Show ALLEGED CON coNi MEN r lAND IN BASTILE f F. F i J. J Caswell and P. P S. S Gayton 7 Wanted in Wyoming for Various Offenses t ARRESTED I IN N SALT LAKE Prisoners Declared to Have Extended l Repertoire as Get the Money I Artists Sheriff S S. W. W Frazer of ot Laramie Wio Vo arrived in Salt Lake yesterday I a afternoon armed with requisition papers for Cor F. F J J. Caswell and p P. P S S. Gaton Gayton Gay Gay- ton who were arrested at the tho hotel lintel b by Deputy Sheriff John Corless l Friday charged with Cor forgeries and check raising and numberless schemes o ot obtaining money under false pret pro pro- t tenses Their operations In Wyoming declared declared de de- de- de dared Sheriff Frazor Frazer netted them more than tha-n a thousand dollars and were characterized as the boldest method of ot swindling ever attempted in that states state The Wyoming sheriff also says that they are allowed alleged to have mulcted the unsuspecting out of ot hun hundreds of ot dollars dol dol- lars in Colorado and Nebraska b by the application of or schemes new to confidence conti- conti dence men Upon entering Wyoming during October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober Caswell and amI Gayton Gaton who went under tinder different names In every town in which wilch they operated played the role It ItIs Itis itIs is alleged ct of circulation managers forthe for tor the Denver Times The rhe Denver Post lost and the Rocky Hocky Mountain sews News and often oCten preten pretended to be b circulation m men n for tor h During the tho latter Jatter part of ot October Caswell and Gayton going under the names of ot Jones and Gray Grav appeared In Lar LaramIe said Sheriff Frazer at t the theMo Mo rum hotel last lait night They called o on Arthur WIckman twelve years old son of ot 0 O. O G G. WIckman who Is the theLa La Laramie ramie ag nt for the Denver Times and informed him that the tho Times Times- had changed its methods of ot bonding circulation circulation circulation tion agents in the various towns It Jt is the custom of ot the Denver cr Times and other Denver Den papers to place their agents under bonds but this bond is prepared d by the papers an and 1 holds good s without a a. money transaction tion I provided it bears the signature nature of ot ofa ota ofa a property owner of or the tho town which the agent represents And this bond Caswell and Gayton informed the Wickman WIckman WIck Wick- man bo boy would no longer er be good and that the a ag nc ncy of ot the paper would be transferred to another in Laramie unless Unless unless un un- less he immediately furnished them a a. cash bond of ot Boy Dor o ons AVns ns it a Victim Young is one of or the busiest busiest busi busi- est eat ne news s 's agents in Laramie and re regardless regardless ro- ro of oC the tact fact that he is only twelve twel years yeatS old had saved 27 2760 2750 50 He lie Informed the tw two men who pretended to tobe tobe tobo be bo circulation managers for the Denver Times that that hat was all alt he ho had They him that If Ir he ho would draw out 25 5 arid suid lye It to tt them they would regard that as the first payment with In Instructions Instructions instructions In- In that he could make e up the remainder of or the bond bon 1 in a year car or so Tho The lad lari took up the matter with his father fether drew d-cw 25 from hs his bank and nd Is alleged to havo have given Iven this tbs to awl nn to Ga t. t When tho the two all alleged g d confidence nce men Inca had w won n over Wickman father r of oC ofHie the Hie they produced a check for male made out In fat favor or of at one of at them bearing the tho signature nature of ot the Dener Denier Den Den- ier er r Times and ask asked d him to Indorse It Ho lio did so and they went to a clothing store and presented it In pa payment ment for two hats Laran o shortly af at- at My attention was called to the men and I telephoned to Denver and lend was Informed d that the Denver Times rImes had no circulation representatives representatives tives in Wyoming and that the check which they had cashed was worthless Learning Learning- that the tho two alleged niles confidence confidence confidence dence men had left Laramie Sheriff Frazer telephoned Rawlins Wyo and learned learnt that they had operated similar similarly ly In that city and succeeded In cashing two large checks pretending that the they were representatives of oC the Saturday Evening E Post A few minutes before Sheriff Frazer telephoned they boarded a a. train west Sheriff Frazer chased Caswell and Gayton as far as Ogden where he he lost all traces of ot them November 2 Wyoming the lie Field Tho The Wyon Wyoming ng sheriff says that upon returning to Laramie he learned d that practically ever every news agent for Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver papers In cities along the Union Pacific in Wyoming had been mulcted out of sums ranging from 25 to through the chan chango c In the bonding system from paper bonds to cash bonds He lie declares that an Investigation Investigation investigation gation made by Denver newspapers has revealed that the operations of or the confidence confidence con con- men inca also had extended 1 through the outlying sections of Colorado andIn andIn and andIn In cities clUes and towns of ot Nebraska When Caswell and Gayton Gaton were ar arrested arrested arrested ar- ar rested In Salt Lake they had in their possession a handsome carving set estimated estimated esti esti- mated to be worth 12 This the they are alleged to have havo displayed as a premium in getting bogus has 2 subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post In n Utah it Is la alleg alleged that they obtained more than OO through the premium subscription scheme but are said to havo have worked it more extensively In Wyoming where they were least molested Shortly before their apprehension In Salt Lake Caswell and Gayton passed it is alleged a bogus us os-us check for tor 25 on the th hotel an and 1 they are alleged to havo swindled Salt Lake business hoU houses es out of ot 50 b by the presentation of OC two similar checks They are also alleged to have passed numerous spurIous spurious spurious spur spur- ious checks m in D- D Dv Denver v r. r |