Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-02-17
BUNCO ARTISTS WORK GAME ON
EDWARD CLIFFORD, SR., OF TONOPAH
WHO DROPS JUICY BANK ROLL

There is one born every minute.
According to the San Francisco
papers the latest one is from Nevada.
and, in fact, is well known Tono-
pah resident.
Edward Clifford Sr., the Nye county
pioneer who made his fortune .
Clifford and Glendale, is the victim.
and the newspaper accounts cred
him with placing bank roll upon a
horse race, the betting being conduct
ed with the aid of two sharpers who
are now in jail at San Jose.
The story is best told by the San
Francisco Bulletin, which contains the
following interesting account of the
manner in which our most respect
able citizens are fleeeed from their
hardearned gold:
By the arrest of Harry Furey in
San Jose and his brother. George
Furey, alias George Williams, in this
city this morning, rated two Of the
cleverest swindlers in America, De-
teetives Frank Mcconnell and George
Mclaughlin have in the tolls the pair
who robbed Edward Clifford, the mil
lionaire mining man of Nevada, of
$4,000, and they are now seeking
two other bunko men, who, when cap
tured, will make, with the Fureys, d
quartet that every police force in
the United States would like to get
possession of.
For 40 years Edward Clifford work
ed at his mines in Nevada, and in
that time never ventured out of the
state. Recently he took his two
daughters to place them In con-
vent in Los Angeles, and one of the
first men he met on the streets of
the southern city was Joseph Furey,
alias George Williams. whose picture
graces every rogues' gallery in the
, country Clifford could not recall
ever having met Furey before. and
he probably never did But the
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name, spoke glibly of his mining
properties in Nevada and soon had
| Clifford convinced that he knew more
about the operations of the aged mil
lionaire than Clifford did himself.
The pair started down Spring street
together. Not a block from where
the meeting took place they came
upon a man standing at the corner,
who was "peeling" $40 bills from a
roll that would fill carpet sack
That" said Joe Furey, to the min
ing man. is r Miles, the greatest
plungerl probably. in the world"
Clifford was eager for the introduc-
ton, and Mr. Miles," was was really
Harry Furey, Joseph Fureys brother,
was introduced.
From Los Angeles Clifford accom-
panied the Furey brothers to Pasa-
dena. There he ventured his first
wager on the races. The bookmakers
had evidently recuperated their bank
rolls and were ready to do business
again Clifford's share of the win
nings that day was $500.
That is, he was told he had won
that much and was given that much
in real money The next day Cliff
ford dropped $4,000. Then the trio
came to San Jose. Last Thursday
Mr. Miles told Clifford and Joe
Furey that he was ready for the
greatest coup of his life, but didn't
have quite enough money to put il
over. 1t would take $1,000 with what
he had to make the cleanup complete
Clifford came to San Francisco
with Joe Furey, telegraphed for $11,
600, returned to San Jose and put
it in the hands of the plunger. Mean
while two other bunkomen, whose
names are unknown to the police
were taken in on the play. Clifford
was advised that they, too, had pu
sum equal to his draft in the pool
Clifford waited for the returns o
5 the races, likewise he waited for tn,
t return of the Fureys. But he neve
l saw them again
/ The Furey brothers are loca
. product purely, but since taking thei
first plunge into crime in this cit.
, in the early 90's they have been
! thorn in the side Of every detectiy
= chief in the United States.