The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-24
A SWARM OF THIEVES.
They Travel with the sands and Ast
ley Circus.


They Travel with the sands and Asst
ley Circus.
Beware Of the army of sneaks. bunco
nen and fakirs who belong to the Sands &
Ashley circus. The whole circus ia gamb-
ling institute sayes the Pottsville Journal
warning the public Of @the danger that
besets the man with dollar in his pocket
who goes TO see the snow. The
manager and press AEGEAN are not to be
trusted as both were arrested in
Pottsvile and if the public can not depend
upon the chief officers for honest dealing,
what must they think of the low cut-throats
who operate under the canvas, yea, under
the very eyes of the men who transact the
business of the concern? But while the
gulibles ale being tleeced inside the can
vas, another gang works the crowd on the
outside and so numerous are the tricks and
devices that one must be exceedingly
wide awake net to fall into their clutches
! The show is now at Shenandoah aud we
sincerely hope that the unwary to whom
these lines are particularly addressed, will
! heed this warning and steer clear of the
swarm Of fakjrs who are using the circus to
! give them fruitful field for their opera
tons 1t is estimated that over three
! thousand dollars were flched from the
! pockets of the people through various gamb-
! ling devices. Men who pretend TO he
! shrewd aud know all about the tricks of the
! professional gambler, were Just as easily
caught as those who never read the papers
The flim-ham GENE was worked on bank
cashiers and new paper men. OF course
the game did not work in all cases but the
man who detected the trick. bad been
here before or encountered a bungler in
the business.
The show arrived here from fremont
Saturday and gave two exhibitions at
Yorkvlle There were two rings in the
main pavilion and a collection of animals
IN the tent as you enter. The side show is
the headquarters for the takirs.
As soon as the doors opened in the alter
noon toe sharks ranged on either side of
the canvass and snapped at everything in
sight The fim-hdm man wanted change,
or desired big money for small change, aud
everybody who accommodated him lost by
the transaction. Tue vendors of red
lemonade, candy, peanuts aud cigars finn.
fammed the people on the seats Out in
he side show press agent j. n. WisneT,
o Oerated OF assisted in operating game
.alled the "bee-hive Fred Schaal, the
butcher tried the lite game ami lost $25
in few minutes That wa' all the money
he had and represented the collections
on bill for meat supplied the
circus. Then one of the bunco steerers
bluffed Schaal and told him he would give
him 5000 # be could show 500. Schaal
left the tent and borrowed 500 from a
friend near Seventh and Market streets,
He hastentd back greatly EXCITED aud the
, man who had made the offer was waiting
r for him. The fakir placed 5000 in bills
, before Schaal and Just then Clerk OF the
| ha
The fakir then called upon Schaal 10 place
, bis roll aonside Of the 5000 pile which h e
, did, notw outstanding that his friend Shortali
: warned him not to do so. Then a cODfedeT-
, ate OF the fakir suddenly grabbed the
r money aud ran off with it. Wsner is the
, man accused of getting away with
, the money Mr. Shorall several min
! utes later saw him seated in
, a trolley car and got constable to arrest
= him Just as the car started for POttsville.
Wisner was taken before Squire Benseman
and held in $500 bail to answer the charge
of gambling and cheating aud detraudlng.
b. Manager Clay tried to gel the man c ear
S OF the charge and called in several news
o paper men to identify him "a the pres
4 | agent of the circus. Bnt that little trick
= did not work. Wisner and Clay said il
0 was an outrage but sooner than be held or
i the charge they would reimburse Schaal a
G the ticket wagon. Constable Leinheisel
+ took Wisner to the ticket wagon but came
e back without the prione or money. Tht
Y officer said that Clay and several other
S took the prisoner from him and helped hin
p to escape.
g Squire Benseman then issued a warrant
for Gays arrest, on the charge o: con
spiTacy and aiding prisoner to escape
l. After long parley Clay gave the Squir
o SIP so paid the costs and was allowed II
l. 90 The cost amounted to 1924. NJ
e Schaal thus recovered SIP so and is JUS
e out 1850
e Many of the victims did not squeal ant
e rather than admit of their gullibility the!
;. bore their loses without telling any ybody.
a Squire Dunn, of Brauchdale, took hi
q best girl to fremont to see the show, b
q lost S26 so on the beehive game and hat
/ to borrow money TO get home lie swor
Il out warran at fremont for the arrest o
the gambler but the Constable let tn
prisoner escape. SquiIe Benseman ant
manager Clay settled by giving the Branch
If dale iustic $26 and paying costs of suit.
e William Brophy last 81 in a shell game
II George Jones the shell man who has visltet
Pottsville before settled by giving Broph,
s. S4 and paying costs amounting TO 1924
/ Harry Chance was beaten out OF ~ In
n shell game and Jones said he was the ma
'r who did it Chance got back 81 90. Jone
4 paid the costs and a iue Of So n each case
/ Squire Benseman heard both cases,
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