Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-05-23


where he was kept hidden in an
apartment house for several days I'M
til gang OF buncomen completed ar
engagements for heecing him. ]. NJ
Case. a retired farmer Of Mcdonald
county. Mo. aged. broken in health
and with a wife and family depend
ing upon him. complained to Deputy
District Attorney ". B. Smith today
that he had been buncoed out OF
s.. 800 in a fake pOolroom betting deal
on horse races and then placed
aboard a train with a ticket for Den
yer.
The operations OF the buncomen,
starting in Sacramento. took an i'm
petus at Twelfth and Broadway. con.
tinued merrily on in Lincoln square
sidetracked to an apartment house at
Twenty-fonrth and Grove streets, and
ended in a climax in Twelfth street,
east Of Broadway. when Case. unsus-
pectingly turned over his bankrool at
the entrance Of supposed poolroom.
The fake horse race was run and
lost, and with 1t went the $500 saw
ings Of lifetime which case expect
ed to invest in California real estate
for the benefit of his family
Case sold his farm near Anderson,
Mcdonald county. for $500, on April
s last, and with his family came to
California and located temporarily
with friends at Quincy. Plumas
county. On April % he went to Sac
ramento with view of finding an
investment for his surplus cash. He
stopped at the Western hotel. in K
street Next morning he wrote a
letter TO his wife and went into the
street to post it. He inquired the di-
rection Of the postoffee from a
stranger who was standing in front
of the hotel. A conversation sprang
up between the two men. and Case
found that his new acquaintance, who
introduced himself as George Carlisle.
was also looking for an investment
in ranch property
Their discussion finally ended in
the proposal of Carlisle to make a
trip TO Oakland Carlisle produced a
letter purporting TO be credentials
from a bank at Marshfield, o.. stating
that he was worth $4,000, Case said
today In return Case showed his
letters of credit from the Missouri
bank showing that he had $500 TO
his credit, bona fide document.
After comparing notes. and enthusl-
astic over the condolences OF his new
ly-made friend. Case agreed TO come
10 Oakland He and Carlisle arrived
at the Sixteenth street depot on April
20 and took a street car to Twelfth
and Broadway, whore they entered a
saloon and had drink One thing
led 10 another and Carlisle proposed
walk after lunch in a restaurant.
They strolled into Lincoln square al
Tenth and Alice streets. over by Lake
Merritt, and then started back to
Broadway along Twelfth street.
AS they went along Carlisle stopped
suddenly and pointing to man who
stood IN a doorway jingling a stack
Of silver dollars, said
See that man over there recog
nize him as the man saw break all
the poolrooms in Denver a short
while ago He made a bunch Of coin
Wait minute and I'll talk to him"
With Case in tow, Carlisle stepped
up to the stranger and asked him il
he were not the Denver poolroom
buster
"S-hh, don't tell anyone that am
in Oakland, replied the man. offer
ing the newcomers each $40 in gold
70 remain quiet about the encounter
However they talked among them
selves and at last started down the
street together. the third man intro
ducing himself as MIR Mckenzie =
He was about As years of age
smooth shaver, light complicated. )
feet inches in height and weighed
about 1855 pounds. Case afterward
remembered. Also he had blue eyes
Mckenzie explained that he repre-
scented eastern interests with cap
italization of s1S.0O0O00 which was
invested in agents who played in.
side information Of horseraces at
the pool rooms throughout the coun
try
I'm a little shy of coin, win you
make bet for me-. volunteered
Carlisle.
He handed Mckenzie 5000 and the
agent went back to the poolroom and
later returned with the 5000 and
1900 more
Then the three men became fast
friends. Mckenzie said that he want.
ed to settle down, that II he had a
little more money on hand he could
make killing Carlisle suggested
that he would put up the guarantee
OF $4,000 If Case would do the same.
The latter consented and they made
the pledge. Mckenzie several days
after made fictitious bet and re-
ranartad tbo.