Show ARE ACCUSED OF SWINDLING Authorities Believe They Have Two Clever Crooks in McClain and Daly WORK A TIME TIMEWORN WORN GAME TRAVELER FORMS ACQUAINTANCES ACQUAINTANCES ACQUAINTANCES TO HIS SORROW Frank McClain McCiain and Frank Daly were arrested last l st night at the Rio Grande station by Policeman on sus suspicion suspicion suspicion that they are the men who have been working confidence games on the public for the last three months When train No 4 from Irom Ogden arrived at the station about 7 last even evening evenI I ing lug the conductor looked up Officer and told him that there were two men in one ono of ot the cars whom no ne thought were trying to swindle a pas passenger passenger passenger on some Iome kind of a game The officer proceeded to enter the car and as soon as IS his foot touched the th first step stop leading to the platform a man mai broke from the inside of the car ear am and jumping from the platform started down the tho yards yard He was captured by one ot of the switchmen Meanwhile Officer had entered the car and caught the other man who was trying to make his escape through the opposite door When hen they were safely In custody John Curry a passenger who had been In company with the men said ald they tried to get money from him on a scheme which they were in the act ot divulging to him when the officer with the help of the switchman broke up the party Mr Curry Curr will appear this morning and prefer a charge against the thc themen themen men Have Flash Rolls When hen searched at the station McClain was found to have in money mono and a flash fl sh roll of a good size His partner Daly Dab had SO in money and a flash They gave their occupations as railroad men From descriptions given the police b by Joseph Pops who was out of off 0 f 75 5 last Friday Frida they think they have the themen themen themen men who been working the town towi during the summer Last Friday Mr who hails from Portland but who had made a stake in Magill Nov Ne was waiting for his train at the station He was approached by a stranger who asked him in what direction direction direction tion he was traveling told the theman theman theman man who Introduced ced himself himsel as Munsey that he was on his lila V l iy to Chicago to spend the time watching for the money situation to clear Are Fast Friends Mr Munsey was also going to Chicago and suggested that they might have a pleasant time on the This was agreeable to Mr Poppa and to bind bint the his friend Mr 11 Munsey in invited invited invited him to have a drink They walked up Second SO th street to the nearest saloon and Munsey bought a drink After this Mr Ir Poppa bought a 8 drink and the tho acquaintanceship grew apace On the way down to the station the nearest way is past the freight yards of or the Rio Grande company When they arrived in front of the station Mr Ir Munsey requested ills His friend Mr to wait for him a few seconds as he had to see about some freight that he had to send to Chicago before he left He went Into the office and appeared In a few minutes saying that the company on account of ot the stringency of the money market refused to send it C O 0 D Just as he was concluding his explanation another man mancanto came canto across the street walked up to Mr Munsey and familiarly addressing him Informed him that the freight that he had been waiting for for some time hall hal halcome come at last and was waiting in the freight station He produced an freight bill to carry out this assertion Mr Munsey said that he was Just in to see about t it He had found it there all allright allright allright right but it t said that there was wan 75 5 to be paid before be ore the company would ship He asked his friend If it he lie could cash a check The friend replied that he had only the insignificant sum of ot 40 at that time but that he could have that t It was at this point that Poppa thought he would show what a good fellow he was wag wasand wasand and pulling 70 0 In greenbacks and 3 i in ingold Ingold ingold gold from his pocket he told Mr Munsey that he did not have enough to cash the check but that he would lend him the money mone to pay pR the freight bill Mr Ir Mun Iun Munsey Munsey sey Bey offered him the check to hold as se security security in case ease he did not come back but hut Mr Poppa declined saying that he would wait walt for him outside the station The man who Is supposed to have been Daly then walked up the street saying that he would be back directly Grows Uneasy After waiting for a time for the return of oC Mr tIr Munsey Mr Poppa grew uneasy thinking that perhaps his newfound friend was having haing some difficulty in ni hashing bashing the check He thought he would go into the freight station and see what could be keeping him The clerks did not recognize the name and no Mr Ir Munsey had paid any bill all day long There was not even a box of freight addressed to Mr Ir Munsey In the shed Mr lr Poppa hunted up Officer Tinges and told him the story The was charged to profit and loss lose and he took his train However he gave a good description d of ot the two The Tue descriptions tally taU with the men arrested last night so the th police think they have two clever crooks crook |