The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-01
TOOLS FOR
GAMBLING
PALACES

Rambling tools adveluses them ana
Sc IS them withal aaes ,nrIylng
trade in them, one who knows loth-
ine OF the snbtleiies an technical.
tiles of law would imagine that sons
where In The American legal ccde
there is statute rAder which such
a dealer can be punished.
Dishonest gambling Is merely q
form CT thicvery. II is as much steal.
ing a. burglary. The burglar eaters
your home with q jimmy and taps
you on the head with the butt Of a
revolver, il necessary 10 relieve You
of your wealth. The dishonest gam
bier entertains YOU, bavs You NrnKs
gives you cigars. tells you FUNNY star-
les, and between = joke and an anee.
dote takes your moaey The differ
ence between a brig ar and disho.
nst gambler Il the difference between
mechanic and an artist. The law
pnnishes them both Gs thieves. but II
punisncs the burglar more severely
The law, YOU sec, IS something of a
connC. .ssepr. II appreciates art.
But siace The law recognizes dis.
honest gambling as a felony, it would
seem logical that the law should hold
in the same esteem the manufacture
and sale Of tools that rake that fell
ony faelle If not nosstb e,
For wars there have Deen firms
engaged in the business of manutac-
turing and sellilg dishonest gambling
goods. These firms have not been
timorously lly-by-alsht concerns. hid
ing their plants in 0nt 1i the way cor
ners and bywayG Of the city. They
have large plants in the heart of the
city 'The amount at which they are
capitalized la ses from $4,000 to
$4,000 The volume OF business done
By all Of them is estimated at one
half million 20 lars Annually The
business Of one firm alcne is SAID to
reach close TO $2lO,C90 year.
These hfms make no preense az
concealment They are frankly in the
business Of manufacturing and selling
loaded dice, marked cards, poker hold
onts, cold decks, machines, fixed rou-
lette wheels, croc6ed faro boxes, cleo
rical and mechanically contro led
kdlllt6 ~ al k.AlNS4 lHNy aet GlliP
their goods like any other business
concerns They set forth in glowing
detail for excellencies Of their wares
in circulars which are sent through
the mails broadcast over the country
to prospective customers.
After years OF prosperous business
these FIRMS are n0w face to face With
Il crisis. The federal government has
! begun war on them. It would seem
Still 10 the layman unyersed In law
that IT Wou be Q simple matter to
convict them, perhaps 10 send them to
| prison, certainly to put them out OF
business. But strange as ii may seem
the chance of convctirg them is by
no means a strong one. In fact, II
hinges rpcn an extremely delicate
question of law The dealers are com
placent in the belief that the law car
not reach them The authorities are
well, hopeful.
Our business may be unusual, but
it Is perfectly lawful, says the deal
ers The charge against us IS that
we use the mails to defraud But
how do we defraud anybody? We ad
vertse a certain article. Our custom
purchases IL, knowing what it is tc
the asst detail. He ilnds il perfectly
satisfactory and as we advertised it
It is perfectly legitimate business
transaction conducted I'm perfectly
! good faith en- both sides. You car
MAKE nothifg more OF 1t. You might
as well expect the law to punish q
man who sells pair Of shoes. As
/ for The use our customers make oil
our goods. it is something with which
we have nothing to do and for which
we can moi be held responsible Thai
is an affair between the law and oul
customers.
The circulars issued by these firms
are cuiosities to unlnitiated The,
describe the devices and how to op
crate them II they advertised burg
lars tool ard gave careful instruc
tions how to jimmy front door anl
dynamite a safe, they would hardh
be mere Interestingly revea ing. Witt
one device you ale told you may rcI
a card playel by merely taking deeI
breath or cro0king your knee. Witt
another YOU are informed you may
steal poker checks artistically Will
the open hand.
One nicely controlled machine. rec
ommended for home use conjures M
charming evenings devoted to WelsI
rabbit and the jovial robbery Of one'i
friends
A circular which may be taken a
fni. nf fhn Htnppttipn
these unique businesses is full of dell
cious reve ations. In foreword. ''l'
our patrons, this interesting inform
ation is imparted
I'VE wish particularly to call you
attention to our transparent work
We load these goods IN the birds-ey
spot work which is an inlaid spo
coming flush with the surface of tn
dice We also load the common OF
dinary c0ncaye spot dice. This wof
is 50 cleyerly executed that they def
detectio We also manufactur
transparent dice for Klondke or Ba
dice which are neither loads no
shapes yet very much stronger tina
either of the Others. These good
have an advantage over loaded wor
for this reason--they do not tayo
your opponent when shaken on tn
square. II you have never used thi
work, you should not be without
for a single day. We also manufac
ture a shape or buffed transparef
ace that will go for square good
ninty-nine times out OF a hundred
Our latest and one of our most cleyt
productioTs in the transparents line
our adhesive dice They are abol