Year: 1875

a very startling case of verdancy and
confidence game on a. new plan, says q
Reading paper was developed a few days
ago, in which it appears that young man
had been cunnipgly induced. to play at
cards, and had besn sssleverly bled to the
sxtent Of 1855. S,--z,, ~ =.


People who have OCCASION. to- be on Penn
street a great deal, especially in the after,
noon, may have noticed quite, IA dashy
sort Of a man, in a pearl-colored o9ercoae
and broad.brimmed fur hat. His general
appearance did not indicate that he was
resident Of this OF any other city; but he
looked more as if he had suddenly acquired
lot Of money and had jumped from a
country home into city and suit Of
ready-made clothes He is medium tall,
wen-spoken, fair looking and Of a liberal
disposition.


The stranger came to Detective Lyon
yesterday and had a long confidential story
to tell, winding up with the information
that he had been robbed of $685. in this
city: The purport of his story was in the
main that he came from Cumberland Coun-
ty, his native place. That he went to Har-
risburg for the purpose Of seeing the
Legislature in session. That he had fallen
heir to about $1,000 by the death Of an
aunt a maiden lady, and that he had
taken $1,000 in cash to 60 on q little ex-
cursion. Harrisburg, he said, was a gay
place, and he spent nearly 5000 there in
less than week..


Becoming tired of the capital he resolved
to visit Philadelphia, and he made up his
mind to go there by the way Of the Leba-
non Valley and the Philadelphia and Read
ing road. His story ran that he worked
his way into the ladies' car somehow or
other, and that he had accidentally made
the acquaintance of fne-looking female.
She was going, she. said, as far as Read
ing, and the Cumberland County man for
got all about Philadelphia and stopped
here also. During the wonan's stay the
young man had called on her. They ar
rived on Wednesday evening.


On Thursday evening they again were to-
gether, and the woman seemed to be in
toxicated. She exhibited plenty Of money
and finally sent out and borrowed o pack
Of cards. It was not long before they be-
gan playing, first for wine, then for dol
lar, and in the excitement Of the game the
stakes ran as high as fifty dollars. The
young man stated that he had lost every
dollar he had to his name before
twelve o'clock Thursday night. He had a
gold watch, and he was about to put that
up, but he recolIected that it was a valued
present, and he stopped playing.


He said it sobered him up and he came
to his senses when he realized his situa-
ton. He at once made up his mind that
something was not right, and that the
woman he had been playing with was q
professional and by no means as amateur.
He went to his hotel, and early the next
morning went to see the person who had
his money. He asked her for it but she
had chilled on him, and refused to have
anything to do with him. In the afternoon,
therefore, he called upon the detective.


After listening to the above narrative,
the officer asked where the thing had taken
place. They went to notorious den, and
upon the officer making his errand known,
the woman, not without some hesitancy
and reluetaacs, gsye tho moaeysap-ss65
in all-and said she despised man "who
would squeal, after losing money fairly
and squarely." There were no arrests
made, as the young man was satisfied tha'
he had obtained his money, and did not de.
sire to appear against her or have the
matter made public.