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Show ONE OF THE SWINDLERS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED Hot Springs, March A. Joseph P. Walker, of Denver, in the federal court hero today positively Identified Geo. Ryan of this city as being the man who encouraged him to go to Council Bluffs. Iowa, where later Walker was defrauded out of So.OOO; ho -declares, by the men now under arrest hero as footrace swindlers. Federal Commissioner Leslie, before whom Ryan, was arraigned, declared he did not believe the charge of misuse mis-use of the malls had been established establish-ed against Ryau, but would reserve decision de-cision a week. o Af!her -al1 ho )Ut r,'00f' to help 'hat he had loaned the money Into a poo rather than wager It himself. He said he had been promised a perccnt- i lLKC' ,enilre wlnnlngs and that irtei he had "loaned" his $5,000 to be XeThV PU.up a larc ""amond fp rr ,1St a diamod ring on the result of the races and lost that also. |