The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01
A BUNKOED BEAN.
How Preble County Man Parted With His
Good Money.


Good Money.
Notwithstanding all that has been told
by the newspapers regarding confidence
men, bunko steerers, and other sharks,
country gentlemen visiting Cincinnati still
allow themselves to be taken in and duped.
Joseph Bean, an old, innocent gentleman
from Ea on, O., who imagines that because
he is honest himself everybody else is,
came down t. the city last SATURDAY. and
was steered into bunko room on Race
street. where he was fleeced out of $50.
The story of the way he parted with his
money is best told in his own words. as he
related it to several officers at the Ninth
street Station-house.
Said he II was standin' purity nigh to
the Post-nffice when a nice-looking young
man stepped up ter me and slappin' me on
the back. says, Why, how are you, Mister
Bean? Saws l. Pm tolerahle, thank you; ;
but, says I, you have the advantage NV
me; don't rec llect NV ever meetin you
afore. Oh, says he, Yer knowed my
mother, she used ter live up near-Oh,
what's the name NV the place? said he.
Eaton, saws l. Yes, saws he, that's the
said he. I began to tell him
1 W licu IO Cut lhO OA pulby 5hoi ",
tellin' me he had three numbers
in the Kaintuck lottery, and that he seed
by the papers that two of 'em had come
out. Says he, l want ter go up and get the
money on 'em. Come, 20 long SAYS he;
it's right up here piece. He was such a
nice looking Young man. and appeared to
know ME 80 we'll thet went with him. We
went up the street leetle ways till we
coined to long house with a glass ronf
Saws he, Let's go through here. asked
him if it cost anything to go through. He
said No. So we went through that ERE
light house, and when we coined out on the
sidewalk at ther end we turned tn
the left and walked leetle
ways when we turned into a house, we
went through one room into another. In
that room was preacher.Iike looking sort
of feller sitting up behind desk. He
was the honestest-looking man ever seed
in my life. The young man what knowed
me SO well pulled some cards out of his
pocket and handed em to the feller behind
the desk. The feller looked at 'em, then
looked at great big book and says lie,
you've drawed hundred and one dollars.
He give him check on the bank for a
hundred and told him to call around
some other time and cit the d.lIar,
or, says he. yer kin play that dollar in again
now. l believe III do 1t, says the young
man. He picked ont some numbers, the
feller behind the desk looked at the bic
book again, and saws he, why yer lucky;
you've drawed $40 more. The young man
says ter me, believe I'll trys her again;
pick me out eight numbers. says he TO me.
l picked out eight numbers. He handed
'em to the feller behind the desk. Then
the feller behind the desk looked at the
book agin and says he, yer have drawed 4
hundred apiece. Then he counted out
a hundred dollars to both of lis Now
saws he yer have ter put $40 alongside II,
this hundred. l takes $40 out of my pocket
hook and lays 'em on top NV the hundred
Now, saws he. it takes $50 to play this time
Says l, amt got $780, played $40 of m,
money and the young man loaned ME $40
We played and drew some blanks. Now
says the feller behind the desk, You'll have
ter put down $50 or else forfeit all NV this
I didn't have that much money, so says l
/ guess II have to forfeit. The Young mar
and walked out then, and when we got or
the street, says he Pm mighty sorry yor
lost that money, but I'll 20 and borrow
what you lost, from friend. Says lie
, You 60 over to the Gibson House and ri
bring it to you there. I goes to the Glib
son House and waits there two hours and
half, and then found out that had beef
swindied. Pm only sorry that when h
, laid them er hundred dollars down to me
didn't pick EN- up and walk out"
IF you'd ever touched that money" pu
in an officer, you'd "a fell through a ira
door into a sewer below and you'd "a com
out down about Millcreek, and you'd neve
been able to tell where you started from.