The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-12-22
BROADBRIM'S N. Y. LETTER

All the week. In the hotels and the clubs,
on the street corners and in the stores, in
families and church meetings. the harrow
escape of Phila. DAILY from the "badgers"
has been the talk of the town. What are
the "badgers" anyhow? Why, don't you
knowP Pshaw, l thought every fool knew
thatl Well, after. all, l don't know that
every decent man and woman is compelled
TO 60 about with thieves vocabulary in
his or her pocket
- 4 ''badger" is fellow who, in partner
ship with woman, lures man into a
house of evil repute and robs him. The
game is usually worked on people from
the country, merchants who come here to
buy goods; country ministers, deacons and
and trustees, farmers who have been here
TO sell lots of produce; lawyers who have
families and characters to lose where they
live, and who can't stand exposure or dis
grace. The reason of the extraordinary ex-
element Of the week was chosen for the
game. In sporting circles there is no man
better known than Phil. DAILY. His gamb-
favorite resort for some very fine company.
Gentlemen from the South always pay
Phil's house visit and fight the tiger; in
deed many very fine gentlemen from the
North are not ayerse to eating Phi's ad
mlrable suppers. drinking his Mumm, his
Chateau Laf .te, Verzenay and Clicquot, moi
to mention his terrapiD and turtle soup
truffles and pate de Jois gras, and every
thing else that goes to make up menu fl
for the gods.
Now, the game they tried 10 play on Phi
was not exactly the ordinary Badger game
1t was highway robbery, pure and simple
though not on the highway. In the regu
lar badger game the victim IS lured into
room by woman, when suddenly an out
ragged husband rushes from closet, pisto
in hand, and demands to know what yol
are doing in his house and with his wife
If the victim is business man with
family, he breads exposure, and parts witt
his watch and all his money, and think
himself lucky to get off with his life-fo
there is nsally quite scene; the outrage
husband insists on killing the intruder, an
the wife begs for his life. But there wa
nothing Of this in Phil Daly's case. Th
plan was to cloroform him, bind and rot
or extort from his fears of exposure S25, ,0C
or $4,000. The job that was put up mgl
have succeeded with country merchan
or farmer, but not with an old gambler lik
nal hap
with desperate men, who travel with De
ringers in their pockets, and bowie-kniv'
in their boots. Pickpockets and crack
men gave Uncle Phil the go-bye, for Il
chances were hundred TO one that he a
ways carried an ounce of cold lead in
pouch which would find a lodging und
their ribs if they meddled with his watC
or his purse. Uncle Phil carried BLAIR
diamond in his immaculate and capaciol
shnt-front big as a headlight; his fiv
hundred dollar gold watch was fastened
his vest by an ox-chain of gold that weig
ed about pound; his pockets bulged o
with bank-notes and bonds, so that, in fla
parlance, he was a fat goose TO pluc
Many fat goose Uncle Phil has pluck
in his gambling-houses in Philadelphi
New York and Long Branch. Many mi
has gone into Uncle PhiPs den with thoI
ands in his pocket, and in less than an hor
finding himself ruined, has put s pistol
his desperate head and blown his brai
Ont.
There were four concerned in the job
rob Uncle Phil, they got him in the roc
all right, the plOt was on the verge of 81
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