Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-14
DANDY TRICKSTERS.
"eRAFTERs" WHO MAKE THEIR LlV.
me At DICE THROWING.

Many Of Them Are Great swelis, Wear
Zine Clothes, Live Like Rich Msn and
want TO ne ocntietDsu-An Er-Detect-
ivs Explains Their Little Game.
Leaning against Che bar in ono Of tho
fashionable cafes Up town the oth,r
night YVES man who until recently
was ous Of the brightest detectives in
the poiics department. lie had covered
himself with glory on moro than one oc-
casion undcr tho administration Of su.
pcrintcndent Thomas r. Byrnos but
whom the shake zap IN tho department
came aud he was obliged 70 RU no did
20 without tho least feeling q regret
10 did net look like a detective as he
stood idly pulling NJ his cigar lie up.
pcarpd like man Of the world who
had Just loft thcator or dinner party
Not until he was greeted by u Prcss 10.
porter did he arouse from a rcvorio he
seemed 90 be- in
'ln every city on the face ~ tho
earth, " said tho oz.slcuth, "that has
any pretens'ons 10 being cosmopolitan
thorr IL 20 b. found certain class Of
mon who live by their wits, and In liy.
ing by their wits they do 10 in u manner
that does not place them within tho
reach Of the law, although their moth.
DDS are far from boing honorable. They
arc nasty, vicious class Of mon. beside
whom n highway fobhur or - p"tty
sneak thief Is tho embodiment u all
that IL good and decent Right here IN
Now York that peculiar class Of mon
flourish ns thcy do In no other city IN
tho world. and they 90 on unhindorcl
from one years end 10 another Most
Of them arc imbuod with u desire TO BE-.
como rich and be gentlemen. That may
strike you "a being peculiar, but Il i1
nevertheless a fnct These men nro
known 10 tho police ~ graft1rs, and
they give n good deal moro trouble 20
tho authorities than ten times as many
hardened criminals
$50 that wcll dressed. nice looking
fellow who e. sitting over there in an
attitude Of studied carolcsmoss, Cying
the elderly man standing nt the cigar
lighter Thnt fellow IL n grafton. He
dresses like. looks like and talks and
acts like q gentleman. and yet IL seems
20 mo not noro than ten years ago that
he was 81 clerk In real estate oflloo.
Hispooplo Rro very poor and never woro
able 10 provide him with any Of the
Injuries in which bo indulgcs himself
nowadays Yet he can now 60 into fash.
ionablo restaurant and order q splendid
meal from bill Of faro that IL printed
in French. Ho Ia not well up In litora-
turn and avoids the subject very olcvorly
II IL Ia introduced Still he IL n hard
student, dcvutes himself 10 few select
ed books for several hours u day and IN
other ways tries 10 improve his mind
and HIS mannerN
But how does no get his money!"
'Iio shakes dice Ho ia ono Of the
oloycrest dice shakers in this country.
In fact. 1 don't believe no has IN equal
Tho plan no is going TO follow now IL
this provided no succeeds In making
tho acquaintance Of tho elderly man.
They will enter upon u general CONVEX
Hation. IN which no holds hia own. They
havo several drinkR Drinking becomes
HOMOGENEOUS. and they drift out in the
street together. Docs he tell tho old man
;hht no is II stranger in New York; Not
NJ all Ho says no has been hero all his
life He had nn engagement TO meet
some friends ut tho hotel. but they dis
appointed him. HO comes to another
fashionable CATO and asks tho old man 20
havo drink Ho drinks whisky, but
tho drinks arc usually small Perhaps "
he gets too many he will lose ono On tho
fiooE As they 20 from one place 60 nm.
other tho places win dctsrioratc, and
finally. tho old man having had a buf.
hcient number Of drinks 10 mako him
voozy, tho last plhoo will bo one In
which Mr.. Crater has dice box plant
ed"
"What do you mean by plantcdT'
"By that mean that the barkcrpcr
"a friend OF tho CRATER and keeps bo.
hind the bar special dice and a special
dice box 90 DO used on special oc'laiona
This * one OF the special occasions. Per
haps / should explain to you that in or
dor 10 manipulate u dice box, or rather
the dioo, tho inside Of the box must be
perfectly smooth That is because tho
CRATER holds ono or more Of the dice
IN his fingers and places it in tho boa
IN such way that II Will slide out Of
the box right side mp when the propcI
timO comes
"Sumo Of tho dlco shakers have col
luloid boxes plen,ed, and this, with
square set Of dice. makes the sliding
process an easy matter. But cclluloid n
likely to excite suspicion, so tho Leather
boxcs Hro most commonly IN use among
dioo shakers who uro clever nt theii
business A man who 10 clover at ht
business can shake out four aces IN polk
er dico as easily rs he can eat his din
ner. Not only that, but lao deiles dctec
tion Ia the doing Of it, lie would b