Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-14 | Page 8 | Missourian Shows City Fellers Old 'Snipe Hunt' Trick

Missourian Shows City Fellers Old Snipe Hunt Trick Half Dozen Victims Reported to Have Held Sack to Tune of 1500 in Game B By MARION F. F COLLINS United Press Staff start Correspondent HUNTINGTON L. L I. I Dec 14 14 Snipe hunting the old old game from the he backwoods has been played w with th financial profit on several gullible Long ong Islanders police charged today in n holding an aged Missourian who felt elt these cit city fellers feUers ought to be taught aught a lesson The modern version of the game came yielded more than the loud guffaws given victims in the hills Police figured fig- fig tired ired that a half haIt dozen persons held the he sack for approximately 1500 The They accused John Roberts once a Missouri farm boy of collecting this amount Roberts powerful of frame and ruddy of cheek with a manner that belied his 60 or more years never forgot he told police how he strained his ils ear car hour after alter hour to catch the sound of the approaching snipe as his brother beat beal the bushes He donned an old shirt a pair of cowhide boots from a trunk and went to o Brooklyn The first alleged victim vic vic- Ic- Ic tim im for the hunt was captured RobertS gawking ga at a a new motor car carin carin carn in n a attracted the tile attention attention at- at of ot an alert salesman CAR CAB DEMONSTRATED The car was demonstrated Roberts Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts liked it but he couldn't buy right now now not not until he put through a adeal adeal deal deaI The salesman offered to help on the deal deaI Roberts seemed dubious but hed he'd hedell tell ell the he salesman about it His neighbor neighbor neigh- neigh bor or Roberts said wa was the widow of a former bartender who had put away awaya a large stock of prewar liquor The widow needed money He was commissioned commissioned commissioned com com- to find ind buyers The salesman was interested He Hel told old several friends and among them 1400 was raised Then Roberts with I two wo expectant purchasers set out at midnight to get the liquor Th They y drove to a house on a little frequented road Roberts went into the house returning shortly to tell teU them the deal was just about put through If Il they would give him him the money and get those hose bags ready hed he'd settle The men got sot out of the car with burlap sacks ready to be filled At that point Roberts asked them to wait watt waita a few minutes while he got ot another man down the road a piece The Themen Themen Themen men waited hours until dawn in fact Then they investigated The house was empty Weary and footsore the they walked to the Huntington railroad station COMPLAIN TO POLICE Subsequently they complained to police Soon similar complaints were received from Astoria Jamaica and Mineola Police found a large man wearing cowhide boots explaining to toa a druggist that he knew a widow who wanted to sell seU some prewar liquor etc and Roberts was arrested The Missourian police said ad admitted admitted admitted ad- ad taking the money from the motor car ear salesman also his auto auto- mobile I jest thought they quoted Roberts as saying that these city fellers feUers' ought to be taught a lesson on general principles Roberts was wearing a money belt containing four bills when ar or- or rested He was charged with grand larceny