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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01
A fashionable Concert Goer.

At one of the symphony rehearsals my at
tention was drawn to an elegantly attired
young woman who occupied a high priced
seat not far from where was standing. She
held in her jeweled hand book, in which she
seemed completely absorbed. Surprising the
book was giving her an idea Of the music in
store, gave her no further thought. The
symphony began and ended. l had been
transported into realms of harmony, only to
be called back by the turning Of leaves,
Taking a seemingly casual glance at the
young woman, my curiosity carried my eyes
still further. To my establishment and Olsen
chantment, found she had been reading q
sensational novel throughout that glorious
music Cor Boston Transcripts.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01


Two things may happen-as the unfortr-
nate Nj. Richard Goebler, of Butte City,
found out the other day, to his sorrow and
loss-either of which will put him in peril.
He may rely on his own shrewdness, which
is. doubtless, sufficient to stump around home
with. and, for tho sake of seeing ife," may
90 nosing around where no really high
minded person would care to go, or the
bunco men, always on the lookout for
chance, may chance to get it. They are
keen, shrewd, experienced and unsorupulous,
and il they can elude the police, which they
ere forever trying to do, and sometimes sue
coed in doing, they are tolefably certain to
get the better Of the average counuyman by
some means
The means they employ have been describ-
ed so often and 50 fully that it seems almost
ridiculous to do it again, and yet the sub
iect can hardly be discussed without the de-
scription- Tho way In which the least So
phisticated man on earth may escape from
them is so simple and mas also been told So
often that it seems vain repetition' to set
it forth again, yet 1t is'an adInonitlon that
can hardly be given too many times. This
Is the infalhbie rule, then 1t Is Inspector
Byrnes' own. and needs no Endorsement OF
mine. Moreover, it is the very plAinest,
simplest common sensa
ITO escape buncoing, don't talk 70 stran-
gers. especially on the street, and be parrlc-
ularly careful to avoid answering any man
who pretends TO know you and calls you by
a name which is not your own. II you re-
member this and act on il, and are careful
not to show any considerable sum OF money
anywhere, the bunco men won't bite you
As TO their method Of work, it Is almost
stereotypei and if il did not eaten victims 50
frequently the bunco operators would seem
foolish in not changing it, for it is as we'd
known as the rule Of three. OF course it be-
gins. like Ms Glass famous recipe for max
ing hare pie They frs: catch sucker"
Several reasons combine to make strangers
and they Is often tackle man from other
cities as from the country-their favor'ee
prey. First, 10 New Yorker Of sound mind,
with money enough to MAKE 1t an object to
rob him. is likely IN b cauSn, He VIII know
the game too well. Secondly, the stranger
viii be likely to be lonely, and 50 more open
to the advances Of strangers. And, thirdly,
the stranger, from his Ignorance OF the city,
will lose time IN making complaint after BE-
ing robbed, so giving the robber better
chance to escape detection.
Suppose the stranger, then, TO have just ar
rived, and to be walking On the street Banco
used to be played in the hotels and bar rooms,
but the reputable places are now al ksptc.aar
of them, and the ferries and railroad stations
are watched 30 closely as 20 be practically
safe. Our friend walks along, probably
thinking that nobody knows he Is not New
Yorker. he Is w1onS Tier s.a slaia
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

