The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-22
TnRnE-UARD-MoNTE snAKps.
How They Inveighed Two Young Men to
Try Their Luck and Robbed Them.

Try Their Luck and Robbed Them.
A few mornings since mention was made
in the local columns of this paper of there
being gang of threecard-monte sharps in
this city. There is no doubt of it. Two
young men, recent arrivals here from Boil
var, Tennessee, whose names are Joel Den
man and Ben King, fell victims to them
yesterday, and lost ali they had but a
jsw hundred dollars. They came here
together and were looking around for a
commercial opening in which to invest
their money, aud in case they found none
here they were going to some of the west
ern counties and open up sheep rancho.
Yesterday morning while they were sitting
at table in the Apollo Hall RECALLING
themselves with beer, q stranger took
rcat at their table and called
for q beer. They were discussing Texas
the fertility of her soil and future pros
poets when the stranger chimed in. He was
well dressed, Of pleasant manners, good
talker, and soon the two young men were
interested in him. His talk Of what money
he had seen made on q good farm, at very
little expense and labor, won the young
men over to farming, and so they changed
their notion and then and.there determined
10 engage in agricultural pursuits.
The stranger, who gave his name as
Thomas Barton, told them that be and a
partner Of his, named Simeon Habry, had a
| tine farnf situated some two miles west OF
this city, for which they asked but q small
sum, and he proposed that IL they accom-
pany him he would take them out TO look
at the lay Of the land. They agreed
TO go, and about II O'Clock Barton had
horses ready for them aud they
went out over the toll bridge beyond the
bluff q short ways, where Barton pointed
out what he called his farm. He asked
SIS go cash down for the place, and the
Young men told him that they did not have
that much money, and when he asked them
how much they had, tney innocently told
MIN about sl.4" between them.
when passing through the woods, they
observed man roughly dressed staggering
along the rad toward the city. When
they overlook him be turned, aud stagger-
ing. dropped n lot Of thres monte cards.
Barton lsughingly asked him II he was in
the business, and he said, you bet am:
He said that IL cost him % learn He
and had taken q lot Of cattle on 10 Kansas
City, cold them, rot the money, and that
while coming back, some sharps in the bus
ine.s on the train had nearly busted him,
but he had caught the cue and had more
than Won hi. money back As he finished
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a game. They were. more amused
At vhsf they considered his rreenness than
anything else, and Barron asked him %
pifch them once for fun. He said be would
n thew would come into the brush where
no ons would see them They went, and
disrnountinE, rnlfsd Of some distance 70
lor. when he pitched the cards
riId dsfed the party for $50 20 name
the middle card. lie mad pitched them -
that the two Young men could have readily
picked up the cards. hui uleT bed cCnsci-
enfions srruplcs shout beatinK rlIat they
believed - nt . drunken man, and - theT
declined. BARRON remarked 20 tbem IN IN
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