The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-04
FAKERS
NJ Card Players Who Flssee
passengers En- Route.
IN Pairs and Under the 0uiso
h.. Of Money Travelling for
..asure--A Police Onicial's
Account.

ASoS1eAs
how many million dollars q
won by a coterie of gamblers
ure thing" men who infest
steamships and transconti.
railroad lines it is impossible
tely to estimate, but
ely a big ocean liner which en-
fashionable vogue reaches port
on this side of the Atlantic or
Ter without furnishing a tale of
rambling carried on during the
the smoking room, writes q
ork correspondent of the Tri.
at many Of these tales end also
statement that there was more
suspicion If not actual proos
|oked" play, and the number of
es you'd be much greater If
not for the fact that the vic.
I selected with discretion, and
The vast majority of cases men
build rather lose a few hundred
than face the publicity which
follow their accusation of un.
". The police know nearly all
orators who fleece ocean pas
in the smoking rooms, but are
able TO put them where they
This is owing TO two rea.
be of which 10 the difficulty Of |
a complaint made against the
while within the jurisdiction
metropolitan police The other,
bore startling reason, is the ac-
BIS from Capt. Titus, the CHIEF
ctives, who says that many of
wards of the liners stand in
lie eharpers, even carrying a
Of marked cards, and the
do the same on the railway
eblackleg" players are divided
10 classes, "deepwater gam
1.-THE steamship operators) and
PISS road fellows" (the railway
pngs). In both cases poker is
pcipal game, the stronghold,
b other games may be resorted
way of variety, when the sus-
of the victims are aroused.
men are all capital entertain.
hey are the life and the soul
Fel-dulled company. They dress
d look well-better than they
pc police pictures, where they
under the stress of disadvan- I
circumstances, and in the
pod comraderie which prevails
khip, it is easy for them to get
FED wiz the jovial good fell
i pc of man who makes the
victim to fleece, and the one
|ely to "squeap when the oper-
hs been completed. I
II. Allen, assistant in the bu- 4
records at the New YorE police
|rters, has made study of the y
IS.
Pc glad to have an opportunity 4
B this matter and of warning
Fling public" he remarked the Y
py. "Of course, the public &
Ped the warning, but we can't a
u. Some fools seem to enjoy
eeced. 1t is only once in a y
nat we get 'squeal,' and q
ne victim complains hundreds a
About year ago the presi- \
the steamship lines INDUCED =
talk about stopping the swim 4
mes, but | don't think any
me of it but talk. One of the
ons made then might well be
nut 1t was that the detective W
OF this and of other countries fl
hrnlsh to the steamship lines al
'phs OF the professional card S;
simple but effective, for each is
should have the 'rouges gal Ell
lrst thing these professional W
90 when they get aboard al
aboard the train (they feel W
ure aboard ship, is to become q,
I'd with the crowd. They gem m
SIS for high rollers or sports, de
'st-rate business men with a be
loney, who are off on a vaca- En-
willing to pay for little fun. We
hem some time ago repre-. wi
} his fellow passengers that nc
lie king of the Klondike, and is
them believed it! The sub tn
little game was introduced he
cautiously, by suggestion of
n plain hint. =.
state that they never work Mi
hey work generally in cou- rh
snly one Of them is a winner. no
: cusses the luck and won
pals winnings just as hard
the real victims do, and he nj
crowd off the scent if they
nything wrong. But he is Tn
dealer, and on his flimf1am
PARTNER wins every time. He
N the cards, you see, even if
has nothing but a bobtailed
ace high hand of rags and un
1he dealer in the working TIC
on never wins the money. wa
IS will take turns about at WI
Or will work it judiciously, lde
sln without arousing suspi- int
'uodenly. If the man that In
70 win every time, then the evl
uid vel! foul right away; gle
going to suspect the poor, we
Iealer, who has given him thu
'orst hand in the bunch9 ag
yoo not try to make but one rim
'oyage, but that one will net ella
5000 to 5000 to a great many wo
The man who represented frs
De king of the Klondike in obs
led a real, bona fide count say
'een finishing his musical !
on the other side. 1t is git
even to us experienced hoo
70 realize what amazing wol
mortals be. The king of cor
Ae made bum out of that tan
lght. He was stranded In sha