Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-16
TRICKS OF RuNKO MEN.


TRICKS OF BUNKO MEN.
Ingenious Devices for swindiing Unsus-
peGtlng Countrymen.
A New York SIM reporter has recent
ly interviewed a confidence operator in
that city, with the following result:
An introduction to coincidence Sams
was managed by the reporter in such a
manner thati@hfle tho reporter knew all
about the bunko man. that individual
had no idea who or what the reporter
was beyond, the suppos.tion that he was
the friend of q friend.
"How do we work the confidence
racket? In the first place, you must
know that we work in sections of four,
and each has his professional title, -ac-
cording to the part he plays in leading
up to the grand finale Of the comedy
the pocket, ,booll. Arli t No. is the
hand-shakerg Artist No. is the steerer
After him Scomes the artistic player,
who is No. 3 in, the combination; and
last, but by nomeans least, in the COM
pany, is the Joint keeper, whose pres
ence is needed to give an artistic and
efficient completeness TO the whole con-
..Th ven "A.
o,, .i..t ra,n; ne.ls opinpie'e ioi MorH,
,a.n an unu' ~, leiiains' ny poy; IS 70 Wale . lor
hn;t ac,t AZ FLY xa,ons nhe IN, ,isn ior' .ie
pa pa' 20 anu ~ comes every time; you can
s,".a oev, II y@Su ~ aoous ~ rlgnV, ousI
ssahu ssm III yheH noWeIy anu wa'ch II. l
,'.. .el, you wna'' tne ola putchmen VINO
We metI Dosseu ioleI ouuy sesahC olu
n'.a.s;a NO.. Know % Mhat soiu mne lhey were
Sred,lng VI, Wen ,19ex started tnat leau.l-
lui % nomeny = N>leilow '.e colhinS rom ine
country wun.e 40, see .the DoWefy, ana
S We snow nm some lhings ne never
oreul1eu .Mm were lnere.
.;ao & Gn' " = was ssy.ng. we s.ahu out-
onu,os S,uo 'no .o,ns M anu MaiC .uii'l, guy
UJn.I ,'hat l. a,pa Ing guy, you KNOW Is
,ann ma' % &C. oyiifohiS fhs hiowil as t9e green
NJ ~ - tnH, eoun!lf ~ a1n re.
q9,o -, a Rhl eIYs il9ln,s' a " p,Gk nm out
onoa VI o'owS, me,gtNes y, hillseii i away AT
onoo. ioan see nm looklng around
@ oro,S 1n " Mien 1yes anu siou.n wiue
% Som W w ~, ne oat ~ monderiu nn I'll
thr",;o U" .oost We AZ y; oIGe h;s ''.he Ph'iin-
imUp'0 ilno Hs: y ~ Menar9. you
mo%, tha h.nS "Hp ssnAe an. ,Iaso th .ns ne.u 70
he arra nmn, III. ~ att;ro sn ,i,,s ny nh,lie
care, adorns his face with amost win
ning smile, and rsaunters, down slowly
towarl the guy to give him the duke.
rs the boys say,s What is the, dukep
Why, thedske is the hand.a r.
There, he met the guy, and smiles
IN recogniuon Of the stranger. The
countryman; you'll find, Is delighted to
meet some one in the big city who
seems TO know HIM, q ye see, and takes
the outstretched duke of the hand
shaker. Then, the latter opens play
with the remark: +nrE
W hSs MI. Herkimer; how are you,
Old felloWE it's months since I've seen
you 1.-the guy didn't repudiate the
name, why, Jack, give you my word,
would be, completely nonplus ed,
euchred; asit were.a But the moment
lie hears the guy say he is not the
man he, is, taken Tor, why, that
very moment Jack begins to get in
begins the work by pretending TO be
astonislted that he has made a mistake.
WEI, pom my word, that's very re-
markabie, he exclaims with that cult
ured how sof language for which the
condolences man is peculiar Peg your
pardon, but really I.never saw any
one WHIP locked 50 much ike Fred
l can hardly believe now that you're
not Fred playing apractical Joke on me
by denying your identity. Ha! ha! it's
prettyKogu one on me.
1.-The cOuntrymnn sees the Joke or
thinks he does, which is the same thing
to all intents and purposes, and chimes
L., . 1. IL