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Show j Alleged BunKo Game in Which Young Scotchmen I Claim to Kave Been Robbed of $10,000. Chief of I'olice George Sheets rnaila ' the foTIowiiijj stafriTt t-oaceTuing the i ibis mijiain: "A week i'go V.t'evJov a maj j talked iiito tbf t'i--e cf tho i gcant acJ state-! that Le :-.ud hi brotb-i brotb-i fr ha! bee'i robl-d i-f iin:1- ii'rj; over I fl'V'OO io a l-rac jrr'm1. Srgt. Hem-I Hem-I pU who was ia tli" c'.t.-- a, tnc tinj, ! tpm into my fi wult ?t,.- man. j 'I intrn"ted J-ru?- H-fi'' t ou Tiih the man ai about "iLe j Again Sees Police. 1 "Nimc time later th tnau earn? t-. I mv cfiice in cenpary v.-it 'a nnother man . I wl:. gave his nr" a H-li.. The man . I viho la:';,-"! to l.a.- 1 a !-atea out , cf ti e nixney a- :!i .l L!. !i of l-eiajj in-i in-i dird t'v r--:set-t.'J v itti the loss i-t hit "I'.-'I. rh mi 1 r-.-. r salt cf'r; ftate-l th.tt if he ra iu arv wjv r.-spcn!Ue r.-spcn!Ue f..r the ,.ss cf th man's ii.,pe. h- was nil'ihc t. make g.t!. The man wln cave his name as Poll ft.atci that lie .'-nly ha-1 with him. bu that he wy wil'in to take the mher man's in. to fcr $1""() an-1 fur-n!-h him that a iT-.i.tn.t. The two' b-lt I thi- oiEce togiiii- r ;ud I weut to ?nj-I ?nj-I per. ! Bell Is on Hand. I "Laer I returned to the oftioe. A short time afterward Ht 11 and th other man enteral. Pel a!'POtiD".M th. j he ha-i ctily --.t 7j' au-i that Y ' "oii'J ha' to s 'r- a ehe:k 'i-s-!.! t j make y.y ji-.f ) ioo jvjj .-f( the , ; n.i t!:c i-t!ii r man a-k -1 me n-i. t 1 t . him gc; away wi'h the m,nej'. I f-!lowi-d the man into th- t a;t a'l-! t-jld l.no that b had better havo th- ntenov whi.-b bt? ba.l with him. H i;avf me 7o l ir. gold, whtoh I t-eh into I my crfi'-e. A )iort time loter ):'! r--: t irr.cd wit!i J25J more and th- " ' I signed the note for the amouul. 1 Erother on the Scena. . j "While waiting for the return I Bell the .rothT of Ihf man who a' b-jjed that Le ksd been leaten out cf lie money came to mv ofhre. Tbw brothers, toetlicr with "Pcli. left thnr ciho- tos. tl.er. Fr--m the c!T--r cf P-'! to take a note for the $10i- I believed that it was s.-nu- Liti-i of a J-1?! b -twi-.Mi the thrtc in.-n. Tl.e two n" n wh ' ' were with Hell r-tctoit that they -Msh-d to l. ave for th- ciat. Serst." HP';-1- ot). re. I to i;. t ther tivkt't ext- a.'.-' l if they would remain ui town for a few day. TI.ey de-l::!el tl.e cf: i-r. MoW'hirter v.at.te! his nior.-'y ba'k, and I lid all T roul l to cet it for htm. Tins i the story in tall. When 1- 11 otTere.i to take M. Whirter's note f r si " and ias'a the i ..te. ...r,.! win n M.-- U'i.i:!:r r-t.r-e.1 to this. 1 lu u-ved t' entire row v.-i a b;.i;.ts !-twe-.a ." ! STORY OF ROBBERY TOLD SY M'WHIRTER 1 A 'sti-tf - 1 ' i ..iker dci k rt.ar.i-.-uiate ! bv three . bn. c mi n. ."te of tl.i i . r..t-os- to l--." hai" 1' -.a! Is.ei. a t-rre ;i't:ter and a 'lege I gat! - i bio, atid two -!. iny" p--.i-.-e :!. i o'.I.-c.V led f r--'.-- '.tig Al.Vtt' ier -W'.-.ter atil '..s bo:.:e. Wi'i'iam Me V. hirter. cf ie -ri' th-.-i ..- ' ' .., s,'; I.ako itv it 'he af' moon of i e'ti-, e'ti-, ber V.'. acc.r l't.g to th- storv ! ; tl-e lormor. T' pvitn-r has be. n : -e 1 in the hands cf Cou'.ty Attorv v P:.r'ev . J V. Chn-te"S.-t'. and ,'-:-'- " - f. sworn out Sal cdav and placed m tl a J hands cf SheruT C. Frank- t m.-.v tor . ' the arrest of Donaldson and four oti.-r persons. ; Hv means of the t..ker game te con- - ' fidenoe n:en, actor ling to M.-Whirter, J- siKcee-'e-l in se.-uring -jo'"H from him j and bis brother in a room at the Antler I "Continued on page 4.) wm mw.- mm flare that Bell called Chief of Police Sheets into the hall and that a few minutes later Sheets brought tlie money ta McWhirter.- The latter declare that be .then protested that I7o0 was not enough for him to start in business with and that $1000 was necessary. Bell, be says, apain disappeared, and a few minutes min-utes later returned with $250 more. McWhirter Mc-Whirter declares that he and bis brother broth-er then boarded a train for Los Angeles and Bell accompanied them to the depot, de-pot, after giving tbera considerable advice ad-vice and telling them that it ought to be a lesson for them. This is the story as told by McWhir-ter McWhir-ter to the newspapers. Altered Prtxe-Figbter in Game. It is alleged that a would-be prize fighter, who has made his residence in and near Salt Lake for several months, was a party to the alleged brace game practical on the two Scotchmen a week ago last Wednesday. Information as to bis part in the transaction was furnished fur-nished to the officers this morning. It is known that this man was in Salt Lake a few days - ago and that the officers are bending every effort to locate him. f : (Continued from psgs I.) rooming-bouse, 140 West Second South street, between 2 and 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the dav mentioned. Alexander Alex-ander McWhirter, the older of the two brothers, was induced to take a hand iu the card game, and within a few hands his money disappeared. When n demanded an officer, two "phony" policemen were brought to the door and he was placed under arrest ar-rest and searched, thereby being relieved re-lieved of $S373 additional. When he protested he was given a receipt signed by Charles Hemingway. Thsy Left Town. - . After numerous