Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-03-17 | Page 1 | Police Worked with Swindle King, Evidence

rOUGE POLICE WORKED I WITH SWINDlE KING EVIDENCE Special Investigator in Denver Expose Testifies He Saw Detective Confer Confer Con Con- fer With the Leaders VICTIMS LURED BY WOMAN AT CAPITOL Confidence Ring Also Maintained Offices in Business District Defense Defense Defense De De- De- De Fails to Shake Him DENVER Cob Colo March 17 By A. A P. P P. The The so called shadow of ot Dener's Denver's Denver's Den- Den vers ver's alleged bunko ringleaders testified testified tes- tes fled here yesterday esterdy afternoon in district court in the trial of ot twenty defendants on conspiracy charges Whispered conferences between A. A W. W Duff one of ot the reputed heads eads of the alleged International confidence ring and city detectives the accosting of ot victims by alleged alleged al- al eged members of ot the ring at the tato capitol grounds and conferences confer confer- nees in offices offIceR maintained by the defendants were described by Robert Robert Robrt Rob- Rob ert rt R R. Maiden Malden former Kansas City police officer and since last June Jun a special pedal investigator here In the theoffice theoffice office of ot District Attorney Van Cise Through two hours and a n. half haU of cross ross examination the defense failed to o shake Maidens Maiden's story of ot the alleged alleged al- al eged ring members First intimation that a a woman was was engaged engaged by the alleged ring to toure lure ure victims into the net in which scores cores scores are said to haye hale been fleeced ed edof of t hundreds of ot thousands of ot dollars w was s given by Maiden Malden He declared that hat one of ot the defendants operated at the capitol grounds with a woman l both oth accosting strangers at various times last summer Maiden testified that he watched offices by Lo Lou ou H H. alleged mastermind master mastermind mastermind mind of the ring ng and Duff through field glasses from a building across the he street He described conferences he 10 said were held by and Duff Duft with other defendants now on trial rial morning he declared he saw aw Duff Duft hold a whispered ered conversation conver- conver atlon with Peter Carr city detective detec- detec ive tive on a street corner and on another another another an an- other day ay he said he trailed Duff Duffo to o a hotel where he said Duff Duft met George Sanders another city detective detective de- de and went upstairs with the officer THREE WANTED ON OHIO MAIL CHARGES DENVER Colo Cob March 17 The The United States district attorneys attorney's office here late last night ht authorIzed authorized author- author zed the announcement that local federal officers have been authorIzed authorized author- author zed to hold a number of alleged i confidence men now on trial In fn this city for possible removal to Ohio I It was said that A. A A W. W Duff alias allas J J. W. W Horn Jack H. H Fr French alias John rohn Fillmore and Thomas Beech alias allas Louis Louls Brown who are among the twenty defendants being prosecuted prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- here were Indicted recently by jy a n. federal grand Jury at Cleveand Cleveland Cleveland Cleve- Cleve land and on charges of having used the nails mails to defraud John W. W McCann assistant United States district attorney attorney at- at torney orney said the charge against the therlo I trio are that they are alleged to have lave obtained payment on a draft of drawn on the Garfield Savings Bank company and which was sent to them from Albert of Miami 1 Fla said to have been a victim of a confidence game