Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-03
SUCH EASY MARKS!
6trosnider, Gambler and Card
 Sharp, Tells of the Game.
rWO SUCKERS BORN EVERY MINUTE
New York Bunko Steerer Says No Honest Mnn Gets Fooled - Only Those Wanting Thousands
 For Nothing.


 NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-J. s. Strosni- der, bunko steerer. confidence man, card sharp and wire tapper, gives the American what is the most extraordi- nary statement published of recent 7veai.s Ss15 aid fo
 He has absolutely cast aside the veil of mystery with which the predatory brotherhood cloak their operations and reveals the methods by which he has gained more than Sl00,000 without giv- ing thing of value for it. Not only does he tell how he gouged Dr. John A. Harris out of S12.500. but he explains the whole method Of his cynical craft.
 ",There is sucker born every minute except in New York, where the birth rate is one every thirty seconds" is the sardonic keynote to the whole of the Strosnider philosophy.
 q have never revealed my operations to the public before" said Mir. Strosni- der, but that is not because l have been afraid to do so. l have been with In the law with my operations, and. knowing that I was within the law. I did not hesitate to give my true yer sion of the feecing of Dr. Harris to the district attorney. That was a case of Come on, whiskers.' and l trimmed him at faro of S12.500 that he later coli- fessed belonged to his wife and him self on a joint account.
 "I am a gambler. and in ten years past have been known as gambler. but because l admit the fact there is no reason for any one 10 think that did not consider myself in the same class as the Wall street crowd that seek to gain sudden riches with the least use of money or to go higher up to the giants of finance that swing their deals and manipulations through the use of the money of widows and orphans.
 "I went deliberately into this game of confidence largely on sporting basis. When I became old enough to size up the general situation for my self | observed that there were large number of persons of the Dr. Harris stripe who were on the lookout to ob- l tain something for nothing.
 '.I then and there made up my mind | that considered myself keen enough to match my wits with men of this ilk. and I have succeeded. It has been a | rsse of dog eat dog and have never [ dropped my bone. I have been out to trim my fellow man. and oftentimes ne has ima gined he was trimming me or some one else through my assist nuce. and that was waere he lost out | on the proposition
 "I am willing to go on record as stat Ing that no man who has been duped by myself or other men on the outlook for other peoples money through the practice of my particular speciality would have been SO mnlcted unless he bad larceny in his thoughts.
 sT have secured fortunes through such practices and lost them by being sucker at playing the races or the faro bank myself. but no man vhc knows me can ever say that I robbed . poor man or an honest man
 sI consider my occupation as legiti. mate ss that prscticed by many a well dressed. atiuent Wall street broker, If I had a capital of sJOo.eOo I would be in Wall street today If the central cesce would permit mei. and I'll wager I th., xou1 r1r what wes coming i'd me