The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-01-28
A SEALED ENVELOPE TRICK.
IL Gave Considerable Trouble to Two Ho-
tel Clerks.

tel Clerks.
"Talking about thieves" said the
hotel clerk, meditatively chewing
the end of pencil, "but you never
sec them to such advantage ns we
do"
"How's that?" said tho reporter.
'Most every body says we hive the
inside view of life"
Everybody is wrong then"
The reporter knew that the hotel
clerk was fishing for an opening,
and SO he kept quiet and waited for
him to tell the story that was sure
to come. By and by tho hotel olerl;
resumed:
Funniest instance of attempted
thieyery that over came to my no.
tice occurred ono night at hotel OF
which / was clerk. I was standing
behind the counter when two men
stepped up to it and spoke to my as-
sistant. One aas gambler of the
name of Smith. He was under bonds
to appear before n court on a crimi-
nal charge, and l was one of his
bondsmen. The other fellow didn t
know. Smith said to my assistant
that he was q friend of his. He
wants to deposit small sum with
you for safe keeping he added.
Cant you accommodate him?' Are
you u guest?' asked the assistant.
Certainly, answered the stranger,
and he pointed out his namo on the
register. OF course no objection
could be raised to taking his valua-
bles, and so the clerk handed him
an envelope, into which the stranger
put very large roll of bank notes.
/ was Watching casually and noted
that the outside bill on the roll was
n 20. He moistened the1lap, sealed
Fstbe envelope and tossed it carelossly
to the assistant, who, without glano-
ing at the packet, tossed it into the
safe and locked the door.
1.-TWO or three hours later the
stranger camo in and asked for his
money. My assistant opened the
safe and took out tho envelope. I'M
agine his astonishment to find it
open. The stranger got very angry
when he saw the flap open, took out
his money, counted 1t and then ex-
citedly exclaimed that he had boon
robbed. Some one has stolen the
bill had wrapped around tho out,
side of the roll, he said. But, sir,
it is impossible. 1 haven't opened
tho safe since you were in here last,
and no one has been in here except
myself, protested the clerk. Then
you've robbed me of $780, shouted
tho stranger. AS soon as he said it
l perceived that it was clever swim
die, and that, although 1 could not
500 how the envelope had been open
cd, he was trying to beat the hotel.
So stepped up to the counter. How
much did you say that bill was
which yon had wrapped around the
outside of your roll?' ! asked. "A
800 bill, ho answered. We'll, sir,
! answered, there is one way for
you to get it--that is, through the
courts. You oan sue us, and If you
win we will pay you,
~ thought that would bluff him
of, but 1t didn't and the next day
he brought suit, VOL, it looked as
though we would have to pay the
800, as I was positively sure that
my assistant was right and not to
blame for the loss, though how to
prove that tho stranger lied about
the size of tho bill he used as n wrap
per | did not know. ] was pretty
suro it was $50 bill. He claimed
it was 500 bill, and SO there we
woro. Well, ono night / met Smith
and got him drunk. Then / threat
ened to quit his bond unless he told
mo how tho trick had been worked.
To mako long story short, he was
frightened into confossing. 1t seems
that the stranger knew that n lot of
bills rolled up very tightly could be
put into that receptacle and sealed
up, but that the moist glue would
not be able to resist the pressure of
the bills as they swelled and unroll-
ed inside. 1t would therefore burst
open in few minutes after being
sealed up"
Ibid you ever try it?" asked the
newspaper man skeptically.
l. Certainly. We put Smith on the
stand, and he told the story, Then
we tried the experiment, and it
worked to charm. We won our
case hands down. New Orleans
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