The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-05

They are card saaTpers' Implements ana
were withaa. exception, aaSsA from
Americans For the Ez9s< pslES tAeS s.
xhe commonplace swInl4sTsg I3o3s = Tag
ordinary professional gam 3ieT. SN~ 80
OF them il - Ingenious - - hahFt~
hr3af description Il : q co1fr1y&aee .
which a player car cancsaE -oaF hs@A
cards - his sleeve and. without E1ANlsf@
ANY of tbs suspicious motions foF . -Rk-1
his victims may ns waltt1E. pEoyega i..esaa
Easo his hand al any raagne Il Sas eA1t4S
ara held slightly separated from oa.e al
other. in q litsle brass clasp. 1E4s =
cann ected 10 leather aTEnletr "Hse4
buckles Just below the elbow, ~ a sss
OF extansihle steel joints pla7ne4 on tfae
same principle as are he les q Z ahS
Mex York ferry boa tS-the say1e ET4bc3IR1e
which James Peace took aa*1iilAse q
ia the making % his Ia8deF. Is con
trfvaree STAYS closed unless the gam
bier wants one Of the cards. aFe, row
ever. he has but 10 rest his arm hesFl4y
on rhe table or press X aSasnst rs
chair 30 a. 10 operate a spriHS II tAS
armIet. and the steel joints ssowly eA-
ten1, showing the bogus 1ar1s G3rfcIiS
into the palm Of his hand with no one
else the wiser Tor Il. ! clever scheme
permits him 10 separate whichever
card ne wants. sirsniv through con-
traction OF certain muscles OK -tls PAIN,
and when he has thus Secureff the
needed pasteboari he has but TO release
the pressure on the spring IN order 70
bring about the contraction OF the steel
FONTS and the instant withdrawal OF the
three remaining cards.
\ placard. from which hang CHAINS
and pasflocks. b a "reminiscences OF
youth persistent enough ana plueky
enough 10 have won the title nero
had his valor been brought forward by
a less absurd occasion. The meetings
Of f.ondons vast hordes of unemployed
I'm Trafalgar Square a few years ago
Will he remembered by most newspaper
readers. They were not tnterfered with
until resl-mouthed anarchists began 20
secure control Of them. Then the po-
lice were instructed TO silence incen-
diary orators. This resulted in what
were enormously called the Free
Speech Riots The young man who
went up there with the placard and locks
and chains was one OF the many who be
leved them. The piacard calls loudly
for honest British woTkingmen's right of
free speech, and with the chains and
padlocks he securely fastened himself
10 a stationary iron railing. so that the
police had TO get a blacksmith before
they could remove him. And while he
stood there. chained by his own hands TO
the spot where he claimed 10 have
constitutional right to stand, he shouted
ont a long harangue.
Many relies there be in the Black
Museum OF Fenians here in England.
Of the Fenian invasion OF Canada and
OF the Fenian headquarters in New
York. About one of the square pillars
which support the roof a stand OF
Fenian rifles helps a lot of murderers'
shotguns 10 fill a big gun rack. while
at the end of the room a Fenian uni
form hangs limp at one end of a table
guarded on the other end by the uniform
of a London policeman OF many years
ago a frame near by holds Fenian
muster roll. issued from headquarters at
No. 10 West Fourth street. New York
city. EDWARD MARSHALL.