Show MET THE I mm II English Visitor Formed Acquaintance Acquaint-ance of Nice Gentlemen Gentemen II I 4 I I INTRODUCED TO POKER I I 1 AND THE VISITORS WEALTH TOOK WINGS WAT I I M Shudle Lost 220 and Went to the Bank to Get the Money Wanted the Bunco Men to Tai6 Ta Some Old Coins Grafters left Town 4 There is an Englishman in town who played a little game of draw poker yesterday afternoon with three confidence dence men and lost 220 of which 20 was in cash and 200 was represented by his word The surething men secured se-cured the 20 but they didnt get the S200 J Shudle who is an expert bookkeeper book-keeper by profession a tall gaunt Eng lishman who wears distinguishing Dundreary whiskers arrived at the Kenyon hotel Oct 19 He remained there until Friday when he went to another hotel He Is or was on his way to San Francisco But yesterday morning morn-ing he met Charley Price one of the 1 shrewdest smoothest and most accomplished accom-plished grafters in the countiy Price had come here Friday morning along with Sheeny Cohen and Harry Doyle from the Pacific coast They stayed over just long enough to learn that the police department does not tolerate them in Salt Lake Met the Grafters Price took Mr Shudle to a room in a building on lower Main street presumably presum-ably the room o one of the grafters He introduced him to Cohen and Doyle After some conversation on business maHer and the Transvaal war the four engaged in a game of draw poker Mr Shudle lost 20 in cash all the money he had with him and his word was taken for 200 more He supposed that he lost the money in a square game but he didnt Price accompanied him to the Wells Fargo Co bank On the way up Shudle admitted that I he had but 100 on deposit but said he had a draft in his room He wanted want-ed to know if Price wouldnt accept I some old and valuable coins in place of the 100 but lie had no use for anything any-thing except ready money As the money was being withdrawn from the bank Mr Dooly asked why he wanted the money Oh I lost 200 in a little poker game said he Flight of the Grafters ExChief Pratt was there He and Mr Dooly re discussing ways and means of electing Ezra Thompson mayor The exchief became convinced that Shudle had been robbed He at once notified Chief Hilton Detective Sheets and Sergeant Janney commenced com-menced a search for the grafters mence sear They worked hard and quietly all the afternoon and finally as they had their men located in a Second South street saloon the birds flew away Having learned that Sheets and Janney knew them they jumped out the back way took a hack and drove to the depot where they caught the Oregon Short Line train north tran |