The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-21
bUNCOED OUT Of
SUM Of MONEY
IN OLD CAME
YOUNGSTOWN MAN CIsARdS TWO
LOCAL MEN TRIMMED HIM IN a
FRAMED CRAP GAME.
STRANGERS WITH SLICK TONGUES
INYEIGLE MAN WHO CAME TO
pay wrE'S HOSPITAL BILL.
JUDGE WATKINS IMPOSES $40 PEN
Atty ON ALL CONCERNED ON
PLEA OF GUILTY.

Two sleek strangers. pocket billiards
and African pool--thars what Police
Lieutenant Zion Miller calls the game
OF crapS--wcrc the undotnS or j. l.
Hatfield. a young man from IounEs-
town, Ohio, when he visited IN" CITY
Wednesday, for the purpose OF paying
bill Of s9G which he owed the ONO Val
ley General hospital. where his wife had
been Il patient.
Hatfield, being keen for q little sport.
landed in Il Market street pool room.
where he was engaged in cunvcrSatittn
by we'll grOomca and gentccl appear
ing young man. The stranger finally
suggested Il game. and the invitation
was accepted. When they quit playing
4 couple OF hours later Hatfield was
loser s35. lie accepted. the strangers
invitation 10 dinner.
After dinner they returned TO the
pool room. where Il second stranger
cIcvcrly inflicted upon them his ac-
Quainlancc. .Gtcr Hatfield and stranger
No. | had played one more game OF
poul. stranger No. = suggested a game
OF craps. He even volunteered the use
of his room at the Windsor hotel.
\ set of dice was purchased at near
by store and the three repaired To Inc
hotel. Hatfield was Il little surprised
10 find that his companions occupied
adjoining rooms. but that did not deter
him from entering into the game.
Stranger No. / had suggested double
tcaning and taking stranger No. over.
According 10 HatIicld's statement IN
police court yesterday morning. he lost
close to 300 in the dice game.
Later in the day Hatfield inquired or
Detective Joe Schlck on Market street
as TO wh"r" he could lind police OIL
ilccr Detective Schlick introduced hiH-
self. whcrcupuu Hatfield explained how
In. had been 'cIranCd." TIL" officer nc
cumpanicd Hatfield to the hotel. |hrrc
Tho other tw" parties 10 IN" game III
African pool were found in th"lr r"otnS
Arj"r II short conference" the officer o.
ri,!"d tu talk" all thr"r q! IN" mci' ii"'-
held incluIrt. 10 police h"hdqnarirrS'
where. they nut up So zach for Ih"IT
arpcarar!rc IN police court Inc lo!'""
ing morning.
The. strangers CAV" their names as
Jnhn Il. Read Of kentucky and Andrew
rnSt,r Of indianapolis. Rcdd Shlu ne
WAS o. his WAY Ia Akron. uhI"' l" :'c-
,..,rl :. position. and Foster stated 'hht
h. was rurnutr Ia Washington. -. 10
tn TAX. charg" If Il S-"r" owned by Inc
: WorIw"r;h company. ThrE "'r" .hC-
crrnuanird by women WHOM th"E Ela'ih-
| I'd wrrr their wiNr$. Rcid ana rnSt''
were T'pTtS''nNtu ny -f'''''''
! j. Smith. ,
After hearing their stories Judgo
| Watkins iinrd all three OF them 81" ana
costs Zach rn their plea of guilty to IN"
| charge Of gambling.
| On tn" way /" police headquarters
I Foster offered Ia ruFnproiniS' matters
hy returning Hatfield 81. which nc
, r;pirrl was all the latter had lost
| Hatfield Demanded so. and would nr-
rcp, nothing less. Hatfield had previ-
nuvlv informed officer Schl!rk mat no
had been hunco"h ont "f Sl'" ana VI
frrrd tn" latter 81" if hr would recover
thc full amount. Foster AIS" 'rlHi |"
, br.h" The officer. but without S"'''SH'