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Show ' 1 -7,- T ' T -X -T r " X A - " Two men, alleged to be the leaders of a gang of grafters and confidence men, who have victimized many persons In the city In the last few weks, were taken ta-ken Into custody byrPollce Sergeant John J. Roberts, with the assistance of Patrolman Emil Johnson, at 9:40 o'clock this morning. The men gave their names as William Roberts, S3 years old, and M. Li. Morris, 30 years old. When Roberts was searched by Ser geant Roberts, he was found to have ' a phony city detective badge pinned to his undershirt under the left arm. The shirt waa filled with pinholes, where the badge had apparently been pinned to It many times. Roberts also had a phony roll on the outside of which was a hundred-dollar bill and & fifty-dollar bill, as well as two one-dollar bills. Neither man had any weapons in his possession when searched. Police Sergeant Ser-geant Roberts saw Morris at Third South and West Temple streets, and was watching him. Morris saw that he was watched and, drawing a newspaper from his pocket, watched the sergeant from the tall of his eye, while be extracted ex-tracted a phony roll, made of newspapers newspa-pers cut to the proper size, and covered with a five-dollar bill and a one-dollar bill., This he tried to slip Into a waste paper box on the corner, but Sergeant Roberts grabbed Morris by-the hand before the phony roll could be deposited In the receptacle, as Morris intended. The police are of the1 opinion that these men were implicated !n the robbery rob-bery of $400 from James Rice, in a South Temple street saloon a few days ago. , . , One of the men arrested had In his possession several phony checks, such as are used In the time-honored grafts that are worked on unsuspecting tourists tour-ists and other strangers. -"After the arrest, one of the men was positively Identified by the bartender at the Diamond bar as the fellow who held James -Rice at the time of the robbing of the old man, some days ago. ' - i a, . ... |