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Show NEW YORK EDITOR 15 SWIiLEDJN ZI He Plays "Sure Thing" Horse Race and Loses His Bank Roll Jacob & hne der connected with the Staats Ze tung a German da ly Dews paper publ shed n New York C ty was flee ed of $27o 3esterday afternoon by two confidence men operat ng the pro verb al fake horse race game Schne der was en route to the Pacif coast to v s t the expos t ons He stopped off in Salt Lake Wh e walk ng throug the taberna cle grounds Schne der n et t vo men who proiessed to be s ghtsee nj, to sts 1 ke h mself Together they v ewed the po nts of nterest about the c ty until one of Schneider s new found acqua n tan es proposed that tl ey enture a little money on a hprse rac A person was sure te w n f he p aj ed the ght way the n en to d bchne der There was not a chance m the world to lose the3 sa d bcl ue der agreed to place sonio of s n ouey on any horse wl ch stoo I a chance to w n Th man who iroiosed the belt ng was de egated to place the bets S ne der j t up $75 and the second n an also put up so ne mone3 Schne der and h s two com an ons went to the C ty and county bu d ng grounds where he and one of the men rema ned wh le the other went to place the bets Abo t a half hour later the man who placed the bets returned and handed Schneider $150 The bet had boen a twd-to one propos t on There was another race con ng up w thin a half hour, and a certa n horse was s re to w n the men told Schnei der The n en agreed to place a large bet and advised Schne der to bet all the money he had Schne der only 1 ad the $lo0 and dec ded to pawn h s d a monds to secure more money He went to an up town pawn shop and obta ned $200 on h s d an onds Th s he turned over to the bett ng delegate He was told to rema n on a certa u bench in the C ty ahd Count bu Id ng grounds where the two men prom sed to return Schne der waited sonething Ike an 1 our H s friends had not shown up Ie became Suspic ous but wa ted a little longer Then he dec ded that 1 e had "been sw ndled and hurried to pol ce headquarters where he reported the sw ndle Inspector Carlson with C ty Detec t ves Edd ngton Will ams Seager and Lyon were deta led on the case but up to a late hour last nght no trace of the alleged sw ndlers had been found |