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Show CLEVER SWINDLE IN SALT LAKE Self-Styled Collection Agent Alleged to Have Worked Bunco Game. Salt Lake, Nov. 29 Eight, and possibly pos-sibly ten or more, young men. members mem-bers of the Yniing Mtn'c Christian association, have been swindled by a fellow member of the association to the extent of about $J00. A. U. Hawls, who left. Salt Luke City tud-c'cnly tud-c'cnly Sunday afternoon, is alleged to be the swindler. AmoDR those who have reported to the iolice that they were buncoed are G. A. Anderson. J. A. Fisher, W. J. Clyde, Beit Williams, L IS. Sauls, O. J. .Morrison aud A. E. Cramas. At least fuur other members of the "Y," ore known to have been stung," but f.o far they have refused to give thtir nimes. According to several of the young n-en swindled. Itawls rauie to tho local lo-cal Y. M. C. A. about a month ago from Denver, where he was associated associat-ed with the People's Protective as-sociat.on, as-sociat.on, 1C30 Sixteenth f-treet. He look up quarters In the Y. M. C. A building here and opened a branch ot the Protective association. Then, his victims aver, he advertised In the local newspapers that he was ready te do business in his office, room 10, second floor. Y. M. C. A building. Rawl'c Scheme. Rawl's proposition, It is said, was to interest as many persons as ho could In a collection agenoy, getting them each to pny from .$." up on their bonds, the persons paying in th money becoming associated with him In the business, and to draw a certain percentage of all hills collected. Itawls Is alleged to have informed his victims that he had contracts to col-kct col-kct bills for u number of the leading stores of the city, among them being Kelth-0 Urien's. Rawls is said to have freely distributed dis-tributed his business cards, which read : "We ask no advance fees. Our success suc-cess depends upon our ability to collect col-lect bad debts We collect strictly On a commission basis. Collecting jjdgments and outlawed accounts our specialty." Many Applications. Up to early MonJa afteruoon Rawls had thirty-five applications to become members of his protective association. as-sociation. Most of the applicants are said to have been members of the Young Men's Christian association. As soon as tho applications were t trned in, Rawls looked im the applicants, appli-cants, it is said, and got as much money ouf of them ;is possible and at the same time told them of the "easy money" that was sure to come in a thort time One victim of the swindle is Paid to have become so interested interest-ed In Rawl s proposition that he gavo up a $75 diamond ring to become an "active worker" in the collection a coney. The police first were apprised of the alleged swindle when a young friend of Detective Earl Ripley called at the police station The young nian said that he had been a "fall guy" and had found out that Rawls did not represent Keith-O'Brien's In any col-kction col-kction schemes, as he had announced. |