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Show TELEGRAPH OPERATOR LOSES ON FAKE HORSE RACE By Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 17. J. A. En-ger. En-ger. a young telegraph operator from Moapa, Nov., was fleeced out of 5211 cash and a chock for $4000 In a fake horse race gamo in this city yesterday. Tho two men who took Enger's money mon-ey and check wero arrested today and gave the names of J. E. Owen and Charles Adams, tho aliases of Treanor and Mc-Cormlck Mc-Cormlck nlso bolng found ln Adams's effects. ef-fects. Payment on tho check, issued on a Moapa bank, has been stopped. It is believed that Owen and Adams followed fol-lowed Enger hero from California, whero he had been displaying his wealth, which he had Intended to spend on a tour of the United States. |