The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-21
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How Strangers are Hniiced into GambIinc
Bels and Robbed.

How Strangers ere ,5 EnslcsG into Gambling
The Louisville Journal OF the 10Th instant has the
following:-
In the early part of last week we mentioned the
arrest OF Jack Sheppard for aiding and abeting in
the swindng OF an old Cincinnati gentleman named
James Reynolds, who, while on visit to this city
last sunday, became severely intoxicated ana was
entiCed into faro bank, and while there swindled
out OF two five hundred dollar notes.
Sheppard was examined before the City Court yes
terday. The evidence gave an interesting account
OF how the gentleman was inveigled into the gam
bling-house and OF the manner in which the thieves
go about swindling their victims. on Sunday morn
ing, he went into the saloon of Sheppard, which, we
believe, is Market street Preston, and called
for oysters and drink. young man named Ryan
was with him at the time, and seemed to be taking
care OF him. Reynolds became so drunk as not to
member what was done exactly, but Ryan, not having
drank anything, is the one who best remembers
what took place, and the facts as stated here are
taken mainly from his evidence and that OF some
others who were in the faro bank when the swindng
was going on ..
Ryan states that when Major Reynolds went to
pay for the things he got at Sheppards he exhibited
big roll Of money, and that Sheppard then remarked
that he thought the Major a jolly good fellow and
would like to go out in town with him and have "a
time.n Major Reynolds beiug by this time pretty
well under the influence OF liquor accepted the pro-
position and they went away together Ryan follow
ing TO watch lest some harm should befall his friend
Sheppard took his victim straight to q faro bank,
No. 661G Market street, and going up stairs, asked
the Major to have social game of euchre.
They sat down to a table TO play, when two
other persons suddenly appeared on the scene,
and were rung into the game by Sheppard.
1ner names were Dan Merrlgan ana Ru0e
Bailey. They were, it seems, the runners of the
establishment. They have since disappeared. The
four commenced playing, and the gentleman lost
ten dollars. The cards were dealt for the second
game, and the three confederates so managed as to
give their victim hand which, to one not overly
skilled in cards, would seem invncible, but which
can be overcome by certain kind OF play The
trick Is well known to gamblers. The gentleman
seeing that he had a fine hand, offered, to bet
$500 note that he could make two points on it at
euchre This was accepted by Bailey who affected to
put up the money, but who, it was proven, had not
even 500. The man was too drunk, however 20 de-
tect the fraud, and the game proceeded. Before
II was finished, and when success seemed certain
to the eyes of the drunken man, Bailey offered to
bet another $780, and pretended to put the money in
the hands of Sheppard as stakeholder. This was
accepted by the sangune gentleman, aud he put up
another Observation-Disclosures note andIgave it to Shep-
pard. The tide then turned, and the Major found
his inVincible hand suddenly annihated and his one
thousand dollars gone. In the mean time the young
man Ryan, seeing that his friend was being cheated
and that the men were taking advantage of his
drunken condition, went OIL after some one to come
and get him away. On returning with another gen.
tleman Ryan met Reynolds at the bottom of the
steps, declaring that he had been robbed Informa-
ton was given TO the police but they succeeded only
in catching Sheppard The other men have ned the
town, leaving their faro bank behind them.
Sheppard was first arragned on charge OF rob-
berry, but after the evidence as above was introduced
the charge was changed to grand larceny, under the
following statute in regard to gambling:-
'If there is plan to cheat man of his property,
session to deposit stake with one of the confede-
rates, the taking 10y such confederate is larceny and
not the less so though afterwards the confederates
are by fraud made TO appear to win"
The examination was long one, and occupied
the attention OF the court for nearly three hours.
Before closing, however, the charge was again
changed, this time to misdemeanor, and under II
the accused was held to answer.