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Show B 13 L 1 Li i LI l Feal Estate Man Loses I! $500 to Two H Strangers I Yonkers, N. Y., June 23. The po- M' Uco here are looking today for two M; crafty strangers who fleeced William l: i Morton, an aged real estate man, out 1 of $500 yesterday. While discussing I; the purchase of some property, the H men proposed a poker game. After I an hour's play, Morton won ?3.000 H. from his companions. These winnings I together with the $500 which he had I put Into the "bank." when the game started, were tied up in a cigar be bv one of the courteous strangers and ; handed to Morton. Wben he reached home and opened the box, ho found j nothing but red clay in it, and a note which read: , ! "Don't try next time to beat a wise one. It's been tried before. Take your Q medicine like a man. Don't tell the j police, just think what unpleasant k notoriety it would cause." 1 S no |