The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-21
PLUCKEDAT A TURKEY RATTLE
TWO cot NTRX MN lost sITa ~ \
JOINT on aRot CLIFTON STREET.

Complaissi 20 the Police That They
Had Been Robbed and ~. :. wake
man. one 90 the Proprietors Of the
Game Was Arrcstrd-iie claims
That Both He and the Countr, men
We're Gambling, and That 1hey
Lo~t-The Amount Lost. He said,
Il Not 80 LARGE ~ The Wen Claim.
Something About the Game. " hich
l. said 60 Be Run nder "a License
From the City.
Complaint was made 40 the barracks
yesterday afternoon by Two naval stores
operators from Bunoeh county. taat thes
had been cheated ou' - N73 az 500
called turkey rafie. oondurted az No
"a Broueh,on street west. The men are
C. \. Brown. and p G Bauau Brown
said thai he lost S. aud Barnhl $50.
The detectives we're detailed on III"
case and went 20 the pace ard had So
closed 20 but no sooner 90 they leave
taan the place was opened zap agsin. ana
aid nourishing business until about
20 o'clock AZ ulght. when Sc discontinued
business again. Cor the probable reason
that the dctec,lves were on taeir way Go
me place. a fact NAT the proprietor was
probably aware o. az business vas brisk.
and BE- had no other visible reason Tor
a discontinuance of what was Co him
undoubtedly q most profitable business.
When the detectives visited the game
10 the Afternoon after the alleged snlnaie
had been reported 20 them tnty bad thf
two victims with them for the purpose
81 pointing out the man That tai taken
their money. but he Was not 90 boz found
After HAgeut search het night d.
was lo-ated az che Planters Hote. ANA
arrested lie gave his name a- q +.
Nakeman. he said tnat Rhl.e De- d.d not
know just how much money tne men bad
loss ia MS pace. be- Was quite sure taa.
@ was not 50 much as they claimei Re-
garding the charge Of cheating aud swim
ding. on which he was arrested hc sail
that both be- and the men had been gam
bling and they had lost ana that Was al
there was 20 a.
Brown. who was seen by reporter of
;he Morning News said that the money
had been lost on the so-ctllei turkey
rattle and thar b was not urtl after at
lad quit playing thar be beEag to th ns
that the game wasn't straight ans tha.
be had been robbed. He reported the mat-
ter % the barracks. Barrhlu also m4kn-
similar complaint Wlta tne result taat
Wakernan was arrested The case wl.
probably be heard before the Recorder
Court this morning
The game chat WakeTnan was rInrlnE
j. "a wheel ~ fortune pure ami simple ey.
Cept that the chances arr dlspropurtl1n-
ately tn favor % the operator There bt-
ing IN the circle in which the pointer ie
spun several blanks. an in favor of tts
house. to every number hy which tne
hettor could via. and some ot these win
ming numbers. even then. cali Ter IA priz"
below the value o. the fee Tor playing
The game is called turkey rattle
anu on each card v marked iu addition
90 their value ia money specified NUM-
Der OF turkeys as at equivalent value. bu-
during the half hour that was seen che
game. nobody called Tor turkey
and the players won or lost their cash
with a seeming Ignorance that there was
such a thing a. turkey 90 che neiShoor-
hood
Business was lively 20. Tor awhile The
counter where the game was conducted
being lined with people Two and three
deep. and coming across with the cash
/ with a regularity that kept the dealer
with a good fat wad in his hands during
the entire proErvss 81 tho game. Play
wee high. too. s. seeming 70 be thc ruins
price for an entrance Zee.
Another game chat was also go opera
ton though not the hot favorite that t1c
turkey rafIie" was was a gin and mar
bio game which q cost q quarter tp pily
and Yielded the fortunate PLAYER
money or other kind OF prize. accorllug
to the number on the pocket where tht
marble landed after falling throug1 their
series 81 pins that directed lts course.
The game has beer running a. its pres
ent quarters for a week ore more. q is
81 H.f