The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-02-21
Big Drive Now On
To Smash $4,000 600
Crook Syndicate
couldn't lose"


Memory passed it all in review as
Walton sat at his desk. Then ne
made the decision that makes the
Low story dieffrent from the rest. He
I hurried and caught the Panama Linn
tied. He had decided to save his
friend. Walton strolled into the
smoker, Low was already there.
Before they had reached Memphis,
Walton had Lows two drafts and
letter from the Fort Dearborn Bank
to the Marine Bank C Trust Com
pany, New Orleans, identifying Low.
He also had letters to the bank
from William A. Pinkerton and form
er States Attorney Jacob Kern.
Low, for his part, had Walton's prom
Use to prove his friends confidence
men or leave New Orleans by 1880 p.
M The train arrived at 11:15.
Walton Tells of His Trip
From here on the narrative is Wal
tons:
MY first move was to go to the Ma
rine Bank of New Orleans placed
the two drafts on the presidents desk
along with the letter from the Chica-
go bank. Then / told him the whole
story.
when | had finished he informed
me that if my friend deposited the
drafts and showed the letter, he
would have no alternative except to
homer any checks drawn against it.
Il thought that was funny, but took
his word for it. As / was going out
another man was coming in | recog-
nized him as a man who had struck
up friendship with us on the train
on the way down.
Then | called up Dominick OMal-
ley, owner of the New Orleans Times
Picayune. His wife said he was over
at the Governors office. | hurried
ever and found him there
Again told my story.
There is only one way you can
save your friend, O'Malley told me.
That is to get him and his money
and get back to Chicago. You know
the gang is under protection here
Low Deposits His Drafts.
In despair, l went back to the
hotel. Low demanded his drafts and
| gave them to him. He hurried to
the bank and deposited them. re.
tanned the letters of introduction,
however, which he seemed to have
forgotten.
Low had hardly gone when a man
Chicagoan whose name is not less
well known than Yellow Kid Well
slapped me on the back. The mo-
ment ] saw him | knew / had accom-
plished what had come for.
Walton he said, don't be fool.
This mans got $4,000 lying around
loose, itching to part with it. He
thinks he's playing sure game and
that the other fellow is the sucker.
Lay off this stuff, take your share in
the split and go back to Chicago
i told him he had the wrong man
and that | never went back on a
friend, Then he realized meant
business.
Il played my trump card. warned
the Chicago man that If his gang
hadn't dropped Low by 1870 | would
be out to Algiers with a raidine
squad, and ! made it plain they
wouldn't be New Orleans police.
Less than an hour later Low came
back to the hotel angry as a hornet
Well, you've done it, he said. They
found you were shopping around and
they dropped me. I'm out the s55.
600 I'd have won.'
i was elated, l slapped him on
the back. You're out nothing and
and you're in the $4,000 they were
just ready to fleece you out Of
said. Then l told him the whole
story"
Gustav A. Mueller, wealthy cigar
manufacturer, took a $4,000 trip tc
Florida.
At the Daytona races he met twc
smooth gentlemen who went unde,
the names of Tom Mann and Harry
Emerson. They were with the asure
things"
An Official of the Burns agency de-
elared that thirty prominent men Of
this section are in the grip of the
overlapping combine and prefer to
keep silent rather than make pub,ic
confession of thier losses.