New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-30


| when the unfortunate losers arrive IN this
| city. The cormorants have been known to
| take all a mans money, his watch, JeweIry.
! and in fact anything that they could get
! away with or dispose Of
! The manner in which three-CaTd monte i5
| conducted is as follows: The thrower. who
! Is usually a rough. fat, gOOG-natured LOOK
! inc man, seats himself and draws from
| side pocket of his coat the pasteboaTds
| They consist of three cards, respectively
| bearing on the face the picture OF baby
| an eagle and a woman. The cards are
| rolled up until they will lie face downward
on the edges Of the side. while the centre,
from end to end is aTched up and clear o.
the cloth the edges rest on. The throWer
then picks them M by the ends, between
bis thumbs and middle fingers, and tosses
them dexterOuslv past each other from
right to left A CapPer then offers 20 btt
that he can pick out specified cara, anu
does so repeatedly, apparently winning
large sums Of money.
Countrymen, not knowing the sWlnI.e,
are frequently attracted by the apparently
sure thing, and will bet and lose their last
dollar on a game where there are two
chances to one against them suppO=lng
that the thrOwer trusts entirely 30 his skill
in throwing to deceive the gulls, who
watch his movements attentIveIT. 1t IS
not often. however, that the monte man
favor to one against him is a good thing Il
he can't yet a better but this he almost in
yariablv succeeds in doing. If the gray or
countryman wishes to bet on the eagle. the
thrOwCr accidentally bends the corner OF
il. which the countryman notices and re
iuicc7 at. When the cards are allowed % rest
ON their faces the gray bets his pile on the
card with the bent corner. and finds 20 ms
disgust on turning b. af5 ti5st IT j. not the
eagle but the baby. the tlro%cC having
adruitIy -trafghrrHpd the eagle card and
auruyd the rorusI at the other without
being detected.
Another -chrsnu I- Oh carry two packs %
cagds, and ti~ gray Will notice that uu Che
bach ul tn gf.tu card Is prrrrptBln .
grease >put lIe bcr- DID, aIl On that card,
and Oh Turning ID Nud- that IL I- a knayc
llo Joy- not uH.!rs. and tt, but 10 = evident
tL.! IL las ip-f aEG gu.plng lis dlsap
pulufma1f Ha ratirr4 hrzi- thinking that |
ta= cards were changed on HIM and the
pack bee bet against contained no queen, |
and thtt there was no possibility Of his
winning % he turned all three OF the cards |
Tie monte meu, as before stated, drove a
thrItug business on the roads beyond
Franklin, and accumulated much lucre
.!Iey frequently carried : 1000 or SJUOO with
them, and would bet as high as any one
wanted to.
One day in the early part Of last week
Duvall and Burnell. with an accOmplice,
were running the trains and. as usual,
opened the game. very rOugh-lOOkIng
customer, apparently a Texan. was. inter
estcd, and having sold his cattle and beng
flush, concluded to bet against it. He put
up 500 at first, and lost it, and, becoming
excited staked $1,000 which he also lost.
With the discrimination of man who knew
he was right, and would bet omit, he went
down in an inside pocket Of his Jeans
vest and drawing forth q huge roll OF