Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-17
THE OLD MONTE GIME.
\ Resident of Falkland persuad ii
TO go get IL Gin Of Tea and is shown
this Mysteries of Monte.

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"Do you kuow mat named Wolf
| iroyer," ast-d q weather beat4u farmer
| like inlividuN q few days ago OF David
Gragee, dairyman living near Faulk
! lsnd, who had just sold his last goldei
lump Of butter for that day, aud wat
ready to 80 home, when the salutatory
inquiry was made to him at Fourth aud
Market streets.
Mr.. Graves frankly confessed that he
did not know the Wolf alluded to, aud
as the stranger with farmers garb had
pleasing address the twO ohatted
together few moments. The conversa.
tion run to farm stock, when the stranger
modestly admitted that he was wealthy
western man With large estates and
herds, and had come east to purchase
some cattle with the idea OF infusing bet
ter blood into his bovinss.
The mythical Wolf did not turn up,
and the stranger expressed considerable
disappointment and invited Mr. Graves
to walk down to Fourth and French
streets to See his uncle who also dealt in
cattle. The invitation was accepted and
the two men started oil down Fourth
street chatting pleasantly together.
When they reached the corner of
French street the stranger looked in all
directions for Wilson, but the uncle did
not turn up. Another man dressed
neatly, however, came along the
street, whom Mr.. Graves escort
saluted as Brown and asked him
what he was doing down here.
Brown, with the air OF man who
had been accustomed to purchasing rail
Il, n 1f..3 10.
had been down ordering a lot of cars,
pointing in the direction of Jackson &
Sharp's.
After talking a few seconds together,
Brown impaired the information that
man 'just down here was giving great
packages of tea away to get il intro
duced." Mr.. Graves was invited to get
bag of tea but declined. After several
invitations, however, he reluctantly con-
sented and with the two strangers went
into the front room of dwelling on the
west side of French street two or three
doors below Fourth
Nhe alleged free distributor OF tea, was
an elderly man, all conducted himself as
if unscguaiDted with Mr.. Graves com.
panions, his contederates. He was in an
excellent humOr, and being of libsrsl
disposition told the men he would make
them present, at the same time hand
ing over three So bank notes, One for
each. He tLen requested that each man
lay down $5 lust To show that he was
a responsible person Oue OF the
strangers in an undeTstone said to Mr..
Graves "fhis seems like gambling, l
Oughtn't to do this, am member OF
church" Three cards, two OF which
we're blanks and one marked "prizsn
across tue face in red letters were then
brought out, aud by some peculiar msniI-
ulation which MIR, Graves did not under
stand, he soon lost his pile, put up
$40, and the strangers captured that
also. Not caring to invest further i'll
order TO pick out the prize card, Mr..
Graves announced his intention of quit
ting the game. The two strangers then
proceeded to play al some other game, re-
questipg MIR. Graves to hold the stakes,
which amounted to $3.50, and
demanded that to qualify himself as
a stakeholder Mr.. Graves must show as
much money as was entrusted to his
holding. This last scheme opened the
Mr.. Graves eyes, and he determined to
get back his $lj. His earnest tones and
emphatic demands Tor his money at first
fell on deal ears, but the determination
depicted upon the farmers face and the
business like proportions of his muscular
form led the confidence men to hear his
appeals and give up the SIS.
Mr.. Graves said to GAZETTE & JouR-
NAL representative on Friday that he "was
determined to get his money back, and
may have said some things he oughtn't
to, but he believed the men Intended to
rob him" Que of the strangers had red
whiskers. Another had black hair and
WAS slightly built.