangers pace. ventured a remark ON
the weather and pursued both that
topic and his companions foot
steps until they reached Grant street,
part of the town fairly unfamiliar
TO him.
Upstairs I've got the finest history
of Pittsburgh and its prominent citi-
zens that has been written" said the
tempter at that point Your name
and your picture come first in the
book. I've been looking for you for
q week. Don't want to sell you the
beSk, you know-it is not . CONNER
cial venture. Only we need another
detail or two about your life. Won I
you step up and see the proofs?"
The old gentleman assembled with
alacrity They learned from youth
In the office that the proofs had been
sent to the New York printer one
short hour before The conversation,
extended now TO three. was genial
however, and continuous. Mr.. Muir
dock had risen to leave twice before
the talk drifted to lotteries, specula-
tion and the like-a Fascinating sub
iect of which Mr. Murdock prided him
self that he know no mean amount.
The two men produced a new apparat-
us a contraptiOn of the chuck-a-luck
order. which the business man pres
emily found himself whirling with
something nearer the gamblers pas
sion than he had known in all his eau
ti0us career.
In ten minutes Mr. Murdoch had
wen $1,000 The winnings. in large
yellow bills, were taken from a
safe ar1 spread before him on the
table.
But of course We can't pay that
over To you" said one Of the mes
until you have assured us that we
would not have lost our money il the
same had gone the other way Ten
thousand dollars check, you
know. but the kind of bills that lie
there on the table-you d do as a
guaranty of good faith
One of Pittsburgh safest business
men considered moment then pa
tiently started out TO assure the gen
tlemen OF his sincerity At his bank
he succeeded ia obtaining four S5ae
sold certificates, one package of
St.50e in bills OF $50 and 500 denOm-
nations and another 81 600 package
of ereenbacks OF the same size from
q gasping cashier, causing a hurried
replenishment of the banks cash from
a neighboring institution. Mr. dur
dock found his new friend waiting for
him at the banks entrance. and to
gether they made their way back to
he Csant street Office and the gam
5ling wheel
The fascinated cid gentleman PLAYED
again and agein. Ten thousand dollars
OK his money and half that amount of
The strangers money we're the stakes
on the table. In half an hour Mr.
Aurdock was informed that the ca
prices of the ehuck-a luck wheel had
deprived him Of the rightful ownership
Of not only his 5000 winning but OF
his $4,000 guaranty of good faith.
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