A CARD SHARPER.
The remarkable trick of a Moscow card-sharper, who for thirty years past has played for high stakes in the chief clubs has (according to the Daily Mail correspondent) been revealed. He had made a full confession. Explaining that his eyes were weak, he invariably wore dark spectacles in the evening. He generally took part in a game called “bank,” in which the eights and nines of each suit are the chief cards. In his waistcoat pocket he kept a preparation of phosphorous, and by touching the backs of the cards which he wished to mark he rendered them slightly luminous. By means of his dark spectacles he recognised them, whereas nothing was apparent to the other players. After a few deals he would play with absolute certainty, and, of course, won large sums.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 852, 14 June 1910, Page 2
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136A CARD SHARPER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 852, 14 June 1910, Page 2
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