Show Con Men Find Virginian Easy Mark I J you'll FORME 1 f jf SAM wo ir GR T Yv STORY told at police headquarters A by Clarence Davis of Glenallen V Va Vu recalled to older members of the force the day when confidence men had bad full sway here The Virginian eat elated d that three men had Inveigled hire bim into mat matching hing twenty cent pieces s In a room at the Raleigh hotel botel and that they had disappeared one of hem them taking belonging to him him When hen Davis reached the city and be lie registered at a hotel near John Marshall place and Pennsylvania Penns avenue avenue ave- ave nue h he was seated on the coping at the northwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and nd street when a stranger strang strang- er cr spoke to him He did dirt not hesitate tv tell the the stranger stranger b he was from near Richmond nond and the latter said he be was acquainted with people in Sn Richmond The Virginian Informed the stranger strang strang- er that he was thinking of going to New York and that he was a bricklayer bricklayer brick brick- layer by b- trade So am um m I a bricklayer the stranger said and Im I'm outs of f work Come to New York with me Davis Davis Da Da- vis told him and I will ill see that you get a Job Soon a second man a red-haired red Individual individual in In- who said he was an Englishman English English- I man appeared and was introduced A drink was suggested The men had one in a saloon on Pennsylvania ave ave- nue Davis said he would go back to Richmond and draw his money from bank in order that he be might have have- funds enough to see him through his trip to New York Accompanied by Smith the man who first accosted him Davis went to Richmond drew his money and returned the next day The red-haired red man and a friend met them and the quartet went to the po hotel hotel ho ho- tel where the alleged swindlers had taken a room A game of matching quarters was indulged In and Davis lost what silver sliver change he had bad It was then necessary for him to get out his roll 1011 of bills It was the first time Lawrence and Hopkins Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins as the two con men were known had seen the roll roU At the suggestion suggestion sug of one of the men Davis handed his hI's roll roU to Hopkins to hold Lawrence then said he wanted to get geta a check cashed and it was wIllIe while he was pretending he was looking for a aman aman aman man to cash it that those In the party became separated |