Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-06

"but il YOU buy counterfeit moucy pf b.
those men you will find that you havo
been swindled."
Nobody don't pull any wool over my
eyes, said the countryman, and he was
proceeding to give Ncwcombe history
of his many marvellous exploits when
Brady and another man hove in sight
coming up the street. When they saw
Ncwcombe they turned about. walked
rapidly toward tho Bowcry, and finally
broke into run. The man from beyond
civilization was surprised.
SAY, stranger, what does yer mcau?'
said he. Those fellcrs lit out like mad
the instant they laid eyes ON yer. l
don't like it, and IL thought you'd pre-
vented my dealing with them Id drop
yer in yer tracks, At the same time
he reached for his pistol. @
Don't take that gun out here or .
you II get into trouble. said Newcombo.
you're liable to arrest for having it
with you. I'm IL detective, and have
done what l could to keep you out of
bad company; Take my advice. and got
out of town." ..
To my great surprise, tho countryman
decided. upon reflection, that this ad-
vice was sound.
This yer New York amt Arizona"
said he, land us long rs you're what
you say you are, l guess Id better tic to
you"
He seemed to be decent sort OF fol-
low, and NewcOmbe invited him down
to his office, in the Benedict building.
There the man from Arizona told his
story. His name was j. l.. Mormady.
He had been lured to New York in tho
usual way.
"There's lots of boys out my way who
have been roped in by these fcllers,"
said he. "You see out there we don't
make much money, and when we do
make any 1t comes in heap. just about
the time he rakes in a little pile no
hears from New York. Somebody wants
to sell him lot of green goods, and
though he can point to half dozen men
who have got left on that racket, he is
just fool enough to think he can get the
best of it. That was the way with me.
I've got 81 900 in my pocket. and l ex-
pect came very near losing it. At tho
same time | wanted to make Il winning
pretty bad. They sent sample Of their
money out to me. That's what catches
the boys. You can't tell it from the
genuine article
Likely enough" said Newcombe,
''for it's as good bill as ever was
| made"
THE sAwDUST GAME.
He then proceeded to give Mr.. Nor
IL low polHbS OH ulc WOFklUBS Oh
the sawdust game. Everybody knows
how the first part of the game is played,
| The writer" as he is called, sends out
| his letters to addresses in commercial
| directories, or to men he hears of from
| local crooks. The countryman comes to
| the city with all he can raise, goes to u
| hotel and is met by such a man as
| Brady, to whom he is induced to surren-
der the correspondence. The affair Is
| then in charge of the ''boodler," a man
| who holds the money. When the deal
| is complete the writer usually gets 90
| per cent In this case Brady was the
''steerer." He takes his man as
| far as the turning point" SO
called, where he is left till he
| is sufficiently nervous to be run into
the joint and heeced. Once inside he
is shown the money (notes fresh from
the treasury Department., and by this
| time he is SO excited that his only
thought is to get hold of them and get
out of town. He is invariably induced
to express the valise to his home, for
fear the detectives will arrest him for
| having counterfeit money.
1t is needless to say that the valise
which goes by express is not the one
that contains the money. There are
various ways of turning the trick.
Sometimes the change is made in the
dive whore the money is shown. A
sliding panel is arranged in the wall,
and while the countryman's s attention
is attracted another way the snbstitu-
tion is made. The latest thing is tho
| restaurant trick. The victim gets his
money in n bundle which he carries in
his hand. Then, accompanied by two
or three of the thieves, he goes into
restaurant and sits down at a table.
Suddenly one of the crooks whispers:
Look out for the fly cop!"
At the same time pointing to one OF
the gang, who is rugged up as II detec-
| tive.
"Put that money under the table, out
of sight!' continues the crook; and the
innocent does it every time. Sometimes
he keeps his hand on it. Then he is
asked to take a drink, and while he lifts
the glass to his lips the transfer is
made. His hand goes under the table
again, but the bundle it grasps is not
the same one that it held a moment be-
| fore.
Newcombc explained half-dozen such
tricks to the man from Arizona, and
then showed him Bradys picture, and
various clippings in scrap-books which
told of successful operations upon just
such men as Mr.. Normandy. That gem
tleman expressed his gratitude in fitting
terms, and showed that it was genuine
by leaving town the same day.
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Formerly he piled a lusty oar across q
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