The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-11

only one who handles the dice Is his valet.
But, then, who. would suspect an armlez
man OF being able to put in and take ous
crooked dicel At Louisville he won so
much money around the colored games thas
he was suspected Of doing crooked work and
was held up aud
HIS MOUTH EXAMINED,
but nothing could be found. He nexb visited
Chicago and entered one OF the games in
Link Jones' saloon, on Clark street. There
he won several hundred dollars q night.
One evening "Dago John" dropped into the
game. and not knowing him, offered to
shoot as much as John wanted, but John
was on and did noe take the bet. After
skinning all the games In Chicago he came
20 this city. and was soon introduced into
Cooney Seamers game on Fifth street.
The flash of a big roll made the shooters
eyes pop. and they wondered how man
without arms was going TO shoot craps, bus
they soon found out. He lost $235 the firss
night, but after that he never quit loser.
He made several trips to Long John
Browders' game just below, and did
doing crooked work. but for the life
of them they could not get on, although
they examined his mouth ard looked
at the dice. One night at Big Hans
game on Elm street he succeeded In skinnin9
three Pullman car porters out OF 5000.
There was an awful kick, but they could
not prove that 1t was not won on the
square. Some OF the fellows have not gos
through talking about the man who shos
craps with his mouth. The only case any
thing like this is that Of Blind Jim, who sells
programmes and tips around the Latonia
track.
HE CARRIES A VALET
with him, but he will shoot craps ss high 40
any one.
How Taylor works the dice Is a mystery.
He has been watched, bat not one suspicious
action has been discovered. When he picks
the dice up with his lips he shuts his mouth.
and Judging from the manner in which his
lips move, he appears 60 be rolling them
about In his mouth like a man shakes them
up in his hand. But when he blows the dice
out he has switched the square ones and
OUT comes the crooked dice. Many and
many time his mouth has been examined /,
but no trace Of anything but one pair Of
dice can be found. Where he conceals them
cannot be imagined.
Concealing things in the mouth was first
introduced with success by colored man
who travelled around Chicago. Cleveland
and Toledo, and exhibited himself IN mu-
seums as the needle eater. He would eat
paper after paper full OF needles and pins.
but, strange to say, What he did with them
could never be found. He would allow doc
tors or any one else to examine his mouth.
but nothing could be seen. .Hesacknowledged
that the eating Of needles was a trick, aud
that he concealed them In a cavity In his
mouth, but where that was
NO ONE COULD DISCOVER.
| Taylor is now in Chicago skinning sha
| games. He has never been detected, and,
while the game keepers feel confident that
they are being skinned, they cannot prove
1t. AS safety he has been barred out Of a
great many games; but it is said that he has
nice bundle laid away, and is prepared FOR
any long siege of idleness he does 49, dris@s
and was never known to be armed-soms-
thing which sharks never fail to do when
! starting out to skin gama.