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Show SWINDLER GETS VETERANS' ROLL1 Old Soldiers' Lost Cent Goes to Back Fake Horse Race. Salt Lake, Nov. S On a writ of habeas corpus. A H. Cummlngs accused ac-cused John Ioe Wilson and John Doe Hilton, of obtaining $.1.3"' from John Srhultz, a farmer from Great Falls. .Mont., wiyk released by Judge Lew is late Monday afternoon. Cummings had no bxi nor beeu released on the, first charge than he was re-arrested on a charge of vagrancy. He gave S"O0 bail and was released. Cummlngs was takn into custody Saturday morning by Detectives Geo Cleveland and Earl Wilson. c was at first, arrested n suspicion, 1it a complaint charging him with swindling swindl-ing was lbsued Monday morning The complaint was signed by Sehult., who alleged that Cummlngs goi $.1.:ion from him In a fake pool roni game in the St. Albans hotel, -jnu West. Second South trct, on October 17 last. Pchultz arrived from Great Falls on October 17 and mot u stranger near the temple grounds. Tho stranger strang-er was at r'.rst supposed to have leen CuinmlngB. but the police now believe that he was some one else who has left the city. Schnltz says he became very friendly with the strange man. Finally Final-ly another man came along. Thrt three got to talking The conversation conversa-tion drifted to horse racing and Schultz's twx new-made aco,':nlnt-ances aco,':nlnt-ances seemed to know the name of everv pony that ever ran. When one of the men proposed a little trip to a iool room, where he said he knew they eoubl make a cleaning on a "sure thing." Schuliz was perfect Iv willing The t ri then went to the fake pool-room, pool-room, where one of the strangers Informed In-formed hlni that he was getting straight Ops on New York races Th betting started. At first small wagers wag-ers were poRted. Then the bts were made larger Srhultz says he i w'on often. Finally he became so I much Interested that he grew greedy and when the "Mire thing" was called he l,et nearly all of the numev he had. Sr-hultz was told that the 'direct wires'" from New York had br-en tnppd and that they were all about to b arrested. The rnnn supposed to have been Cummlngs then suggested that they get out of town as fast ns ttwv could. He bought a ticket for Schnltz to Fl Pas.. Texas, and saw him on board a train Ry (ho time Srhultz reached Ixis Angeles, however, he met a friend that told him he had leen bunkoed and that he had better return to Salt lake city. Schnltz took the friend's advice. Cummlngs arrest followed While the local police believe that Cummlngs is a confidence man. they do not believe he Is the man who got Sehultz imo the poolroom game hehullz could not Identify Cummings The Montana farmer is an old soldier over C.r. years of ago. He says that the confidence men beat him out of all the money he had In tho world and that he Is afraid ho will have to spend the rest of his days In the old soldiers' home. |
