The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-05-19
PROFESSIONAL gouNceRs.
One Of Them Lays Down the Rules Of the
Nounefng business.

one Of Them Lays Down the Rules Of til"
bouncing business.
The life of professional bounccrina
big hotel is one of nps and downs. lie
is more euphoniously called a detective.
His salary is small. but his muscles are
large. The one who gave New York
Mail and Express man the details OF
sad incident in his career as well as a
few points of general information re-
rarding his profession. had small re-
gard for elegant English, His narrative
ran as follows:
you see, not only have to bounce
unruly people, but I've got to watch for
suspicious characters. When robbery
occurs, If don't track the thieves am
liable to he bounced by the proprietor.
faint life of case by any means.
Now and then get a job of stunning
and make 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 Bowcry and
number of dives. A party OF four or
five usually give me twenty-five dollars
for the night. 4 don't have parties
often. The secret Of success in my pro-
fession? ! thin1s Us bluff, Pledge you
NV word rye oftch 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.
I'm 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-
dacity to register and be assigned to a
room. Only big bank burglar can
play the heightened, respectable gent
in first-class hotel. Hall boys now
and then develop into petty thieves, bnt
they are so amateurish | catch them
every time"
do you bluff when You 90 to put II
big man out who is raising disturb
ancc in the CORRIDOR
...All those kinds of bluffs are called.
mean that it is no dead bluff to go up
to q big drunken fellow, catch him by
his coat collar and try to push him out.
lie may give fight, and then 1t is the
best man to win. OF course 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-loolxing fellow came In
and raised disturbance. lie just yelled,
AS If he wanted to give his lungs q
chance. l rushed up to him and said
Sec here, my boy, get out or hush up.
lie was web 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!' | cried, reaching out my
hand to grab his collar. felt some
thing on my face, and the next thing
anew was getting up. ThcsI1y stoot
there smiling. ---..
Ma funny business, you tough.
shouted, springing toward him. lii
sprang aside and hit me clip on the TEN
pie that sent me sprawling again. Before
eould get up, ono of the porters wht
thought he could box rushed at the boy
and by Il wcll-directed blow was sent t.
the floor. The boy started to the door
not running, but walking. came III
with him again and he turned graceful
ly and gave me u lick on the nose tina
hurt so l thought it was broken.
staggered aside and the porter came NJ
again and got n blow and went bacl
holding his hand TO his mouth. Tina
boy? lie slowly walked out and got hi
money. 1t was put-up Job ON mi
That boy was professional ligh
weight prize fighter and had made bt
with some friends that he could com
in the hotel and yell and could walk on
leisurcly without being bounced"