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Show TO PURGE CITY OF TIN Weber County and Salt Lake Sheriff to Co-operate in Campaign With a view of ridding both ogden i tml Sail I. ike nf i 'on I hi e no men. .1 letter has been sent to Bherlff Richard Plncock by Sheriff C. Frank Emery of Salt I-ake asking that vigorous efforts I bo made to purge the cities of crlmk Inals and all dangerous ty,pcs. The I sheriff's office here will do every Mlll1g possible to Cii-opel.l'i With S.I 1 1 Lake and help In the movement, Shcr-jlft Shcr-jlft Plncock said today. A copy of .1 letter sent to banking ! institutions has been received by Sin r- ifr Plncock, it follows: "As this city has been Infested by j bunko men. w ho more r less frequent 'all cities, especially if war Is not wag-od wag-od upon them hy the authorities, nnd .as they Kencrally congregate In Salt ! I,:ike during the summer months and frequently operate In fewer numbers during the winter. 1 am making an effort to eliminate them from this city In the future H I ORlMlNAl ill 'I'.Ds. j "These confidence men in the ma-iJorlty ma-iJorlty of eases have criminal records, and have served time In prisons nationally, na-tionally, during Which period thCJ be-come be-come acquainted and make friends) Wtth all kinds of criminals, burglars and safeblow its, 1 . 1 U 1 u 1. 1 I s. shupllfi-ers, shupllfi-ers, etc.; BO if they are allowed to congregate all these elements can be found associating together, helping and assisting one another in crime. "As you no doubt know, confidence, men. to operate gruscSSSfullyi need l"' work through banks in order to glVe th'ir manipulations the appearance t bdns fids transactions. After Interesting Interest-ing their prospective victims In some business deal, they switch into fake stock, race horse or land deals. The) open up offices, and sometime install in-stall fako telegraph Instruments, charts, etc They usually work In numbers of three or four. -Nearly all Intended Victim! nine to the city from 1 outside communities. After the ic-l ttm becomes interested in the scheme; of the crooks, they usual I v induce him to make a transfer ot his funds from I his home to this locality, usually by; cashier's check or draft- They some- times make it a point to use a large bank in order to lend dignity to their crooked transactions, and usually the I victlfn Is cautioned to make no disclosures dis-closures to the bank as to the manner I ln which he hopes to enrich himself) should the hank question him as to the reason for his withdrawing his money, i "My object in writing you is to haVS your employes, particularly the cash-, iers, tellers and clerks, who handle' correspondence sud drafts with other ! banks, take special notice of tratosferl jof large sums for collection, or an transaction which might be particular jly questionable. 1 desire to have you 1 notify me of these transactions as they I occur, with a view of making a quiet Investigation In each instance where 'large amounts are withdrawn from I any outside bank or where large amounts are withdrawn from banks 1 here. This, of course, does DO I apply I to business men of known standing. QUIK in l SI 10 VI l NS I ' Our investigations will be made in a confidential manner, and the person asking fur the transfer of funds will not know of the Investigation unh he bo found In tow xf confidence operators- "I suggest that you call a meeting of your cashiers, tellers and other eih- I , p!oes whose supervision l his matter comes under, acquainting them with jour purpose and desiro to protect dc- I post tors and the public and instruct'' them not to hesitate to 1 pi-iMti' with j me bucquaintlng my office with these facts in any transai tin which might 1 appear to be suspicious. 1 us-sure ou that neither the bunk nor the intended intend-ed victim will receive undue publicity "1 think If we can propi rl o-oper- 1 iate in this matter the confidence men and their gang will not remain here very long, and very soon they Willi) coaso to attempt to operate in this city. L which will keep many other thieves It away from our vicinity automatically; t because when the confidence men con- gregate here their friendliness with 1 thieves belonging to other elements of the nation also causes said thieves to congregate with them, and they assist each other In crime, furnishing Information Infor-mation and co-operating with one an-, other. I'.anks are the basis of operation opera-tion for the confidence men, and when they are unable to carry out their plans through the bank, they will Ita clear of our city, us they Will not work w here they do not have success. Therefore, I will appreciate it very much if you will Impress the importance import-ance of the foregoing upon the men in your Institution " |
