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Show AND STATE NEWS SlDLERS HAD T0JS00R0E Salt Lake, May 2S. Through the aid of tho police and his attorneys, Chas. A. Anderson, the rancher of Mackay, Ida , who was swindled out of noarly $G,000 by confidence men May 11, has recovered all but 2,000 of his fortune for-tune Besides the certificates on Ida ho bonk6, amounting to $2,402.50, which wore returned to Anderson through his attorneys several days ago, the police succeeded yeeterday In forcing "Jack" Porter, held as ono of tho swindlers, to disgorge an additional addition-al $1,500 In caBh. Porter Is still held under a charge of obtaining monoy under false pretenses, although it is probablo he will be released soon Porter was arrested In Pocatello and was brought back to Salt Lake by Inspector C. A. Carlson after a strenuous resistance to the extradition extradi-tion proceedings. After several dBys In tho city Jail he was given full liberty lib-erty upon promising to do all In his power to recover some of the money, the police releasing him upon his honor hon-or only. When arrested Porter had several diamonds aggregating In value about $1,000. These he pawned yeBterday, turning the money over to Anderson through tho rancher's attorneys, to-golher to-golher with other money raised bv him In a manner'unknown to the police. po-lice. Anderson was swindled on a fake horse racing scheme. He came to Salt Lake with several hundred dollars dol-lars In cash and certificates of deposit de-posit on local and Idaho banks, tho whole amounting to about $0,000 Ho was Induced to sign them over to his betrayorB, tfhoiu ho. mot as ho stepped step-ped from an Oregon Short Lino train. The swindlers succeeded in cashing a $1,000 certificate at Walkers Brothers' Broth-ers' bank and a $2,000 certificate at McComlck'a bank. Payment was stoo-pod stoo-pod on tho Idaho certificates, although It was feared that Anderson might yot lose them should they fall lnt the hands of an Innocent purchaser Much detective work and legal nego. tltlons of a mysterious character re-EUltod re-EUltod In the recovery of tho outstanding outstand-ing certificates. |