The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-28
How Local Crooks
Worked on Victim
(Continued from Page b.l

us five dollar bill. So the frien
OF mine said, mo, sir, not that kin
OF business; we have got enough i
keep US going, but what I mean is
can you give US tip on the races !?
he said, Il can't do very much he
cause there is another man here !,
Lakeland over me, but will try /,
90 the best ! can" So he took hi
fye dollars and went to what wa,
supposed to be the International Er
cnange branch office in Lakeland AM
came back after while with a ticke
and said he got the bet 4 to s. The,
we stood there about ten minutes anf
ne went back and cashed In tha,
ticket and brought twenty-five dol.
iars-twenty dollars of It being win.
ming money. Then he said, "I'here Is
going to be another race pretty soon
and | am going to bet all the money
have" and the friend of mine hand.
ca TO him a twenty dollar bill, his
snare In the bet. He said, 1T is too
far to walk here to the lake front.
tets 60 over and sit down on the Pal
metto Hotel porch and, while we
were sitting there, he took a one thou
sand dollar bill from his pocket and
gave to Curtis, that friend Of mine
from Tampa. and directed him to 60
70 the International Exchange and
make bet. Curtis went ana came
pack with a ticket, and said he got
ODDS 4 to 1. In about fifteen minutes
re gave the ticket to Curtis again and
says go and cash that ticket" and
curtis came back with five thousand
dollars bundle. Then he said, There
is going to be another race, the las.
one today. Now that you have gone
In the game, we are going to make
plenty OF money now. I have mort
gage on my apartment house in Chi.
cago, and I want to make enough
money to buy that mortgage. And he
SAID You make out two checks" So
ne wrote the two checks, each for
$500, on one Curtis name and nm
one, the victims name. Then he
said, Nov, put up all the money Won
nave" and Curtis took out $50. II
think 1t was, and he asked me how
mucn money I could bet, and ] said.
1 have $780," and they insisted that
make it an even hundred, so 7 had
another forty dollars which out nm
and ne instructed Curtis to nut the
cash money on one ticket and checks
on another ticket, so we could COL
lect the cash money bet and redeem
the checks. So Curtis took the
s5,24O in the cash money and s15-
600 in checks, and came back with
only one ticket. He said he had
placed 1t all on one ticket. In about
fifteen minutes again Curtis took tho
ticket and went to cash 1t in again. |
and ne came back and said, 1--WE can't
cash that in before we redeem these
checks" And we sat there on the
porch about ten minutes. Then came
a man, they said his name was "Mr. |
Adler" and he was supposed to he
cashier for the international Ex-
change, and Mr.. Adler had a big roll |
OF money and says, "This money be. !
longs to you, and you will get this
money when you redeem those two
checks for $4,000. We did not have
enough money to redeem the checks
but Phillips says he can get the money
rom Judge Cook from Rochester, and
he money will be here the next morn
ng. He said, "You just go to the
savoy nice hotel, and will be
here in the morning at 10 o'clock
Win the money The next morning
u III o'clock he came to the hotel
Win a telegram, and says, Read
his" l took the telegram and looked
over, and 1t says, Judge Cook ou.
I town, present address unknown"
was signed by Mrs. Myrtle Cook.
hen he said, Now, we will go to the ]
asher of the International Exchange. {
nd get an extension on those checks. 6
that we can raise enough money /
redeem them" So we took car {
nd went out of the city to a little c
ountry house where we found the |
asher and three or four more fell t