Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-10-02
BUNC0 AND BLARNEY.
What 'Steerer" Says AbOut His Walk Of
Lifc-The Big Bugs the Best to Bait.

pcE anu Sdll sun yesterday, ana WIN
that he lounged around the corner of
West and Courtland streets. He had
acknowledgement elevation of should
er and inclination of head intended to
represent preoccupation and utter in
difference to mundane affairs. But
his eye stole uncasily in the direction
Of profesSor-like body who was look.
ing after him with a good deal of ami
mostly, and who evidently was "th"
blokc" in question.
The sallow-faced young Hlu n4d
spoken in an undertonc, an t.u nu &.
matte announcement was ey .nutly .u-
tended for the ears of We dressed
man to whom Herald rcI rtes wa,
talking. Tho well dressed nau looked
at the profcssor-likc body gi ",#
after the other and smiled.
"Trippcd up again" said he, m.
pard' $ tried to touch the OLD .rl au .
he's dropped"
whats the matter" ask,i 'tcpu,
zlcd reporter,
The well dressed man drew back in',
doorway. In addition to being wet
dressed he was fluent and afahla ~,
was also n notorious bunc1 s,carrr
"Oh, the old fellows too much for
Boston, " said he, rcferrag go his
confederate, and vouChsaiing .u pat
ronize the vernacular sparingB He $
clearly shrewd old file, and ! quo $
he's been nipped before. That The
trouble gentlemen in our walk Of
life have" he went on, quiteponpDu-
ly. "Thcre are so many low tlkir
and ill-bred bunglers that try - catcu
the grccny that it's ruinous t. r.. 10
is, in fact. Now, just loo
Some poor, sneeking chump u...-
eyed old Verdigris up the stree. Ua
given himself away, I'll bet, bcior, ho
ever got his lamps on the OH m3n s.
coin. See what follows. Th olHur s.
a-scarcd Of every soul he soc arj
trys to fly every job We put oil hn.
Oh, the way they break up tn. hs
You talk as if bunco wcrr -.,
encc.n
"And isn't it science? 1t mur
h'N''Nkf "h' hhh
Ologics and osophics chu2ked a.Hrr
When fellows on my lay he cf b..
know everything. Understand Ever
thing. He has to know how z, ear.
the fresh uns and larry the fl i,'iuWs
and give all sorts Of tatly to the crluks.
He's got to have ghost story thatH
hold when anyone bites, and no got
to know just how to play his m1n'
"Do you attempt to swindle rnr,
that is, to operate on all sort. o. p,l-
plc?'
"As reporter you ought to En.u
we catch on to 'cm all, the highest and
the lowest, sir; the highest and l.r
lowest"
And which is the easiest pr"yN
"Wcll, it used to be the gTa-ngs.
fresh from the country. Isupposeyou
can get 'cm on string cav -il
But the big bugs are the best 10 brU a
trap for, and if you get 'em lead to
rights they pay big money, Best oi.
all is, they're the safest game You
see, they don't care about Squonlug.
cause they feel mean bout 3.ing
touched. So they just slash their guh
and let the ducats 20. But oft some
fresh duck that's been touched for 4
small stake II roar like n tull. I've
seen it all and know what I'm talkin'
about
"But aren't you afraid of running
foul of men too clever for You among
the better class of people?"
"NOw, when you begin to talk that
way you'd better advertise yourself
for Il COW pasture. You're not green
enough to mean it. Why, it's the
most bangup men with the snuggest
headworkS that's pic for us. Just
yank along your tall thinkers and tho
fellow with the biggest variety of nod
dies and WI take the conccit out of
them in short order. Oscar Wilde,
for rinstance? Bosh! That long-haired
galOot wasn't patch on the men
we've tackled. And we done EN-,
too, every time. If cared about men
tioning names, young fellow, could
give you a few items that would make
some o the swells stare Il trillc and
start big hurrah in the best society
that would stun you"
"But how is it the police don't stop
you?"
"WhAt stopping are they going to
do?n and the face of the bunco man
wore an expression of intense disdain.
mo one but chump's going to give
himselfaway to acoppcr. Why should
he? He can spot the fatty cops by
their rigs and be lccry while they're
around. Then he gets on to the ward
ilymcn pretty soon. No trouble bout
that. The only difficulty is with
Byrnes' men. Besides the old-timers,
whom we know, he's got dead sneak,
and as We don't drop to their mugs
we're likely to be indiscrcct. Under
stand? But ihcy seldom get us dead
to rights. Before the tricks worked
we generally twig the spotter, and do
nothing we can get fixed for"
"Is it true that the better class of
people submit to the loss of their
money without complaint"
NCl1 ollths Dul llOl ulWuN y.
There was very eminent cuss-a big
divine, you know-who was touched
by some O. the boys for his pile. We
thought it was safe racket, for there
would be deuce of row over such a
high-toned parson getting mixed up
with us, and we never thought he'd
squeal. But he had grit, he had, and
gave the whole thing away to the
police. Well, some of the boys got
pinched, and they had TO settle so as
to square things. The parsons grit
saved him. He got his money, and no
ono ever said a word about il. If they
had there would be music in Zion"
DO countrymen generally make
complaint"
"Very often, but not always. Why,
some of them are as green as grass and
believe themselves the cunningest
coves in the world while they're being
fleeced. l remember one fellow from
New Jersey they roped in. Well, they
got all his money-over 800, | be-
lieve. Then he wanted to put up his
watch. 1t was an old super not worth
more than half a hundred, but he
wanted hundred on 1t. OF course
the boys were willing. They might
have put thousand against it just as
well. The greeny lost his watch, and
| never will forget the jolly look he
had as he poked his head in the door
and with his thumb at his uose yelled
out; You Workers thinks yourselves