The evening world., 1911-04-17
Spring BOZ or . Ravorits Deck or
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Or II be with ohuok-a-luck or craps
or poker dice), sver hear OF
bounded" or Shaved" Dios7 MOI
OF courss you, Mr.. Poker Player,
rave heard Of Marked Cards. nut
hat do you know about Brush
Work." Lime work" and other
varieties Of cards that sell at
wholesale fer twelve dollars . dog
IN or at retail for thirty-hve dol
lars . dozen7 They are on sale in
individual patterns, guaranteed ex-
elusive, In a score OF gamblers
supply stores in this and other
cities.
II IS Information on these matters
that Deputy COMMISSIONS Flynn. In
the course OF his prosecution OF the
gamblers who have been ra!ded by him
in this city recently. has ready to add
to the mere routine evidence that his
prisoners are guilty OF plain. ordinary
or common gambling. lie will intro
duce the roulette wheels. the faro
boxes, the packs of cards and the dice
which have been fixed" in evidence
and with an experienced sk~ln-samoler
operating them show that they are not
only gambling devices. but that they
are unfair-whenever 1t is to the inter-
es. OF the proprietor that they should
be Crooked"
Mr.. Flynn and his men. when they
were approached by reporters OF The
Evening World on the nature % the
evidence OF this sort which they meant
to show TO the two judges and the two
jurles of the General Sessions Court
which began the consideration OF the
cases OF the forty-four gamblers set
down for trial to-day. said hat II
would be ~discourteous to the courts "a
tell the nature of the evidence In ad-
OF It's presentation in court. 1t
was, therefore. necessary to 30 to ac-
quaintances and victims of the gam
b9rs awaiting trial and to the manu-
facturers OF gambling apparatus in Bos-
ton. Chicago. New York and Balti-
more to get the information which Mr.
Flynn. with his widespread facilities
for gathering information. had IN his
possession before ne began his crusade.
Crooked Work In Faro.
TARo.-The game OF faro Is the one
game in which the player is bound
20 get. IL the game is fairly played.
almost an even break. The good
reputation OF the game makes 1t the
most profitable for the cheat.
OF tho ak cheat faro boxes
which Mr.. Flynn and his men are
believed to have in their posses-
sion all are of the type which ave
inside sprtng, worked by a careless
pressure 81 a finger on one corner,
which allow W cards 10 BIO
slipped through a slot that 0
allow only one to pass.
If you suspect tha the box Is
crooked ask to see 1t and handle it.
The dealer will touch a spring
which locks" It. The box imlne-
diatoly becomes q square" box.
You could not deal two cards -
once through it's slot II you tried.
Eut a hairsprins pressure on the
right screw aead and II is ready 70
turn out two cards at once every
time the dealer so Wills. square"
boxes cost SO each; the crooked
kind cost $3.50.
Faro cards intended for crooked worl
are roughened. "sanded." Any person
passing his finger tips over the back
and fronts OF the cards Mr.. Flynn hai
seized can tell the difference between
, the surface Of those meant 70
| straight work and those intended 20
2 the double-s'p box,
In the card pre- scs Of every gan3!ini
house have Teen found a weird assert
meut Of cards IN varying packs.
For instance. there are five out o
: seven packs containing hfty-.our card
each instead OF the proper hf,y-two
The faro dealer Observes that one o
: his more adventurous players is es
I peclally apt TO bet on the ace or ia
e king. At once a delk is introduce
{ which contains an extra ace uad kins
c The dealer knows whcrt these two eN
q ira cards lie. lie car "Eil' one &
them, 10Th OF them, by using III
y double-card sprinE, slipping them int
the discard. WA!cheyeI way the ma
bets. that an ace or king viii win {
( lose, tho dealer can throw tho car
Il against him.
y The ease koercr, the mar -.
.e keeps a set OF bLttous on wires iis
- ChiUaInan's laundry dbleus. is alwa,
within signal ~ roach % the deale
lie can make his count Of the cards
the machine tally As the dealer sisna
him It ousAt 10 tally. Has the deal
BILLED" an acc? I.c "casC-hecgc'
gets u %signal-!t may be ,ao crook.
OF a l.t;le Anger, 1t Waye be the raj
ing OF an cyearOW--.le ace Is record
as hayiug appeared IN4 passed out.
How Wheels Are Fixed.
EoULErTE.-There are various pe