The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-10-29

creek some ~ feet, and been ruined.
| &WINDLED.-Perhaps Baltimore and Rich
mond imagined that Staupton wasn't ~ on
| the swindle question as she is Oh every thing
else perritining to a city. But they are mista-
ken. We have had our frst-class confidence
game, and were only waiting for the aforesaid
cities to exhaust themselves before we be-
gam
On the second slay of the Augusta county
Fair, Mr.. Nicholas Ryan, of Cow Pasture Riv-
er, i'll Augusta county, came to town to attend
the fair and transact some business matters
As he was walking down street, on the above
mentioned day, he was accosted by we'll
dressed young man who invited him to call ut
his neW store, in the building recently erected
by Col. Harnan, OIL New street, and examine
his stock of jewelry. Mr.. Ryan assured him
that he didn't care about investing. The
young man rtlieE asked if he would be kind
enough to distribute some of his circulars o.
mong his (Ryan's) neighbors. Mr.. Ryan a.
greed, and went down to the place mentioned.
On entering he found case of jewery, some
chairs and other furniture, and two ladies' and
gentleman, besides the one whose acquan
lance he HAD already ,n,lade, and was asked to
step behind Il screen, which was erected at the
farther end of the room, and he would show
him a neat trick. Mr.. Ryan, not sllspectng
anything wrong. went as desired and found a
table on which were lying ten, twenty and hum
drel dollar notes and q box of envelopes. The
man sitting at the table told him to pull out
fifty dollars and he would perform the trick
Mr.. r. told him that he hadn't come in there
to gamble but to take out some circulars for,
him, and furthermore that he had only twenty
five dollars with him. He was then told to-
lay the twenty-five down on the table and draw
an envelope from the box, at the same time the
gambler covered the money with hundred
and twenty-five dollars. Mr.. Ryan drew the
| envelope and the man raked the money from:
| the table and informed him that he had lost
| MI. 4. then declared that he had been robbed
and told the swindler that if he did not return
| the money at once that the police would be
called III. In turn he was informed that the
| house was a regularly licensed gambling estab-
lshmcnt and that if he made any fuss about
the matter that he would be arrested for viola
4tion OF the gambling law.
On the following day Mr.. Ryan came to Mr..
". A. Reed, with whop he had some business,
and informed him that he could not pay some
money that had been promised assigning as a
reason that he had been robbed the day previ-
Gus, and proceeded to relate the particulars as
above stated. Mr.. Reed told him to come with
him and he would get his money back for him.
They sweut down to the house together and
Reed teld Ryan to go in and see if the man
who had swindled him was there and then
come out and report to him. Ryan went in,
fonnd the man, came out and passed around
the back way to the Virginia Hotel, where he
was given twenty dollars and made sign a re-
ceipt in full for the amount lost. lie was
then locked up and confined about an hour. LII
the meantime the crew .had folded their tents
land like the Arabs. silently stole away"
MIR. Reed thinking that the old gentleman had
gone UP street, waited for some time for bis re-
turn, and becoming uneasy, went in search of
a policeman. In company with Policeman Greg
DRY he again repaired to the house, but the
birds had flown, taking with them their furni-
ture, jewelry, &c.
We learn that a Mr.. Mauzy, from Highland
lost 800 in his desire to see the little trick per
formed, aid that there were MANY Others ia
: ken in in the same way.
!, Rev. George Shaver, OF the Dunkard church
i'll Shenandoah county, was brought to the LII
!. natic Asylum, in this city, a few days ago
His mind has been affected for some time.