The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-27

a for he was just getting ready to
make "a big clean up in the pool room
operated at West End,
a slnaii wager was made. and won
and another wager was made and
Won. and then came the time for the
fortune. Hammond and Piper could
get in on this ii they would say MOTH
ing. and give him 20 per cent of the
M OF course they would do so.
Fipef was induced to put up the
sl.So0 in money he had in drafts, and
to give the swindlers a check fol.
Sio,:o drawn on his home bank. The
cnecks We're taken and put up on
the alleged race. and soon Piper was
SHOWN that he had won. There was
sa6,ooe to their credit. and they
would ge, it. but there would be some
delay.
M pool room operator had doubt
ca whether Piper's checks would be
PAID or not. and of couse If they were
nm to do but hand out SIS, 900 from
the big bank roll they had in evi.
dence about the pool room.
liamnlond did not think Piper
should go back to his room at the
io~ard house. but induced him to 60
to the Spaulding hotel, and they went
there and spent the night.
lhen Hammond told Piper that
they would get in an auto and 20
out and rest at Ozark Litia Springs
notei until the assurance came in that
would so to the pool room and get
their money! Hammond took Piper
there and kept him there a week.
when Hammond got a telegram tell
ing him to come to Jacksonville, Fla.
lheS went to see about cashing the
winning ticket at the pool room, and
were told h checks were good. and
they would be paid. incidentally Mil
Ter the third party, was about. and
IN the excitement of the situation
Miller went and bet the race ticket
on another horse. and that horse lost.
n all the money was gone.
Ihen they staged a fight for Piper.
Hammond was outraged that his
friend" Piper had been made to lose
trough the wager. and that Miller
o such liberties. so Hammond Gus
sed Miller and Miller was sorry but
finally got tired of being cussed, and
they went to fighting desperately. OF
course Piper stepped in and Quilted
the men. and then Miller explained
that he was worth lots of money and
would pay it all back to them as soon
as he could get drafts cashed.
Then Hammond made an arrange
ment for them to meet later, and as
ms business called him to jackson.
vile. and as Mr.. Piper vas en- route
to Cuba. they would go on that far
together.
They did SO. Hammond was y
80 congenial after they left Hot
Springs. When they got to Jackson
VILE they Went to a hotel and Ham
mond told Piper to stay in his room
at the hotel. and when Piper did not
90 so. hammond got sore about the
incident. and finally walked away and
left Piper.
Thus endeth the story.
but-Flper woke up. He realized
that he was f1imfammed, and then he
went on to Cuba and attended to his
work. but he watched the papers and
ne saw Of the Fox robbery. and he
inquired some on his own hook. His
figuring wasn't go bad.
He came back here, and made some
investigation. and then went away
again. and Friday arrived on a re-
turn visit With an attorney from his
nome town. who has Instructions to
get to the bottom Of the swindle.
Fiper expected to find that ]. H.
ward, alias Coon. alias Sterling. q
"rogues gallery" picture man, was n
OF the bunch that swindled him. but
he was not. However Piper expects
to stick around awhile and see II
some others do not turn up who were
implicated in the deal, and in the
meanwhile there is a probe going into
bottom Of some of the Incidental
circumstances in connection with the
case.