Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-07-20
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FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 20. 1877
Local..
A THOUSAND DOLLAR GAME.

THOUSAND JULIAN UAMb.
THREE-CARD-MONTE ON THE CAEs-A
WELL KNOWN CATTLE DEALER TAKEN
IN FOR $1OO0-TIIE MONTE MEN CAP
rURED-rHEY ARE DISCHARGED AND
TRAMP OUT OF TOWN.
&C., &C.. sc.
For the last three or four summers IL
band of three-card- monte men have Deen
working a route on the the Chesapeake u
Ohio r. R. from the White Sulphur
Springs to Gordonsville, having confeder-
ates stationed generally at Millboro, 60
shen, Covington, points at which the
springs travel leaves the road and at Cor
louisville where that travel first strikes 1t.
The men belonging to the band get on the
cars never buying tickets. pay the con-
ductor their fare to some station ahead
and when they get there either get off, OF
if they have a prospect of business pay for
a ride few stations further on. A few
weeks ago they got away with $500 OF
young man from Monroe CO., w. Va, and
still later one of the band giving his name
as Arlington was charged with operating
on tin box at Millboro where he was
stopping, to the amount of $32 belonging
to Mr. Warren, the proprietor, and was az
rested near Lexington and carried 70 Mill
boro, but there being no magistrate to try
him he got off, though he would have got
ten off anyway as the evidence against him
amounted to very little. On Monday morn
ing last three of the band put up a job by
which MI. Nj. b. Furr, d cattle dealer OF
Fauquier CO.. formerly of Allegheny CO..
lost 81 600. The three operators Were, u
G. Arlington, of Memphis a tall, slender
Young HAN with IL nice lace and genteelll
ressed IF. Smith. of st. Louis" a mic,
lle-sizt d man with a bad face covered wit
card, a resolu;e Eye and the dress of IT,
armer usually see" at theatres, homespu::
scat and haggy tro serS Of the same and n
ome-made check shirt, and -. Nort''
f Huntington. a pretty stout mediulii
sized MIN of thrty-tive, with Il face pretty
we'll sunburnt OF bar burnt.
SIR. FURR's STATEMENT OF HOW 1T WAS
DUNE.
MI Furr was OH the express train which
passes Stanton ut $3.50 A. NJ, and
was sleeping on the car-seat. On Ole
side of the car was Hon. j. Randolph
Tucker on his way to Covinston, Gen. Jno
Echols in front of him Meade f. White.
of Staunton on the other side Of the car
and deputy-Sherff w. L. Mowry, of Au-
gusta, near him-all the party were nap
ping. Mr.. Furr was aroused by shake
on the shoulder, and Smith, the cattle
drover and farmer, seated himself by him
and asked him where he had been. Fun
said he had been to Baltimore.
| Smith-I've been thar myself, and sold
my cattle; got pretty good price for 'em
but Lord! them Baltimore people is skin
ners.
| Furr-How skinners ?
Smith-Well. they'll just skin you out'n
all you got; they got little thing there
they play with three cards-uhey just beat
me out'n $4,000 clear with it. Her. Ar
lington sauntered into the seat in front
smiling and winking at Fur, as if to say
Gwen have some fun out of this old fell
low.'0
Furr-That pretty well cleaned you out
| didn't it?
omith-CIeaned hell No, sir; look here
I've got money enough to buy you. 500
clean me out (Here he ran his hand in hi
pocket, and pulled out what appeara.! II
Ue several Thousand dollars-&1o0, $550's
$1O's, &c.)
Furr-What did you do about it /?
Smith-Well, just got the trick from
| him, and there's fellow over there in
West Virg mia courtin' my sister, and
when he comes to our house next week I'll
win his horse and saddle off him. Here's
the way they worked it!
Here he showed the game, and the inno-
cent young fellow in front bet him once OF
twice and won, and suggested to Fur to
bet him, as he was an old fool and they
could beat him at the game easy. Furr
looked for a $40 bill to put up, and took
out bundle of 81 900 to find it, the said
young man lingering F's pile to find the
$40, until he got the pile pretty we'll into
his hand, when he slapped it down and
called to Smith "now turn" the caro- was
turned, the young man cried out "you've
lost" and handed FLrr's 81 goo to Smith,
who rammed it into his pocket.
Furr said, ~ didn't bet, give me my
money back" (reaching for it
Smith-You touch that money and Ill
shoot you through your damned heart.
Norton, the square-built, now stepped
up to the seat and said. 1.-The mans Won
the money fair, and ID If it shall be
taken from him."
FUR spent some time urging and quar-
reling with him to get his money, when
presently Smith got up and Welt to the
water closet, and upon Fur going there
to look for him, found his head just
disappearing, he having gotten out
through the window. The other TWO
men got out at Pond Gap station. He
followed them to the car-steps, when one
of them turned and said to him, ''If you
say had anything to do with your money
III cut your damned heart OUT
Mr.. FGrr then woke Gen Echols, saying
General, I've lost IL Thousand dollars II
The General-How did you lose it?
Furr-I lost it at monte.
The General (now fully awake)-Good
gracious man, where could you have come
from
Mr.. Furr then explained who he was,
and the General finding him an acquain-
lance gave him some advice how to pro-
coed. Mr.. Fur returned to Staunton on
the 1890 AN. train from Goshen, and