Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-25

described him to the police, they
seemed to be on quite familiar terms
with him.
One of the most expensive cases OF
fraud which recently occurred on
Fifth avenue in the shopping district
was one in which that most sophisti-
Gated of humans, professional chauf-
feur, was hoodwinked.
Tho mans employer, very veal
thy woman, had just removed her
twenty thousand dollar sable coat
from storage in a furriers shop, and
upon returning to the car. left it in his
care while she continued her shop
ping. AS the chauffeur waited, a
stranger sauntered up and engaged
him in conversation about the town.
the weather and about various makes
of cars. Then he sauntcred on. and
in q few seconds another stranger APP
pcared on the block staggering in an
almost forgotten manner. The chauI-
feur found this second man so inter"
esting that he failed to see the first
stranger circle the car and calmly re-
move the sable coat. The first he
knew of the incident was when a
policeman came and informed him
that bus conductor from his posi-
tion on top of an avenue bus, had
seen it go.
The Reluctant Slot Machine.
While sleight- Of hand work Of this
description is constantly increasing, il
must not be supposed that New York
has been free Of petty fraud until this
year. AS matter OF fact. it has al
Ways suffered more than any othe:
city in the United States from this
evil. In q way, New Workers have
become accustomed to it, as they have
TO other metropolitan inconvenience.
There are the slot machines on the
elevated and subway stations, for OK
ample. \ slot machine is an innocent
apparatus in itself, and Is IL great
boom to gum chewing public, but
the slot machines Of these stations are
graveyards OF ruined hopes. They arc
supposed to contain chewing gum. and
occasionally they do, but, ah. how
.often they don't. Yet never are they
empty. of nickels and pennies thrust
in by trustful persons who sigh and
swear and miss their trains in IN ef-
fort 10 get something out.
But perhaps the most suspicious es-
Establishments in New York are the hat
checking parlors, where surprising
frauds OF one kind and another are
always coming to light. Most aston
ishing Of these was one discovery &c
Gently made when Il couple OF hat
check boys got into fight When the
guests rushed into the check room
and succeeded in separating the ilate
principles they found that the cause
Of the hostilities was i spool Of white
thread.
BY degrees, the story came out. 1t
seems that when 4 stingy dancer Or
diner refuses to tip for an unneces-
sary brushing off, he is permitted to
get just as far as tile door. Then
boy politely requests him to stop.
Rushing up to the guests back, the
boy begins to brush off clusters OF
white ravrlin%S. conveying at tn" same
time his keen distress that such Il
wcll-dressed gentleman should he 50
careless. This is where the white
spool of thread comes in, and alsn It's
immediate RESULT dime. Always
dime, and sometimes, If the guest is
much embarrassed, a quarter.
Thus, don't he too impressed when
you hear about the sagacioIs invll-
nerability Of the New Yorker. Live
here for few months yourself, and
you will find him out.
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