Show oliden N MAN I 1 I 1 fl nil m T awa akl ivr SUR 0 TSP M 1 d N fal A aj aa lu d 11 1 G j 1 I 1 louis saville is bunched a out of by john wille wrestler and ed mccoy pugilist by clever work ahe the police of ogden and salt lake ire aye 1 looking g for john wille the wrestler I 1 I 1 ar arid bifid ba mccoy a prize fighter who are charged by louis saville of jhb I 1 city chy frith being members of a gang of men who mulched mulcted him jf it in the S seattle hotel seattle between july 5 and 8 saville claims the gang numbers ten men the leader being known as pointer they pay all expenses of their victims to seattle and havo within three months obtained over from those they have victimized sy by clever acting ftc ting they induce the outsider to advance money for betting Pat DOves ws claimed claiming 9 thov they will relm reimburse him and not until the stranger has har been left laft stranded does docs he realize that he has been in the hands of a daring gang of sure bure thing men saville Ie since he was robbed has had private detectives trailing wills mul and mccoy the men were traced to ogden but their present whereabouts tire are unknown the following Is mr Ga gavillet Savl lles story and is the first authentic statement made in fact it tells for the first time how bowtho the tho trick was worked 1 iwas I was approached in the early part of july by ed mccoy and john wille a a chicago wrestler and fighter who offered me the following proposition they told me they had a wrestler in ac seattle atta who was wag a world beater and who had won every even match he had been in and hit his man manager ager mr pointer was endeavoring to get a a match with gotch or tom jenkins knowing that his man would be overmatched overmatch over matched od by going against these people and alto also knowing that hig bat backers kers who were millionaires in seattle would lose consider able a ble money on him mr pointer wrote mr mccoy and asked him it mr air wille could come up and wrestle him and win all the money anoney that would be bet by these seattle millionaires mr mccoy mccoy explained that they would auld pay my fare and expenses to go with them to bet the money on wille that would be given me by mr pola t er all I 1 had to do was avas to be able to show EL a good sized draft and act ag aff a a business man and when the proper time came show this draft before these millionaires so they would be given io understand that it was a bona fide transaction action I 1 agreed to with the understanding that I 1 was not to pay any of my own money mr wille mccoy and myself arrived at seattle and stayed at the SIP seattle hotel the next day mr PoIn pointer tei who war t to 0 be referee and stake stakeholder carfie came up tip to aee ee us ug and arranged ill all details he drafted a letter which I 1 signed challenging their wrestler to td a 9 match also stating that I 1 had plenty of money to bet on my man and hoping they could make it worth my while for coming so far away from home then mr pointer explained that the next hext day these business men ar or millionaires would appear on the stelio scene with a letter and would in all probability immediately commence betting belling V said id ke ike would have the money teady roady te ady for me ifo 0 place when they arrived antho on the scene the Jol following lowing day three well dressed men by tho the names of thoma morris s and gordon came to the rooms at the hotel but previous ioup to their artal art al mr pointer handed me for the initial bots bets and after a little conversation we made match for we posted 1000 each then one of the three commenced betting batting and in a few minutes the waa vas gone and another was clipped into my ayi pocket eket by mr wille to bet again which I 1 did then thell I 1 excused myself and told them I 1 would louia have to go to 40 the bank for more money so asked them to walt wait mr mccoy and I 1 wal walked kod up to the bank stayed there a L few minutes and returned to the hotel upon entering the room mr wille handed me another which I 1 bet that concluded the firsti days daya betting the following day was a repetition of the previous one with the exception that I 1 was asked by mr pointer to 10 show my draft on the bank at seattle I 1 dl did so and went to the bank as ae usual and upon coming back to tho ro room was handed more money tp bet the next day ue e commenced betting as usual after I 1 had bet quite A lot of monkey money I 1 bad 2000 left in my pocket when bhea mr thomas Tho roas spoke up and gald bald mr saville Savl lle I 1 want ant to make one good bet et with your you youri I 1 w want ni to bet urns tha alir virnan anai wnm counting put out tho the 00 1 excused myself and r said I 1 would go 50 to the bank and get mar ampro money whereupon upon I 1 mr v A morris t poke up and d said well mr tr saville y you have done some lively betting today and have bave ba ve almost cleaned me 0 out ut eo co I 1 guess I 1 will havel have to go to the bank too and draw bome money and with that followed mr mccoy ickov Ic CoV and myself out of the room aa we were walking up tip the street to the bank I 1 asked mr me i coy what I 1 should do and ho he said I 1 well envell it would not do for them to goo that you have nothing so why not get your draft cashed and I 1 will hold 2 ajr in conversation so he will not what amount it is and we will malte make the play that much stronger Seel no other wo woy way y out of it I 1 cashed the draft and mr morris did his business with the bank and walked with us back to the ha hotel el upon reach in III the room instead of al wille usual handing mt me more mare money to as bet he found him himself gelf in a position where hp bo was unable to reach TOO me up to the time I 1 had gone to the table b betting ettlin was beang done mr W where 1 11 r the el ra spoke up and said M morris 0 r mr seville Savl lle Nv well ell gentlemen