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Show TRY 10 WORK I OLD D9X GAME I ON OGDEMTE I Storekeeper Is Wise, However, How-ever, and Two Now Languish in Jail ONE DROPS WALLET I Thousands of Dollars Mulcted By Means of Ancient Swinde With the arrest this morning of two foreigners in Ogden by Deputy Sheriff ' ' H Mohlm.-in. It is believed the ca-fTs ca-fTs of two confidence men. who havo ' fleeced victims of thousands of dol-larS dol-larS In western country, are tcmpor- jarily halted, at least. H Approaching Dan Bozo. a stom H owner at 2073 Washington avenue j this morning, the two men are said to have attempted to lvivc p.,,.,, jo'.n them in the old confidence game H j known as tho "church swindle" I through which many foreigners havo fclfl i lost their life savings In Utah dur ing the last 10 vears. BOZO XVAS WISF. j Bozo, however, had heard of the came before, and furthermore he be-Moves be-Moves they are the same couple who several years ..- d his friend, "B Iazo Kunylch. of J1900 In 0Kden. JH Kunyich is now In Butte. Mont., and bH ' will probably be asked to come, hero to aid In the prosecution of tho pair. I When arrested th'y gave their names as Ruclno Bueto. 34. nnd Louis H , Kall.-rny. 4 4. Rueto 6sld he was French and Kallany said he was a bbbsbI 81st. When questioned following their nr-rest nr-rest the men told conflicting stories regnrdlrr their activities during the last few weeks. WANTS GOOD DAWYER. Rueto when being led into tho tail SSSasl I by Deputy Mohlman turned to tho l officer and whispered. "Get me a good JB lawyer some good friend of yours." H I A large sum of money was found in hh pockets when he was searched. )H i When Mohlman walked up behind the men to nrre.st them on the street. ifter they had been pointed out by Rozo. they quickly separated when they found they were followerl ?nd I Rueto dropped a largo wallet, which was found to be empty. I The officers are now communicating LH ; with Palt Iike to determine whoth' H they are tho same men who a fo-sJ weeks ago took a larire sum of mnmn- ,. 1 I from a foreigner there using the "church swindle. ' OLD Box GAME The confidence tame consists of the men taking a foreigner of their samo nationality in confidence with them and explaining that a rich relative of one of the confidence men left a lariro Bum of money nt the time of IiIm LH i death to be distributed in the Cnlted States among members of a cert iit church. They arrange for th-ir c-tlm c-tlm to take part In the dlsirlbuUon of Hie money but ask him to furnish LH i $2,000 or S3. 000 in ca.h as a guaran-! guaran-! teo that he will carry out th'. din-tribtftion din-tribtftion of the mcnejr. Whan tht LH ; guarantee is furnished by the victim they turn over to him 0 box In which H hi church money is .s. i to i... vl held loiter the victim finds th-it Hi" H box contains but a few good bills and 'paner cut to money si. re Roro would not fall into the scheme fod.TY and f.dl-.we.l the men i: n t i (h-y H were near Twenty-fourth street and LH Washington avenue. He then sum- LH moned the officer and the nrre3ts wre made They are now l.-!d in Jail for Investiratlon. until some recent vie- ) tlms of the confidence game can be L brought here to Identify them. |