The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-04
SLOT GAMBLING.
HozEB cz-ssa O. n the saiooaz
o. tbs CITY
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Siek-l-Issssz-tz= Detszes s--saeusr
Fr0ess Realizes - szissz-
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-sc1ear fellows 80 against those "a
ehiues.- szsd C1ica-o ba-te11c- ~
s.-Tiag - .he rickel-iz-the-zio- r-7-
chine .-TzeF are tie Erez-est izf-o-
5-eers F07 eze- sa= IshT- 7 hzse
sen M uha had zeEe- Eet besa7e
get -Heu ae4zzz1fe5 Niih ore another
before they r0t .hroEsa p-sTin.-- !
iez-s % ezse uP oa Bise islEnd avs
rue zhere = f1ii0r szs drcpE'sa- his
niekels into the slot he had teaz
pIzying fo- tzea-y raiEates CT uao-e
when zno;ker zza Eziize1 Ep . the
1aaehine- The t-o fell 70 talking
about chznres q winning a. tbs ga-e
The c0aTersztso7 then took 3 rTzlc-
range and IN the eolrse Of an Eour =
deTcloDes that the Ken ue-e ccEsiEzs-
They had 10: net before n e--ateen
yez%
The machines provoke tro15-s -
vel as ne-rimeu1-r the lzrfe1der can-
timed ZIP n the saloon A. Noble
and InCszlan streets Poe i-oPpel
nickel after nic,-el znfo l1Iclina ~
II Be had pilzed away . dollar Or -no1e-
Finally : coiz sEent right One % fle
doors feE open and taerazbier thT-=t
his hand into the recePtzele- expect
ing. of eou-se- % get sszrc q his OETn
iosiugs ard the aickies u ether IL
for-uuztes Bessdes the nickel uhis-L
had su-ung open the dor The Pose
foun5 four szspeader 51ttgls Ee
rared snd tore about tie place and
Threatened % break t-e glas>Uarc-
The bartender called = Peiiceulan and
the fellow Eas taken 70 the ssaf5oa-
WAC piavs TIE ElaeLinese All class
o. -ren- have sen bushes Dea drop
eve dollars worth of aieizsis into : IA
ehsue 6. one standing withozt getting
- nuch as = penny IN return- IheE.
Ike enough. sc-ne old skate with
czse nickel 7-ould drop q. spring the
dor and take AZ the money- Bat the
naehines are ; good thing for Tie
houSe- he percentage is - bag tlat
i i an ob5eet 20 have them IL tie
Place. 10 matter Il fiseT 10 take up :
Seal u snz>e Most Of tze F-es-setl-s
bsv tie contrIrznces 0rtrig.si il oEyieT
l. get al the rzse-oG- IbaFe = ele
plaae IL tosru rSi.ere the OH EEE has
nine rnacSi5ses oi 6ifTereDs TsssaTns-
HiS winnings FOR eae vee3s Fs-ii fcE
three II fs.asa ~, ~ eJsslsslsl q
- sstu-say aigrfrt - Ipuai tssrt -
sha-e 4 Ese srIT-ssrs-.ss u sis tztTUcs
sas s1e huatrc-i ard ts7caty-seveE
doiiarz II Bsci-els. sad that > -Ot Teslz-
osdr-. Elssf tlle plaEss sPsst X the
;sar. f;atosi- tso1ssh- ts1at re pi1ue :
coming VIXEN the machines ril Be
recognized ss gambling deviees pure
aud simple. a,i as sueh boone . mat
ter f1r police attention IsEt they are
Z god substitute fo- the P1.-er7oo2-
5ylich. = every body knows, : 8 t.-rilty
adsunst = Ezy saloon
Do plaEers attempt = open tIe
money boxes = t2nPerias Vith tl-e
nzcliaesg repeated tie s-looz keeper
20 2 Herald reporter well ! should
say 50 Wires. nails bEttoas- bce-
checks and metal = the same wcigl-t
AID size q Z nickel are Ese5- bat they
seldom VTors Tie uest successful
schemes for b-czi-ing machines vTitE
pegs j. 20 tie ( string through . hole
bored in q nickel and then drop the
coin into tie slot is course being gov
erne6 y tie hand of the operator
one sharp fellow g0t a heap Of money
Out y our z-zclincs Is slipping =
nickel into the slot and then t-1eing =
Into the E1cc 3taeles b. uesnsof a Es-ss-
crf-l magnet which L. hei4 against
the glass heard later that he EsorEzel
The same game l. other Piae-- a13
that his winnings amounted g. many
handHelsof dollars i tae glass had
been h.-netics;iy sealed % the frame
gzOril i would have been impossible
f1r Tie magnet 70 influence the eoius-
The patentees noE provide against this
sort Of trielses.y. and the machines -
they sand to-day. are almost inTui1eF-
able 70 Elan5pulaiors Bat the tine
viii come when some smart fellow VII
ret I'D a eoatrivanee which VIII upset
al the precautions taken bT the rak-
ers and give hin access 70 the vaults Of
al the machines n town"