The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 23, 1906, Page 1

LAST EDITION | he Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News eee $131,500 * PE gare et HARK EERE H SEH EEE SEN ARR RHR AD RRR EEE EEE EEE EE EE ER ee SERRE EEE EE EES has netted its operators over $150,000. fe Through ; fase man of renown Matthew Ries in It peseeserrrrer® SURES RE EE EEEES THE MEN WHO TURNED THE TRICKS, LL B. HARRIMAN, alias Russ Barrett; came These tw« en came t + to Seattle in December of last year; boarded at the attle after s ! : Sander Hotel for a short time under proper name with Mattl I . then moved to 1§1§ East Union, and has been known known Seattle sporting 4 ince as Russ Barrett has office at Room 36 Holyoke and an old resident th i Beck; his postoffice box is 121m; © usually be Fourteen years ago Ri Be found inquiring at “Sutherland on Yesler sent ¢ the penitentiar fa ~ Bae wn eastern confidence man. grand i *pw. is partner of Harriman; came to Seat- Seatth was pard i * Ue with the latter: now resides at 30: North Bel ha ae mont; poses asm! lionaire always ready to back a Since that time he ha or a wrestler for any amount; well known among the sq g t of é eastern confidence man. Seattle MATTHEW RIES resident of Seattle; lives at 2015 Prior to or immediately after Yesler way; paved the way for the coming of Harri- the arrival Harriman and man and Brown; said to have secured, through a wn, Ries had built on t well known tenderloin saloon proprietor, protection shore of Lake Wash t for the eastern men; built place on Lake Washing- houseboat that was ton where fake fights and wrestling matches occur; jscene of conflicts up whict ithere was to be wagered t jsands of is an ex-convict, having served three years for bur- glary; got one third of all money secured from vic- tims, part of which amount is said to have been dollars. | « 1 for the 1 PTR PRE ROSSCO OOO eee eee eee eS used in “fixing” those who might interfere. \n ng of rations, So far as PRESES ESE TEESE SARA RE RE RRR ee | The Star can learn, protection jwas secured from police inter Hierence through an outside They ictims from se of Se-! resident of Seattle. nt, said | brought the + in the | tow skinned” them ave party, a tenderloin saloonkeep Right under the tele’ depart attle’s police to be fo none of jer have United Sates, there has been| made those who were inclined] yy), a fer the past cight/to make trouble believe they) 1.) ¢ “nee - , . oe Carre he well nost daring |had incriminated themselves, | - 4 W wrestler, whose right and have t them home | Ort on the Lake | Washington, about half a mile the tight months over|” arth of Madison park eee hes been taken from by the bri the land side brought to this city by be ens ¢ men ever Ole Marsh Jack ¢ Dan H feleod a man by the name of in the Unit shore of wrestler hidden | one Green ar thers Known wrestiers and prize | or tims Gollowers, who have been | ting matches : i ee ie ee Be “steerers” for these There a ne boat was built wipe ~ ce men Hast fall for the purposes of the oe - 1 wm 1 ! ninwn f Sd gang. It looks like a launch} 4 Wook” MAC Name Used. i fouse on the outside, but on | POS ved. H F: names of the Seat-| the inside is fitted up for fights sag" by 7 fe club and its former) and wrestling matches ‘ director, Dr. Roller, | Twenty Fake Fights. etter v wie to the st nto the af-| ¢ club and been brought though both are innocent of any him that vere was Within this boat house dur ing the past cight months at ' of the game that | least 20 fake fights and wres bs heen going on thing contests have occurred J Pete taeney has been secured | They have all been held at mid fom the victi through the [day or early in the afternoon steerer was to be nave been i ever at night. They t ouly by the principals. ve |the confidence men and the vic-| of fake wrestling and [™ ering contests. and vie- pattend been brougl Baited His Victim Pf from Cal nia, from | tims | The steerer W w Dakota ka British} Russell B, Harriman, alias |the er to the proposed Sates, leastern confidence man, is the|Jo him that he accompany i Header in the game. He camejthe steerer to Seattle he Sieatile People Left Alone. |i ccauic last December and| victim would be told that he These confidence nm have! for a time stayed at the Stan-jneedn'’t take any money | careiul + timize no'der Hotel. With him was F.!him, but was wanted simply ¢ PERE AE EEE EEE EEE E EEE EH ® d < : b d ae HOUSE BOAT IN WHICH THE CONTESTS WERE HELD AS SEEN AFTER TURNING FROM PATH LEADING NORTHWARD ON THE SHORE. rrr ner rrr rererrrrerrr TEtti rir ri ii es.) THES WEATHER FORECAST TEE PUES USISS SSS SAS 222225218 028d s already been wagered. In the Avid ieMiaiiaded Ath TR eee [the p sion f Cloudy and Threatgning, Tonight Cooler, Friday Fair SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THU RQDAY, AUGUST a3, 1906. IS FORTUNE NETTED BY BUNCO GANG IN SEATTLE Se ie ee ee ee te te eee tee ee eee ed There are other victims, the names of which The Star has not been able to secure. EATTLE STAR Light Winds. PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL. 