Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-17
GAMES OF TIE FAKIRS
SMALL SCHEMES THAT LOOK HON
EST BUT ARE DECEPTIVE.

How the Ring Trick wins-Ths Tripod c,
and Gripsaek Man--smugzIed shawls b
Which Entrap the Unwary-Tl,e saiIcr .
and His Cigars.
There are thousand and one ways ip.i c
which the unsuspecting resident or tbs bu- a
collie visitor in New York may be relieved .
Of bis money without in the least suspecting u
that he is being tefrauded until the opera
ton has been performed There are iIIon- a
nerabie schemes daily in operation in this
city BY which a great and gresdy army CT {
social harpies manages TO take in quite a CA :
siderable revenue from their prac1,ee
PERHAPS tho most successful Of tness litt,e
games ia that one generally described es 'sthe
kid gloye racket" Tine method adopted in
this game is very simple, but IS nearly al~ays
successful because it works So strongly On The
Imagination and appeals with such peculiar
fosee to the gullibiiity which reposes in the
mind OF the average man. The gentleman
who plies this interesting game may be rse4
frequently on Broadway, between Four
teerth and Twenty-third streets, and along
the Bowery. He selects PEDESTRIAN vino
from his appearance Eloy become q l4-e1y
| victim He walks close beside the man for
| few PAGES when suddenly he stoope to toe
| ground and picks mp a dark object
| - RING IN IT."
| Naturally the curiosity Of the prospective i
| victim is aroused, and he wants to know 1
| what tho young man has found 'Pshaw, |
| it's only a kid glove, d. it, exclainzs that |
individual, as he makes motion IL To I
| throw it away. lie restraints himself with a /
| start end cries; There's ring in it, by /
goshi Just feel it, and the man addressed !
feels, while, surely enough, there It is. Then !
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boiling it at arms length, e1cEains with
satisfied smile, ''Ain's she a beauty, thought
and she H. if glitter and sizs count for any
thing. To prove that TIE ring is a valuable
one be offers tic glove for inspection, and
this being always Of the best description, nat
uralIy ezcites the belief that person wear
ing such an excellent glove would naturally
wear valuable ring. b. this time the vic
tim Is in good shape, and the ycun; man Of
fers to sell the ring for S. 1t is too much,
| the man says.
"Oh, vel, I'm dead broke and you ran
have it for s1n At this price tie victim
buys, and be walks away with the pleasant
IMPRESSION that he carries q bargain With
him in his pocket which cost the young man
who sold it Just three cents He soon learns his
mistake, but seldom tells others of how neat
~ he has been sooopei, and consequently the
goes along serenely on the road 70 wealth
ANY person who passes along the Bowery
I | during the afternoon viii probably notics q
, / man who in and out Of season. wears high
9 | white battered hat, a kind Of linen buster, e
u wooden mufHisr around his neck and re-
rlarkably rcd rose. He carries with him q
" portable tripod or stand and weather beaten
/ gripsack which be unfoIds and erects ct a
) spot near Canal street, where there is always
a great throng OF passersby. He giances
T. aroe1d to see that no hated "copper" is il
SIGHT, and then he is ready for gusgeous,
= ! HIS game is modification ~ the three card
L trick, or still further illustration Of the de
gree to which the now you see it, nov vol
| don't act may be carried He has q hoie
about two inches square cut in the partitioE
i dividing in two compartments Of the grip
s. sack and in the outer partition are four Oh
n five small pasteboard boxes, something Tx
Il those made to hold cigarettes.
j He picks W one OF the boxes, and, puIini
=. ont its drawer, shows therein a five d0lha
n ! bill. Then he announces TO the crowd whicl
AZ gathers 50 easily on the Bowery that he Wi
3n ALLOW anybody 10 draw that box who can d
- so hY pairing 81 for the privilege The crow
is not DESTROYS to try, when suddenly a toag
young man wearing q pea jacket ornanente
with great mock pearl buttons, says he vi
ca try. He nuts down a dollar, draws a boz
hr and 10. it Is tie one containing the bill
HE TRIES IT AGAIN.
= He invests another dollar, draws again, Oh
: again he is successful The red ncsed M
= expresses his dlsapproval Of his Ill luck b
announces that somebody must win II
young man with the pea jacket says he "
'.e not try again. he Is s. IN pocket and
to happv. and he disappears from the soane- {
81 this time several men want TO try tleEr han
rA- az the drawing-it hooks so simple! The III
TIE one draws and finds his box contains ca
Of soap. lie tries again, with like resI
Nothing tiaunt.ad he slaps down another d
ID lar for a chance, but fails to get the box vi
'e the bill
'S' OF course that particular box IS alwa
-ei- dropped skintully through the hrsle slot
the partition Then other Observers try tn
luck, but the result is always the sarne-th
ese come out losers. When the crowd is prel
Co we'll worked the red nosed man ga1cs do
ienl the street and cries with q start Heres
sop and suddenly bundhns up his traps
disappears down Canal street. OF eou
Dc there il no cop in sivht, and II any per-
anu should follow the red nosed man he viii L
s''e him in company with the young man "
the pea jacket in a saloon block aV
drinking milk punches while ehuekling o
their luck
III" The nltssr euterprlslns and elaborate OF
patty swindles is the Struggled shawl b
ritl ness This is really al artistic little 10
= and the man who practices II deserves tc
called q Napoleon Of finance il his way.
sr dresses il q uniform similar 70 that TSoI-n
stewards On first class octan steamships
story never fails 70 make the desired imp
sion on his victims
He goes around IL. leltenlrnt houses dur
am the iay while the lords Of creation ar
work and he carries q parcel which he
athe elares contains a shawl u rare value WI
wed has been sIauggled from France or TIM
too or some place far away. Sometime
is silk he offers, but his makeup sud
plausible story he tells usually get him q
and chaser. In this way the gllileleSs house
- of h,,ys a shawl fer So which the raSttl
wholesale on Cathari.e street for :
dozen. To this class Of swlndlers belongs
-; alleged sailor one meets 50 frequently q
49, the river front who sells ''sIlugslea7 q
ii 10 a. IS per box Of 100 which he purchase
the Park row at cent apiece or less =
IL IL York Press
iians Strange and Mysterious Fat.
never A day or two age lady IN the " est
con- called nv attention 10 a strange and
rsrio,,s fac< in reference TO the preyaieI1
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