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Show GUBLY CMEB ISGf" I WAY TD PHILADELPHIA !Alleged Confidence Man Is Taken East by Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Detectives. B. Cunniniiham, hplievctl to be "Curly" Carter, is on his way to Philadelphia to fi-.ve trial on the charge of swimiling .1. K I wood Hess out of ? 1 0.onO on a fake racing sclietno. Accompanying: Cunnin-h:t Cunnin-h:t tu arc Uetective.s Kdward L. Farrcli and John YV. lord. Cunningham was intrustod to their care by J. Parley White, chief of police, who delivered the aliened notorious confidence man to the officers through a special liatialion of local oVtertivep. The pris-i pris-i oner wore lianl cuffs and every effort was made to guard against a possible escape. There were rumors of eianes, but no effort to free Cunningham was attempted, the local oi fleers and tlie two Philadelphia Philadel-phia detectives apparently having convinced con-vinced friends of Cunningham that any i effort to eifect his escape would prove ; futile. t)ne of the rumors was that tlie ! officers were to be overpowered as Cunningham Cun-ningham aliu.1i ted from t he automobile i at the Oregon Short Line station, and ' Cunninsham was then to he whisked away in a waiting machine. There were no Indications of such a plot at the station, however. There also were rumors that an effort would be mode to effect his escape after lie had hoarded the train, but the Salt Lake police were confident last niiyht that Cunningham could not escape from tlie two veteran Philadelphia officers who had been appointed by tlie Philadelphia Phila-delphia chief of police to take the man back. Cunningham was turned over to the Philadelphia officers after his second attempt at-tempt at freedom had failed. An application applica-tion for his release on a writ of habeas corpus was made by John F. Bowman, ! counsel for Cunningham, in the Third district court, but tlie application was j deniM by Judge M. Jj. Ritchie, who or- dered the prisoner remanded to the chief of police. Cunniiifrham escaped from the city jail in Halt Lake on August Hi, but was recaptured re-captured a few days later. ?ie then fought the 'Requisition papers presented by the Philadelphia detectives, but lost his ca.ee before Governor William Spry. |