The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-10-26
/ CARD GAME
| PLAYED ON FARMER.
NE Tune of $500 Cold Cash,
Ne I. Dennison drew out OF
Bank for the Purpose.
The Tricksters
We're Slick Articles.
They Roped in Their Victim inan
interesting Manner, but the
law has one now.


The boldest fiim-ham game played
in this county in recent years took
place Monday Afternoon at so'clock,
an the Sardls road near the residence
Of B. S. Reynolds. one mile and half
west, OF Wisonburg. Ed. L. Dennison,
I, Marshyille, owner OF 400 acres OF
land edging upon the oil-belt, was the
victim to the tune Of $500 cold cash,
hut he has learned lesson and Will
llkely never indulge himself In game
Of three card Monte again.
Thursday Of last week, Mr.. Dennison
saws. a stranger drove up To Dem
rison,s home and represented himself
as one Of the Watsons, the coal opera
TORS. Of Fairmont. He said he had
been specializing in oil and had s4o,-
600 to invest in oil property In Mr..
Observation-Disclosures They formu-
lated some plans for deals in that Sec
tion and the stranger left. He went
back to Dennison's house Monday ana
was driving a team belonging to John
~. Carpenter, OF Salem. de ana
Dennison started out to see some par
ties about buying their oil lands. on
the road they met fellow on looe'
He asked how far it was to Ciarks-
burg and upon being told it was III
mites, the fellow said, "a Yankee up
the road told it was only miles. "
The man who claimed to be watson
said. a haven't heard that word
snoken since the war: III bet he is
from Alabama. He talks 1t ana
looks it," Then Watson turned
around and called the other Fellow
asking where he was from. He re-
plied that he was from Alabama ana
his name was Sims. He said ms
father had Just died and left him
large estate and he was Just out spend
ing his money. He added that he had
inst meta fellow who had lost all ne
had ona card trick, and who had
showed him how the trick was worked.
Sims then pull out three cards, two OF
which were blank and one Win
woman's picture on the back OF IT, or
in other words a threecald Monte.
Watson proposed to bet 50 for fun and
he and Sims put up s. each. Den
nison held the cards. Watson plckeo
out the card with the woman on IL
and won. He very graciously DIVIDED
the stakes of $40 equally between
pennison and Sims. Then watson
crimped the card with the woman's
picture on it, while Sims was not
looking and nudged Dennison, calling
i, his attention to it. Watson then OIL
fered to bet $1,000 he could pick OUT
that card. Sims then pulled out Two
roofs purporting to be money, stamped
on the back 49,, 00Or each. He gave
one roll to Dennison and the other TO
Watson. Watson took the two rolls,
i placed them in box the size of a shoe
box, thenput the box in satchel ana
placed the satchel in the buggy. Sims
wanted them to show $1,000, In case
they lost, Watson said he would nave
to come to ClarkSburg to get the
money. They agreed that watson
and Denhison should come TO the CITY.
s They came, leaving Sims standing IN
the road. Watson said he could only
get 81. 200 and wanted Dennison to put
UP the other $500. Dennison had only
$500 and drew it out OF the Merchants
bank. When he found Watson the
latter had a 81, 100 roll, probably bogus
money. They drove out again and met
I, with Sims near BIS. Reynolds
residence. Watson took Dennison'
$500 and his own sl,7OO and showed
up to Sims for the $1,000. This was
put in the box with the two s2,ooe
rolls and the satchel was fastened.
Sims wanted to go to Salem then and
asked Watson to drive him there.
Watson told Dennisop to take the
yalise and 90 home and he would meet
him there at 8 O'Clock that night ana
Z. then they would divide the money
Dennison suggested that they restore
81, 600 to Sims. Watson agreed and
1aisStof. The box was replaced
IL mor Dennison did not want
to carry 2le vaiise and they took the
box out and gave it to Dennison. Then
Dennison got out of the buggy and
the other fellows started toward
Salem, bnt instead of going westward
when they reached the forks OF the
road, they came toward Clarksourg