Show THREE YOUNG MEN BILKED Recently three young men from fram the south dismounted from the Utah Central train in this city r IJ 1 aY b L L iI x 4 I and were soon n approached by a sharper who Vf very ry politely said Good morning Are you the I saiJI boys loys who brought in those horses The boys looked at each other and one ont replied We haven't haven I brought in any horses The sharper excused himself by I saying he was mistaken in the I parties and asked the you young ng men where they were going and from whence they came and if they were hunting work They said they were going to work on the railroad The man said he was hunting men to work on the rail rail- railroad railroad rail railroad road and had large contracts near Ogden and at once began to make arrangements with the youths to go and work for him promising them 17 per day with good board anda and a kind boss One of the young fel- fel fellows fellows lows said Let us take it in The three all agreed to go The man pointing to his partner a few steps off watching what was going on said There is my partner and we will make arrangements for you to toge togo togo go ge on the next train Had you been here this morning you could have gone with the other men One of the boys thoughtfully asked how often they paid Every month was the reply And now boys said the sharper I will have to ask a favor of you You must pay me something down downto downto downto to secure your fares as we paid the fares of some men the other day and when they got to Ogden th they y went to work for someone else We lost all an that The young men 1 asked what amount was wanted and said their cash was scarce The bilk bUk said Let us have 10 The boys said they could only spare 7 The fraud remarked that he wished they could makeup make up the 10 when one of the young fellows very liberally went down in his jeans and brought forth the other 3 i Now said Mr Sharper I will willI I go and buy your tickets for as far a distance as this train goes It turns off at Woods Wood's Wood s Cross near t to r Farmington and then you are to take another train I will wiH give you f each a note to the conductor who knows me and he will take you on and it will be charged to us Then I will telephone to the boss at Ogden to meet you and you will go to the ther r camp tonight with him and start work in the mornin morning I The tickets were bought costing r I about 30 cents each enough to get r the victims out of town and the orders were made out in printed 1 form to carry earry them on OD to their al- al alleged alleged al alleged destination The dupes mount mount- mounted mounted mounted ed the train with tickets orders and their bundles of bedding A Away way they went and so 80 did the sharper with a good days day's day s wages The conductor came around to collect tickets One of the boys asked how long they would have to tori ri wait for the other train The train train- trainman trainman I man said there was no other trai train n going to Ogden but the one they were on that evening The boys were surprised nd told under what circumstances they were going and anddrew anddrew drew forth their orders or passes and showed them to the conductor The latter Jatter said they were not good and observed ob that each of them had I Ia a different name signed to it and andI I asked that the bearers be passed to toi i Ogden I The boys now lIOW saw they had been bilked out of their m money ney and the conductor had a great round laugh at their expense The young fellows got off oft when they had gone as far as their tickets would allow them to The train went on and the boys saw nothing but good tie tie- walking tie walking before them Fortunate Fortunate- Fortunately Fortunately Fortunately ly they got a chance to ride back to the city by waiting for a train coming from the Lake but it took nearly all an they had to pay their return fares After their arrival they searched for the sharper in- in intending intending in intending tending to give him a sound thrash thrash- thrashing thrashing thrashing ing but their hunt was in vain They went to work at the job they first started out for and acknowledged acknowledged edged to me that they had gained about 1200 worth of experience uy by coming to Salt Lake ODEAR SALT LAKE CITY S Sept pt 27 1889 |