The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-06
VICTIM Of TAPPERS
FlEEcED Of $19,650
IN the ANCIENT CITY

WEST PALM BEACH. Fob. EN-
cOuraged by the story Of tho capture
0f alleged wire tappers Ut Fort Lau-
de,dale. carried by the Associated
Press Saturday morning. and hoping
10 give Information that might prove
valuable To the officers on the case. a
winter visitor from Cleveland told
Chief Matthews. Of the local police de.
partmont a story that unfOldcd well
laid plot which enmeshed the visitor
and parted him from $19650 In cash
which he had borrowed in Cleveland.
NJ. IL. BloOmingtha 1900 Fla II 105ih
Cleveland. left the first part of Janu-
arv. this year, with his wife for Flor
da. On the train. a man named Cohen,
engaged BlOomingthal in CONVERSE
| ton Cohen used a story that he was
from RloOmingthal = home in Russia
as n means OF gaining his confidence
Second Man Appears
Cohen. succeeded in getting Mr.. and
Mrs. Bloomingthal to stop off at St
Augustine where another man met
them and introduced himself as b. A.
| Myers.
They saw the sights Of St Angus
| tine and then Mr. and Mrs. Blooming
l
| Rockledge At Rockledge they me;
| Myers again and Cohen soon appear
| ed on the scene The four had supper
and while on walk through the city
came across "A man whom Myers
pointed out as IAN infallible person
wheL II comes to tetsing on the
horses
He told OF the thousands Of dollars
| that this IMAM from Oklahoma had
made and stopped and called him by
name. Every means 10 win the con
fidence OF Bloomingthal was resorted
to and the story OF how the man
from Oklahoma" made his money for
his employers. never betting any Of
his own. was told.
The couple went back to st. Angus
tine and went to the Alhambra hotel
Mr. Bloomingthal was taken to the
club" where the bets were placed on
tbs horses. He was told that he would
not have to nut up a cent, that the
man from Oklahoma" would do all
that and the others. Bloomingthal and
Myers would share in the winnings.
Time to Cash In.
In the one afternoon 5000 vas in
crefscd 10 $24S.O00 On third bet
twp checks for $4,000 zach. were
I'll en- tn the cashier. They were sign
by n. Blum and J. Myers
When II came to collect the $2iS
100 in winnings. Myers asked tn.
' cashier to redeem the two $50 900
'yrhncks With 100000 of tho none,
won. The cashier took a look at III,
checks and saw they werr drawn az
IN Oklahoma bank He immediatel,
demanded that The party show Sloo.
100 in cash to cover the checks ane
hat he must know they hal thai
Money before he would pay the win
nirgs. He said that otherwise u,
was playing aga inst paper ana that ,
he had noticed the checks they wuul,
, not have been honored.
Then started the hunt for the 800.
, 100 IN cash. Myers promised To rails,
$4,000. The man from Oklahoma
said at first. that he could get il Il
from Oklahoma hut a Telegram fnun,
: shat his friend was somewhere in Cal
fmnia
, Victim Raises $4,000
. Hloominsthal went to Cleveland an,
: 'assed $2S.00h iimn friends and r.la
! ives and came back. putting IN
money in the Commercial Bank OF -
Augustine
tie was persuaded 10 draw &leasl
out and To take il to tn. club. In III,
hall Of the club he was set uppl
ma the money taken from him. Il.
followed To Nav Orleans being tol,
S h1t Ire could get il back there viii
; ms share of the winnings As nothnl
\ could be done in the Louisiana cit,
:. he wired his sbn-in-law in cleveland
who advised him to see the L : dis
'iict attorney at Jacksonville He 81,
I T.. >. District Attorney - William
i Gobcr. he said. and then the police q
. =. Augustine and the sheriff OF In
} county.
Nothing could be done there. I'll
gang having vacated Nlo club" an,
he came on 10 West Palm Beach. II
; went to Font l.aulerlale Saturday Al