The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-20

and AIr. Jerome alleges there is not q
large gambling house in the city which
has not = couple Of brace faro dealers
and crooked boxes. He has q collection
o fcroolzed boxes in his Office. Most Of
them are simply fitted with a lever in
the lower left hand corner on the inner
side Pressure on this lever WideHs the
slot which IS supposed to admit the
passage Of only one card, 50 that two
cards can be slipped cut at the same
time
There is one box whose mystery has
never been fully solved Tt has two in
ner platforms instead Of one The
aperture on the top is a sixteenth Of an
inch wider at the lower end than the
upper. This reveals the marking IN the
margin OF the card and shows the deal
err the following card after the top one
has been moved slightly This box is
also fitteI with the lever for widening
the slot The second platform is be-
lieFed to be Of use in getting cards back
into the box after they have been sur
reptiuously removed. SO that those who
are keeping cases" viii not have their
suspicious aroused.
There is comparatively small need of
crooked roulette wheels. the opportuni-
ties for swindling being so many with
out their use, as shown In the statement
of the young man quoted above. But
there are crooked wheels
One wheel was captured in a raid
some time ago in Brotherton's place on
west Forty second street. which was
fitted with q thin rubber pipe which
connected with a thin rubber ball set in
the floor under the feet of the dealer.
BY pressing upon the ball a sufficient
force of air would be sent through the
pipe to cause the wheel to revoIye a
rriie more If the dealer saw that the
marble was going TO fail into a section
of numbers that were heavily played
Another doctored wheel is fitted with
q. tiny electric wire. If the bail is about
to fall into a heavily played number the
current is turned on and the ball jumps
along a few inches into another com
parrment
IF CanneId depended upon ordinary play
and players IL is claimed that the ex-
penses Of his establishment would more
than eat up the profits His place and
others OF the same style. like that at No
90 ~ esl nirt -lnlra street must nave
what is called sucker money that is.
the play Of rich man. who wants the
limit taken of SO that large sums can
A player Of this kind is always accom-
modated with private room and special
dealers. These. It IS alleged are IN
for six or nine months
Aside from protection money to police
and other influential people. the ordi-
nary expenses of Canheld's place aver
supper served nightly alone costs about
$3.50 The expenses Of the Burbridge
house in West Thirty-third street are fully
as great as Canneids- It being the aTnoi-
ton of the former to get the Iatter's pa
irons by lavish entertaining In less am
bilious places the nightly supper costs
$50
Swindling operators are not confined by
any means TO what are called the swell
gambling houses of the city.
Those frequented BY men who regard
S bet a plunge have crooked appli-
aucas- Even in houses devoted TO craps
attachments are used 10 cheag the players.
In d place in Thirty-firsL street. between
Sixth and Seventh avenues, where nothing
but craps was played. copper plate was
found under the green Ci0t1 or the IA Die
This plate vas connected with a small
electric battery The dice used were part
ly hollow and IN the interior 0fs each was
a quantity Of quicEsil YER The charged
plate and the loaded dice were manipulated
by the opera tor so perfectly that he could
make the operator lose every time ne
pleased.-NeW York World