the feud was Transferred to HinGAlan, In
Knox county. This was By no means pleas
ant acquisition for the inhabitants Of Hind
man The town was full Of armed men, and
people were afraid to 70 On the streets. Mat
tiers were In Q terribls condition when, ono
day about the middle Of January, 1889, two
Methodist evangelists, tho Rev. g. D. Hyden
and the Rev. A. L. Mcclure, went to Hind
man to soc what they could do toward stop
ping the feud. They announced that they
would hold religious meetings, that they had
heard of the many murders, and had come
to preach the religion Of Jesus Christ They
begged those who had taken part In the ven
delta to attend.
The people were inclined to laugh at the
reverend gentlemen, but went to the meet
ing. They had no confidence IN the evan
gelists' ability to check TIE mad career Of
men who have such names as "Red Mule"
Smith, bad Bill" Smith, Bob Proffitt, An
derson Coldiron and others. Nevertheless
many Of these men were at the meeting. Tho
first night Clabe Jones, "Red Mule" Smith,
and ''Ead Bill" Smith were in attendance,
and the church was crowded "Red Mule"
said he had heard them preachers was agoin
to talk about the fghtin', and he wanted to
see if they had enough nerve to say anything
agin' the boys"
These people have great respect for min
listers, and the meeting was perfectly orderly.
Mr. Hyden spoke first. He made no differ
ence between the Trenches and the Eversoles;
told them that they were all murderers, and
unless they repented they would surely go to
hell Pointing bis finger at 'Red Mule
Smith be spoke to him as follows:
II have been told that you are one Of the
worst men in all this country. 1t has beer
your boast to count the number Of your muir
ders, and prove that they exceed thos, Of any
other man in the mountains. For you, bloody
sinner, the tortures of the damned were IS
pecially invented"
Red Mule" Smith was startled and shruns
back. Then the congregation sang h. mn
and Mr. Mcclure began some remarks which
showed the enormity Of the sin as unsparing'
ly as Mr.. Hyden had shown it.
The next night there was an increased at
tendance. The townspeople bee anne intense
" interested. On the fifth night an Eversoi'
| man, Clarke Jones, the jailer Of the county
and q murderer at the same time, rose from
his seat and went forward. He publicly con
fessed how his heart had been touched by the
ministers, who had shown him how great G
sinner he was.
He asked the Lord to forgive him, and sale
that he would murder no more. As the meet
ings progressed nearly every one in Hindmar
experienced religion and Joined the church
Anderson Coldiron and Bob Profitt both DO
came Methodista. "Red Mule" Smith and
''Bad Bill" Smith left the town. After twt
weeks preaching at Hindman the evangelist
went to Hazard, where they inaugurated I
series of meetings with the same effect as a
Eindman.
1t was hoped at the time Of this work thai
the feud would be dropped But unfortu
nately it has broken out again with renewed
vigor. Perhaps the evangelists will go AGAR
into the jaws Of death and again remind tn
contestants of the enormity Of their sin
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

a singular run of i'll luck. In vain did he try
all the expedients known to faro players, and
in vain did be double up to take advantage OF
an expected change 1t was an Off day for
Mr.. Bloom. When he retired from the game
he had lost $S4, 600
Fortunately for Mr.. Bloom, he Is not
confidential clerk, trusted with the care Of
considerable funds, but rich man. Indeed,
all the men engaged in the afternoons amuse-
ment are rich men. The money was paid
over the next day, and in the saloon in rear
of which the game took place champagne
flowed like water. The persons interested
regarded the affair as simply pleasant cpl
sode. The changing of wealth from one per-
sons bank to another is an ordinary event
in the lives of all Of them-indeed, daily
routine. While engaged in speculative pur-
suits money loses its value in the eyes OF the
spectators, and men who are accustomed to
make or lose hundreds of thousands on rise
or fall of wheat would not be likely to feel
uncomfortable over 81, 600 on an afternoon S
amusement. Quike likely before long 1t will
pass back into the pockets of MIR. Bloom
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01
aailY eagle
FRENCH EVERSOLE
A Feud of Long Standing That
Has Broken Out Again.
A HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE,

The Contest Waned for q limo Under the
Gentle Influences of Two Eev1valists,
Not Lasting One.
The French-Eversole feud has broken out
again in Kentucky. At Hazard, the place
where and near where the two factions have
for a long time been numbering each other,
on the 18th OF November, the circuit court
convened, and the regular judge not being
present the bar elected a substitute. Mean
while, George Eversole came into town with
fifteen armed men. Most of them were I'M
der bond to appear at court, so nothing was
thought of it. The gang increased gradually
to thirty members. Only few of the French
party were in the town.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH BLOOM
He Dropped ss4. 900 at . Little Game in
Chicago.

