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Show en tho case and after a short scared , of tho saloons on lower 24th street, I the victim pointed out his erstwhile "missionary" friend. The fello" made an attempt to evade tb? 1 officer by creeping behind a larco stove in the saloon but ho was soon ! taken into custody and locked up- I At the station he put on a bold froot j and disclaimed all knowledge of the ' affair and denied having seen his rc-enser rc-enser bfforr. Tho police are- noff searching for the other two. the apparent simple-working of iho lock, began to pxhlblt a conviction that he himself could open it. A small b.t was made and the "third person" lost. Tho Ill-success of his first trial seemed to lmpell him toward a scc-and scc-and trial and he flashed a ?20 bet Tho "missionary" did not havo that amount but turning to the dupe from Tonnenrtee he begged the loan of $20 to cover tho bet offering a security a $350 check on an Ogden bank. Tho loan was made but this tlmo the "third person" succeeded In opening open-ing the lock, winning the $20 Juet at this opportune moment a fourth person stepped up and pretending that he was an olllccr who, according to the ordinance, 6hould arrest the entire party fur gambling.-lie relent-1 ed, however, and advised tho three to separate at once. unc is opiurea. Tho Tennessee man was anxlou to avoid arrest and lost no time In leaving leav-ing the locality. After a few hours of reflection, however, the victim began be-gan to realize that perhaps everything was not as It seemed and sought the police who informed him that he had been (liiii-flamm-d by a trio of clever crooks. Detective Dob Burke was detailed CROOK POSES AS A MISSIONARY Posing as a Mormon missionary In approved standing and cleverly fllm-flauiming fllm-flauiming a Tennessee youth out of $20 by moans of the time-honored "lock trick," Ed. Murphy, an alleged crook trom the cast, made bis lu-ltlal lu-ltlal appearance In Ogden yesterday afternoon and Is now languishing In the municipal bastile charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. The victim from Tennessee, who Is on his way to Idaho, was taking a constitutional down Twenty fifth street yesterday when he was approached bv an affable stranger who represented represent-ed himself as a Mormon missionary and straightway proceeded to hand the unsophisticated sojourner a line of talk Intended to usurp bis soul from tho region of darkness and shed a new light oil his stunted conscience. The pair strolled over to Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street and started In the direction direc-tion of Wall avenue whuu they "chanced" to meet a second party. In conversation with the latter the "nm-slonarv" "nm-slonarv" produced a small lock which he proceeded to explain dwelling par- itlcularly upon the assertion that no .one outside of himself and St'Plr could open It without divine Inspiration. Inspira-tion. ( Third Person Appears. I I Tbo "third person" after watching |
