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Show OGDEN MAN ROBBED OF $325 BY A WOMAN AND MAN WHO INVITE HIM TO THEIR HOME Who is tho Ogden man irt this story of fleecing tho sucker, which comes from Chicago?. In the Chicago News of last Tuesday appears1 a recital of a gang of bunco workers who took ?325 from a man traveling from Salt Lake to this city: This is the story of a woman, who, after a youth of despairs and defeats, fell into tho world of crime. Sophisticated, Sophisti-cated, alert, clear headed, she became finally an adroit and dangerous prey upon society. By her wits, by tho quickness of her fingers, tho cunning and inventiveness of. her brain,' she stole and cheated her way up and down the continent At length she came to realize the emptiness of such a life and left it She now tells her story iia a warning 10 uiner juuue nuuicu. (By Minnie Hall.) The "mob" went to Omaha, which was a "gun town," so that I could mix with "grifters" and got "hep" to the game. There was the "Duke," John O' and the Jap and myself. You see, we were going to work four-handed. As soon as wo landed In Omaha, we went straight to Eighth and Capitol streetB and took rooms. This was the neighborhood where tho "big gun hang out" was. And, when I went around with the "Duke." I tell you, every one said my makeup was swell. All the "grifters" talked about it It was good, too. I looked so Innocent. Nobody could have told I wasn't a young girl just out of some boarding school. The first night in Omaha we just went around seeing everybody. You see, pickpockets and "con men" always al-ways hang together. They usually know where to get in touch with each other. Next Jump to Salt Lake But we only stayed in Omaha over night. Next day the "mob" started for Salt Lake. Wo were on the job now. No more fooling. On the train from Omaha to Salt Lake, of course, there was a poker game out in the smoker. The men got that up just to make railroad fare. I didn't have any hand jn It But In Salt Lake I earned ray first "jack." The "Duke" and I had gone to the best hotel in Salt Lake and registered as father and daughter. John O' and the Jap went to a boarding house downtown. In "stalling" in the lobby I "made" a man who looked like a good solid mark. Wo found out he was going to Ogden. So, when this "sucker" went down to the grill, the "Duke" "tailed him" and got talking to him. Then the "Duke" mentioned, sort of casual, that he lived In Ogden with his daughter and was on his way home. "That's funny," says the 'sucker,' I'm going to Ogden, too." Tells "Sucker" of "Little Girl" Well, the "Duke" went on to tell the "mark" that "his poor little girl was upstairs. Her aunt had just died and ieft her a lot of money and a big house full of furniture." Then the "Duke" explained we had "been in Salt Lake closing up the properly." Now everything every-thing was settled and we were shipping ship-ping the furniture to Ogden in a couple cou-ple of carloads and going on with it ourselves. He said, if the "sucker" would excuse him, he'd have to hurry off and go down to the station to see the stuff was properly shipped." By this time tho "sucker" thought he had fallen in with some real nice people that ho could work for introductions intro-ductions to other nice people in Ogden. Og-den. So he sort of hung on to tho "Duke." So then "Papa" says, as though he had a sudden thought, "Wouldn't you liko to como upstairs and meet my daughter?" Tho man was tickled to death. Then the "Duke" brought him along to me. He loft the "sucker" in my hands while he went off, as he said, "to look after tho furniture." Well, I made an awful fuss over the "mark," of course. I pretended to like him a lot And, when I found out he was going to Ogden, I squealed with delight. I said: "Why! Wo must be going down on the same train you are! You must have dinner with us when wo get home." Of course, the "mark" had visions right away of a big fat dinner in a mansion with servants all over the place. When "Papa" came back from the station we three had lunch together in the hotel at Salt Lake. After that the "Duke," the "sucker" and I went down to tho train together. Wo got Into the Pullman early and settled ourselves. There we were, all sitting pretty, when along comes John O' through the train. John was made up to look liko an expressman, blue shirt, open at tho throat, sweat all over him, and a big bundlo of bills of lading in his hand. John camo through the train calling "Mr. Becker, Mr. Becker Bec-ker !" which was supposed to be the "Duke's"' and my name. Of courso "Papa" signaled right away and stopped the expressman and asked him what ho wanted. John 0' touched his cap and tells "Papn" that he "waB very sorry, sir, but tho stuff out in the express car couldn't bo shipped C. 0. D. It had to bo paid for." Well, then "Papa" got awful mad. He asked the expressman "why he didn't tell him that before? How soon was the train to- start? That it was too late to got a check cashed! What should ho do?" Then the "Duke" tnrnod to me and says: "How much money have you got, Sis?" Well; I went down In my little purse and pulled out $5. Of course, that was funny! That wouldn't help much! Takes Check for "Express BUI." Then "Papa" asked tho expressman if he "would take a check." The expressman ex-pressman couldn't do that either. "Papa" fussed around, wondering what he would do; until at last ho turned to the "sucker" and said: "I wonder if you would cash my check? We are all going on to Ogden Og-den together, and wo could go right to the bank when wo got there and I would seo that it was cashed for you." Well, of courso, the "sucker" nover hesitated at all. He said he'd cash "Papa's" check If he had enough money mon-ey on him. Down he goes into his "jeans" and "Papa" said to the expressman, ex-pressman, "How much?" Right there John O' had to guess how much the "sucker" probably had. Ho did some quick figuring and told "Papa" the bill was $345. It was a pretty good guess, only a llttlo too high. When the "sucker" counted out his money, all he had was $328. But that helped. "Papa" took $325 form him. I chipped in my $5 and then "Papa" scraped together to-gether $15 of his own. He handed tho whole lot over to John O' and got the receipt You see, we left the "sucker" $3. We figured it was a shame to take it all from him. John O' went through the train and we didn't seo him any more. Rode to Ogden Together Then the three of us in the Pullman rode on to Ogden together, talking about "how nice it would be to get home," and "how glad we would be to have the man who had cashed 'Papa's' check to dinner with us. "Of course," I said, "the house has been closed and it's not In order, but you won't mind that?" The "sucker" said, "Oh! no! That would be all right!" Then I said: "We couldn't have you out to stop over night until things were more comfortable for you. But if you don't mind the furniture being covered up and all that, It would be lovelv to have you out to dinner tonight?" to-night?" By that time the train stopped at Ogden and we all got off. We were good friends. The man who had cashed "Papa's" check said "ho guessed he'd go up to a hotel and take a room." We told him we would go homo and drive back for him for dinner at about 6 o'clock. So Mr. Sucker went on up to his hotel and that's the last we ever saw of him. The "mob" took the next train out of Ogden. I'll bet that "mark" sweat blood while he was waiting for us to come back and drive him out to dinner. And that's how I earned my first "end!" From Ogden, where I earned my first "end," the "mob" worked its way four-handed to the Pacific coast Tho "Duke," John O and the Jap played card games between every jump we mado, and for a while I don't believe I was much good to anybody. It tok time for me to get "hep" to my work, anyhow. 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