He Dropped E3A, 900 at . Little Game in
Chicago.
There has lately been one of those big anna
teur games at cards in Chicago, which occa-
sionaIly come to the surface as an indicator
of what goes on among certain wealthy bust
ness men. On election day, in that city,
three gentlemen found themselves with.
out amusement in consequence of the closing
of the board of trade. There were c. j.
Singer, of Dupee, Swartz & Co.; c. h
Smith, of C. FL. Smith & Co., and Leopold
Bloom, all board of trade magnates. They
went to the Bohemian club, in rear Of q
saloon known as Dutch Henry's," to whils
away the time.
Mr.. Bloom remarked that he would like to
try his hand at faro; SO it was arranged thai
Messrs Singe- and Smith should play bank.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01


yame,n or. if he won't gamble, some way will
be found to induce him to show his money or
put it up in the hands Of one Of the gang as
guarantee" of something or other. In case
all these fail. our friend is exceedingly likely
to have his head broken and his money taken
away. The ingenious schemes that are put
up to induce the victim to think he is rational
in showing his money or parting with it are
numerous and various, but none of them is
likely to impose On man who has his wits
about him.
The man who has his wits about him, how
ever, as Inspector Byrues said to me, is not
likely to get into the clutches Of these scoun-
drels If he does 60 to one of their rooms
and ia alone with three or four OF them, as
he will be, they will have his money before
be will get out. If they can't get it by
trickery they will take it with violence.
What is the real extent of danger from
bunco In New York now7" I asked OF the in
spector, after We had chatted over the de-
tails Of what is written above.
"There is very little, indeed" he replied,
though, of course, with the rascals continu-
ally looking out for victims, they do once in
a while pick one up. That is inevitable. We
cannot prevent all crime, though we have
gone a long way toward making this particu-
lar form of it impossible here"
"How have you done it,"
1--WE have driven out all the experts. You
have read of more bunco cases lately in other
cities than in New York, haven't youl Yes.
Well, that is because they can't do business
here. Hungry Joe is serving seven years
term in Baltimore, Grand Central Pete is
locked up under Indictment in Brooklyn, and
nearly all the others are scattered around the
country. Any one that stays here knows
that he is under close surveillance and he
does not try the game.
'sBut what is to prevent any criminal from
trying its"
1.-THE same thing that prevents baker
from making shoes-ignorance. Bunco Is a
fine art in crime, and there are really only a
very few experts in this art We know them
all, and know where they are. OF course,
they have confederates, and equally, OF
course, there are plenty of men who are un-
scrupulous enough to bunco man, but they
haven't the skill 1t must be an artist who
shall succeed at it,"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

800 tney operate with criminals Of other
grades and kindsf'
VERY rarely. A burglar would be just a.
likely TO call in forger for psi
DO they have any special places whers
they take their victims more frequently than
eisewheref'
NO. They pick out new place almost
every time. and after they have caught q
sucker they leave the place and give it q
wide berth for long time
DAVID 4. CuBTTs
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01
IN THE SOUP.

Prom the prehistoric azeA
And from many modern sases
Comes & troupe
OF slang phrases, and the sreate0
L. tina. freshest one, and latest
In the soup"
Pecpie are no. be-. or oaGed
Never are disturbed or RULED
None viii stoop
To remark they're biI1e CO lonely.
Or ciscouraged-shey are Only
In the soup
No ore ns~-isys gets the r1ifteA,
No fond iover. being s1aittee-
Is the dupe
O. .alse smiles thss cost him dearly,
Such a man as that IS merely
In the soup"
There Is now 10 huslress falling.
Ike there ussi 20 be PREVAILING
They dent sheep
Taas bankruptcy Is zAiiaa:
They renart tAe znsa Is falling
In the seCp"
]. this driEly rai1 keeps falling
VITA persistence quite appalling
Wen al oroor.
And WI swim. poe with the ytrreA
b.. where Noah sefr the sinner
In TIA soAs
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

ers, and the thres
having been pro
yided with the nec,
essary Implements
sat down to have q
small gam Q, al
which Mr.. Bloom
bet against the
b q n k. For some
time the b g t tin e
was light, but as
the bank won, MIR.
Bloom enlarged bis
ventures, a ii t b e
y,bi1a opcO,Infaripo
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

Stounder-Excuss me, sir; but that is not
letter box you are trying TO put that letter
In Its fire alarm box"
Rounder-W 10 shaid it wash a letter boxi
Hicl If | want to send note to re fireman
sayin' there amt fire tflicl. who'sh business
is iti (Hicl Where's your letter box?-Grip.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01
Pride and Prejudice.

