El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-09
BUNCO CANES IN
JUAREZ RESUMED
Former Operators Have Re
turned and Have Agents
On the American Side.

After being closed down for almost
eight months, lights in the bunco
steerers' headquarters IN Juarez are
ablaze, and the unsuspecting tourist and
sightseer is again being separated from
his coin. The place is fitted up with
crooked gambling devices of every
known make for the buncO steerer is
not taking any chances on the unso-
phisticated leaving the place with the
sDOubIe-Upo Is FaVOrite.
OF all the gambling devices the
double up" dice game Is the favOrite
of the buncO steerer. In some way 1t is
made TO appeal to the visitor in that
way The crap" table is lined with
numbers and figures. The numerals on
the dice stand for those numbers and
figures The man OF the house does all
the throwing. There is no chance to
beat it The game is played by the
visitor laying down a coin The man
throws the dice. 1t is time to double
the amount the visitor has first put
down. That is where the game gets
its name Each throw Of the dice means
doubling the amount on the table. It
is doubled until the visitor has no
more money, and then the house man
throws a number which makes him the
winner. Al these crucial times, a
booster" of the place may come IN
and lend the visitor S., so he will
get another chance before all the mon
ey is gone. The visitor may refuse the
money on the table. On the throw he
wins the pot. The booster turns to the
visitor with the expression on his face:
s'Y GU see If you had stayed with the
game you would have won Some
times the visitor believes that express
ion and comes back and plays again.
He loses
The double mp" game was such a
patent holdup that when Demetrio
Ponce reigned in JuareZ he drove it out
But it has come back after eight
he aTaa he
administration
Former Operators Return.
Some Of the present corps operating
the "buncO" games are those who were
arrested on this side by the police on
charges of vagrancy, fined $500 and !
given the opportunity OF leaving town
,Juarez for them and they left for Tue
son, Phoenix and Los Angeles, Cal
They eIuded the. police and detectives !
and slipped into Juarez three nights |
ago Thursday night the place was |
opened and was running full blast
The "steerers' who work for the /
place operate in JuareZ and FL -PaSo-
The faTOrIte stand in Juarez is near I
the church. All visitors and sight
seers going to Juarez take in the /
church In some way the "steerer"
manages to escort the visitor to the 1
church Then later he takes them into
the headquarters
work In Ell PasO.
Those working. in FL Paso hang
dressed. have the appearance of being
wealthy, and In every case are com
plete strangers. A trip to Ell PasO is
not complete without a visit to Juarez.
Many of the "steerers7 ride the Mexico
cars and being affabIe, they meet many
strangers Eight months ago, when
they were working, several women
were employed by the gang. The DO
lice believe that women are now en-
ployed, but have not been able to locate /
any
The aggregation now working in
JuareZ, the police say, is composed of
a band OF notorious gamblers, pick /
pockets, thugs and burglars. Business /
men of JUarez have made complaints. i
The sOcaIled legitimate gambling |
houses Of Juarez are trying to get the /
gang run out of the town
Johnny Russell, who was arrested
here about eight months ago when he
came to this side after having been !
severely beaten by members of Antonio
RoJas's command, the police say, is
back in Juarez- At the time Russell
was arrested here, he was fined 5000 1
on vagrancy charge and given the
opportunity Of leaving town. He did.
Russell went to several towns in Ari-
IONA but 1t is said was not allowed to !
locate He finally went to Los An
geless CAL and there remained for a
time