Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-31
Waterloo Citizen Gains Some
Valuable But Costly Exper-
fence With Gamblers
BET ON ANOTHER MANS GAME
Thought He Had Victim Until He
Realized That Four Tens Are Not In
the Running With Four Queens-Gets
Portion of Money Back After Sweat
ing Awhile and Threatening Relation.

Waterloo, July 31.-The largest wag-
erloo is doubtless that which was put
up in this city a few days ago, when
the wealth on the table represented the
neat sum of $4,000. The story of the
game has Just leaked into circulation
after having been carefully kept quiet
for a few days.
There were three parties interested
in the shown down. which determined
the ownership of the stakes, although
cards had been dealt to only two of
them. One OF the parties Interested
was an innocent bystander,' who had
some money to place on the game. but
preferred to risk 1t on the skill of an
other rather than upon his own He
entered into combination with a we'll
known card expert of the city, by which
one was to supply the capital and the
other the deXterity with the hope and
intention of skinning the third man who
was known to have money and who
was supposed to be unsophisticated
enough to warrant the belief that he
could be made to part with some Of it.
No trouble was experienced in ar
ranging a game. The unsophisticated
man of wealth sat down opposite the
card man with apparent unconscious
ness that he had been marked as a
victim. The innocent bystander, who
was the card mans financial hacker,
stood by ready to invest the needed
funds, and watching with interest the
progress of the play. For some time
the hands were played with varying
results, as had been pre-arranged in
the program, the selected victim being
allowed to win often enough to warm
his sporting blood up to the point
where he would be willing to play for
high stakes At last the card expert
had dealt to him a hand which he be-
lieved justified putting up the last dol
lar he and his hacker could raise. He
showed it to the latter, who was also
impressed with the possibilities. The
unsophisticated victim on the other side
OF the table seemed to regard their at
titude as bluff, and evinced singular
willingness to go as high as they wish
ed in the matter Of stakes. The inno-
cent bystander was induced to go out
after additional funds.
1t was after banking hours, but he
succeeded in gaining access to his
banker, and obtained 500 in cash.
This he put up with note for $500
against similar stake from the pre-
arranged victim of the affair. Then a
singular thing happened. The expert
reached over to haul in the pot. Hold
on said the unsophisticated player,
until see what you've GOT The ex-
pert showed down four tens, and start
ed once more to haul in the cash. Hold
on, there! l have four queens" shout
ed the victim, and, showing his hand in
proof of that declaration, proceeded to
pocket all that was on the table.
The innocent bystander went home
a loser to the amount Of $1,000. After
two or three sleepless nights it began
to dawn upon him that he had him.
self been a victim Of combination in
a game where all the cards had been
held by the opposing players. The
more he thought over the matter the
more evident 1t became that he had
never had the slightest chance OF win
ming cent.
He took advice in. regard to the mat
ter and finally succeeded in securing
partial restoration of what he had lost.
He received $500 in cash and the $500
note which he had put up, leaving a
balance Of $500 to be charged up to ex-
perience.