Show Montana Youth Learns earns Lesson by Experience Puts Faith in Stranger anda and Loses Hard Hard earned a arned Money in Matching Game Sll Special IDI to tel The Herald Republican July Not 13 Not even the ODE loss of ot S1 O Destroyed the faith of ot E E. W 11 Hildreth a youth of Amstead Mont in a new found friend named Davis who the police police po po- lice sa say was waR one of ot two men who got the boys boy's mone money While traveling traveling- from California to visit his sick father ather in Montana Hildreth met Davis and on their arrived In Ogden he ho was Induced b by Davis to take a walk alk Near the postoffice according to tho the young mans man's story ston a EL third man appeared ap ap- Davis took Hildreth to one side and Is alleged to have proposed a matching game The Tho game progressed the stranger losing Finally he asked aked to chango change a a. b bill If of or largo denomination Hildreth displayed a roll of bills containing Drawing a 3 gun the old man declared declared declared de de- he was Vas being made the victim vie vic Urn tim of ot a grafting game He took the and arid started off ott for tor the tho police he said Davis thereupon told Hildreth It was best that the they beat It to avoid arrest arrest The Thc two iwo separated and later when Hildreth told the police of or the case ho lie asserted his belief In the Innocence of oC his friend friend despite the skepticism oCth of oC th the police Today the baggage master masler atthe at atthe atthe the depot gave Patrolman H R. R H H. Wootton a note left lert b by Hildreth to tobe tobe tobo be bo given Iven Davis Dals The note said Bald Friend Davis My Is Da My t money back would bo lie appreciated I know you ou haven't ha it It but please help me mc I work for Cor m my mone money and need it l If you jou ou cant can't spare me the please write me mo and we will acknowledge acknowledge ack ack- e we vc have ha learned a lesso lesson les les- so son |