The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-29
And Explained Workings Of
Knickel-in- Slot Machine
LEARNED HIS MISTAKE.
Three Of the Machines Seized and One
Of the Keepers at Once Pleaded
Guilty to Running Gam
bling Device.

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IpoJ casually into the lunch Room Of viii
liam Dawson, better knownas Hard Luck
Billy at Northfeld Saturday afternoon.
lana with an inguiring look walked up
TO q machine which bore the pleasant
name OF the New Century Musical
Puck. Across the top 81 the machine
were the words 'Thia is not gaming
device Witii an expression in which ma
rive innccenecand acquired inquisitive-
mess were beautifully blended. the tall
young man asked the afable man behind
the eounter
What's thisT7
"0, that's q mlsic-boxp was the re.
ply Then warming to His subject he
went On to tell in confidence how there
was something besides music in it.
Ihe tah Young man got interested, and
tile clerk volunteered to explain the
practical working Of the machine, how
you dropped Ii a nickel and played the
machine, and If you didn't have nickel
gou bought supply Of checks and drop
PED them In. The tall young man who
locked as II he might have been a theo-
logue bought twenty five cents worth OF
checks.
He dropped in one OF the checks, and
the obliging clerk worked the machine
meanwhile celebrating on the details OF
the instrument. Two checks came out.
What do you do with thesegp came
the tall young mans next question most
naturally.
We'll il yer want To, you kin git 'em
cashed at the counter.
But flushed by his first success the
young man decided TO try his fortunes
again. The next time nothing came.
and the next and the next.
See here, how's this; the sign up
there reads This is not gaming device.
and I've played three times and didn't
get thinggo
Well, you sec, you're supposed to cit |
i've cents worth OF music every time
you play" came the answer. and with
wonderful alacritr The clerk spranc tp
tho crank and fifteen cents worth Of I
music was ground out in short order.
AT this point the stranger pulled a
paper and pencil out Of his pocket and
with how-many-rela -he-lcave
sort Of expression said:
Young man, what's your nameis
The obliging clerk opened his ewes
wide, but gave the desired information.
Now, what's your boss namefp was
the next interrogation in gattling gun
fashion.
The Information was like wrineine
tears from a sphynx, but it came.
The tnll young man carefully folded
The paper to make the corners fit, put
the pencil in his pocket and walked out.
9ne minute later Chief Of Police Hut
shinson, walked in and informed the
slerk that the musical Puck machine
T9uld be his property for period at
east.
The tall young man, who might have
seen a theologue but wasn't, was States
Jackson of Barre. He was 20 I
'cnts ont on the deal with nothing but
! check benriHg the words Good for
i've cents at the barnsto show for Il.
IN short time two similar machines
we're rounded up, one at the Northfcld
House and another in barber Clark's
hop under the hotel, and hearing had /.
lecn set for today to determine whether
hey came within the definition Of gam
ne devices. However, NJ. Z. Warrington.
proprietor Of the hotel didn't wait for ,
he hearing on the machines but pleaded ,
uilty at once to keeping gambling ,
machine He paid fine Of $50, with ;
osts bringing the total up to 500.
The raids were made on a complaint
n one place, and the States attorney !,
hought he might as well make the lob :
The New Century Musical !
'uckn machine is made BY the Auto /.
Machine company of Fitchburg, Mas. !
he same firm which turned cut the !
amous "KlondylSes machine that was /;
ecently tabooed in Vermont.
Before Justice Kent this forenoon the I
laohines were condemned and ordered !
estroyed. Charles A. Clark, who runs !
he barber shop, pleaded guilty to keen.
ng q gambling device, as did Hard !,
Mck Billy Dawson, who was in Barre !,
t the time Of the raid. Their fines :
zero $50 each, with costs amounting 10 !,
$50. w. a. Lord OF Montpelier was |,
sunsel for Clark.