The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-20
UNIQUE GAMBLING DEVICES
Clever Contrivances of sharper, tn Ir,r-.
Winning.

I-From 10, Philadelphia Times
/ Gambling is only a polite form o- .s....
/ Ing, therefore it is not rrra.rrr.rr. ..
J confirmed SamestcrS should SrYar ... ....
as a means OF enhancing fh,f~ .t......
winning; but 10 is remsrk4Uf. that ..,r.-
! sdmrSttrS should be- ~1 blind Do rr.. ....
! vices inverted by more ius.rTou- t.r.-.
ana fortunes have been won r- .r....-
sharperS, from men and women Uh.. ra,..
/ been well alive to their own interests ...,.f
not wanting in cunning su-piri1r b..
tleVer contrivanccs OF their own .arsr-,r...
| ton
IL IS not often that 2 gambler f. -4r-
cItlt!y enieTprisiHg and mean AS ra F4,.
i caro- room specially constructed ta fa.H-
/ itate MS hercinE his victims and visitor.
OUT - even this length went a man .r..
respite his vast private fortune. system.
/ IcdliN preytu upon the pockets of b..
WediJhy acquaintance The room y.H.
| constructed So snail that only sufi..n.
space was allowed for o. square fHhIr .-..
the chairs of four players. th, ohi..r ..
Ihls being TO prevent uHlpokrrs or grt ur.
/ standing teEiui the particular chain ff...
/ the host always took
me room was mJgnifrrufTy d,.u-it..
| dhd hidden IN the dDeply-gary.G black OAK
pdHtllrg were TWO spy nOIrs from urf.I ..
person on the other side of tho wall .a.-.
see eLrfy card OF the person sitting upul.
site the host When cards w.r. rai,-
played a confederate OF the nnyf v.. ..
ways watching unseen from these rrf--
having his finger upon an electric BUTTON
ms button communicated with a Ilrg
button hidden under the Garnet rrr g..
'front.' OF the hosts chair and hy ff.
means the COnfedcrat was abb. fI ,-pu.
municlte TO his master what cards were I'm
the hand Of his tete-a-tetc player
Sitting down in his chair. tho gr.1
S'oundrcl put his toe on the invisible, aur-
ton under the table and Received tho
news. one push of the button -fgaff.I
hearts. two clubs. three diamond. ami
four spades. II was the confederate.
Guty 10 hrSt wire what was strUuGts' srt
In the hand before him Thus ur.
push OF the button informed thr a..-
thief that his t"te-a-Jctc's srrouEs-r .#r
was hearts, and so on. When Dr. H.,#
bten communicated how the suits stood .u
strength. II was the COnfederats'- duty 20
wire what the cards We're starting u-f-.
the highest in the highest sutr. luI unfr-
10 the lowest In the lowest So quirkI.
could this scheme he WORKED fHlf y.r.
often the host knew his tcIp-J-rrrn.- rlrl-
before the latter had properly arrlu-r.
mis- hand"
After the strength Of the suits had I,.n
communicated in this way. Thr host fsf
twelve rapid taps on the sole Of his -.Y..
and ne knew this meant the queen a.
hearts. a short pause, and then ten Tap.
taps told him the next highest card was
the ten Of hearts. And so on. IL i- sci.
that thanks 20 the ingenious scheme.
which was never discovered during rn
inventors life many wealthy person
were brought to the verge or ruin Will
their host entertained them iu regal s,y...
\ somewhat similar but less sucCcssfu.
scheme was that in the practice Of WGigt
4 certain continental dTrSSmIkgT was l..
teCted. This woman like many Others o.
her calling. made lt a custom 10 cE'uTtfI.
her customers al gambling ln tn' ~-'Tr..
of her private apartments. and she prob.
ably found IJ infinitely more luCEHf..
than her prOfeSSed trade. % which ' H..
tractcd customers. Her plan was To- stan
her husband outside the room, which wa.
built iu another room. 80 that pas-IE.
ran between the TWO walls Du three =Ilr-
and through AN unseen opening all droHT.
the edge of the ceiling tho man could --.
the cards Of the players, but hl- WIZ.
who sat with her back 10 the Singi" Nf..
Walking in the passage the man exam.
ineI tb. cards Of the uHsuSp0rilUE I.n..
cFs. and opening a small JTdp boo tn Hr.
exhibited similar cards drawn from
pack %. carried. Owing 10 tho light Nn
was thrown down upon the tHnl. HHi ....
the faces Of all players bur the dress
maker. the exhibited card could "r sen
by me- only. her -y-S, shaded IioM inc
glare 0f the lamp, were aD.a-'"it'1 ID
the dim light In which iHr cards H'i' ~
fi-
from the glare such llmu,7- N'I.| Nav.
been as impeUrtTdbi' rs ta" aIEHraa ".
night. In this way the man "d- adj" To
show his wife exactly what cards N'F
in the hand" OF the player behind whom
he stood and when one hand had B=r
disclosed iu this manner h. moved ua
TO the next
But il was TOO clumsy 10 be- entire.
successful. victims b-rame -U-piei"H- ..
the drs-smakcr= extraordinary InI- H'
luck and her habit Of constantly I0Dk'r.
up al the walls. and one DAY a victim
c0ntriysd. during her nC-'s absence. 20 f.
Ghr gas shade % suit her own eyes. Hr.
during the game followed Doe -.u'T@r
eyes the moment she saw them RISE Tho.
the feline had escaped from inc WJ.If.
The iressmaker vanished
Many attempts have been mad. 10 lH.
vent system Of ornamrufiEg fGe It.s.
o. cards iU such d way that Il I'rs0.
knowing the secret can read them Esr
and gamblers y no have ATTEMPTED r4..
frauds have generally been Speedily -.-
JrefgI
40 g. pretty WelI known fac. iDw-
ever. that notorious We-f.ru crook
v no Ii-i iu prison nor long ago. Was sI.-
7sssfui lu this connection Hr inteufsI
a PACK Of cards and demonstrated how
readily he could read th"m hy tIs
backs while no CTe else could 4lrcDg-
-r anything BOO "a. least s.Fpiri0us or
suggestive about them They are ro~ in
.Et hands 1r fH- police AMI nav. te'
Examined b. hundreds ~ persons. f.
10 one mas been able fo read their o..
ret The "rralh l- reported 90 ha.
I.-aIaf.T that me secret was worth $40.
, year go him for i've year, and thaf b.
sold t8o similar packs Tor 800 each.