Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04

Now. following a sub-inspector. you
pass back through the long suite of
playroomS to the cashier, the sub
making a sign to all dOorkeepers:
This man is barred. Remember
him
Only such as happen to arrive at
and quit the cashiers between guard
changes and p. m.-can hope to
slip back to the tables for that even
ing only. Next day the card Of ad-
mission itself is no good. You are
outside and barred
What makes the suicide problem
hard is that real suicide material goes
and kills itself without warning.
THE administration doesn't rear
losers who ask part of their money
back" said my friend the reformed
police SPY. For one thing 1t Is
warned against them by the fact and
so can watch them. Only once was
fooled by a man who threatened vio-
lence.
He was a young Brazilian whose
identity remains unknown continued
the ex-spy. His body lies in the
Field Of the Suicides outside Monaco
territory.
Il saw him first at p. m. one day
when the room chief of our force
signed me to watch him as heavy
loser who might turn hysterical or
desperate. l made his acquaintance.
He had lost $4,000 and had only
IS. 600 left. AS was my duty / advised
him to cool off and try luck later. He
thanked me and quit the casino, but
in an hour he was back at the rou-
lette. losing again. I am ruined he
whispered. That was my iast note
/ feel that / am going crazy | owe
my hotel 500 and how shall l pay my
steamer to Brazil?
"All around us players had begun to
listen to him. ] must get him out
side. Come ! said. we'll secure you
a fat viaticum,' and really he'd have
got $500 -.
I've a mind to shoot that croupier,"
he whispered. ] was ready for him,
at his right hand. Well, the poor fell
low was left handed"
WHAT"
He whipped a pistol from his left
coat pocket and shot himself through
the head. Men screamed. Women
went into Mysteries. There was rush
from the table. Then, while inspec-
tors. croupiers. spies and old habitues
made a big ring round it servants got
rid of the body by that tables quick
door and washed up the floor. In half
an hour the table had started business
again, and when timid ladies asked,
Was there a suicide?' a dozen of us
dressed like gentlemanly players. all
laughed at the idea of IL. But heard
a pistol said one lady. 1t must have
been one Of those champagne corks in
the Atrium.' l answered"
Thus learned OF the quick doors,
Probably not one reader out OF twenty
who has been to Monte Carlo knows
that they exist-in any case, 1t is 20
be hoped, not by experience.
Each roulette and rente-et-quar-
ante table is so situated with respect
to the Casinos architecture that a
dark and narrow secret corridor built
in the walls leads from close beside
it to the police rooms down In the
basement A door concealed in the
wall panellng gives access to each
secret corridor-which is just wide
enough for q wide man or woman and
is lighted by electricity and built with
a heavy slant down to the basement.
Do you see? When a desperate
loser threatens scandal. the spies grab
him I'm the midst of all the players.
He is seen a moment, SURROUNDED by
them.
nation scene. They push and pull
him quickly to the wall beside the ta-
BILE. The concealed door opens. Flop!
The dlsturber is flung. Flop! The con-
cealed door shuts. You would not
know a door was there. And that is
all. No more disturber.
Put in the steep. slanting, narrow
corridor. mysterious, without windows,
leading God knows where, the prison
er shoots downward to the basement
breathless. stunned. pushed and pull
ed by the brethren" laughed the eX-
spy.
Rough treatment, yes" he con-
cluded.
1T is Monte Carlo principle that a
little roughish handling is the best
way to treat dsturbers. Nine out of
ten have cooled down before the police
inspector asks them what their kick
is"
What is the charger" I asked.
Disturbing the peace Of the princi-
pality. 1t is a sovereign government:
Also n health resort, where invalids'
nerves must be respected. Once out
side. the disturber is escorted to his
hotel allowed to pack up and pay up,
and then taken to- the frontier.
why. the frontiers just across the
street." I laughed.
Yes but the man is expelled from
Monaco, and the papers all regular If
he comes back he's in the wrong.
Should he hang himself in daylight
they will cut him down. Should he
do it by night they will bury him with
half an hours delay"
And if he doesn't hang himself?"
asked.
I'm that case, all depends on wheth-
er he has brought back some more
money,-New York Sun.