The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-13
SHARES ID CATCH THE UNWARy
USE OF THE MAILS TO SELL THEM IS UNLAWFUL FROM
 THIS OUT.

" aShiuSluH Has uttlupu that the federal statute relating to the use of the mails to defraud covers the sale of sure thing gambling devices of various kinds. The postoffice in SpcctorS here and elsewhere are Cn the trail of the manufacturers of these devices and will prosecute every case that turns up.
 For son years the manufacturers of those crooked devices have used the mails boldly in selling their goods, because they believed that as the manufacturers they could not be held for the acts of persons who used them to defraud the unwary public. The post office inspectors have had catalogues and other print ed matter sent out to the manufac- turers, but have not felt justified in proceeding without an opinion from the department of justice
 One of these catalogues has the following 10 say of the dice On sale by the firm
 We wish particularly to call your attention to our transparent work We load these goods in the birdseye spot work and we also load the com m~n, ordinary concave spot work. This work is executed so cleverly that they defy detection. We also manufacture transparent bar dice and buffod transparent dice that will go for square go times out Of loo. One of our most clever pro auctions in the transparent line is our adhesive dice Wise ones will stand for them, just the same as the novice"
 Concerning a brand C dice called loaded transparent crap dice" the catalogue says:
 We honestly can recommend them for bankers use and for the protection of your game. Players have confidence when shooting with pair of these dice, because they can see through them. They do not excite suspicion. The work is there, but it cannot be seen"
 Among other useful articles the firm has for sale are amalgam and colluloid rope for loading dice, ink for marking cards. thumbnail bricks, and "daubers for marking cards while in play" There are "refectors made 10 fiji cn ring" burrs for drilling dice, shears with micronom- ter attachment 10 cut piece off a card no wider than the tickness of a sheet of tissue paper, corner rOunders, and full instructions for using all the devices.
 H9ldCut machines. designed to reach out from gamblers sleeve, lift up a card and hold it up the sleeve until needed. are advertised in great number and variety. Some of them work by chest expansion. some by lifting or straigtening the leg. and others in mysterious w"yS which are kept secret
 "You can go and come with your hand flat on the table while your opponent is calling your bet'is said of one of these devices. which is warranted to work noiselessly and can be worn with white or fan nel shirt
 Poker tables with the holdout con- triyance built into them may also be purchased, and they are warrant ed to stand the closest inspection.
 One of the features of the cata- logue is holdout with mirror attachment by which the player can lttlI IIlN bplIbIitiIi tdihS dS they are dealt to him Another is con cealed in a pocketbook which the manufacturer says may be laid on the table before the player without arOusing suspicion. A slight pres sure on the pocketbook causes mechanical hand to creep out. grasp the card wanted and carry it back in hiding.
 Concerning holdout contrivance which costs only $95 the manufac- turer says:
 Nothing suspicious, no unnatural moves, no strings or rubbers to break and spoil the machinery at the critical moment A ten-year-old boy could work it on a professional with out fear of detectiCn."
 The firm handles an attractive ar ticle for cigar stores. It is an cleo tro magnet and works with trans parent dice on the cigar case. The machine is in the shape of an ordin- ary cigar moistener usually to be found in cigar cases, and it works this way:
 Tn order to make a big throw all you have to do Is to throw the dice over the spot where the magnet Is concealed. You can better almost any throw that your opponent might make and this with the same dice he uses and without any juggling of the dice or the box. You put the dice in the box and toss them out in a careless way. The dice roll perfectly natural at all times, and no one can see any difference when the current is Op only in the size of the hands thrown. The current is neither heard. seen nor felt"
 The magnet is also made for per sons who do not run cigar stores. The attachment can be screwed un- der an ordinary table on which dice games are played The firm sells dice tops" which "come high" when spun one way. and "come low" when whirled in the opposite direction.
 Concerning a crooked wheel of fered. the firm says: Have operat- ed ourselves for the last two years to the entire satisfaction of our selves and every one associated with us."
 It is claimed that this wheel can be stopped at any space desired and the maker guarantees that detec- ton is impossible. Of another wheel the catalogue says:
 "This spindle has the most per feet creep ever made, next to per petual motion The only controlled spindle made without a gaff. We guarantee detection impossible. Every leg a squeeze. Yet all legs are fair as the tripod is on solid casting"
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