Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

kind other than the card the player is
betting on.
This second rule is most disastrous to
the player. In faro bank, game very
half his bet on split" In stuss he
loses it all
To offset these handicaps to some ex-
tent the player is given a rebate of Is
per cent of his losses. This is called
''viggresh."
Because of this unique feature of the
game. which on the face of it seems to
insure the player against ever having to
quit absolutely broke, the game has
proved attractive to the underworld. AS
playing with his ''viggresh," and invari-
ably does and as no ''viggresh'' is paid
on losses amounting to less than a dol
lar. the security the rebate idea is sup
posed TO give is more apparent than real.
In the big "hangout' just described if
player wishes to continue to play on
this "viggresh" he may do so. but must
try his luck at a table where the limit
is less than the one at which he lost his
money.
For instance. If player at the big
bank" where the limit is $50, lost $1,000
his "viggresh" would amount to $50. but
this he would not be allowed to play at
content with the ten-dollar bank, that
being the highest bank at which play on
'viggrcsh' is allowed. II then he lost
his $50 at the ten-dollar bank he would
receive $3.50 as viggresh" This he
would have to play if he wished to con-
tinue at the twenty-five-cent bank
The idea of thus restricting the play on
'viggresh' is quite ingenious. AS the
bankers money, the banker sees no rea-
son why he should be given a chance to
recover large part of his original loss
by few lucky plays at the original
limit. BY compelling him to wager his
money i'm smaller amounts the percent
age in favor of the banker is given a
better opportunity to get i'm it's fine work.
and the "viggresh' very soon follows the
money upon which it was paid
Such is stuss. What crimes have been
committed for its sake.
one of the crooks who lived i'm this dis
trict was William Newfeldt He served
four years in the house of refuge on
RandalIs Island. having been committed
there at the age of thirteen. When he
got out he committed various crimes the
last one of which made it desirabl for
him TO leave town. He went west. CON-
mitted "a secOnd-Story burglary in Chica-
go and got eight years in Joliet prison
NeWfeldt was released in December
made
directly for the crime precinct He was
typical of the thousands of criminals
who inhabit the district
Newfeldt was an inveterate stuss
player. When not in jail or engaged in
crime he could almost Invariably be
found at one of the hangouts on East
Houston street playing stuss
When he got to New York from Joliet
he lay low for a few months, except for
few small jobs which did not net him
enough to satisfy his passion for stuss.
Then he decided on a big job-the rob-
berry of several hundred dollars worth of
jewelry owned by his own cousin. a Mrs
Annie Kronman Going up to her fat
one afternoon. he readily gained admit
lance and when his cousin. who was
alone I'm the fiat at the time, was not
looking. he seized an AK and crushed her
skull I'm. 1t was horrible crime. Ran
sacking the place for the jeWelry he
knew his victim owned. Newfeldt found
it and returned to the precinct of
crime
There. less than an hour later, he was
seen at one of the stuss games in East
Houston street. His clothes were sodden
with blood. and there were bloodstai
on his face and hands, but no attention