Show S. S L L. Folks Either Smart mart o oA or r Honest HonestA A confidence woman a rather unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual breed of cat incidentally paid Salt Lake City quite a compliment the theother theother theother other day Arrested in Portland the woman said that she and her accomplice had fleeced unwary victims of more than in a lost purse racket in various cities in the west They obtained she said 1400 in Portland 2000 in Pasadena in Seattle and San Francisco in Oakland 2500 in San Diego and smaller amounts in other western cities But she said they didn't get a thing In Salt Lake City a religious town police quoted her as saying We Ve dont don't know just how much religion religion religion re re- re- re ligion has to do with it but the fact that Salt Lakers were not taken in by these sharpshooters is a real ment The game played by the confidence women was to find a purse somewhere in view of the intended victim The finders finders finders find find- ers discover a sizable sum of money in inthe inthe inthe the purse and offer to split it with the stranger who saw them pick it up If the victim falls for this offer of easy money the confidence pair talk the dupe into putting up earnest Clearnest money moncy which of course vanishes along with the swindlers Maybe Salt Lal Lakers ers were just too smart to fall for this old swindling trick Or maybe it is that they were just too honest For as police experts on these confidence games emphasize no one who isn't enticed by the idea of making some off-color off easy money can ever be victimized by confidence game |