, 1875-06-10
THE LAST VICTIM.

THE LAST VICTIM.
MH. NELssE<'a ADyEsTUREs.
Tho lAteat victim Of the shree-casd.moute
gang Who flourish in thia city without lat or him
deranoc, ia Edward SelsHen, young acana!-
navian Of good address and garments who camo
here day before yesterday from Nav Ur1eaua. And
fortunately through hih efforts and two good
policemen three Of tho svlnd!era haro been
brought 10 tho rack In manner which will prob.
ably result in klotr conviction. Tho Veal bde
is not good placo for tho monte "1uob" to
operate in. and i! they nre caught there they are
suro to get tho full beuehs Of tho la1, with q
Attla elasticity thrown III.
SELssES's s1on1
Ia substantially as follows: ...
W his arrival hero llo put mp At small hotel
On Canal street, opposite tue st. Louis lias!road
look about tho city. liz is IN intelligent me-
chan!c, and camo hero With the intention Of 1o-
manning permanently. At the corner Of Canal
aud Madison Btsce.s we'll drcsted aud respect
sasaEs sa E spsSPs 5 an s'aSa ssa Rtg R 70 @ oa
DO .yoa Do! When did you como up from New
OrloanH7" Sclsson, rather astouinAed at Hnch
o. sudden greeting, eyed tho stranger tn puz-
xlsd M m mspner, and sa!d Iws!l; gue,s you have
right" said The other, "let's 60 and
tako a elaBs Of beer md be soctabie, any
how" '..Nell, | don't mind II do, said Ncls-
aon and the pair nent to saloon at tho corner
Of Clinton and Madison Htrccts, wbcse tho lager
WAS served up. Nclsscn Baid ho intended 10
drink nt tho bar, but his nsw-f found friend In
sisted on bis being seated At table, and he COM
chairs when d soutncrn.lookiug chap deccnt!y
nttired, WALKED up end sat down beside ttm.
1Io began CONFORMATION BY introducing himself,
aud say1ng that LIE WAS
TEXAS nNoyEH,
and bad t1st dispossed Of largo enumber Of cattlo
as tho stock-iards. IIo then began, in q
dialect peculiar to tho Texan, to express
hia projudlcca against tho Yankeca. whom
hc said no WAS afraid to trust. tho other party,
speaker, passed oll tho natter langhing'y, aid
sa to hin that ho guessed ho could trust those
whom he wan addressing. The man who tirtt
mot Nolsscu then proposed 4 Writ 10 a place
where, he said, they. could hare somc ,fnn,
coas Eclanen cent Tho Texan was invited
along, aud tue trio started OF and waiked 10 tho
saloon Of Mary 1Ianisca. No. Ct North uaIstcd
stroot Which Is known to ;ho police ns resort
''!sh TO fleece Victim. 1t rss about o'clock
y. N. when they entered tho place,
aud ~ down to q table and ordered
heer. There ucro. beside. Mrs. uanizch and
son-n yonng man Of about 20 years, who at
teudcd bar-two other roung men Ia the saloon.
Tho To1An related his experience ia getting
uEArEy our OF s500 At TnnEE.cAnp MONTE,
and, to illustrate, ho "hnt to tho bar and OBJ
aud two mines, and. after manipulating them
for moment, asked Sclsecn to rlrk out tho pic-
ture card. llo readily did 10. aud tho drsles
said he would bet lin he could not do 1t again.
Nelssen wsa successful second timo. and us
trss.fouud frsopd urged him to bet, sayiug ho
would II ho had money. Nolssoa was finally
worked up to fescr.heat, aud tho tnonte
cheats soon, had lia ~ tho, tolls. IIo Of
fcred to bot s1oo' that he coufd pick
cardg, aud hia proiossed friend nafd ho
would hold the atakes. Tho dealer handod liz
coufedolasea fon hills, which Selseen 4ays le did
not thtnk amounted to moro slsu So or 81, mud
stakeholder turned slighsIJ aside, pretended 10
count the bills. and hall there MAS &l00 ur.
Nelsscn turned over two $50 bills to the stakc-
lolder, and THO dealor caseleasly dropped tho
cards on thu table for a moment. Tho eonfcd-
Aud gave Nesbtn tho wink, cansiou1ly telling
hm that he could then mako suEe thing on get
s'ug tho right card. Tho dealer picked up tho
cts oha5 ,nd md saeo esae t. o lFo% sbos & m
to hls Satisfaction, ho called upon Nosscu 10 10
point out tho queen. i Is alnaoat uaolcsa to say
that that modest female waa not selected, aud
and uino.spot subhsstutod tn .ts place With =
corncr nicely turned up on It to deceive tho IN.
wary victim. kelaseu bccame excited all tho
more at his failuro and, having els more In Lis
pocket,
DECIDED TO r1r AGAIN.
llo said 10 could pont out tho queen this s!ms,
and tho dealer asid lo could net. Down went
tho $75, aud It went tho way OF the 800. Ihon
susrlcion entered Ho!ssen's btain, aud tho
truth began to dawn on him. lie asked tho men
to give lin back bis money aud tho other two
strangers, who had, up to this ttmo, been
ailent spectators Of tho monte trick. camo
to tho front and pleasantly inquired Of tho duro
what had been duuo to hin. NalsHen informed
them that ho boI!oyed ho had beeu swndIea, aud
asked ono Of the fellows, who Of course waa
confederate Of the confidence mot, II lie would
SO aud 60: policeman whiio DO zomaluod in tho
cl1oatod him. Tue confcdeEatoa insisted OH IL
going hiusolf, but he ssoutly refusod, and nsa
dolermlued 10 capture tho mon OF obtain hia
n,ouey from thou. lIe appealed In vain to tlo
ot1 woman who aeops the saloon. aud her suu,
bat u was use!essi they were just AZ much ccn-
tederates al the others. Tho doatcE aud L,a
companion entleavoscd 10 sneak out It
tho back door, but NclsAcu watched tLem
elohoty .until ho was caught hold It
by the otl,os two mon, aud roughly thrown out
Of tho door. 1hen the principals ran. aud
Aolsnen went after them, ha!!ooiug At the top OF
biz voice for soae QUO to stop tho fuait!yos,
Ollcoe Patrick llyan hsppoaod to 10 Oh stage
passing along Ilalsted struet, aud, Jumping On,
caught Two Of the fellows, assisted BY Sidewalk |
inspector burk. They gayo tho narnes Of John
cars Ryan and 1Iogsn caught tlo 1opees. john
Uonltn, At tho coruos Of Canal aud Madison
stEscss, ani ho also was locked up tu aw4ie = |
heaFlng. It IL probable tho fourth. the ''Tcx. |
AZ" will b0 socurod to-day. Nono Of tho lniaH- |
iuE money Was found on tao prisoners: helssea |
iA also detained II Madlaan Street Station to |
SECURE hia attendance ~ witness.
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