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Show I DRUGGED, ROBBED BY CONFIDENCE MEIV Sheepherder Victim of Grafters Graft-ers Who Represent Themselves Them-selves to Be Officers. "CHIEF -AND INSPECTOR" After Hours of Unconsciousness, Unconscious-ness, Trusting" Man Is Loser About 3700. Two confidence mon, representing thcraaelvoa as Chief of Police 13. F. Grant and Police Inspector "Andor-son,,J "Andor-son,,J druKod ami robbed W. D. Bailey of McGill, Nev., of $000 some timo between Saturday night and yesterday yes-terday morning. Bailey recovered, consciousness con-sciousness early yesterday .morning, missed" his money and reported to the Bailey came to town from Nevada Friday afternoon, bringing with him I?700, representing many months' salary as a sheep herder. He acquired many friends about town as fcho size of bis roll of bills became known. Saturday bo wnp introduced to "Chief Grant" and "Inspector Anderson." The latter lat-ter assured him that ho had bottcr follow fol-low them because they would be able to save hiin from grafters and their Stoiy of Victim. "I Inst consciousness after uuy third drink with these two men," said Bailey. "I. have a faint recollection that "the follow who said he was .the chief of police slipped something into my whisky. I don't care so much about, the money, because I can got more where that caino .from, but I'd like to j jet oven with those fellows."' "When searched at the police station Bailey had 43. j in a secret pocket. Tic was overjoyed when the police found tills money for him, declaring bo had supposed the swindlers had left him lieu niloss. 11. C. Mouscr of Long Beach, (Jal.. reported to the police yesterday that lie had been robbed of $1-10 by two confidence con-fidence men in the grounds of the city and county building. lie was drawn into a dollar matching gamo by one of l.be mon who declared ho had a '' sucker ' on tho string from whom Monser could donhle his money. Gets Some Money Back. Mousur accompanied tho two men to tho Oregon Short. Line, depot before ho suspected he had been robbed, tie doum ndod hir. money back and when this was refused he called an officer. Patrolman Pitts arrested one of the mon, who gave his name as 0. W, Alil-Jcr. Alil-Jcr. The ol.bor escaped. Miller was charged with vagrancy and was released re-leased in police court yesterday afternoon after-noon on a suspended sentence with tho injunction that he leave Salt. Lalco before be-fore sunset. Miller returned $75 to Mnuscr upon being tuken to tho police Htation. He said the other man got away with tho rest of tho monoy. |