Show ar low plow unwary are arc fleeced tricks practiced jin in auction rooms of chicago Excel excelled lew actor impersonates individual in n temporary hard luck tile the bost best acting la is nut not lone done on the biage bald the old in ili rny my opinion neither doseph jefferson nor any uy other professional ever touched son ionic e of tho the tilting ailing I 1 its iima to see in th old fale fake ati atimion tion shops tn in chi cago thirty yeats aw ao add more these thele lithe fake auction shops orp erp little stores opening on to the in which alii all sorts of bous ciul all goods wein auctioned d olt off to the highest hid bid der her Is a scene I 1 once crie saw acted in one of 0 the best cnown shops the auctioneer was trying to sell bell some baass jewelry about him were nvere gathered eight 01 01 ten stool and cappers men in ili the hiro hire of tile the house whose Ni business giness it was to hid bid up on oil everything offend for sale bale m 11 0 ia V I 1 A ot he H caught the auctioneer by the sleeve and so BO either arouse enuine p bidders to the point of paying huge prices or prevent tilt th goods from fallin falling g into outside hands there theio were also per haps half il doen people in the he room who had been atti attracted acted by the rill ringing aig of the bell and the he waving of the led flag and lind bad come in ili to buy if anything happened to strike their fancy I 1 m bid only alnee till ninety far this magnificent golden chain its worth morth double who 11 II make it 1 I 4 do I 1 hear four the with the plush cal ftp says foul at four go ing just then a seedy looking man pressed sd him way may in through the crowd and caugh t the by tho the sleeve ahe shook him en aff rough im busy he be snapped dont in mo me but the tritium r face was red with weeping and who a three weeks heald on oil ills hla chin and cheeks clung citing to the oat sleeve keie he iiii tit in a broken brohen iol rubbing one alc aln L a roah ills his e ees ea as he did so here s ill il IN I 1 p e got it ft to remind me mc or of hapl i dais it was NN as my grandfathers grandfather s s h if ie it over with bint arf fn in fit I 1 angl ind when he died he be taie ive it to me and told me lae never to pait with it at this point the poor poop fellow was overcome ath nath N mot loi in one hand he ha was holdin hokl up till a laio laie an all I 1 hand some looking natt it with tile the other arm he con red I 1 i hov hor r r I 1 P os es its all I 1 lie ve sot got he choked out and id lather father lose nty my ight arm than part with mith it but ft hat ran an I 1 doa what would an din on one of you ou doa lie he challenged challenge mv eife bus bits boon been down domn virth a fever foi a ni little ellen la Is sick with the nie isles I 1 1111 in out cut of w oik aik I 1 no e nt ot to have money to save them ile he estopi stapled cd for a moment and ought fought N ith his emotion dortlon rort lon by this time there were tears cars bell in the haid bald nod lied old eyes of 0 the auctioneer sov bial tal ot of the stool pigeons were weeping audibly but alii al ii tor hum in naturel nature I 1 in the eio t atine hi me of the genuine bidders had orm onu th clr fire of greed they were to hae tilt an opportunity to take of tl 0 of another man mid atud tin lit N lt if ie buining to drw 1 al V 1 I ve got to 11 c lioney to save T tale lake it I 1 I 1 i 1 1 i alu able wai i liffe ol of pity N bp AS I 1 bic I 1 pack of woh hohf e 1 1 i 1 n mounded brother bin alit bt bl i i it i lii ill til TA n mit lit N I 1 li il I 1 t ills his i II 11 I 1 t I 1 it 11 1 I 1 is I 1 limit ie ra ed in I 1 I 1 I 1 ei i I 1 maln holt cd ba k a si i i it 1 1 1 I r e t i lt lit the suck i dont b liidi I 1 it 0 in I 1 lid lie ie done the iet ie t 1 i 11 ll it 11 s 11 e sell ing frig one of m nn I 1 kiil u ui part with mith this ln watch I 1 it I 1 ii t t op my stife and chill chil I 1 stiffer if one of you will jive mo me work III 11 wear my fingers to the bone but thre I 1 must b a man then iben lie handed banded to the auctioneer ad a d handed banded the lie big ath with its ita 0 d fashioned fob into ills apparently fengers take it lie ho lied ailed with a final buist of emotion put it up sell it for what it will bring at give ve th tha 0 tie the money du do it quick then with ith bowed head and form slinking with balf suppressed sobs lie ho stood with ills hla back to tile the crowd while hile tho the took tip p tho the cue and the was an all actor ot of aita also what for this family heirloom this valuable watch this cherished aliat liat do I 1 bear akifty dol lira two to dollars sal ball I 1 one ot of the tool pigeons A bharne sh am P outrage insults in Insult 9 tilt 2 for ilias magnificent do I 1 hear thieo dollars said another cap per abere the bids hung for a mo me until one of the wol feied and genuine bidders bidd rf offered 53 5 tor for the prize it wai knocked down to him in a moment and as the watch was handed banded avei tu to him the poor wretch who had been forced to part with it clutched the greenback and rushed out of tho the auction shop as lie be had come lit in tho the lucky put chaser ila hastened bened with ills his watch match to the nearest jeweler to get gel a line on the exact extent of his bargain iho gave one glance at the lie family loom these wat hes hea are borth about 3 a barrel lie ho said paid and a great light dawned in the mind of the purchaser put after all it ma haq worth morth 5 to see and hear bear such auch magnificent acting as aa that of the man inan who three or four I 1 limes mes a da and sobbed a aj he baited with milli ills his grandfathers giand fathers cherished As AB soon as the iho atar actor got his 5 ile he ran out of tile the auction shop and into a convenient saloon next door there ho he sat and waited matted until nvard fprd was as brought him that another likely victim mas I 1 11 i the auction shop such lct lina always aldays spotted by the tha auctioneer from ills his lova ted perch y even the auctioneer wept and he notified tile the stool pigeon whose business bu hiness it wai marq to give the star sar ills hla without inta at all the flow dow of ills efforts Is 13 another gamo game they used to work in ili the lie fake auction shops A sucker would mould bid fifty cents for a asther plated spoon ili hen he came to pay for it he would be told that he ha had actually bought and an roust must pay for a dozen spoons at fifty cents delece it if ho be objected a crowd ot of the cappers would mould got around him and lead by the auctioneer auctioned shake their fl ts in his face and frighten him into submission if lie he still refused to tay lay and threatened to tall all the pollee police he was usually allowed to go in peace though there ere tims when some soma of the police had an interest in the profits of some ot of these theae shops and aben the pt pooi aoi sucker suc lter fared hard hanl at one time the more successful fake auction shops actual 13 had bad cappers stationed at all the railroad depots with mith instructions to follow and Lul ul the acquaintance of strang oars who mho 1001 ed as it if they hey had money and would mould be susceptible |