Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-01-11
NO. 3.
The Game Of Faro Twelve Men who Rney
all About it-0ne Mans Prejudice

all About it-0ne Mans Prejudice
The case of John Doe Tome, ma
whose real name is said 10 be Burns. can
j up again before Justice Knox, Saturda
The mar is one of those characters know
as a check guerilla He was accused {
70 table at the Capitol saloon, the none
belonging 10 a player who was in ha
intoxicated condition. Tome demaude
a jury trial. and when the selection ha
been made each juryman was aske
whether he had any prejudice against tn
game The following were the experience
! of the twelve:
Juror No. Have played little; los
/ 81 200 at a sitting once, at Simpsons Cor
ner; had won the money at poker th
night before won it of the fellow VIII
| dealt have no prejudice against the game
juror No. 2.-Have played faro some
! lost nineteen straight bets at once at tin
/ Sawdust Corner-just my fool luck thinl
the game is all right: used to play far,
| once, but haven't played now for over /;
week
| Juror No. 3.-Dropped about $40 one
at Orndoff's, trying to call the turn; NJ
prejudices.
juror No. 4,-Play faro occasionally
whenever | have any money; won So, 0G'
one night at the place-busted the game
went back and tried to bust it again few
nights after had to spar for my grub al
the rest of the week; think I could bea
the game blind if | had the capital; ne
prejudice.
Juror Ne. 5.-Am familiar with faro
slightly; stepped into Joe Stewards one
day tapped the game for $500 in one deal
called the turn for 800 and then quit
playing because the limit wasn't big
enough; made enough to pay that SIS as
sessment on my Justice stock; think faro
is good game.
Juror No. e.-Always liked faro when ii
was square think there are some square
games, but the splits give the game big
percentage.
Juror No. Got ST. 900 out of the rise
in Orphin, and got ready to start back to
the States. Here the juror dropped tear
and his honor seemed much affected
struck one Of the games-no matter which
it was-and in about two days hadn't a
red.
The remaining five jurors related their
experiences in most affecting manner,
and but one man was found who had any
prejudice against the game. He said be
never won a bet in his life. He always
coppered and played straight at the wrong
time. He'd been calling the turn steady for
two years and never caught it ouce He
thought faro was a swindle, but he admit
ted that he had been playing 1t the night
before. He was excused.
Geo. Kritzer, the dealer of the game, tes-
titled as follows: was dealing at the time
McCarty came in and called for some chips.
He had won about $50 when Tome first
showed up; McCarty had the jack copper
ed, taking in the tray and queen
The Court-Does the jury comprehend
the situation
The jurors nodded simultaneously, and
the witness continued
'sThe tray and the jack won. So it was a
stand of, and
The Court.-Is this point clear to the
jury !?
The jurors bowed with military precis-
sion.
Witness Then. after two turns, he
planked a $40 piece on top of the chips on
the jack. and this man Tome reached fer
it. As soon as l saw him muzzle the SUI
gar sung out, but he slid off and was
getting away with it when Officer Hanks
snatched him and made him give it up.
Jailor McCarty related the admission of
Tome in the Jail. He had admitted taking
the money, but excused his conduct on
the ground that he might as well have it
as the game.
The jury stood II for conviction and one
for acquittal, and being unable to agree
were discharged, as was also the accused.
-Varginia City Chronicle.