CARD CHEAT
dramatic exposure. A? •" 'f.' >:A- •il J'. >;•' . . < Press Association.—By Electric v> Telegraph.—Copyright.) # BUCHAREST, July 20. An exciting drama occurred at ui fashionable card club. A visitor, believed to be a distinguished wealthy was playing with phenomenal luck, when suddenly a spectator, *a‘'young Roumanian aristocrat, drew fg stiletto and drove it through the player’s sleeve,, pinning his arm to table. During the ensuing uproar, it was found that the stiletto had pierced an ace and several other cards hidden up the sleeve of the cheat, who then disappeared. He has .-ince been identified as a Greek card sharper.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1929, Page 3
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99CARD CHEAT Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1929, Page 3
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