San Francisco Call, Volume 111, Number 158, 6 May 1912 — Peter Buzukos Jailed on Bunko Charge [ARTICLE]

Peter Buzukos Jailed on Bunko Charge

Peter Buzukos. claimant to the lightweight wrestling championship of the world, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon at the Manx hotel by Detectives Mackcy and Dolan "ti •' charge of conducting a confidence came and obtaining money under false pretenses.

Michael Athens, a moving picture owner of Fresno, claims that Buzukos swindled him out of 11.508 on the night of May ,1 in Fresno, when he gave the wrestler the money to wager on himself in a match against Petti' Brown, a San Francisco mat artist. According to Athens Buzukos tot c the money, fouled Brown so thai he would lose the match ami tan sway with the money without betting it aa instructed. When apprehended in the Hotel Manx Buzukos declared that he had i -> money and lost the 81.500 given hi*n by Athens when he was dtsqu I for fouling Brown. loafer t clerk at the hotel produced a k< ! Buzukos' safety depos'f box. v! *■ t was found to contain 8085 and t • ■ diamond rings, purchased from lot.tl jewelry firms since Buzukos arrived here. Buzukos denies the charges