New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-22
FORT GEORGE 4 SINK.
Police INDIFFERENT.
Sunday Crozsds FIeeced by S7cam
Of Petty Frauds.

TIE "con game" keepers. takers" and "sure
thing" men we're at Fort George doing rushing
business yesterday, in spite of story published in
The Tribune two weeks ago exposing the situation
at the resort and in spite OF the police, who have
beer trying to get evidence against these games
Tie feecing Of the public still goes on with the
old games and several new ones which have Deen
added within the last tTo weeks.
\ Of the resort made yesterday by q
Tribune reporter disclosed the fact that there had
not been any falling OF in the number OF games
The usual Sunday rush Of pleasure seekers-about
eighty thousand st-Ong-spent its money freely IN
-ha hope Of winning the valuable prizes lot
o.. getting OF 1T the Dyeku,al, street station of
TIE subway the first thing 70 greet the reporter
was & crowd o. several hundred men ana boys
,T-otcLtnr an and-T,r,5er-s game which
at It's height. The crowd was growing every
minute those who got off the incoming trains
found it, About twenty men and boys were IN me
game Itself. onehals Of them being 'cappers. Inc
keepers reaping harvest
Hardly block away stood policeman with his
denJIy didn't fear him. although told OF nus pres
ence by several Of the lockers on slohe
throw away a large open poker game was III prog
ress. about which ore hundred and NIFTY men sl1u
boys had formed circle at the foot OF hlll close
the Harlem River.
The choice language OF the excited losers could
be heard loudly complaining Of their i'll luck This
game could easily be seen from the sidewalk leaa-
ing 10 the amusement centre OF Fort george IL
had been going on all day, according 10 several
persons who We're camping in picnic fasnion ne s
bv and a policeman had been standing within two
hundred yards of il for more than an houF,
II was perfectly evident that he knew the game
was in progress. The reporter who watched II lor
come time. "A card sharp palm three aces
and win a hand from opponent, who held thTee
kings.
one OF the skin games recently introduced at
the resort IS mechanical fortune teller, which II
IS loudly announced, can tell persons name ana
address for five cents It consists OF an AT 81
human skeleton. which. by pressing button Will
move its Jaws Up and down. dsgorgng plece OF
printed paper supposed 10 contain the appHcdLtS
life history The keeper of this game was raking
IN the money yesterday, while the SURROUNDING
crowd was in 2 perpetual ferment as each person
pushed nearer TO get a chance TO bite.
The fortune teller had fully ten 'cappers on ms
staff including six well dressed young men, about
three Young women and even a woman ABOUT
sixty-fve years old. The reporter saw each one OF
these "cappers' take chance every hVe rninutes
while he looked on. When the keeper would ask
them # they were born on such day and lived at
such an address they all simulated amazeuent and
promptly paid their money. But in the case OF an
outsider The keeper would say: Don't read that
paper until you get home, and then show it to your
family and friends
In Paradise Park another game which attracted
r good deal Of attention that Of ringing a
bottle OF perfume II is similar to the ringing
The cane" game About two hundred bottles sup
posed 10 contain good perfume were arranged IN
front Of The player, who would attempt 10 throw
2 ring over the neck Of a bottle and therepN
win IL. One cent throw was charged The re,
porter watched fifty people try II yesterday ana
nos one Of them successful.
BY accident z young caught a bottle. he
had with him a young woman who was ANXIOUS 70
smell the perfumery, despite the errorts OF lhe
ieeper 10 weaken any such desire by spraying the
crowd with atonizer. The winner pulled our
The cork and finding that the prize contained col
cred water. with odor whatever, threw II away
Although there hundreds OF such con
games in progress all over the resort the police
made no arrests except in TIE case OF rev PEG
iers charged with violating the corporation orol-
nance The resort was alive with professional
pznhandlers'' who were doing good business
Several religious meetings were going on.