Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-11-07
A Courageous Conductor.

No GAME to win money from gamblers
has been exposed oftener than three.card
monte, but for all that has been said
against 1t the game continues to be the
most profitable which gamblers and
sharpers can devise. Nine men out of
ten are certain that they can keep track
of cards, and can point out the one to
which their attention had been previous
ly directed, but these nine men are just as
certain to get fooled. 1t is not one time
in twenty that inan can win, and if he
does win the gamblers have some excuse
for not forking over. A railroad car is
the best place for the game, and for the
last month trio of monte men have been
working" the lines running into Detroit.
They have been put off the Central,
chased off the Detroit and Milwaukee,
and kicked off the Lansing road, but they
made a fresh start the other morning on
the Southern, going out on Conductor
Wilsey's train. AT the depot they got in
with an old man named Fremont, who
lives in Pittsburgh and was on his way
home. They pretended to live in Pitts
buTgh also, and soon after getting on
board the train they brought out their
cards. Fremont is one of those smart old
chaps who think themselves posted, and
he knew the game and decided to make
some money out of them. He lost So,
then $40, and between Detroit and the
junction he lost sos. This was all the
money he had, but his blood was up, and
he had hauled out a heavy gold watch to
stake on the next bet, when the conductor
passed along Seeing what was going on
Wilsey told the old man to put up his
watch. AT this one of the gamblers
snatchcd it, saying, II have won this"
and then looked up at the conductor with
a face full of brass. The train had been
at stand.still, and as it started the con-
ductor pulled the signal to stop, and turn
ed to the gamblers and demanded that
they give Fremont back his watch and
money. Not by long sight," they
shouted in chorus. Wilsey "shed" his
coat for business, and all the ladies in the
car got up and ran out. "Ahl hap said
one of the gamblers as the conductors
coat came off, "this Is betterl' and he
pulled. out a revolver and lined it on
Wilseys eye. Commence shootingl" re-
piled the conductor, and out came his
own shooting-iron, and for twenty seconds
two revolvers were held into two mems
faces, hammers up and fingers on the
triggers. The two other gamblers began
to feel for their hip pockets, when Wilsey
quietly said, "If you don't hold up your
hands I'll blow the top of your head off. u
They quit feeling, and at that moment a
Cleveland merchant and Toledo lake
captain came up, each with cooked re-
volver, and demanded to be counted "in.'
AT this the gamblers offered to restore the
watch, and when they had done so the
conductor made them return the full fifty
five dollars. Now, then" said he, wher
he was through with them, get off this
train! / shall remember you, and if
ever catch one of you on my train agair
I'll have the engineer run her up to sixty
miles an hour and my brakesmen will
pitch you into the first swamp" The
fellows were ready to go, and as each one
passed through the door piece of calf
skin and sole leather struck him undel
the coat tails with full swing, materially
assisting him to reach the platform will
the least possible delay. me Iau1us wvr'
then recalled, revolvers put up, and tn,
traiY went ahead. This statement wa
furnished our reporter by one who saw
the whole transaction.-Detr0it Ere
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