Show WORKED AGAIN TSAT GOLD BRICK BUNCO GAME PLAYED THIS AFTERNOON georga whitmore of nephi swindled out of tha robbers still at large there was considerable excitement in town this afternoon over a bunco gam which had bean successfully worked against georga whitmore ot nephi it appears that two men came to whitmore at nephi and represented that a mexican had found a rich gold mine which he desired to ell but he was a little shy and as afraid to come into town he would be found near utah lake on tua outskirts of provo whitmore cane can e with the men to provo and on monday morning he procured a braca and bit from the provo east co op and with two men went to a place near abo lake where the mexican was found the mexican produced abre gold baia of bullion and mr whitmore with his brace and bit bored a small hole in each and broke the bit off in the hole in one of tb bars the shavings he placed in bis pocket book and the bricks were wrapped up in a piece of paper before wrapping the bare up whitemore wrote his name on each of them the sha vinga were taken to tho first national bank in this city and found to be pure sold whitmore then telegraphed to the nephi bank for the price agreed to be paid for the three bars and a one fourth interest in the mine the money came and mr whitmore in company with mr turner went with the two men to see the mexican on the shores of the lake the men said that aa the mexican was a little suspicious perhaps he would not like mr turner to be present well then be can go to h 1 was mr Whit mores unceremonious remark the men finally agreed that mr turner should go along and they would keep him out of sight of the mexican the mexican kept off at one side while these two men did the business with whitmore the bars of bullion were unwrapped and found to be the same from which the shavings had been taken in one of them was the piece of broken bit george paid over the money and took the bullion but when th metal was to town it was found to be copper how the gold shavings could be taken from copper bricks is unexplained mr whitmore ays he basure the bricks he received are the aade from which he cut the shavings men are now out on horseback scouring th country for tha mexican and hi two pals A similar game of this kind was tided week before last in san francisco A horse and abny hired by the avind krs at the livery stable has not been returned the kold alias copper bars are on exhibition at the first national bank keep the vault open for me was the word sent to cashier hills ot the deseret national bank last night by mr whitmore Whit nore latr he sent the following message my name is dennis dont keep the vault opan for me the re about four square and about fourteen inches long |