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Show Gambling Gamb1hg ' DevicesMove Devices Move on From Prom PromCounty County Into Colorado Oolorado ColoradoThat ColoradoThat ' That Uintah Ulntah county is an un- un unhealthy unhealthy unhealthy - - healthy place for gambllnK-sllck- gambllnK sllck gambling-slick- gambling slick gambllnKsllckera gamblingslickers gamblingslickera - - era ers who prey upon the unwary unwarytOur1&t unwarytburlst tourist tOur1&t tOur1t tburlst & by enticing ' them into agambling agambling a gambling lair through the meansof meana means meanaot meansof ot of a menagerie of wild westernanimals western westernanImals westernanimals anImals reptiles reptUes etc waa WIUI was provenlast proven provenlast provenlast last week when Sheriff H lL . . M . . . Sny-der Sny der Sny- Sny Snyder Snyder - - der Investigated such .such . a set-up set up - at atGusher atGusher atGusher Gusher 0 . 0Investlgaed Investlgaed Investtgaed at the instance of ofthree ofthree I three tourists who claimed losses lossesof lossesot lossesof of ot from $ (50 50 $50 ( $ O to $75 75 $ as they played played play- play played - ed the marble game for Navajoblankets Navajo Navajoblankets blankets and other Indian Ipdlan curiosbut urios curios curiosbut < : uriosbut but never could win the sherifffound sheriff sherifffound sherifflound found lound the tl'1e tl1e ' lay-out lay out - had been oper oper- operating oper- oper operating operating - - ating for three or four tour days at th18 this th18place thisplace thisplace place placeNone I None of the victims vIct1ms would testifyagainst testify testifyagaInst testifyagainst agaInst the gamblers and one testifyI whohad who whohad whohad I had loudly proclaimed his h1s loanwanted lOetJ &ose ose &osewanted & wanted the sheriff to see that hewas he hewas heI I waa was not followed as he left tor for his hishome hishome home haalfears in the east ee.st eest . Another had haal haalI hadfears fears he would be overtaken andmobbed andmobbed and mobbed as he went on hia hlB his way Ithe Ifhe If It I he testified test1fte against them in courtAnd court courtI courtAnd courtAnd I And the other was WWl more anxiousto anxiousI anxious to get home hame than to be delayed by byB bya byI I a B hearing before betore a court Only Onlythrough Onlythrough Onlythrough through tourist were urged to play playWhen When the sheriff sherUf arrived at thealleged thp the thpalleged thealleged alleged hold-up hold up - tourist schemethere scheme schemethere schemethere there was no evidence evt4ence evlqence of ot gambling gambl- gambl gambl1ng - - Ing 1ng He ordered them to be on onthf'lr ontheir their thf'lr thflr ' way at once onceAfter onceAlter After Alter viewing the menagerie thenauflpecting the thenSWlpec1lng thenauspecling nSWlpec1lng nauspecling tourist was allegedlyInilted aUPlledly allegedly aUPlledlytm1ted allegedlytnIVed tm1ted tnIVed Into an attractively deeo deco deeorAted decorated decorated rAted room roam with blankets and curio cu curio cu- cu curIo - - rio " . When 'When ' he wished to purchaseI purchasehe purchas purchase I he hI ' would be told they thpy were aere \ l"Te lTe " not for"ale forale for fori for"a1e forae i " " ' ' ' securedthrough secured securedthrough "a1e a1e ae but co ild lld Tid on'y ony be through a game A slicker sUcker would wouldt wouldjn win jn BS R ' ' he showed how easy etL'Jy etLJy ' It wasi was wasto wasto to get one of ot the blanker blanket blanke ! . Thens Then s the thp mone mane > ) } was Wfts down and lost- lost lostdo lost lostdo . - > do b'e be ' ! up scheme scht"me schtme " would be pro- pro proposed proposed pro proposed - - posed tor for B a better stake As AJJ oneiId oneilrl one lIlt iId < later lat-eT lat eT - there was no rio end tohia to tohh tohis hh his ns es II the stakes doubled ctoubled 4oubled ; . . The b bet be t Info Information InfoinatIon tlon Is tha . th th1 th1S thiss s not flOt the group w which whtch lch o etated operated operatedsummer operatedla etatedtaot taot it ; summer In Colorado but b t bad had bad"n had"n badn -"n "n n - "n n " n prevlorlv prevloL"lv prevloLlv prevloL'bi prevloLbi " ' operating operat1n on oncreek Deepcreek Dee creek In Duch DuchTse < ? $ sne e county If U Zt ' Isunderstood b is bunderstood isunderstood understood theyVent they \ went \Vent Vent on their waf way wafeIIst wayeast wayeast eIIst east Into Colorado coioraio At an any ant ratthe rat rat ratthe . * the stay Ita : , In TTmtah Ultitah t7IXItab county countyIV was \IV IV \ " ashort a aabort athort abort thort one _ . |