Time, $50 p. m--H you viii come to my
room, my man. I'll give you an cid dress coat
to wear.
Dilapidated Tramp-Say, look a here. do
YOU suppose that I've fallen so low that
wear a swaller tail before SIX p. NJ. Neverl
u.,w>~a I a~AAa
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

Little mora sensational testimony has besn
given during the Cronin trial 50 far than that
of Mrs. Pauline Hoertel. She svore on the
witness stand that she saw him enter the
fsteful Carlson cottage on the night Of May
last, that she sfterward heard strange
noises inside, and that soon she heard the
doomed man cry out, 'Oh. God!" Her tes-
timony caused q genuine sensation
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-01

something about every man VINO IS not New
Yorker that makes it as easy to pick him out
as it Is to distinguish lamp post from tele-
graph pole. Nobody has ever explained
clearly what this is, but every New Yorker
recognizes it instantly. In some way our
friend proclaims by his appearance that he Is
a stranger. It may be by his dress or by his
walk. or by his bewilderment at some crowded
corner. when dozens of trains and hundreds
of pedestrians are crowded together in what
our friend thinks hopeless confusion, all try
ing to push their way along the narrow space
left after the electric subway opening has
partially blocked both street and sidewalk.
The spider, recognizing our friend at once
a the fiy. approaches him. "Hew do you
do. Mr.. johnson! When did you leave Pitts-
burg"
1t is precisely at this point that the most
sstute bunco s.eerer may be easily check
mated. If the intended victim refuses to
talk. or in any way to correct the error which
the other man pr.tends to make, he is safe.
If. however, hs follows the natural impulse
and says, ii am not Mr. johnson, and don't
live in Pittsburg Ny name is John Way
back and live near Podunk," the impcster
will apologize and retire in pretended confu-
sion. Then the confederate comes up and
greets Mr. Wayback, introducing himself as
a nephew of some prominent man in Podunk,
and claiming to have known Wayback in
that place
If our friend Wayback believes this story
and accompanies his old acquaintance q, as
he will be invited to do, he will pretty surely
become victim. He will be led under some
pretext into room, where two or three con-
federates will in some way get his money
away from him. Either he will be induced
TO bet on three card monte Ia favorite plan,
though not followed by the bunco men now
as often as formerly, or he will be asked to
gamble in some bogus lottery or other Skin
B + 8
MI 49,
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FHE GAME.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-11

There is one thing connected with the
recent admission to statehood Of The
Northwestern territories that has not
excited as much comment as we ox-
pected. We refer 10 the introduction
into their constitutions, as a working
part of their government, Of many
principles which men have hitherto
discarded as theories TOO vague or an
certain in their SCOPE and influence to
be put in actual operation.
One Of these theories may be men
toned as an example. Take the single
instance OF the new Dakota law, name
~: That for jury TO reach verdict it
shall not be necessary for all OF the
twelve men sitting 10 be unanimous in
opinion, but only ceI1aiu number.
This is fair type Of the innoya-
tions, and there could not possibly
be a more radical modification OF our
Fundamental law than it is.
We have recently referred 10 the
adoption in Montana Of the Australian
ballot law. a law which is now being
tested by other States at the North, and
with satisfactory results, as shown in
the late election in Connecticut. In
Washington State, the clause in its. con-
stilulion extending the franchise to
women, was defeated although fema1o
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-11
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
NEWS AND NOTES FROM ALL
OVER TIE STATE.

Furnished by the Times" 'orrespon-
dents and state Exchange Paragraphs
and Editorial Opinions Clipped Conn
piled and Condensed From iiom" fan'f~.
MARION. Va. October T. Core
spOudence. The absence If your cor
respondent from home since tie I'm Oh
September IS his excuse for not wflllns
since that date. He finds upon ms re-
turn thai nothing of special importance
has tfanspired. and thar hence YOU nave
lost nothing. Standard bearers Tor each
party ami for each Of the state ultce
have been placed IN the helu ana eich
faction seem To be working steadily Tor
the success of their tickets. Inc next
Speaking will take place on tine yist
lcourt dayl. when Hon. G. +. O Frutli
i booked Tor this place. Colonel q For
rail- is very popularwith the Dem oeracy
of Smvth county. and he viii be- greet
ed by large aud admiring audience.
Hon. Jas. W. Marshall. OF Craig. T.
another of Smyth's favorites. aud we
hope TO have him with Us before the
close Of the campaign.
The fodder crop Of this section has
been considerably damaged by the Tee
cent heavy frosts. having been kept
green late by the continued rains.
The farmers have had favorable
season for blowing their lands and SOW
ing wheat. and most oil them at tins
writing have finished. About the usual
crop has been seeded.
Colonel ". &. Pendleton returned "a
few days ago from your city. where h"
had been attending a meeting OF anti
MahOneites.
Me.,rs John W. Richardson q Co, Of
this place. o xners and pateutors Of the
Bowser Railway cate or Danger Signal
for crossings. shipped the same tO Knox
vile. Term. on the 18th OF september
for "A test ON the East tennessee. Viz
ginia and Georgia Railway Company.
through courtesy Of General Manager
Hudson. Of that line, have made che
test and returned home. The signal
was o success. This new invention was
only patented IN July last. and this b.
the first practicahtest made under the
supervision of railway officials. Tie
test was eminently successful.
The free schools are now IN full blast.
and county treasurer office wa, on
last saturday crowded with teacher,
drawing their pay. The State appor-
tionment of funds for free school pur-
poses for Smythe county fer iss'.9o are
larger than ever before, which fact
gives the lie 90 the charge that the
Democratic Fparty is the enemy Of the
free schools.
The scarcity at money is still sub
iect OF remark $50 this county. aud
everything the farmer aud .tock raiser
has to sell Is bringing very lows figure.
nothing selling for big prices except
high tariff sugar and combine coffee.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-11

