The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31
CHASE CON MEN
FROM CALIFORNIA
Fictitious Stock Specula-
tion Game Rooted Up
by Official
IS FEARLESS PROSECUTOR
Name of states Attorney Is
Feared by Underworld
of Los Angeles


Feared by Underworld
of Los Angeles
,ns ANGELES. July 3O.-Afford-
,...r Interesting example or dcvo-
,I.r g., his work as a defender OF
49,. ,YhlIr welfare Thomas Lee
u...ry.n,. district attorney Of Los
,rrr.s county. nemesis of conf
5.... men and crooks in general is
.,.n whose name is whispered in
-u, In every underworld of the
!. west
Va.Ivlucs name has become
p,.y,n throughout the west ana
s.y.av.-t for his untiring efforts
ir Ir.un- out Of southern Cal'io'-
rr .Ig urrmAtIou of the most mo-
..,....s confidence men in the world.
Vla, r 'ho average person seems
.t ,r..t amazing part " II All is
g.. t. acted single handed. cX-
..., f.r the assistance Of the men
t.. ..uv office lie was backed
49, however. uy tho Sou'hcrn CALI
f.r,4 press. which brought the
r.,,.I 4lupurt uf an cnrlgcl citizen
-r and this did much toward brius-
i.. convictions. once evidence mad
b..u collected.
A. result oc Woolwinc's work,
ut..I,.' men have been driven ont
Of Los Angeles county. lu- th'a
uas ruf accomplished until conf
d,rrr mon iu Los Angeles city alone
r,..l confessed victims out Of
ySgU0. .NuU
Mentioned for Governor.
Wou,N.u, was reelected last fall
hy large majority for another
'.rm ui four years. He made a good
raoo ,hrrc years ago in the pri-
mary contest for governor. and his
name bias recently been mentioned in
connection with the 1922 suberna-
tJual contest
"Tnc beginning Of my war against
confidence crooks started about "A
wear ago. saIl Mr. Woulwine. AL
though there had been persistent
rumur, q the presence Of a gang Of
'buuko stccrcrs' at work in Los An
gclss no Information had bees
brought 10 my office for som"
months boy the police authorities as
TO any so-called confidence game.
This attitude OF silence could
not p, accounted for until one day
). II Norris. OF Decatur, H., came
TO me personally and related how
be- had been flccCed by so-callcd
pay-ufC game. consisting of a fic-
',tlGus stock speculation, and how
he had been unable to get any as
s.s,luco whatsoever from police au-
troriups. tie maintained that. on
FF.l h. 4 \ 80
aged IN every way possible by the
police In his efforts to locate the
perpetrators of the crime.
An investigation was begun i'm
media.ely by the district attorneys $
office. and by means of publicity
through the newspapers and by cir
culars sent broadcast throughout tr-
United states, and other means, -
widespread scope OF this conspir-
acg ANA the enormous toll of these
crooks were uncovered.
Perseverance in Pursuit.
Norris was found to have been
ficoccd Dy Everett 4. C"Big Hutch'D
Hutrhlnss and Hugh Trainor. We
| finally located Big Hutch by means
of many thousands Of circulars
y containing his picture. sent Nal
colin McLaren, an investigator of
great ability who worked with mo
IN many cases Of national note. in
New York, whore he arrested Hutch
lNgs I'm fashionable hotel
HutchtnSs employed high-priced
lawyers and II took seven months TO
bring him from the state of New
YORK 10 California for trial. | went
TO New York personally in this mat
yer 'p represent the state of Cali
I'rnla IN the courts. hut the real
work was done by Mr.. Johnstono, OF
the district attorneys office in New
YORK who ably handled the court
Proceedings there.
BY months Of patient endcavor
me district attorneys office uS Los
Angeles county has succeeded in
bringing TO trial and convicting the
most successful and vicious mem
L'rS OF this coterie Of confidence
Ellr crooks, or their confeicrates
as follows.
u y, HutchinEs, alias Hofer
'''as lIE Hutch, alias Mr.. Rogers.
Willie Dean.
Pred Mayno, alias Hamilton,
alas Waldrcn.
W. ~ Berry, a banker.
waiter Lips, former chief OF the
Ios Angeles fire department, and
recently a deputy sheriff.
=, In This general Investigation
mere have been indicted. but not
SN approhendod, the following
9IhKo' men. who worked the nav.
W game. j. i. King, j. II. Farrell
p.as sa Frank Ford; Ed Mccoy, alias
PPgsoIFe n. sheppard, Joe Qulgley
Inward Rice, alias r. c. Marion;
TonL Doe Gordon. alas John Cole,
y"nn !'o" Hathaway. W. c. Rogers
IT-"n Doe Sellers, f. II. Nolan
i'a'N Harris, John Doe Anderson
ui|1tR Trainer, alias Brady; Clayton
ua.."'S.'r j, lilliard, Albert
C,-, ""'S j. G. Smith, alias Alfred
,'',. alas Charles l.. Carer. alias
ai a. Horst alias Richard Golden
%s %'as George Gripgs, alias R!charl
Can"' Harry Brucuncr. alias c. T.
c.. 1'As Harper Cole. ALA.
g,, E' Bowers, alias william Nor.
Ja5l"' Jat, al"' Will Harris, alias Charles
,,l. hudson, alias David Mitchell
,y sl j.. y. Rogers, alias David Bent,
lana. ,y' a.1' Nicholas Allen, is now in III,
con,.h Jan awaiting his trial fol
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