The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-11

41at tn bigger the town the wiser
tAe wise bids" are. Al any rate,
~ II Rock IeIaad's ~utse guys"
would attempt 70 ut anything cvsr
Sica Bill Gable. Sx~poucanan. owner
q . taxi company and one time
1a1oonkoeDeS.
Ths story pasratss that Gable
's0ss counting cash behind his soft
drink parlof bar two weeks ago In
I this city whom . man came In and
s'tippsds him Of TO whers he could
purchase connscatsd whisky cheap
from government prohibition agents
II Chicago.
+ The msn gave his name -
Charles Goodrich and Gable is said
to have gone to Chicago later to
meet him nth view to taking adj
vantage be alleged big oppor-
tunity 70 get real liquor at . low
cost.
On Thursday Gable walked in to
the detective agency bureau and
told Of being tricked out Of $500
BY the tipster and two Of the lat
ter's ASSOCIATES. Gable identified a
picture OF Harry Feury, presented
TO him BY Chicago detectives, as be-
ing one Of the confidence
men, and proceeded to tell the story
Of the way he lost his lack"
The Job was pulled of at the
Hotel La Sale and Gable Is quoted
az saying that he 'felI for the
works"
Never Wakes Up.
Bill listened to real confidence
game layout and never woke up to
II until both friends and money
were gone. First they find pocket
book and return It to its owner
VINO is a board of trade man.
They play the board Of trade" on
tips given by the appreciative re-
cipient Of returned property. They
win $4,000, but a messenger ar.
rives and tells them that they had
been thought by the board as mem
bers or otherwise they would not
have been allowed to play. Under
the circumstances they would have
to return their winnings and II they
had lost the board would have beer
in duty bound to make good. thu
messenger said.
Bill and his associates did no,
want to give up their winnings. al
though theydid not have the money
In hand. Anyway, they decided tt
beat the game. II this board would
not pay winnings to non-members
bat would pay back losses. the only
thing to do was to lose the win
nings and the thing would be fixed
They would collect the winnings a!
losses--so why worry? However
as they had never had the real win
nings they must make up tn,
amount 10 they could lose 1t to &c
It all back.
All very simple, and Bill pro
duced his share. He got q tele
phone call, answered 1t, turne
around and HE friends were gone
Bill realized they had lost his cot
for him, but woke up to the fac
that II had not been lost to win Il
the scheme 70 beat the board O
trade"
Cables Story.
4 Il met him in the La Sale wit
another man who had . government
STAR said Cabel. AFTER q drin
Of good whisky. they suggeste
lunch. Al We sat down to the tabl
& Goodrich apparently found
pocketbook on the chair. 1t ha
cards. money. kilograms, an
the name Of J. Davidson in 1t. "
asked the clerk II such . man live
In the hotel and on being informe
that he did We went to his room.
"Davidson seemed overjoyed
finding his purse. He offered ,
each . 500 bill, which We refuse
Is He said he was q board OF trat
man. Goodrich asked him for
tip on . good buy.
They win" $:SOOO.
He -eadily gave us a tip a,
later ave rs other tips. We DOC
I'd our money and cleaned up.
+ put In $4,000 and we won abo
1913 .000--they told me.
We were all sitting in my roo
In the hotel yesterday when a ms
who purported to be a messeng
"a from the board Of trade came in. +
Il said the board had understood v
II were all members or that, '
wouldn't have been allowed toIpl;
land that they would have tONgi'
our money back The man al
said that II We had lost the boa
wonld have had to make good OF
losses.
so after he had been promis,
his money We arranged to p,;
IA further and lose, Goodrich a.
Davidson said they could get /
OF money and ] said could &
"a seme more. We were going to 10
and make, the board repay us. Al
We were going to lose the $3.50
81 We had won. Il was the only W;
e We could get ii.
II went home and. got SIS
X more and gave il to them. In
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