suffrage had been very successfully
tired in Wyoming Territory.
Il may seem strange n. first that q
section Of country so recently thrown
omen to settlement. and therefore in
nabitel so largely by rude class OF
population. should show 50 philosophy
cal spirit in the art Of practical gov
efnment. While that population may
be more or less Uniformed, it Is. never
theIess, animated 10y the true pioneer
spirit. which is always outcrprlsing ana
experimental. The people of the new
states carried along with them the social
and political traditions of .he older
communities which they deserted, but
these traditions were modified or en-
larecd by the novel conditions which
surrounded the immigrants upon the
vast uplands Of the Northwest.
+ The constitutions of the infant States
reflect the hopofunoss. confidence and
INCONSISTENCIES Of a people in the flush
IF youth. but a people also distin-
ssi,hed for the conservatism Of age.
We shall watch the operation of these
new laws with interest. and trust that
the issue will show that they were
wisely and not rashly enacted.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-11


NFWBsRN. PULASKI October g. Core
resp9ndence. To-day has been field
dav for the Democracy of Pulaski.
Being court day a large crowd Assem-
bled al Newberue. the lovely county
Sat. Col. ". ;. Richmond. OF ScJu.
an ex-member of Congress. was on
hand TO speak for the Democrats. a.
was also Joseph &. WysOr. of the Pu-
laski bar. r. Il. tarr and MahOnete
from Washington. ID. C.. named o Fer
rail- appeared for the Little Boz.
Whom the gods wish % destroy they
first make mad. so Farr and Ofer-
rail- dared the Democrats TO Joint dis
cnssion. the Democrats having the
courthouse. OTeIrall led OFT in %
.p4ech of one hour. then came Visor
for am hour then Farr far an hour, and
Richmond wound up tne bail in an
hour speech
q Fefrall made public tariff tails.
teaching the ignorant ID citizens oil
Pulaski tariff by an biect less on. which
was to take 81 his cost aud hold 3. zap
before the crowd AMI tell them he Fe
Sis for the suit. and dii NOT pay % cent
of tariff ON it. it was made no me United
States. and Doe was too much of q Ia.u't
10 wear suil of clothes with 3D. tariff
ON il and that the higher the urn tfe
chcaper the goods. he blIei tle cool
ratured crowd with SUCH NONSENSE for
long hour. Then came Wy-or. lie
poured "a perfect y0lley of r'dicule and
contempt upon this presumption, ilt..
Yankee stumper. and chem delivered a
very scholarly. able and loudly ap-
planded speech in behalfof Democracy.
demOlishing entirely the prcleu-ions ol
Mahoneist.
r. r. farr then spoke. No proved
himself "a ready and fluent speaker. anl
well posted ia the llanone oqhistr..
and ialsehOod-. and dangerous man
when left alone. But what a scene
when Colonel Richmond followed Tor
one long hour. and cruc'iiel tho eN-
superintendent Of public Instruction.
wro he said was SD ignorant he spelled
cat with a X. lie called spade
spade. he spoke of tie apo..ates Tor
the price II their apostacy. of eN-
Democrats with Mah0ne cuiiarafouni