The evening world., 1913-06-28

I In the now disordered richness OF the
| rooms. waving his John Doe" warrants
In one hand and his pistol In the
other. O'Connor shouted: You're al
| under arrest, gentlemen. II you resist
further II will 70 hard with YOU"
Crowded now In one end OF the room
| In speochless Amusement was the late
gay party OF gamblers. including 0ena.
| tor Danfield himself.
Kennedy advanced toward the table
| with an axe which he had seized from
ono OF our men. A well directed blow
shattered the mechanism OF the delicate
wheel.
DE Long" he said. Pm not going &c
talk to you like your old professor At
the university. nor like your recent
! friend the Frenchman with q system.
This Is what You have been up against,
my boy. Look"'
His forefinger indicated an ingenious
but now tangled and twisted series OF
minute wires and electro-magnets in the
broken wheel before US. Delicate brushes
| led the current into the wheel. With an.
other blow of his axe Craig disclosed
wires running down through the leg o!
the table to the floor and under the car.
pet to buttons operated by the man who
| ran the game.
| "Wh-what does Il mean?" asked De
Long blankly.
| 1T means that you had little enough
chance to win at a straight game OF
| roulette. But the wheel Is very rarely
| straight. even with all the odds in favor
OF the bank. as they are. This game
was electrically controlled. Others arS
] mechanically controlled by what 10
/ sometimes called the mules ear and
other desices. You can't win.
! These wires and magnets can be
made to attract the little ball into any
! pocket the operator desires. Each one
OF those pockets contains a little electro.
magnet one set Of magnets In the RET
pockets Is connected with one buttoi
! under the carpet and a battery TIL
other Set In the black pockets II, cor.
nectec with another button and tho ba'
terry. This ball Is not really Of plat,
mum. Platinum Is non-magnetic. It y
simply soft iron hollow ball. plata
with platinum. Whichever set OF elec
tro-magnets Is energized attracts the
ball. and by this simple method II 10 In
the power Of the operator TO let the ball
( go to red or black. as no may wish.
Other similar arrangements control the
| odd or even. and other combinatio
from other push buttons.
"a special arrangement took care OF
gambling machine In the whole place.
fright almost say the whole city. The
, whole thing is crooked from start 10
| fnish-the men, the machines. the'-
"That machine could he made to beat
| me by turning up run OF II any num-
Der Of times. or red or black, or odd
or even. over rs or under 49, or any
thing"
Anything. De Long"
| "And I never had chance" ne re.
peated. meditatively lingering the wires.
"They broke me tonight. Danneld"-De
Long turned. looking dazedly about In
the crowd for his former friend, then
his hand shot into his pocket. and a
little ivory-handled pistol flashed out
-"Danfield, your blood is on your own
head. You have ruined me-" ~
Kennedy must have been expecting
something Of the sort, for he seized the
arm of the young man. weakened by
dissipation. and turned the pistol up
ward as II It had been In the Grasp
OF mere child. ~
A binding flash followed In the
farthest corner of the room and huge
puff OF smoke Before I could collect
my wits another followed In the ep-
posite corner. The room was filled With
a dense smoke.
! TWO men were SQUIRTING at my feet.
One was Kennedy. As dropped down
quickly to help him I saw that the
other was Danfield, his face purple with
the violence OF the struggle.
Don't be alarmed. gentlemen" .
heard o'connor shout. 1.-THE explosions
were only the flashlights Of the ofYiciai
police photographers. We have now the
evidence complete. Gentlemen, you will
now 10 down quietly to the patrol wag-
ons below. two by two. II you have
anything to say. say II to the Magistrate
OF the Night Court"
Hold his arms. Walter" painted Ken.
nedy.
i did. With a dexterity that would
have done credit to n pickpocket Ken
needy reached into Danfieid's pocket and
pulled out some papers.
Before the smoke had cleared and
order had been restored Craig e.
claimed; Let him up. Walter. Here.
De Long. here are the o Yrs against
you. Tear them up-they are NOT evSr
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