The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

They didn't recognize him-he hadn't
been in Washington very long then
and they merely regarded him as a
good thing The dealers dealt them
for him out of the bogus box. Just as
they did for other good things who
drifted their way
The senator saw what he was get
ting. but he didn't complain The null
tiplicity of splits TO the deal seemed
rather to amuse him. he watched one
OF the dealers working the double slip
out on him with considerable, curiosity
not unfnixed with admiration for the
nerve OF the box manipulation.
The senator was always noted for
his strong sense of humor- When he
had dropped $500 worth of chips he
rose. yaADed, stretched his arms. and
then threw his remaining $500 note on
the table in front of the dealer.
What's the use of working 50
hard?" he inquired with an amiable
smile. Il guess you need the money,
and he stroIIed out ana stepped into
his waiting carriage. leaving the $o00
note on the table.
But they didn't appear TO have any
more familiarity with the features OF
the congressman from Texas than they
had had With the Iineaments of the
senator from beyond the MISSISSIPPI
So the Tevas member and his two
friends got the same old crooked game
1t didn't take them any time at all 10
see how the game was going. When
they saw it they merely exchanged
glances and rose up in their places
The congressman two constituents
suddenly yanked out their shooting
irons and put all hands in the room
under guns, and then the furious MEM
Der from the Lone Star state proceeded
to kick the whole esta blishment into
splinterS at the same time announcing
who he was, and topping this an
nOuncement of with the additional IN
formation that he was a pizen cruel in
dividuai from the bad lands when he
saw that he was being done.
When he got through with his heavy
foot-work the gambling gear in that
bank was worth about Is cents. 1t had
been worth q couple of thousands a
few moments. before. Then the con-
gresham and his two companions
backed out and drove across the Long
bridge to Washington
About twelve years ago, when the
scientific swindling method of cheating
faro banks by Ticking the coppers OF
stacks of coppered chips by means of
an invisible wire first came into vogue,
a couple of Chicago gamblers who
knew the scheme raped Jackson City
pretty hard before the proprietorS of
The scheme. which is still practiced
1T is not unknown in New York
among gamblers determined to get the
best of faro banks somehow or another
had to be cleverly carried through
The man coppering a big bet would
watch the cards as they slipped out
of the box. Getting a lightning glance
at the edge OF the cards making their
appearance, and perceiving that his
cOppered bet was coming out on the
winning side, he would reach over, IN
der pretenSe of arranging his chips, and
by means OF the fine wire flick the cop
per from the stack
When the job is done right, il is cal
culated TO fool the shreWdest faro deal
ers and lookouts; and an organized
gang of manipuiators of the scheme is
said TO have cleaned up hundreds of
thousands of dollars in faro banks all
over America only few years ago by
this method
The two Chicago gamblers who
worked the plant on the Jackson City
layouts were pioneers at the dodge.
They drew an intense and painful sur
prise into the Jackson City plants by
for several nights in succession, not
Withstanding the crooked character of
the banks
They were in the largest of the Jack
sen City banks on the night when a
clumsy move on the part of one of the
copper-f iickers exposed the scheme. The
dealer and the lookout went after their
guns, whereupon the pair of Chicago
gamblers promptly kicked over the oil
lamps. setting Che place. on fire, and,
dropping on all fours in the darkness,
crawled to Il second STORY window
leaped out and crossed the Long bridge
at lope.
They got away with several thou
sand dollars of Jackson City money, to
the acute joy of the unfortunate Wash
ington pikers who had so often been
cheated at the brace Jackson City
games
New York turfmen who have been
coming down here to the race meet
ings ever since the days of the old Ivy
City track know Jackson City pretty
we'll, but Jackson City never got much
New York money. The New York
horSemen who come down to the Ben
nings meetings have had the habit of
recent years of running over to Jackson
City just for the fun of looking on the
perfectly obvious crooked games, but
few of them have been foolish enough
to tackle the Jackson City brand of
games themselves.