The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-24
WINTERS IN SOUTH
M AMASSED MILLIONS
s.rpv CON" MEN OPER-
TED EXTENSIVELY IN
.ropc1A AND FLORIDA.
RDER IS PART OF GAME

bDER IS PART OF GAME
Horse Races and Stock Ex-
aas in Resorts Have Lured
Inns From Many States, For
rs Lost by Tourists
H. dupe is born every minute
.fai a M M scheme is so FANTASTIC
IlS Soss not find some one to tall
II u G hos been proved to the salts
y nj nf1 the citizens of Atlanta, Ga,
IN N u reyelations made during the
sm weeks of hearings by a council
;t ws Of the activities OF a mil
sIdollar "bunco" gang -
~ with money to contribute to
~ oo " of the gang that operated
tippta have gone to that city to
u lia from Pennsylvania, Mary
Mississippi, Tennessee, Louis
Elor;da Ohio. Indiana and Tex
haS been shown that when mon
a ,t" stake even murder is not too
a. orice TO pay in order to keep
rp p liberty. One doctor COM
j suicide after he had lost his
a banker from Milan, Ga,
sr;onsly disappeared. Ed Mills,
her Of the gang, was shot and
Nv FIovd P. Woodward, alleg-
ader OF the gang, because it is
Mills was giving tips to the po-
4 tayicab driver also was dis
Of
Manv Indictments Returned.
re than 100 indictments have
raids began after NJ. E. Holley,
iken. S. C., lost $1,000 to the
Officers were sent to see Hol-
nd later a trap was laid for Abe
Frs the alleged "steerer" in the
Ill Powers went to Jail, but later
BED.
len began a search for the head
|sters Of the gang. The detectives
's piloted to downtown locality,
IA the South Carolinian said he
aSbeen robbed. But search as they
IN the officers could not find the
III. The next day they appealed to
collector, and he led personal
& OF the building. The room was
ia at once, and he seized all the
bhernalia. The place was fitted
{ with all tine elaborateness OF a
brokers' office in New York
III There were blackboards, fake
braph instruments, fake money
Everything else needed.
L raids were followed by many
+ EDITIONS. Scores of arrests were
The search for Woodward, the
Ter mind" of the gang, continues,
aver,
lorida Fleecers Made Fortune.
bile the gang Of ICON" men oper-
in Atlanta another gang OF
Hers, or perhaps another branch
e same gang, was busy in the
IS OF Florida. Tales of buried
Hre are out OF fashion now in St.
stine, Fla. In the season just
D. which ended abruptly in the
OF Claude Willard Powell, the
70 Kid by another con" man
he caused to be barred from
Ping in St. Augustine, they gar
IN that resort a huge fortune.
mates based on the percentage
py the operating syndicate to the
/ OF Monaco have placed the an
pet earnings of the Monte Carlo
at So,OOOOO0. In the SALES de
st. Augustine and other Flor
fSort towns the winnings" OF
leecerS are estimated to exceed
VO0 IN a sCant three months.
Victims Given No Chance.
Monte Carlo the loser departed
me casino knowing that he had
|ed with chance. In the gilded
OF protected Florida the vic
as given no chance. In Monte
me "viaticum fund" provides
safe transport of the loser back
nome, The only return for the
fortune in Florida was a
nom the feecers and discour-
comment from the police.
e the 100000 may sound as
9 1t would not seem so if one
visualize the magnificent chain
lleS throughout Florida which
sn rented by wealthy tourists"
81 II htted into sumptuous Clubs"
tile con- men operated with
0LeS'7tlon from the authorities.
Florida Stores" Busy.
'orlda the swind1ers call their
CaSlnos Stores" and it was in
u,dlngs during the season just
where millions were garnered
ION men. Inside the building
taie'te wheels, card tables, dis
~ telephones and Goddess
t the cashiers cage and the
P@Id on which the winning"
We're chalked up.
Jay men from all parts of the
were Aeeced by the clever
Most OF the victims, how
slTned to their homes without
'@' they had ever seen con"
10" Spells Are Divided.
agure OF 100000 is placed
so,,y as an estimate upon
s s activities by con" men
S,lye OF Florida, whose posi-
gnaoled him to watch closely
s Wy year growth of this or
.aS system OF swindling-these
Ji"aing chains OF elaboratelv
clubs" and exchange"
@ az operated at a tremendous
nro oeing leased and fitted out
'.g OF the arrival OF tourists.
al tL authentic source it is I'M
~ mat - per cent of the spoils
~ protection, which includes
ICES } per cent for rentals
Cent n IL