The Irish standard., 1892-04-30
PROFESSIONAL EoUNCERS.
0ne Of Them Lays Down the Rules of tho
Bouncing business.


The life OF professional bouncer in a
big hotel is one of ups and downs He
IS more euphoniously called detective.
His salary is small but his muscles are
large The one who gave a New York
Mail and Express man the details of a
sad incident in his career, as well as a
few points of general information re-
garding his profession, had small re-
gard for elegant English. His narrative
ran as follows:
s;You see, not only have to bounce
anruly people, but I've got to watch for
suspicious characters. When robbery
occurs if I don't track the thieves am
liable to be bounced by the proprietor.
'rain't life of ease by any means.
Now and then get job Of Summing
and make a few extra dollars Many
men. especially from the west, want to
see all the sights of the city at night.
That means visit to the Bowery and a
number of dives. party of four or
Eve usually give me twenty-five dollars
for the night. / don't have parties
often. The secret of success in my pro-
fession? / think it's bluff. Pledge you
my word I've often been puzzled over
some petty robbery in the hotel and
had no idea of clew. But just went
about saying had my suspicious, and
the thief would soon be nabbed. Luck
always helped me out.
SIN all cases where guest is robbed
in his room suspicion naturally falls
first on the employees in the hotel. 1t is
seldom that a sneak thief has the au-
aacity to register and be assigned to a
room. Only big bank burglar can
play the high-toned, respectable gent
in a frst-class hotel. Hall boys now
and then develop into petty thieves, but
they are so amateurish / catch them
every time
''Do you bluff when you 60 to put a
big man out who is raising s. disturb.
ance in the corridor?''
Gail those kinds of bluffs are called.
I mean that it is no dead bluff to go up
to big drunken fellow, catch him by
his coat collar and try to push him out.
He may give fight, and then it is the
best man to win. OF course I can call
the porters to assist me, and that is
what the man being bounced out knows.
One night got badly fooled. A rather
small, boyish-looking fellow came in
and raised a disturbance. He just yelled,
as il he wanted to give his lungs a
chance. | rushed up to him and said:
See here, my boy, get out or hush up.
He was well dressed, and ] didn't want
to be hard on him. That fellow, sir,
yelled again, right in my face, almost,
as if he was anxious to be bounced.
Out you go!' l cried, reaching out my
hand to grab his collar. felt some
thing on my face, and the next thing |
knew was getting up. The boy stood
there smiling.
emo funny business, you tough! |
shouted, springing toward him. He
sprang aside and hitme clip on the tenn
pie thatsent me sprawling again. Before
could get up, one Of the porters who
thought he could box rushed at the boy
and by a well-directed blow was sent to
the floor. The boy started to the door.
not running, but walking. came up
with him again and he turned graceful
" and gave me a lick on the nose that
hurt so thought it was broken. |
staggered aside and the porter came UP
again and got a blow and went back
holding his hand to his mouth. That
boy? He slowly walked ont and got hi
money 1t was a put-up job on me
That boy was a professional light
weight prize fighter and had made BET
with some friends that he could come
in the hotel and yell and could walk out