to have drawn 4 quite a lot of money seems out of the bank and it looks though he is going to us to AS will still bet a little more but we day os I 1 and m with etli that they in man n MR on our of the fulfillment stat desfred the scantly y time I 1 was 1000 bet and all this aln mccoy to hand wille or tor for waiting wa mccoy money but finally sad me more bet that 3 00 0 of said you tle these gentlemen raville as and as will return it to we have gone you noting ul else to do under having sa those condition sI 1 l bet tso mono money work the money w hafi up thoy they moment my gordon stepp stepped ed two to mr ej the scheme the table a and nd said mr saville 1 I w will 1 now wake make one sloko 10 00 left and I 1 have jut more bl b V ith that it on our man LT ti 5 b nd a 50 bill to h and con irence the table v gether on whom ono of his f ri end s called calese 0 turn ls ilis away attention to t tho ile ft 11 that V i of there being 1000 1600 there was only this seemed to startle mr gordon and he commenced a search of himself to see if he bad misplaced a bill not fending fl it he opened up his check book and said ho he had drawn out 12 and asked me to look at my list and seo isee haw much he bo had bet andi and upon referring to my list I 1 found he 1 had bet and by his accounts ought to have 1000 left not being I 1 able to find it he asked us to A tep ep into the be next room where mr pointer stakeholder was receiving the bets and counting the money the moment we stepped into the room and explained the situation mr pointer turned very pale and grabbed up all the money in sight with the betting list and said gentlemen we will take this over to the bank balik and aad deposit it and if there la Is a mistake they will very soon roon tell us ile he sald said wo will be back in five minutes they came back in the time mentioned and explained the situation that the bank would not accept the money just as it was war without thoroughly counting it so ao they had agreed to deposit it in a safety deposit box mr pointer painter had one key and mr gordon the other with that announcement they immediately med lately commenced to speak about pulling oft off the match tell that afternoon I 1 objected mr pointer was very agi bated and alarmed about the counting ot of the money but finally decided I 1 had better have the match right away as I 1 had a elmah in winning I 1 agreed but just before leaving for the battlo battle ground they even tried to get my diamonds dla in this way I 1 mcc 0 y who has a nice stud probably worth spoke up tip and said gentlemen I 1 have hase no more money but I 1 am willing to bet this stud against that our man wins the offer was immediately accepted then mr gordon said i mr saville Savl lle I 1 see you are wearing a nice stud I 1 will bet my stud against yours that our man wins fortunately I 1 let jeffa used stating that I 1 did not bet jew jewelry alry we wont went out to tho the battle ground which was a house boat on I lake ake washington near come resort and commenced operations wille walle threw his man the first fall in four minutes we had agreed on five minute intervals between falls best two out of three immediately upon ulon mr wille throwing his man sir thomas spoke up and with a dejected look said to me well mr saville Savl lle for once we have bave overmatched over matched our man and although we do not care to lose still wo we see that we are up against it a and 3 you will mill win the money with which he handed mr pointer the duplicate key of the safety deposit box theu then they went on tor for the second tall fall within two minutes tha seattle wrestler threw mr wille completely complete lv over his head mr wille lib ht on his back and waa out he tried to come to within five minutes but app apparently could no more than groan thereby losing the match during the five minutes reat while wille was on hta his back apparently in agony mr pointer came over and knelt down doivo beside wille and myself and whispered that he dared not face those million millionaires alres and that he be was going to portland on the 4 train he asked us to meet him at portland the next day when he would give us our money when we got to town they all disappeared with the exception of mccoy I 1 told him I 1 did not think I 1 wouldga would go to portland upon which ho he immediately began to show abow me where I 1 must go and meet this man n it if I 1 wanted to get my money 1 I finally got away from him anel and saw chief ahern ahem of the pinkerton detective agency z and told him the story he told roe me I 1 had been bunched bun coed and ahat all those people would have left town by that time I 1 told him ur air mccoy was in town and was supposed to go to portland with me that night ile he said well you oan can go and stay with him and see if you meet your bour man in ill portland hut but I 1 do not th think I 1 hk you will aill he said he would walk down to the hotel and see sea him so he would know him in the future mcgoy mccoy and andi 1 left for portland that night we had bad tickets from seattle to portland and had bad berths in the pullman during tho night mr mccoy escaped and neither the pullman conductor nor the porter knew when he bo got off that Is the last I 1 saw of him knowing oving from the couver conversation gation on our trip to seattle that they were after another man in ogden I 1 did not reveal these facts to the public but waited tor for them to come back and try their scheme over again mccoy and wille arrived here find and had commenced working on their man inan when the he cot coast papers came out with the exposure of the game then they went to salt lake I 1 kept in touch with them down there thinking they might come up tip here labor day and attempt to work something on the wrestling match here but from what I 1 understand der stand chief sheet says days they left salt lako lake latt last saturday |