Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-03-13 | Page 3 | Denver Bunko Ring Method Described

r F RING METHOD DESCRIBED r I Confessed o fes ed Names Heads of Swindlers' Swindlers Ring f DENVER 1 D NVER Colo March 12 Lou Lou H g er j 72 year old old ear defendant andA d t. t W W. Duff DuCt headed Denver's alt al- al 4 lewd ed million dollar bunko ring t George Georgo Len Reamey confessed 1 bunko and nd bookmaker de de- clar eared d on the witness stand In dis- dis court here yesterday where t Wenty r twenty tWentY alleged members o of the tho I ring are on trial for conspiracy v furnished the tho ace ace notes 1 bills used to te prepare preparo prepare fake fake 1 wInnings innings for foil victims and the i jf bankroll for tor tho the use of ot the steer ers r rs while Duff characterized by bythe bythe f the prosecution as the chief Heuten- Heuten r ft ant of took care of ot police C protection Reamey Hearney testified 1 Accusations Involving InvolvIng- Denver detectives deI de- de I and Un the activities of the alleged bunko ring were made mad 1 by Reamey The method by which a list 1st of names of more than forty known or alleged confidence men found its way Into the tho hands of the alleged ring after arter It had been I prepared prepared In the office of the dIStrict district district dis dIS- dis- dis attorney at here and sent to the tho police poUce at Colorado Springs s was described de- de described described de de- scribed by That Duff had hada a n. drag with the police was as asserted asserted by the tho witness Reamey described a a. scene at the Civic Center here the alleged stamping ground of or the in search of pf their victims In which an officer who he said had been fixed signalled to a st to get out of ot the way after a n. cuker had reported the bunko game an and was waiting with tho the off officer leer for tor the to appear