Show CARD SECURE NEW EW YORK YORI Dec 10 Seamen Seamen from incoming ships have hae been fleeced by y professional card and crap crapshooters crapshooters crapshooters shooters of more than in the last eight months it is estimated in il that part of South street which has been dubbed the Road to Jericho This section is between n South ler Ferry and the Seamans Seaman's Chu ih Institute at Slip SUP Conditions there became so bad that a few weeks ago a detail of de do- de- de from the second inspection district li is was as sen sent sen nto I th neighbor neighbor- hoel non to drive out t theSe he 5 a parasites I It is not uncommon for tor seamen seamen re returning returning returning re- re turning from a long voyage to have large sums of money They sometimes have 1000 or more arid and many ave h from 50 to Tho gamblers ere 10 I not slow i in getting this information and they decided to lay plans to trans fer this sailor wealth to their own pockets From time to time professional professional crap shooters and three-card three monte men invaded the district They conducted their operations in quiet and s shadowy parts a of the street and took flight flight at the first signs of the police In three card card e-card monte as they la played d it it a king of clubs a king ling of spades and an ace of hearts were used Corners Corners Cor Cor- ners of ot two of th their ir cards were slightly turned up but only one of these turned up cards was exposed at a time to th the gaze of the To victim Invited to bet one of the cards th vi victim Lt on n quite naturally nat nat- selects tF th card fe th the turned end up The game gamo is IS' do dothan nothing thing moS than more an embellishment of the ancient shell game game but instead d of a she shell shen the sharper uses cards which lie he deftly transfers |