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62=4949 Bose JT” yee Clough and his ‘wife examined the ‘photo of ‘Galatas a? & aria os stated that while said photo in some respects resanbl ed Stearns,” _ they felt positive that it was not Stearnamr was it anyone that” -, they had ever met and that thay did not see anyone, ee pela Photo vith either Warren, Shook or Stearns: ar Pek f ne 1h BAR she. ] ' (as t mye ro ial 2 kee ee. Clough stated thet as a result of havi re ‘net a Mr. Warren, he lost $230,000,00 and that he personally believed at the present time, that farzen and Shook were not in any way .. connected, however, ‘he lost the $30,000.00 in the following manner which to the writer 1s a known confidence game and in which. unquestionably Shook, Warren and Stearns were partnerse “3 oe LS Oe tee . Warren met Clough with, the sole purpose of puréhasing the” a : _ trailer, then introduced Clough to Shook, who he claimed was aloo. ae interested in trailers; that thereupon all talk was concernitg = 9° = .25 trailers, During this and other meetings relative to the tratleray aris Stearas waa met and introduced as being a gacbler wi represented . @ large combination and although unimown to Warren, he forced an -- weirs eke os introduction of himself upon Stearns on the basis that he knew a | judge with whom Stearns was friendly in Pittsburgh, Pa. (judgets — : neme unknown), ‘arren then introduced Stearns to Clough and Shooke . 1. | ’ Stearns explained hia business as betting for a syndicate with i which the Rockefellers, Whitnays and several millionaires were == | "+ eonnected and he, as agent, placed the bets at all exclusive. - gbP eee “gembling resorts and that seid betting was done with credit Slips | ee .@fter he placed a large eum of money on deposit at the club; that «= <7 . " there was then mich talk about gambling and Stearns stated be CS i pected to lose his position due to the fect that a man had copied the nanze of a horse which he had written on a credit slip; that 7 Tarren and Stearns then decided to chance risking one of Stearna® - ar eredit slips in placing a elde bet, not for the syndicate, on a ra Se particular horse, and eccording to seid credit slip the amount bet : a on said horse was $200,000.00, which slip werren put in at the. _ betting window at the exclusive club, having been passed into same - . on Stearna* card; that the horae bet.on won the race ‘and es odds. wore. * on same, said bet netted $800,000.00 and es the mney «as about”: : it ‘to be paid to Werren, it wes noted that the opedit slip was nots “ad. ‘signed in the regular manner, whereupon the manager of the club * _Ansieted thet he make personal delivery of the ‘money 0. ‘Stearnse Clough, continuing, advised that seid maneger, whose name a he ‘hever knew, came to the hotel where ‘jarren hed hired « room and © where he, Clough, his wife, Warren, Shook and Stearns were sitting, and upon advising Stearns that the credit slip was not made out in the regular manner which necessitated the aignature of a missing we ‘ mala! iD on Ro