manipulations, McWhirter Mc-Whirter declares, he was taken to the police station by one of the fraudulent officers. Being unacquainted with police methods, bo declares that the "phony" officer made it appear that be was a friend and the Chief of Police secured the return of $1000. As the men did not remain in town but a few hours after the affair no complaint was filed and no arrests made. While on the train to Los Angeles the men related their troubles to the conductor, who in turn referred thsra to the attorney for the Salt Lake Boute at Los Angeles, Mr. Davidson. Attorney Davidson telegraphed to Attorney At-torney Charles O. Whittemore of this city and sent Alexander MeWhlrter to Salt Lake to confer with him about the case. Air.' Whittemore turned the case-over case-over to Attorney M. P. Braffet. The matter was brought to the attention atten-tion of County Attorney Christensen and the warrants were sworn out before Judge Whitaker. Cam rrora Scotland. According to the story told by Alexander Alex-ander McWhirter, he was in business in Maybole, Scotland, and came to this country on September 1. In New York he' turned his money into cash, receiving receiv-ing ten $1000 bills, three $100 bills, and the rest in smaller bills. He declares that he is 30 years old, while his brother William is 25 years old. They came to this country for the purpose of starting in business in California. Cali-fornia. They arrived in Salt Lake City on September 18 and stopped at the Cnl-len Cnl-len hotel. They Met a "Friend." While stsnding on the corner at Second Sec-ond South and Main street they became be-came acquainted with a man who said bis name was Morris. After a short conversation with him they declared that he invited them to take an automobile auto-mobile ride with his uncle, "Col. Rice,'.' who, he declared, wss a mining man. The ride wss to take place at 2 o'clock the next day. Suspecting something crooked the brothers attempted to avoid the engagement en-gagement and went o Fort Douglas after af-ter leaving a note with the clerk at the botel. informing Morris that they hsd broken tho engagement. Met the. "Uncle." . j On returning shortly after 2 o'clock thev encountered .Morria on Main i street and he asserted that be was sorry j he as unable to meet .them, but that if thr would come with him he would introduce them to his unHe st the office, of-fice, which turned out to be a room m the Antler rooming houee. When thev were taken tv the place they were told that it was onlv a temporary office, as the office uiied by "Col. Kice" was being be-ing repaired. ' Whn thev reached the place and rapped at the door It was opened by a voung man who dei-lared that the '"Olouel'' hsd been waiting for them, but was out, and would return shortly. Made the Introductions. . . The reason, they said, for not opening the door immediately was that one of the men in the room said they bad been playing a game of cards and feared that the knock was that of bis wife. The McWbirters were introduced to one of the men in the room as a mining man, snd the other, who is supposed to be Donaldson, as a physician. After some coaxing the man known as Morris was induced to enter a game of cards. Then Moms induced Alexander Alex-ander McWhirter to take his band, and the stakes flew skyward. It ended with the alleged physician grabbing two $1000 bills and 'declaring, be bad won the game. "Phony" Policemen. McWhirter demanded a police officer and his alleged friend Morris went in search of one. returning a few moments mo-ments later with two alleged officers, who placed the entire crowd under arrest. ar-rest. One of the "phqny'' officers relieved re-lieved Alexander McWhirter of bispock-etbook, bispock-etbook, containing $9,373. and gave a receipt. This alleged offieer started awav with the money and would not allow al-low "the other officer to follow him. Continues the Story. Later the second officer took McWhirter Mc-Whirter in charge and started for the police station. The two men were marched about tho city. In the tramp around the city William McWhirter broke away and made his wsy to the police station. Alexander McWhirter declares that ho was taken to a room at the Sanitarium, Sani-tarium, where he reeognized a man who was the other "phony" officer in the case. This roan declared that he had turned the money and. affair over to the Chief of Police and bad nothing more to do with it. McWhirter says that they then went to the police station, where be was informed in-formed that his brother had been there before him. After securing the $1000 the brothers left for Los Angeles. Go to Police Station. According to McWhirter, the man who accompanied him went up to Chief of Police Sheets, who wss standing in the corridor and asked for a private interview. in-terview. This man then declared that his name was Bell and said that McWhirter Mc-Whirter had been robbed in a "bunkoJ' game and asUcd to be brought to the police station. The statement made dv McWhirter is that Sheets then asked Bell if be could not secure the return of a portion of the money, and Bell's reply was that if be were given a short time within which to do it he might get in communication commu-nication with the gang and do it. Talk With Sheets.' After waiting an hour, McWhirter eavs, Bell returned with $750 in Hold. Whcu Bell returned, McWhirter de- |