Show BANKER IN TRAP f r William Wilam F. F Walker Bet Furiously Furious Furious- ly on Tips From Froni Fake Wire ire Tappers New York Feb 1 18 llam William F. F Walker treasurer of ot Lb tho Savings Sa Bank of ot New Britain Conn who Is I missing with securities valued at PAO belonging belonging be lc- longing to tho bank was swindled out of or more than C by a n. n gang of or fake take wire toppers In the tenderloin of or this cr city The rhe remaining mone money was lo lost t laying the copper market and In wildcat wildcat wild wild- wid- wid cat speculations In tho the street streeL street The men who successfully played tho the wire tap ping game ame arc known at police headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters and anti by the he Pinkerton detect detect- Ivos ives According to latest information Walker Valker alter told the tho swindlers that lint un unless Jess ho made malic up his losses in Wall Wail Wal street on on the first wire tapping enterprise ho he would woul commit suicide sulche This was 1010 than three weeks ago Walker was approached by the crooks crook In October last Jast Ho lie had hal been playing the lie copper stocks In a Wall 01 street hu bucket let shop and was reported a hea heavy loser The he swindlers got ot wind of ot this fact and they sent sont an agent to New ew Britain who called caled on Walker at his homeI home I represent the manager of or the tho racIng racing rac rae ing lug department of or tho Western Union Telegraph company the confidence man said Here is a n proposition to hold hoM the winner of or a it C horse race for Cor five OVe or orten orten orten ten minutes Walker IM is Walker bit and a date with wih the Walker was met at the Grand Cen Central station staton and taken down town to the Western Union building He lie was vas ushered upstairs where tl c tie executive offices arc are located located A hatless man met th them m In the han halt He was vas of ot course swindler No Xo 2 I 1 can hold hohl back the results for ten minutes hole if IC necessary said the fake Cake Western estern Union official That will wIl give Ive Iveus us time to telephone to each other and place the bets lets It I is cas easy money A date was set et for Cor the working out of or the game Walker Valker true to his word was on sm hand hail with 10 In c cash sh It I was was- settled that the bets would have to was be he mado In three pools pool because lecause there thelo was sas no loom In Now New York which would bet Walker was accept such a large lar e taken to a building on West cst Twenty Twenty- cl eighth street In which he was told loll was wn Richard pool room He lie was then Introduced to another man described described de do- scribed as a betting commissioner who would take 50 and wager wa er it I in two t o rent Pool rooms in each cacho Walker alker went ent to a ft 0 telephone as hal hah been arranged and the esten Union man was el arran at nt the tho other end of the wire The nan name of a horse was given Iven to Walker name and off or 0 ho rushed with wih his to the pool room Tender render inkes Ills The he betting commissioner ran in a different direction The banker found himself IC in a crowd ero 1 of oC men shouting out ou bets and sow saw thousands ands of or dollars being belI wagered At one the end was was was' the big blackboard with names of horses Jockeys odds am and weights Here again he ho heard fake bets being heing called call off or the announcer calling oft off or millionaires of or repute every few seconds He lie laid down the O. O The odds os on the tue horse hore were S to 1 You YOI still have five Ove minutes to spare pare said sid the Walker dug Into Inlo his pockets again and d pulled out ilg GO more which ho he bet het The next few Cew minutes passed quickly and to the dismay o of Val Walker er his horse came In second There here Is Js some ml mistake said falt the Ill investigate They he went Il to the telephone and called caled ip up the fake rake Western ester Union manager He lie declared that he lie had told Walker Valker to bet het beton beton heton on the lie lie hon hoi horse e t for rOt second place as the thc odds odd were bigger than on tho ho winner wInnel a fa favorite The pair pall of s ath h i lCt 1 error In 1 lie e v- v the tho moment en t and ander n Walk Walk- a l er or back buck to New Britain agreeing to ml meet t the pair pall the following ha da day He lie had hud only negotiable securities ho he said and they would woul h have ve to be Le converted Into cash ash Steered A Against aln t n a 1 Convincer Con The Thc name of a man was proposed by byth bythe bytho th the tho swindlers to handle tin the Il bonds This man Is a notorious tenderloin bondsman who owns a saloon The rhe bonds were C negotiated ne no- for tor ca cash h at about 2100 A date dall was WS set for or betting again A wager wag wag- er or PI wa was wa first m made ma te and Walker won 20 20 20 2 0 This Is what the crooks call cal the convincer Then a plug was made for fot forthe forthe the full ful amount on hand pOO Walker Valker lost lod as ns on the first day Each of th the trio left lef th the town lately The rho he fake telegraph mana manager el went to Europe Three weeks a ago o the other two came eme back to town and until last Thursday they were at nt their usual haunts at Broadway and Seventh avenue When the news of or Walkers Walker's Valters disappearance disappear disappear- ance W was S published In tho thio newspapers per they dropped droppel out of or sight |