Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-29
Now" said the operator go to the

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Ask for Mr.. Fred Jones. When you tell
him what you want he will tell you the
name Of the card"
The clubman called the number. The
connection was made without delay.
Il want Mr.. Fred JONES'"
Il am Mr.. Fred Jones" voice re.
piled. What do you want?"
Il have drawn a card from a deck al
The Apollo club and have wagered that
you can't tell what 1t is without seeing
1t. What card did draw"
Il can see that card plainly pictured
in your mind" replied the voice. 1T
was the Jack Of Diamonds"
Right" said the clubman, and hung
up the receiver.
So the stakes were handed over to
the operator He was urged to repeat
the performance on another bet Of $50,
bue he declined.
II would surely win," he remarked.
"and I don't like the idea Of betting on
a sure thing, especially with friends. It
can be done every time without fail.
The mind Of the man who goes to the
telephone is just like an open book to
my friend Jones. But I have another
reason for not asking him to duplicate
the feat. It is very exhausting. and
consequently too great a strain on his
nerve. He has done the work so often
lately that he is on the verge Of ner-
vous prostration. I hope you will ex-
cuse me-"
And, bowling himself out Of the room
with the clubmen who had introduced
him, he disappeared.
Two weeks later Dick Clayton, the
man who had lost the wager met the
same group Of men in the Apollo bill
lard room.
Fellows" he said, u can do that
mind reading trick myself, now. IT
was a trick, not a mind-reading stunt
at all.
"The trick is done with the aid of a
confederate and code. have copy
Of the code in my pocket. That stran-
gers performance puzzled me, so
followed the fellow around town for a
number Of days and nights. He visited
various clubs and saloons and got ac-
quainted. So he introduced the mind
reading topic, got only one bet in each
place, won 1t and made himself scarce,
just as he did in this club.
AT the Belvidere I'made myself
known to him.
That's a pretty sick game you are
working" I said. Suppose you let me
in on it?
"'All right he replied. I'm going
to skip the town tonight. I'll tell you
how the trick Is worked, You seem to
be a good fellow, and you certainly
were a good loser Of that fifty up at
the Apollo. You fell easy and bit hard
all the time. That's the kind Of fish I
like to land. They don't squeal and
make trouble. But the game doesn't
last long In any one place, for various
reasons that will be perfectly pain
when you are acquainted with the de-
tails Of the fake.
".All that is necessary IL have a
deck of cards, a code and a planted
rartner. You station him in a saloon
or any other convenient place that has
a telephone, In your code every one OF
the flfty-two cards is given a different
name. All the partner has to do Is to
sit still and answer questions when
they are asked over the wire. Here is
the code we use. Copy 1t, If you wish
II did copy 1t, fellows, and here 1t Is,
it being the very one that those smooth
memorized and used with
such good effect in their business Of
taking about 400 out of Yenkers in
side Of two weeks or less. When the
victim goes to the telephone and asks
for the mythical person whose name
the operator gives, the planted partner
instantly knows the card that has been
drawn, for the name he calls Is the
name of the extracted card,
Here is the code for the diamond
suit: Ace of diamonds, Mary Ander-
son; king of diamonds, Henry Lee;
queen of diamonds, jack Of diamonds;
ten Of diamonds, Samuel Hunt; nine
of diamonds, Arthur Wade; eight OF
diamonds, Charles Douglass; seven OF
Benjamin Burton; six OF
diamonds, John King; five Of diamonds
Thomas Terry; four Of diamonds,
Louis Goss; three of diamonds, Sam
uel Collins; two of diamonds. Sarah
Thomas.
II have the code for the remaining
three suits; 1t Is merely q matter OF
names, But the trick could hardly be
,yorLad q second time In the same
company.-New York World.