The sun., 1888-05-06
TILE nUNco MEMS Walk.
Yeu Can See Them et wsrk Asy Day On
tbe broadway side Of the Fest Once.

tho Broadway side ct the Rest Omces
Bunco stecrers are plying lively trade on
Broadway, from Mail street to Chambers.
They work the simple, old-fashioned game
openly and industriously. There is police
station in tho City Hall building, there are sew
cral Park policemen In sight, and certain of tho
regular force patrol Broadway at all hours.
Superintendent Murray has had detective
making something OF an Investigation, but the
swindlers arc there yet Operations are con-
fined almost exclusively to the Park side of the
street, and those who have been In position to
notice the matter say that eight men are con-
cernod in It, They work in pairs, according to
the old style.
On Wednesday afternoon q Sun reporter
went into ono of the buildings between Park
place and Murray street and looked out OF the
window Of a second floor tenant. The tenant
was with him explaining how the swin9iers
were liveliest in tho morning. and they naa @ nos
been in their post Of observation iuii ihihuVe
when the tennnt said: 49,
"There's two of them nowl,
He pointed 70 two men walking toWSrd the
looking fellow and the other slim ana dark dark tbo
The big 6eow SAID the tenant ToIcws apSs nn the t
stranger stranger. That book you SEQ in his o,yerSoat ~,
pocket is bank or business directory. HulIIoal
'osass o one hGS M taefe e %atche
fellows too long not to know their ways"
The man with u bag was eucriy, anu plainly
was about to turn into the Park Sure enough A. ign
the suspected pair stopped in their wal walk nd ana
looked at him. they S c3nsned t,sr fhe an Wtb tho
bag, while tho other remained on the sidewalk
I'm eR @ YP %sS Sss fhs hs b bG fsHS ow hf by Say
him ana aecosted linn. 1he man with bag
stopped Locked at the wbsrs
at the big fellow looked back at his companion,
slapped his thigh. and laughed. They rel9ined
bers street. Nothing cnuld have been clearer
than their ATTEMPT to entrap the man .S VIII NJ,
6nE ana Ths shey Ssve assn m
ters for interesting conjecture. ,.,,
THAT has been tho commonsst KIND OF m
They frequently snare victim, and not Q
day masses but they are at their work: We
wrote to but 1T the
side OF the street. When we had learned this this
him Of the mistake, but, 50 fur as know, no at
tention was paid to the letter 5. .ro,. 70 r.t
they might find an interesting open gam ping
game to Investigate at the same time. q game
n %aturs aSs years he drsr Of II %
told Sun reporter that tho game is what is
And it is a trap" said he smiling. for It is
so complicated that, 1t is hard to learn. and the
chances are SO much against tho player and In
favor Of the banker. The bank passes on some
system from one player to tho other. SO that
theoretically the chances are even all around.
driving here for four years. and lately there
isn't day passes that a crowd of those loafers
don't squat on the sidewalk and play trap
for two cents, or even one cent a crack. As
many AZ want to can play, and they often get
such crowd in and watching that the eide
fellows make their money to play. for when
they are not gambling here they are usually
loafnR down in Theatre alley"