Show WERE IN THE ACT GRAFTERS ARE GIVEN LONG TERMS IN JAIL sure thing men were cleverly trapped while fleeming fleecing Flee cing a stranger from thursday standard justice in full measure to the three drafters grafters gr caught yesterday by the county sheriff mefa them on the criminal bench facing judge murphy in police court for H chark alias H patt man days of confinement in the county jail was ordered because harry raymond and george hammond appeared to be novices in a life that claris has followed for many years days each was given this should be sufficient time tor reflection and a good lesson to be driven into their understanding jame torrey the man fleeced got back his money he is quite sure that he has had experience enough with card sharps enough at least to make he next trick more difficult to work torrey continued on his way to the coast to aee more ot the romantic west dark has been arrested four times by the ogden police as a grafter the last ahne was two months ago he bunched a swede out of but evidence could not be collected that would convict him hla honor at tho gave him a suspended sentence of 90 days because he wished to drive him to his family in distress at san diego california his excuse for again visiting ogden was that he must pass through the junction city to get to the coast while here he concluded to make the time profitable by plying his pet schemes the method employed by the three men was simple torrey was spotted as a mark one of the men engaged him in conversation representing to bo a traveling salesman for a big concern in the cast he had rooms and samples up town he was going west hinA elf would not the congenial j gentleman from michigan come up to 1 hiis tiis room while he packed his grip they would continue their conversa ion compare experiences and arrange j for a delightful trip to sunny california torrey went such hospitality was compelling dark and lis companion when they saw their brother in crime progressing nicely rushed up town engaged a room in a twenty fifth street boarding house and prepared tor a poker game they requested the landlady to bring a few straight chairs and a square table a some gentlemen were coming up for game between train the landlady acquiesced but when torrey arrived appointed a person to watch the keyhole and report developments she had grown suspicious pi cious torrey was treated with condescension would he not play poker would ont play poker or fun and put up hit money to make he game more realistic of course he money would be returned when he game was over you dont know the game well he pleasure ft ill be all yours in learning such a fascinating science as poker forty dollars bad found its way into the pockets of the drafters grafters gr when the sheriff broke in caught them red and spoiled the scheme ao planned |