The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-06-02

The Heather Chinee.-When circus
or show makes its advent into a community,
it is usually notice for people to be on their
guard, as there are always enough rough
hangers-on accompanying, if not attached to
the show, to make it lively for people who
have anything, to keep what they've got; and
it Is very seldom one makes an entrance and
exit from city or village, without its having
been laid under contribution for the benefit of
the spoilers. Last Saturday was somewhat
eventful in this way, and several of our towns
men suffered. As the circus procession was
passing along Front street, the second time,
the proprietors and clerks in Hermon & VIII
sons store, went to the door, each supposing
the other would keep watch of the back door,
which stoodopen because of the heat, then SO in
tense. While they were engaged in watching
the procession, some thief stole in at the back
door, slipped into their cashiers stand, lifted
their pocket book, containing several hundred
dollars, with notes to much larger amount,
and got safely away. The loss was discover
ed soon after, and suspicion being aroused
against one Freund, he was arrested and
searched, but nothing found. He was held to
Monday morning, when, on examination be-
fore Justice Wilmer, he was discharged the
evidence being altogether Of circumstantial
character. Warrants were subsequently
sworn out for several parties attached to the
show and the Constable proceeded to Wood
vile where he made the arrests, returning
with the prisoners on Monday evening, on
cne of whom he found nearly $500 in money
About noon, or shortly after, the store of
John Lynch, on Croghan street, was entered
by some one, who helped himself to the con-
tents of the drawer, (about $50 and succeeded
in getting away without leaving any other
trace of the robbery than the empty drawer.
Three Card Monte, an old game of the "now
you see it, now you don't see it" order, had
many vOtaries, mainly among those too poor
to take paper. They lost Of course, as all
loose who have anything to do with games
(which they don't understand" but in which
the dealers are as great adopts as Bret Harte's
Chinee. We heard of number of cases
where the "innocents were slaughtered" to
the extent of five and ten dollars, by the oper-
ators and their confederates; but one man
from Seneca county, who had got together
ffty-fve dollars, as the proceeds of sales of
lumber, could not Withstand the desire to get
hold of a handful of the tempting greenbacks
which lay upon the table where the cards
were dealt. "He went, he saw" but there the
similitude ended, for he was conquered, and as
he was relieved of twenty-five dollars, he real
lied the hazard of the game, but determined
to retrieve his fortune OF "die in the attempt"
Twenty-Five dollars more, as a consequences,
were transferred from his depleted wallet to
the capacious nav of the facile operator, and
the member from the rural district retired
from the arena a sader if not wiser individual
individuals should learn that all games of this
kind carried on upon such occasions, are pure
ly for the benefit of the operator and his pals,
who are occasionally allowed to win just to
"show how easily it is done," and to inspire
confidence in those whom they desire to VIC
timize. Don't bet your money on any such
games, or when you do and loose, as you viii,
accuse only yourself of folly, and expect no
sympathy.
IN WOoDYILLE,
Where the show exhibited on Monday, the
three card monte operators appear to have
"cleaned out" the people very generally, many
Ioosing from s. to Sl5 each, while one man,
German, whose name we did not hear, invest
ed the snug sum of SIPS in the fatal specula-
ton. He then made an effort to recover his
money, and fortunately for him Just then Of
fcers from here arrived and took the fellow
and his comrades into custody on charge of
robbing HemOn & Wilson, of this city. The
swindled individual followed here, aud en-
gaging legal aid, succeeded in soaring the fell
low so that he disgorged, but Mynheer return
ed to Woodville, fifty dollars short of the or
iginaI investment. It was a costly expert
ment, and might have resulted still worse
His little experience cost him enough to pay
for newspaper twenty-five years. VIII he
profit by what he has learnedH