St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
GAMBLERS, TRICKS.
Exposure OF SOnle oa the Ways in
Which Fools ARE Taken I'm.

~ AAch FOOLS are Ia KEN Ans
81 have found honesty to be the best pol
icy, and have gone into legitimate business"
the boss crook remarked.
''What is that?" New York Sun repo1-
ter asked, having missed the crook from his
usual haunts.
reaching the innocent rustic and unso-
phlStlcated suburban. I average one scholar
a day, and the scheme pays very well. I
struck the racket last win ter, and have
found tia picnic. How do work it? 1 put a
card in fifty country papers:
Fortunes made-Gamblers' tricks exposed.
Marked cards, loaded dice, bugs, and patent
boxes Tor sale, with instructions. Lessons
at reasonable rates. Address--. =
BOwery.
The rustic sees this, and in the same
paper reads of man winning S25. 600 at
faro. lie writes me and [ send him a price
llSt 1t IS the same as that used by regular
dealers III gambling goods, only about so
per cent higher. If the fellow wants to buy,
sell, ana make decent profit. But what
catches is notice at the end: Having
Deen professional gambler twenty wears. [
am familiar with every trick of the trade
and guarantee to make any novice proficient
In three lessons, and skillful enough to
meet any black-leg on equal terms. Terms,
~ d leSSOn OI one nOur.'
The chump reads that and comes on and
cans. L nave deal with the landlord Of
the hotel ana receive my pupil in q private
parlOr. The best racket is to teach him To
work loaded dice Or marked cards. In an
hour he's got the hang of it. but of course is
very clumsy. We go down to the bar-room
ana throw for drinks. My pal comes up ia
the bar and looks interested in the game.
lie asks us to let him in. [ say certainly
ana give my bucolic friend the wink. Nv
pal then loses two or three rounds, and
wants TO go for quarter head We ac-
eede. My pal loses; the rustic beats him.
but win. After few throws I pull NV
watch out and plead an engagement and get
OUT. AS leave l whisper to the country
man that he has picnic, and to work the
fellow for all he is worth. L then skip. The
game continues, and in fifteen minutes nv
pupll Is cleaned out. If he kicks. nv pal
suddenly picks up one of the loaded dice
ana starts a row. If the man isn't a fighter
my pal hits him on the nose. If he is we
call Ill the gang and bounce him for black
leg. You can bet he never comes back and
ne doesn't complain to the police. Even if
he dld we'd have the;dead-wOrk on him and
could easily prove that he rung in loaded
dlce ON us. The racket'S just the same with
marked cards, but only q little slower.
What do you think of the game?n
ject?'' ''-''''''
Mao. DON'T you see we dizzy up? Ac-
cordlng to how good the hotel is, we Weld
from 10 to 40 per cent. Why, I'd pay 20
per cent If could work a first-class hotel.
On the proceeds 1 and my pal go halves.
How much do we collar? Can't say. Any
where from an Y up. Old farmers and
church deacOns generally come to town
quite well fixed, and they will often yield
century The funniest thing of the whole
matter is that the rustic never tumbles to
HE: Three or four times I've met suckers
we'd worked, and every time they came I'D,
shook hands, and treated. They'd tell me
yarns how they put up jobs with the tricks
l taught them, but they never speak of their
losses"