The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-17
ACCORDING TO WARRANT SWORN OUT BY FRANK FOX, INDIA
 ANA's $2o,ooo VICTIM.
CASE CALLED THIS MORNING
According to the Fox Story Ryan Was "MiIler of the tot Ranch" and a Western Player of Great For
 tune at Roulette.

Yesterday a warrant for the arrest of George Ryan charging grand lar ceny in connection with the robbery of $20,000 through a confidence game in which Frank F. Fox of Terre Haute was the victim.
 The warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff Williams, who went to serve it and found that Ryan was missing Friends of Ryan, however, believe that he will surrender to an swer the warrant today and that he will make no attempt to leave the city
 Ryan was seen about the city We'd nesday, and even as late as Thurs day morning.
 According to the story Fox has told his counsel of the circumstances in which he was robbed, Ryan was introduced to him as Mir. Miller, of the 101 Ranch, and westerner who llayed large sums over the roulette wheel, and who cared little for big winnings or losses.
 At one time when Fox was about the game he declares he was a wit ness to heavy play "Mr. Miller" was making, and was told that he was S11 000 winner. Fox says Miller" the wealthy show owner, was play. ing twice when he was escorted to the room in which the roulette wheel was kept where he himself played with such marked success, winning the $26000 which he tried to claim, and was sent after s20,000 before he could take it down..
 Ryan was connected with the opera tions of the old Buckfoot foot race operators that piled their game in this city number of years ago, un- til prosecuted and driven out Later Ryan abandoned the game, and made this his home. He has many influen- tial friends in Hot Springs, and these responded readily when he was call ed on to answer charges in the United States court at Council Bluff more than year ago.
 According to the story Fox tells, he was lured into the Indiana Club to play at a roulette wheel, which it was eonfided to him was crooked. O. that the dealer" would be crooked and make him win. Fox is supposed to have fallen for the game, to have gone there and played, and to have won $26,700 in a remarkably short time
 When he went to cash his checks he was told that the management did not feel like paying out such large sum of money when it had no as- surance that if Fox had lost he would have been able to pay. Fox de- elared his ability to pay if he had lost, and to prove II rushed off to Indiana, where he got $20,000 and came back to prove his ability to pay--and take down the $26,700 win nings.
 When Fox took his money to the club he paid 1t over as assurance, and was given due bill for S46,700, the sum of his winnings, and the sum he had paid in, but one of the confidence men steering him played the due bill" at a turn of the wheel and lost it. Fox later realized he had been buncoed.
 The particular part Ryan is charg- ed with playing in this trick, is not specified other than he was supposed to be "Miller of 101 nanchv and play ing fortunes at the wheel. to show as evidence before Fox that it was big game. Fox described Ryan, it is said, accurately when he first re- frI nn httt cd fn hn certain, and waited for an oppor- tunity to see him on the street and identify him. Wednesday Fox saw Ryan, identified him to his attorneys, and yesterday the warrant was sworn out.
 Frank P. Fox, of Terre Haute, who was swindled out of $20,000 in this city by confidence men about ten days ago, was yesterday made the de fendant in a $25,000 damage suit for defamation of character
 Arthur Slavin, manager of the h. diana Club, and who among five was named by Fox as the men who had swindled him, is the plaintiff In the action
 This startling development yester. day, and the fact that this morning the preliminary hearing of the men accused will take place in the county court room of the court house, are other developments in the sen sation that started Hot Springs to make a house-cleaning that had long before been overdue.
 The suit filed by Slayin shows that