6. NO. 154 a5 CENTS PER MONTH Terr rrrrerrrrer Cee PPE eS Ee eee RE TRESS eed an investigation that has been thorough and far reaching The Star has secured a list of victims from whom there has been taken $131,500. SRRAAA AA AAA ARETE EM AHAAAAAAAAARAAAE EE EEE EE EEE EEE REE EERE SHEESH EEE ER EREE EEE EE EEE DORE EEE EH HEY EYEE YUNY A confidence game of such magnitude as to make the story of it appear incrédulous has been worked in Seattle since last December so successfully that it PEP SCP ESE Po eo Pe PO eee Pee ee eee eee ee sn th n split H Ji ee eee eee ee ee eee eee eee eee eee S| So eh een hace gteaved 4 VICTIMS AND AMOUNTS SECURED , ¥% the victims * THEREFROM » Saw Wrestling Match * Charles Cunningham, Pendleton, Ore. wres m4 ee lie a tling ‘ $ 42,500 » The Star } 4 eta » W. P. Gwin, Anaconda Mont., fight 15,000 & juring the i the| » N. B. Wood, Grand Forks, N. D., wrestling 10,000 * - ri iD « Thomas Norton, Sacramento, Cal., fight 10,000 “ ad Fork ‘ "| a H. Fiord, Vancouver, B. C., wrestling 9,000 £ ‘ ot iin * M. J. Church, La Grande, Ore., fight 4,000 » Laer ir) on, an | ® Leonard Dobbin, Vancouver, B. C., fight 7,000 © Pa eage eating: ‘ad DHL| 2 Harry Lang, San Francisco, wrestling 5,000 a aspen Pee 1a | 2 Louis Stenger, Bellingham, Wash., wrestling 5,000 © ; : 7 fe * Dr. G, E. Blackburn, Butte, Mont., fight 3,500 a : : emp * W. A. Watkins, Vancouver, B. C., fight 3,000 a = — ee , * A.S. Sevelle, Ogden, Utah, wrestling 3,000 i VIEW FROM LAKE OF HOUSE BOAT IN WHICH THE FAKE “4 rw . « G. R. Nickey, Butte, Mont., wrestling 3,000 ™ CONTESTS WERE GARRIED ON * ‘kK # Thomas Dean, Townsend, Mont., fight 3,000 ~ ee iy carn aA ign * A.W. Hinkle, Prosser, Wash., wrestling 2,500 he money of tl t e Makeholder, the tin " +81 . - * Thomas Peters, Vancouver, B. C., wrestling 2,000 ™ er an friends, Li fixed) for g ‘ : ec Ca ps e tir nted the sug or the { ly ms rot + - - * “ + - Total amount secured $131,500 - ‘ je ofteren tat he tad aymet. The party wou hess 4 RE REE Ee here might arise ay estion | Madison park ” Whether he y Carroll to wrestle Dr.|_ Investigation revealed the as to whare tie diesen ta back a ed to a wre r boxin ¢ Athletic club. In| fact that the catch on the large cay a ning from |i test, ‘The Id ries it will be recalled! sliding door in front had these ntia 1 ty of the Aleskan mi learn, but it ‘ 1 stated that he was g and it required but little how? the! two principals to the that he contributed back himself in any effort to slide the door wide st, each with a traine Seek Other Fields t he could defeat|open, The inside was found to tthe gail SEO: Blarvtonn r other wrestlers to) be arranged so that within five fo: | SRae ott. Ao sat doe he referred ex-| minutes preparation could be ar ! meaty Elpelmesmmacae posure made by The to-| made for a wrestling xing fk All the Stage Settings esire t into print} In one corner of the room ake A cupboard in one ret tee ent several sacks of sawdust stood ./ vant be] Ue, he ; To Reach Houseboat j net a large was willir k the second |ffam a bucket, sponge and se The houseboat on Lakely wept. The cracké of mar , eral bottles of liquor of various Washington in which the fake! the floor were filled with saws as got om sorts for the « of contest ave been held was t. st where the floor he ba h man} Be liberally covered with saw twe pre es of The A closet in another corner of “ dust and a rope str ner re h it from the lan he room, wh was ed, res from wall to wall, mak tt t was necessary to walk! vealed its secrets gh the front and the side l rack. In s closet could be regulation sized ring =f een a pail and sponge, several fights Phenthe e gin. Fearful that they migl be discovered, none woul are talk above a whisper. I tt H noe <{eral migutes the battle y : Worked A ; With Skill | vietim had back Usually he f naire” | the aggressor an and = be | cident and to the te nay} to all e the af every but the tim g of | “milliona e fF f putting up a f wns ietor would be d t by t ¢ mld band the ntest awarded ¢ { anded anothe jman backed by the Alaskar The Victim Fleeced. moriey of t hands of Harriman and Br very ef an NET hurry th t of t ‘ t The por SEER ER EERE EERE EER wild be r t Gouldn’t Get It Back a j # ffor \ t t hity hen the t hha« f ors i I tte ne of th Brown He has, howe rom. $2,-| far as 1! leart curefione-third of the proceeds, understood that a por- was being paid for yr Harrintan the fit beitg money of the r n} tion Of t CCCrtrrrrrrr rere ee eee ee eee ee ee ee eee ee eee eee bottles partly filled with liquor, ah articles such as are used at a prize fight of restling match om and other Regulation Ring. The interior was abc feet wide by 30 fect in »ss the front wa ndd e and ¢ to tl that anyone against the wall would t i red At the open end there were two hooks, op- posite each other, and from which a rope could be strung, 1s completing the prize fight VUE ES SPAEGHAELESRERS ARK AKARERARAERRAES ERR E SPELL VSS KERR EERE REE EE REE EE VIEW OF THE HOUSE BOAT SHOWING THE ROUGH CONDITION OF THE GROUND 8UR- ROUNDING IT. REE KRKEE ley