The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-30

1870 Hai ~ III the afternoon farm.
81 rushed up to the marshal IN excite.
ment.
! = man on the. show ground has
lasi skinned me out Of $50 n want
am arrested right now he demand.
HOW'D You lose it?" asked the Of.
neer. Playing the shell game. chr
Diuh you know that it's against IN.
law TO gamble? I'd advise Won 10
clsar out and say nothing about II
AZ slip over to the show grounas
snu see II can run across the fel-
Jew, put you had better stay cleal
OF any more trouble
The marshal, you see, had been ef.
tcctually fixed.
city authorities who have spurned
corruption In many other ways afalIe
fy4 the circus ''fixer."
The takers with gig graft" cir
Gus usually number not less than thir-
", There is the chief CRATER who
!. |aitectss The whole business, the Fix
who Sees the police and other
city officials, the "cappefsssAwh play
the games to lead on the suckers"
and then the game keepers who, have
ksthing to do but separate the suck.
er" from his money. A
The principal take gambling games
worked on circus grounds, are the
three shells" the three card game, 4
roulette, the beehive" .Klondike,i Y
THE tobacco box" the strap trick Il
the send joint the fish. game,p the
eight dice" the envelope game,
end the dial. WI
X Nearly everybody knows that the
working outfit of the three shell man
consists Of three English walnut
shells and an elusive little rubber Dal
the size ofsa pea. The object Is for
the guy TO guess which shell the
Ball ID under. He never is able. to do
i this when there is any. money at. stake
i Ter the simple reason that the ball
s.sis Under none of the shells, There
iare many tricks OF the game to lead
'4cG. suckers and make them think the
I sliessihg isg3 easy to "a smart one,
IL, The send joint never vet has fail
cd to earn a substantial dividend. The
HnMC ucilNtS itb ttdlnC HUN tuC Aats
that itsis Joint" whence one is sent
after more funds to turn over to the
faker. ""Pull out number just for
hick," says the man operating the
game "You don't need to put up any
money! The victim tries his luck
wagering, let us say, $4,000 OF imagin
ary money. And he wins. Then the
faker gives the victim to understand
that he thought the play was in earn
tst. Yes, indeed, he thought 1t was
ali in deadly earnest. II the man
Nad lost he would have expected him
10 put up $1,000, and now he had won
the faker is willing to pay out $4,000
Just as II the money had been regu-
rtAriy wagered--provided, however,
that the agriculturist will put up his
- ON0. just as a guarantee OF good
Magnanimous? Well. rather! rms
offer properly impresses the man from
the fields of flowing grain with tue
fakersd honesty--with the solid busi-
ness methods on which he conducts
his game of chance. But he hasn't
any $4,000 with him What shame.
Think of one losing $4,000 in cold
cash Just because he can't put up the
margin! He might suggest to the
faker that the latter give him the or
Ger" for the $4,000, and then he could
give back $4,000 out OF that! But the
guy" Is probably to excited to thihk
Of that, and even II he did the faker
would tell him he represented big
= ,t,ttery company with headquarters
elsewhere, and that 1t is against the
rules to issue any orders unless the
cash has been put up. In fact, ne
ought TO have insisted upon having
the cash i'm the first place, but then
there Is still chance II the gentle
ran wants to put up his money
Now the ''capper' before steering
his friend" up against the send
ioint had made inquiries and learned
that he was a man who had money IN
the bank. That's part OF the cap
rer's" Job. He calls the guy TO one
aide SPye got little money with
me- the "capper" says; brought u
in TO buy couple of horses while
vas in town. could let you nave l. II
If Won get the rest of the $1,000 It's
only 5000, but I'd like to have d
,bance to double it II | can"
The guy" asks the faker II ne
viii wait until he goes to the bank.
T'he faker hesitates, but finally says
Le will. But don't let them know
f-at the bank what you want 1t for,
! \(antions the faker. Don't come ul-
ALctiy toward the circus grounds aitef
N c<s it, because you know now
ireiuda~ I'd some people are about any
\ Gambling game. Come by some rouhu'
about way. Anr
The victim starts to go to the pahk.
tfo e sollowed by one of the "sleuths
This il because the faker Is always
taunted by the fear that even ,iixea
officials might turn crooked ana
thai the man might 90 and complain
10 one of them instead OF going 70
the bank. II the "sleuth" sees nm
% near any OF the authorities he
rnshes back to the grounds and gives
rotIce. Then by the time the lntend
ed victim gets back the loin1 mas
disappeared. ,,.a, w,t,
Hut' when the man comes back WIZ
tho money and turns II over 10 tns
faker. along with the sum put up .,
The ingenious "capper' the faker suo
dnn,y discovers that he made o ms
take IN the winning number ana ina
the man instead OF winning mas a''s, los