Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-22
CROOKED GAMING
DEVICES EXPOSED
Postofice Department Begins
War on Manufactur of
Paraphernaha.
SOME BOLD ADVERTISING
Professional Is Shown How Easy 1t
Is to Trim Unwary With Tools
Mentioned in Catalogues.

Loaded dice, marked cards, poker
roulette wheels, crooked spindles,
and electrically and mechanically
controlled games of all kinds will
become dangerous goods to adver-
tise and sell if a campaign inaugu-
rated by General James E. Stuart,
poatoff1ce inspector at Chicago, is
successful.
The campaign begun by General
Stuart is of particular interest in
Rock Island in view of the detection
of crooked gambling paraphernalia
incident to raids several months ago
here Some of the crooked tools
were destroyed; others were restor-
ed to the owners, and of late the pub
lie seems to have lost sight of the
local gambling operations.
At present and for many years
these goods have been sold in vast
quantities with no pretense of con-
cealment. Circulars, Boosting the
ingenious crookedness of the swim
ding devices of various firms, have
been circulated through the malls
despite numerous protests from cit
liens and, in particular, from par
ents whose sons have been ruined by
the offered lure of graft.
Over four years ago General Stu
art asked the department of justice
for an opinion as to whether or not
the traffic could be stopped as "a
use of the mails to defraud."
is SIGN OF SUCCESS.
After four years of hammering he
was at last authorized to proceed,
and the last grand jury indicted
Jacob Schim berg, president of the
Slack Manufacturing company, 126
Franklin street. and Edward o. and
Richard w. Hood. operating as II.
c. Evans & Co, 1O4 Van Buren,
street, Chicago, on evidence provided
by Inspector Mullen.
Here are some extracts from the
catalogue of the latter firm:
As to dice
1--WE wish particularly to call your
attention to our transparent work.
We load these goods in the bird S
eye spot work. We also load the
common ordinary concave spot dice.
This work is executed so cleverly'
that they defy detection. We. also
manufacture a transparent dice for
klondike or bar dice, which are
neither loads nor shapes, yet are ;
much stronger than either of these. I
We also manufacture a shape or
buffed transparent dice that will go /
for square 90 times out of 100. One
of our most clever productions in the
transparent line is our adhesive dice. /
Wise ones will stand for them just .
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ALL WAYS FOR WICKED.
Scores of sets" of dice are listed, :
each a cheat in a different way. AS
to one such set, labeled Loaded .
transparent crap dice, regular con-
cave spot" the maker says:
1--WE honestly can recommend .
them for bankers use and for the
protection of your game.
players have confidence when
shooting with a set of these dice for
the simple reason that they can see
through them. They do not excite
suspicion. The work is there, but
cannot be detected
Amalgam and celIuloid rope ''for
loading dice" also is advertised along
with ink for marking cards, thumb
nail pricks, and "daubers" for
marking cards while in play" ere I
Electors made to fit on ring" 'burrs'
for drilling dice; trimming shears .
with "micrometer" attachments, to
cut a piece off a card no wider than
tissue paper is thick; corner round