| OCR Text |
Show Barnum's Estimate Was Far Too Small VTEW YORK. Maybe you've heard a story like this before. Accompanied Accom-panied by three detectives from police headquarters here und a fourth from the Atlantic City police department Louis Remner, a wholesale and retail millinery denier of 382 Grand street, started a search here for wire tappers who had taken $20,000 from him at Atlantic City. Remner went to Atlantic City recently re-cently for a short vacation and stayed at one of the bench hotels. He met a man casually on the Boardwalk, nnd the talk turned to horse racing and betting. Finding that Remner was interested In racing, the mun snld he could take him to n house In South Connecticut avenue, Atlantic City, where large winnings could be made on the races. Finally he bet $20,000 on a certain horse, and was Informed that. he had won $100,000 on the tnce. The "brok-ers," "brok-ers," who had their "office" fitted up with all the paraphernalia of a stock broker's office, seemed downcast at their heavy loss. They told Remner that before they could consent to pay over the money Remner would have to show them that he was not bluftlng and that he could really pay over $20,000 In cash. He had given them an I. O. U. for the amount when the bet was placed. 1 Remner consented to this arrangement arrange-ment and came to this city to get the $20,000 from his bank. When he arrived ar-rived at Atlantic City he was met at the railroad station by a member of the gang, and they went to the "office" in South Connecticut avenue. Remner there lost his money In some mysterious mysteri-ous manner and failed to collect the $100,000 due him on nls bet. |
