The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-24
"CROOK' HORSEMEN
 BASIS OF STORY
ROBBERY OF MACK AT LITTLE ROCK, A SCHEME PERFECT
 IN ALL ITS DETAILS.
Had 1t Explained to Him That Horse men We're Sore Over BeiHJ
 Driven Out of America and
 Were Robbirq Pool Rooms.

That hersemen of America. sore at
 being driven through adverse legis.
 lation from the various tracks in this
 country, were ccngregated at Juarez
 and were running all fixed. races
 so they could get even on the pool
 room operators, was the basis of the
 story waich aided in the robbery oi
 Andrew Mack of Montana in Little
 Rock, after he had been steered from
 this city.
 1 Hurst, one of the confidence men. represented that he was the secret
 agent of the horsemen, who sent him
 all over the country to break the pool
 rooms, and that gradually they were taking all the money the pool opera 1 tors had,
 To further the story he told, Hurst had column long interviews" ap- bearing to have been clipped from various newspapers, setting forth the wonderful lnclx' of Hurst. and how he picked and bet on winners l and never encountered a loss
 MT, Mack, farmer, of Montana, steered by Emerson, who nae repre- lsented himself as the Promo King 7 heard this wonderful story unveiled lin a confidential manner, and then urged by Emerson, put up the two de Iposit checks he had on local banks. as Ia guarantee of good faith that if he lost s1,000 he had consented to wager | he would pay the losses.
 The money was bet and the wager was won, and the certificates of de oosit were retained by the manager of the pool room, who appeared in dfgnant at an employe for taking | such paper, when it might not have been paid had 1t been lost by the owner. There were a number of framed-up incidents to panorama in Ifront of the credulous Mack, and then Emerson, getting a quick information l from Hurst of another good thing { hurried over to bet all the money over again, wagered it wrong, and great excitement was enacted before Mack in room at the Capitol hotel, when the discovery of the error was lrecited.
 Then came the proposal to get rid Iof Mack, who was sent to San An Itonio, and Emerson went to Balti- more. while Hurst went to Chicago Mack was to wait in San Antonio He did. But when he got tired wait | ing he came on back, and has irl- stituted suits for the recovery of ais money from the individuals and banks who handled the certificates Emerson was the main steerer. He got acquainted with Mack, and through devious methods ascertain ed that he had the ceposit checks | Then Emerson induced Mack to be- |lieve that this country was not good, and that around San Antonio and southern Texas they would find a better climate. Emerson said he was going to buy a winter home there and that Mack could buy a farm in the vicinity, and they would be neigh bors. Then came the frame-up of getting Mack to Little Rock, accomplished through the cheap rate statement, and with Mack landed in Little Rock, where eonsederaAes were planted for the rest of the wor-, the story was one of the race track.
 Emerson and Mack registered at | the Capitol hotel Emerson had told Mack frequently what a good mem | ory he had for faces. He could re- member a man anywhere he saw him, if he had ever seen him before
 They walked down the main street of Little Rock. and Emerson. looking in stairway, saw man leaning for ward. counting large sum of bills Emerson nudged Mack, and Mack looked They saw a heap of bills, Iabout three inches thick. The man
 would take off 20 or 30 and put them l in one pocket. and duplicate the act