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Show ALLEGED 'CON' MEN ARRESTED 'Two Lodged in Salt Lake Jail Charged With Swindle SALT LAKE), Aug. 7 .1 D Curtl. arrested here yesterday charged with fcloillouily obtaining money and operating op-erating a confidence gunio will be ar- alffned before the district court Monday. Mon-day. John Fisher, who was arrested With Curtin, and who Is alleged to have hal a hand In the games, will also he tried The.se two men are said to be members of a gang of crooks now operating In this city. Tho two men met here several weeks ago. according to their stories and It was suggested that they play th Mtock exchange This was agreed and one of the men was given $fi to purchase stock in a short lime ht leturned with $16. It was then agreed that each of tho three present should put up $1,000 it was afterwards thought this was not enough and that $10.uu0 could Just as easily be made us $1,000. Accordingly Accord-ingly Thomas, who did not have the required nmoum. went to Rochester, N't -w York, to get the money, lie was unsuccessful and returned to Salt Lakc City. The other men then agreed to r-i!se the money themselves and sent Thomas to I'ocatello, Idaho. After remaining re-maining there for a short time and hearing nothing from his friends, he became suspicious and returned to Salt Lake Oltv and went to the sheriff with his story Tho sheriff at onco detailed men to search out the confidence confi-dence gang, with the result that Curtis Cur-tis and Fisher were arrested. Deputies picked up James Meredith and Robert C. Beaudry Just before noon ns being members of the gang No evidence could be found against them und thoy RPcrC liken before "lt I Judge Henry C. Lund where they pleaded guilty to vagrancy and were mdered to leave town within an hour. it Is the opinion of W. IZ. Schoppe, chief deputy sheriff, that there are a number of confidence gangs plying their trade here and he has announced that an effort will be made Immediately Immedi-ately to drive them out. Some davs ago a Texas man told the police a story concerning a "deal ' i ho had put through on life stock exchange. ex-change. However, he wis of the opinion he had not been bilked and is i understood to have returned home still full of faith In eventually securing his, profits. |