The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-01-27
4 @Hrc Winner.

III I'No--: t!!tIt NcIc IuIutIDuS
places where thetcndcrioot was beguilcd
ana robbed OF his all. The most noto-
riou> place WAS the room run by Bill
and IIy Ford They didn run anything
but poEcr-room>. bu; many poor devil
with I taste for the game was enticed in
there and robbed.
How was that GCne?'
Il will tell YOU One of the hangers
on around the rooms was Il gambler
named Jerry Lewis. Jerry was crooked
throughout. lie couldn't play 4 fair
came il he wanted TO- He had his cap
perS around town gathering up the I'M
wary. He always had his particular
seat III :; table. and the man who sat OPP
poSitc 10 him was always tlccccd before
he GOT up.
''Everythin@ apparently was on the
square. but wasn't. Jerry had VIM
ming way about him in more than one.
lie never went for anything but big
came. He would get around fellow,
propose quiet game OF draw, take him
10 his room. and the two would sit down
to 4 table in q room by themselves.
Jerry had his confederate, however, and
had him stationed in a loft Immediately
above the table There was a small hole
in tie ceiling where the fellow could see
the suckers hand Then there was an
ingenious system of wires arranged by
which signals could be given.
The signals We're all given on the
sole OF jerry foot. There was 4 hole
in the loor as well as in the ceiling.
Jc-ry would place his foot over the hole,
and his pal would work the wires. They
had telegraph system One tap would
mean something, two something else, so
YOU see thai the watcher could keep
Jerry informed rs to what the ether fel-
low held 1t was q dead-sure thing, and
Jerry made mint of money"
'.How vas the trick discovcrcd9'
-, Tex&n named sam Reid struck
Denver with $4,000. He PLAYED bank
heavy and won $4,000 more. Jerry
tac!rlcd him for i game OF draw, and
Sam consented. The first night Jerry
lost iu>t enough to make the Texan
think that h" was the boss pokcr-p player
in the world The next night they quit
even. The night after Jerry started in
to win the pile. but luck was against
him. Hc couldn't hold anything. He
knew It was useless to try and stack the
cards, because Reid would have dis
covered that and there would have been
Il Shootins-scrape. In spite Of signals
Jerry quit loser that night, but he didn't
give up. He tackled Reid again the
next nj @ht ana won right along.
He had won $4,000 of the Souther-
ner's money. and was laying himself out
TO win the rest of ii. He raked in pot
OF $4,000, and had dealt the cards HIM
self. Reid had only about $4,000 left.
He GOT 4 full hand on the draw, and
Jerry got Il full hand also, his full hand
being larger than Reid.s. The betting
commenced, and Reid had every cent OF
lis money up on the call. Before the
cards were shown Reid told Jerry to
hold on awhile. He drew u revolver
and laid j. on the table. still retaining
hold OF it, however.
Don't show your hand vet. he said.
Every cent have in the world is on the
table. | don't know which one has the
best. but | do know there has been
cheating done. Somebody has given my
hand away. That somebody is over us.
If everything is square YOU won't object
to my shooting through the ceiling. If
there is anything crooked OF course you
VIII object.
Reid raised his pistol and cooked it.
Jerry didn' say anything but grabbed
Rcid's arm. but it was too late. The CUR
went of. There WAS 4 howl and a
scampcring heard, and 4 fall in the next
room
There said Reid. 4 knew you were
robbing me- | didn'tkiIl that fellow,
but | wish l had Now, You just hand
back every cent of that money. If you
don't will put hole through YOU big
enough for :. dog TO crawl through
Jerry was game. but Reid had the
drop Oh him. and he was forced to give
back every cent he had won. ."-Deaarer
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