The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-11
hSHIP TAKERS.
|card-players Who Fleece
Issngers En- Route.
y.,r. and Under the GuisO
~ Money Travelling for
..r.-APoIice Omctal's
Account.

n
Account.
" many million dollars .
pn by a coterie of gamblers
thing" men who infest
samships and transconti-
broad lines it is impossible
to estimate, but
a big ocean liner which en-
bionable vogue reaches port
this side of the Atlantic or
without furnishing a tale of
bling carried on during the
he smoking room, writes q
correspondent of the Tri-
many of these tales end also
ltement that there was more
ispicion if not actual prooa
ed" play, and the number of
gould be much greater if
ot for the fact that the VIC
elected with discretion, and
vast majority of cases men
a rather lose a few hundred
an face the publicity which
low their accusation of I'm.
The police know nearly all
ltors who fleece ocean pas
the smoking rooms, but are
Die to put them where they
This is owing to two rea.
Of which 10 the difficulty of
complaint made against the
hile within the jurisdiction
tropolitan police. The other,
he startling reason, is the ac-
from Capt. Titus, the CHIEF
ives, who says that many of
ards of the liners stand in
sharpers, even carrying a
bf marked cards, and the
10 the same on the railway
backlog" players are divided
classes, "deepwater gam
Ne steamship operators) and
5 road fellows" (the railway
gs). In both cases poker is
ipal game, the stronghold,
other games may be resorted
by of variety, when the sus-
the victims are aroused.
hen are all capital entertain.
Ia are the life and the soul
kl-dulled company, They dress
n look well-better than they
police pictures, where they
Bnder the stress of disadvan-
circum instances, and in the
bd comraderie which prevails
Hip, it is easy for them to get
kd VITA the jovial good fell
be of man who makes the
ictim to fleece, and the one
ly to "squeal' when the oper-
/ been completed.
|. Allen, assistant in the bu-
ecords at the New York police
tiers, has made a stE,y of the
se glad to have an opportunity
4 this matter and of warming
Hing public" he remarked the
N. "Of course, the public
FED the warning, but we can't
\. Some fools seem to enjoy
keced. 1t is only once in a
pat we get a 'squeal,' and
pc victim complains hundreds
About a year ago the presi-
1.-THE steamship lines INDUCED
|talk about stopping the swim
|nes, but I don't think any
|me of it but talk, One of the
pms made then might well be
but. 1t was that the detective
|pf this and of other countries
llrnish to the steamship lines
Pqhs of the professional card
simple but effective, for each
should have the 'rouges gall
FIRST thing these professional
I do when they get aboard.
aboard the train (they feel
'ure aboard ship, is to become
ed with the crowd. They gem
lss for high rollers or sports,
rst-rate business men with
money, who are off on a vaca-
willing to pay for a little fun.
them some time ago repre-
Q his fellow passengers that
he king of the Klondike, and
them believed it! The sub
. little game was introduced
cautiously, by suggestion
IN plain hint.
7 state that they never work
They work generally in cou-
emily one Of them is a winner.
er cusses the luck and won
lis pals winnings just as hard
t the real victims do, and he
lie crowd off the scent if they
anythingE wrong. But he is
t dealer, and on his flimf1am
partner wins every time. he
i'm the cards, you see, even If
II has nothing but bobtailed
an ace high hand of rags and
The dealer in the working
don never wins the money.
aes will take turns about at
-or will work it judiciously,
win without arousing suspi-
suddenly. If the man that
re to win every time, then the
'ould yeR foul right away;
is going to suspect the poor,
dealer, who has given him
worst hand in the bunch!
hey do not try to make but one
! voyage, but that one will net
m $500 to 5000 to a great many
Is. The man who represented
% be king of the Klondike in
1dled a real, bona fide count
been finishing his musical
a on the other side. 1t 10
ng even to us experienced