Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-08
CKI SADING AGAINST GAMBLING.
John Philip Quinn Exposes the Tricks Of
"Sharper.."

The Anti Gambling Association. with head
quarters In Chicago. has been formed by John
Philip Quinn His purpose IL to make 1t a ma
tional affair, similar TO the womans Christian
Temperance Union. Its Headquarters in New
York city are a, No. ia Nassau street. The
requisite for membership is the signing OF an
snti-gambling pledge, which has already been
signed By Thousands all over the country.
lie took up heavy bar Of metal, which
looked as II II had been once washed with gold
paint long since worn of, and handing ii to me
observed: "A farmer once paid IS 500 for that
rs worth about SO 1t is what Is called a gold
brick- The man who sold it to him isn't more
than $50 miles from here; in fact, the
man. i made $50, 900 in three months selling
them
''See that hole in the brick? That's where
the sucker made boring to have the metal
assayed, but we changed the sample for some
real gold that We had prepared the same size
and shape "a the bored-out piece OF base metal.
The beauty Of the scheme that you didn't
have 20 salt the brick. The sucker could
make his boring anywhere he liked.
ANY one who goes into gambling buys gold
bricks. The borings are changed by the gam
bier. know this, because l was a gambler for
twenty-five wears. There isn't a man who can
beat me al the business. | could make $50
day in New York dealing faro in a brace game
that Is, cheating the customers of the gaming
hell
The man who said this was a reformed gam
bier. He has started out on a tour through the
country IN the private car Roanoke, especially
built for him a temple on wheels
Mr.. Quinn tackles the gambling question in
the same sort of way in which Francis Murphy
attacks drinking. He goes at it in 2 practical
manner, seeking to prove that a man who gam
bles can never win from a professional. because
the latter cheats And TO prove how helpless is
the lamb In the claws of the gambling wolf he
sits down and deals You four kings and himself
four aces from pack OF cards he never saw
before and you can 4 for the life of you tell how
he does il.
Vow. let's play roulette ard he took down
httlc wheel and began spinning 1t. This
wheel is crooked"
played dozen times and lost each time.
That ism how the gambler does it. he ex-
planned He let's YOU win some .mes Inever
do Its more of an object lesson when you
lose always. What want to impress on you
Il the fact that you are completelya at my mercy.
In real life the gambler does all he can to avoid
that. but you are at his mercy all the same"
Ever play poker Let me deal YOU a hand"
He shutied the cards quickly. II have given
you the ace OF hearts, jack of clubs ten of d.a-
monds. three of spades and Deuce of hearts"
And SO he had. and in all succeeding hands that
he dealt he knew what held before did.
You hear often of the square gambler.
There ism any such thing lie viii cheat when
gambling houses. The faro bank and the
roulette wheel are run correctly for period
and then something happens and the sucker
loses HIS money. All The fa.c dealers have 10
be artists III their lire and know now to cheat.
Next sumner m going 70 SHOW in Long
Branch and Saratoga against the gambling
houses there, AID can promise you some fun.
MIR. Quinn exhibited Az apparatus used by
gentlemen with capacious sleeves fo- holding
cards In playing poker they accumulate aces
and other VARIABLE cards. putting them III this
machine Tor storage until they neeucd The
spring ls operated bva wire that runs down the
leg and Is worked BY a luovem, Mt of the leg.
Mr. Quinn then went OIL to say THAI when he
first entered on ljs crusade against gambling
The pastors would not let him enter the
churches. but now they do SO willingly lie
exhibited a letter from Dr. Parkhurst III which
speaking of Mr.. Quinn. he wrote: Il was a
little skeptical at the oatset and that is a diff
Guilty which any man moving along Tho lines
which he has is liable to. | believe thai now
however, he has thoroughly won our confidence
and am reioiced to know that members vho
were little distrustIui at the outset are rally
ing around him"