St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04
TO CATCH SUCKERS.
Description Of Various Artl-
fees Used by Flash
Gamblers.
Loaded Dice, Marked Cards,
Crooked Wheels and 9th
er Devices.
All OF These Contraband Ar
ticles Can Be Bought in
Open Market.
The Business Is Advertised
Just the Same as Though
Legitimate.

You can buy loaded dice in New 4orl
OF, for that matter, marked cardS,sWlnt
ling roulette wheels and other device
for crooked gambling, just as easily
you can buy a pair of gloves or tootl
brush, says the New York Mercury
There ale several men in New for
and several firms who deal in articles
this kind and who advertise their deal
ings IN various papers in the city an
throughout the country and through I'll
industrious and buSiness-like distrlbu
ton of circulars, and it will probabl
amaze people to know that there is n
law whatever affecting their bushes
and nc law at present under which tn
district attorney or the police depart
ment can step in and order its dlscon
tinuance.
The leading dealer In this town ad
vertises his business as though IT wa
perfectly legitimate, and as matter O
fact, in The absence of any law prohibit
ing it, il is legitimate. Those WHO set
the advertisements are Invited 10 senC
fora circular. A line will bring circular
by mall or any man or lndeed any poy
can 60 to the dealers place OF busl
ness, and he will hand him one without
hesitation. The circular, as matter oil
fact, is a small pamphlet profusely Illus
| trated, and 1t gees very eXlaustively
into the matter of crooked gambling,
and how it may be accomplished. 1t is
| full of frank advice 10 gamblers, and,
written as it is, in very bad English, is
one of the most picturesque and inter
eSting documents that can he Imagined.
| append here some extracts from 1t.
| Here, for example, is the very first par
agraph on the next page to the title.
Dear Sir: III reply to yours, there is
| only one sure way TO win at cards, etc.,
| and that is to get tools to work with and
! then to use them with discretion, which
is the secret of all gambling and the
! way that all gamblers make their money.
Nv. S."
Here is the explanation regarding the
| marked cards:
1.-The want Of this article has long
been felt by sporting men on the Pacifc
coast, and South and Western states and
territories. But of the thousands OF
gamblers who could win barrels of
money with them none have been will
ing to pay the price for them
or the first cost of getting up
plates, engraving, printing, etc.
Therefore none have been made for
the past fifteen years, but as the demand
has become so great and Increased TO
such an extent as to guarantee me the
first cost of getting them up, con-
cluded to do so, ana am now prepared
to furnish the first marked back monte
cards made in fifteen years. and any
one that deals the game or plays it, or
knows anything about the game, will
see at once the value Of pack OF cards
with which they tap q game for all 1t is
| worth in a minute, and any one that
will not pay $3.50 for the privilege of
sure thing TO break a monte game had
better 90 to work on the railroad, for
| he can make more money there
than he can gambling. or any
great American smart dealer that will
| not pay $3.50 TO protect his game
| from being broke had better 20 with the
| other man on the railroad, as he is not
| qualified to deal his own or anybody
else's money away, as with these cards
the dealer can always tell exactly where
| three or four cards lay in the pack all
| the time, and act accordingly, and such
| q percentage with the dealer Is worth
| half Il dozen packs Of cards each deal.
| Some gamblers seem TO forget. or never
! to have known, that there is only one
to get tools to gamble with.
"rhese cards will be sent by mail.
postpaid, at $3.50 per pack, with full
directions for learning them with each
| pack, and if any one cannot win $3.50
with them, don't send for them. Six
packs, So. One dozen, SIS. Fair cards
to match. $3.50 per dozen.
And here is the frank and entertain
| ing advertisement IN the circular re-
garding loaded dice:
sin reference to dice, loaded dice
comes in sets of 'nine'-dice, viz. /:
Three high, three low and three fair to
match. Price per full set of nine
best ivory dice, One-half inch, with full
directions, So; three dice loaded for
either high or low, So; two loaded,
| $3.50; single loaded dice, $3.50 each; fair
dice to match, 40 cents each; bone dice,
same as above, in sets Of nine, 81, or
| three for $3.50, or two for So. But
loaded dice, generally speaking, are not
strong enough for craps, as it is impos.
sible to load dice so as to make them
come up any particular number every
time. The best that can possibly be
done is TO make them come up about
every other time on an average. They
are generally used to beat sweat or to
throw high or low, or to bet on aver
ages, or various other ways to get the
money too numerous TO mention.
1.-The best way to fix dice for craps is
| to have one dice with two aces, two
| fives and two skies on, and one with
! two threes, two tours and two fives on.
With this pair of dice it Is impossible to
| throw seven, and only one possible
chance to throw eleven. But if you
want dice to throw seven or eleven sure,
| the only way we know of is to have one
| pair thus: One dice with all skies on,
| one with all fveS on TO throw eleven,
and one with all tours, and one with all
threes on 10 throw seven; or one with
ali fiYeS, one with all duceS to throw
seven. Price per set of two, best one
half-inch ivory dice, S1.50, or two sets
$275, three sets 81, or four sets So; fair
dice 10 match, 40 cents each. Bone dice
same as above, rs cents per set less !;
fair ones to match, % cents each.
Loaded ivory dice Chinese make. beat
everything, 81 each or $40 per set of
nine; three high, three low, and three
fair to match.
This is what the dealer has to say
about 1.-The bug"
"This is all entirely new invention for
the purpose of "holding out'' any num-
Der of cards, and it will do it! 1t is very
simple in its construction, easy to OPP
crate, and any person who knows that
two and two are four can use it. 1t can
be carried in the vest pocket all the
time, and is always ready for use, not
liable to get out of order, and should it
do so any matchmaker can put it in
| order for trifle, as the whole expense
of manufacture is only about SO cents.
Then why ask So for it? you may say.
For this reason, That one IS all you
would ever want to buy, as they do not
wear out like cards. Also, after seeing
it you can get one made as we'll as |
can, and make them for your friends
and sell them to all the sporting men in
your vicinity, thereby injuring my trade
and get nothing for my invention, and
you will wonder that the thing was
never thought of before.
''With it you can hold out one or
twenty cards, shift and make up your
hand to suit, and your hand and person
are at perfect liberty all the time: your
| In, lo,