The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-26
VI FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26. 1892

themselves IN the same game. Each
discovers the presence of his skilled
brother mighty quick. Now the
chances are these two thieves go into
Immediate partnership right under the
victims nose and eyes.
lis it in and in?' says one sharp in
low tone ef careless anna bilitr il
talking te aimself. \ nod from the
other il c.ou%h- They are I" divide
after the game. y gambler believes a
littlc sure money Is better chan ing
moacy on chances. 1t is the bird in
the hand being better than two in the
bash OK CT again. 50 they had no trouble
IN agreeing. When two arc after one
in = poker game il il easy, They can
raise md keep raising and aS hc Is IN
bcts1Sscn them his calling doesn't stop
tho exercise at all. lie i thus led along
TO lStJ up more money shan he should
or acould. At last ono vpf the sharpS-
the onc with the right hand-mallcs Il
gissnt raise and aS the victim calls it,
5hc ot Icr one discrccta4 stays ont and 50
irroidS showing his hand.
II was sitting IN "a little game last
summer up in GeSton, and all were
strangers to me. III never entered my
head that any of the rest were strong
people. and | ysas looking for nice
,cozy time all To myself with three
suckers. You can judge Of my disgust
a. the old gray headed party uppo-
site. in an early hour of the game
picked up hie hand and. after
looking at IT, gave his aged head
a very light but significant pat
just as sullivan does in the play
when he says: Let me think 1t was
a signal to the rasca, at my elbow, and
meant Pat hand here. Nou should
have seen tine three jacks | owned go
into the discard-Z.z-z-Z, ] didn't want
any of it. The pat-hand man noticed
il and saw j was on Make it threc?'
| inquired and the two robbers nodded
a weary approval SO We three all
laid for one man then. My end came
to sixty dollars.
YES: Eou can cheat at faro bank.
You have to have Il box fixed TO deal
double and fitted with put back place.
Then the cards must be strippcrs and
sand backs Gou can take pair of
shears. or an expert can make any deck
into strippcre. 1t is nice Job and
worth Just twenty-five dollars To do it
In cheating at faro bank the dealer
must not only know where every card
i. but unless the casc-lIecper knows,
on the game he must be able 10 put
back the second cards he finds it
necessary to deal These second cards
hc does not put in the two little stacks
which show the cards turned. But
they are dropped in his lap on hand
lIcrchicE As a rule, when h bank il
doing the cheating, there are half a
dozen players around the board who
are in on the play. \ bank
with sucker to rob will
employ a bevy to sit around and make
pretended bets with chips lent tn them
They would get five dollars a night
apiece for this pretended playing and
are there to fill up the table and make
a crowd Just like Supers at u thcater.
Whenever il is necessary tie put back
cards these outsiders on a pretensc of
placing bets will raise up or stretch
across the layout between the sucker
and; the dealer. That Is all the cover
sharp dealer needs and in 20 the cards
which ought not To he out. This may
IN done /" % OF three times during Il
deal. No; no regular room IL rule
will turn in to cheat a man 1t could
net afford To- gain the reputation.
When Il sucker is spotted, n new room
il hired altogether, and layout put
When he is skinned, the room closes.
That games mission on earth Ii ended
lit takes a good deal Of money to
pay, the expenses of n faro bank. There
Is a bank in the bottoms where there
are three tables run day and night. be-
sides side games like roulette II takes,
counting dealers, lookout, and all the
rest down To portcrs, at least forty
men TO run this room Some Of them
are high-priced people like the dealers
and look-outs, who get from five to
seven. and n half dollars "a day, seven
days in the week. Even the porter
gets twelve dollars week. Then there
are gas bills, rents and all the expenses
for chips, cards, tables, etc L" say
nothing of blacknaiL The whole cN-
pcnSC of running the bank i, at least
.h.O1O Il week There is nothing cheap
about faro bank"