Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21

the design on the backs. on account OF ,hs
cutting and printing does not always oc-
cupE relatively the same place. ON oue
card it viii be nearer To the tom or ,.,,,.,.
10 one corner than on another In this
way all playing cards. no matter what tha
patterns 81 their backs may be. are divisi-
ple INTO TWO sets. each with an easily dis
tlnguished character. by patiently sorting
hundreds of packs Chopard produced a
nuhlber OF packs suited to his purposa
= ne packs OF the Fights and mines had al
ways an irreSularity. Tho backs of an tha
others were perfectly regular Thus with
out putting so much as a scratch or .rasi,r,
on card. his cards were marked errect-
ually.
The Lions share.
1t is admittedly the most Subtle fraud n
baccarat The banker has the cards a, bis
hands. If the first card, that ON ton. is n
hlhe' the chances of the right-haud sroup
OF players, TO whom he should deal il. arc
remarkably augmented by the fact. For
suppose the second card given them turns
uut TO ne a Ten, "A jack. "a queen or "A king
the rlSht-hand group Will call nine and
VII IL Is true that the banker may also
nave nine. nut the chances are immense
~ the other way. Without going INTO tba
mathematics of the thing, IL VIII d. Suftl-
Gent 10 say that the knowledge of where
IN @lsh,s ana mines are coming Just be-
Iote each turn. is equal TO a rebate of
twenty per cent at III, game of b..r,r,t
vi course tins advantage is all AGAINST The
nahk- IL appears that Chopard was willing
II should be So When ne banked ~ LOST
as hlu'n- as he woH. But the beauty Of n
was that the large winners were most a.
ways MS confeder rates. They ,y.r. lpckN,
young fellows. as they thought while win
hlhs. Now they are wanderers with ruined
regulations. Chopard kent a strirt .,,.,,,,,,t
win mem He took the lions share of
their wicked gains.
Favored High Play.
When Chap1rd would enter there ,,sg Al
ways great 5tir. His influence. was al
ways in favor Of high play. Rich men.
who would have been quite as content win,
smaller stakes. were drawn into bigb.r
play by his example. An honest man world
be dealing. The sharper would call ont
rive huhdied marks upon the teft"' He
had an even chance To win or lose. When
ne saw what EObody else could sro-a nine
on tcp-he would lay down 300 marks
upon tie right The men he played against
We're not SimpetonS Chonard his l,..,,
called the king of card manipulators Tbts
Is true. for thsrc j. no trick i'm tb.. banaIiDrr
OF a PACK he has rot at his finger ends
ms success is. however. sin due more to
MS diplomacy. How 10 win TWO large bets
IN every three and yet not be s;leoacted
was his triumph. When he and his COM
federates had broken up a bank. Chopard
might then TAX" a bank himself He rad
the same chance to win as any other hank
er- Little 10y little his oonfcdcratrs would
draw the money out when they could see
d lucky nine on top the pack Yes Cho-
pard won enormously" the crowd would
say the next day. but he lost il an with
the next bank he took
His AccompIices
The interest in society now centers in
the tate of the accomplices of Chopard.
Three of them-young men of good family
are In flight. 1t is whispered there are
others, trembling today upon the verge
OF suicide. One of those who had helped
to Introduce Chopard into the club is now
branded as a known swindler As he is
Tar away they do not hesitate to give his
story in full. Even before tn, advent 81
the great artist this young man a rnember
OF one of the oldest families in Germany.
became famous for his winnings AT the
der Frohlichen." At that time he was an
oHlcer OF one of the regiments Of tbs.
guards Some time later he was placed on
hat pay, and then transferred to The re-
serve. He made several attempts 10 get
restored, even to the ranks Of a lass chic
regiment, but all IN vain. No actual charge
of disgracefUl nature could be brought
against him. He was simply fast" He
continued To frequent the Club der Froh-
lichen, lived in brilliant styla and was
celebrated, even in Berlin, for his horses
Even his winnings at poker and baccarat
could not save him from debt: and he
would have been already lost had he not
managed to draw two young princes-who
game. This affair Of the ''Prinzen-ieu''
was rapidly hushed up. The youthful
scamp disappeared, to make a short tour
OF the continent. And when he came back
II was in company with Chopard
STERLING HELLO.