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Show ALLEGED SWINDLER IS , BEFORE THE CITY COURT Si N. Atwood. arrested last Saturday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff William Brown on a charge of obtaining money mon-ey under false pretenses, appeared In the city court this morning. lie Is i!N;;i-d to have swindled Hum Koeoiis, manager of Hie American Cand com -j pany, 2S2 Twenty-fifth slreet, out of IS800 by the sale of wild cat mning and oil slocks. The preliminary hearing hear-ing in the case which is a felon . was Bet for Thursda. August 21. Atwood v;k released on bail of $1000 Kocotls complained to the sheriff 'that Atwood sold him 1600 shares of the River Cold Mining company of Alaska for $300 and 2000 shares of Trenton Oil company stock of Wvom-jing Wvom-jing for (500 Atwood is alleged to bave told Kocotis to wail r year and 1 the slock would be worth $100 a share To assure himself, Kocotis commun-iicated commun-iicated wilh ihe cities where the head-quarters head-quarters Of the company were supposed sup-posed to be and found that there was mo such company in either place, j Besides selling the stock, Atwood Is alleged to have borrowed $30 from i Kocotis. 00 |