  Illustrations have been moved to the nearest paragraph break. Full page illustrations, and several tables were included in the page numbers, and have also been moved, with the page numbers removed to avoid any confusion. Illustrations,including full-page, have been moved to the nearest paragraph break. Minor errors, reasonably attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. Any corrections are indicated using an underline highlight. Placing the cursor over the correction will produce the original text in a small popup. Any corrections are indicated as hyperlinks, which will navigate the reader to the corresponding entry in the corrections table in the note at the end of the text. John Philip Quinn FOOLS OF FORTUNEOR Gambling and Gamblers, COMPREHENDING A History of the Vice in Ancient and Modern Times, and in Both Hemispheres; an Exposition of its Alarming Prevalence and Destructive Effects; with an Unreserved and Exhaustive Disclosure of Such Frauds, Tricks and Devices as are Practiced by “Professional” Gamblers, “Confidence Men” and “Bunko Steerers.” BY John Philip Quinn, WHO MODESTLY, YET WITH SINCERITY, TENDERS TO THE WORLD WHAT HE HOPES MAY EXTENUATE HIS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GAMING AND SYSTEMATIC DECEPTION OF HIS FELLOW-MEN. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY HON. CHARLES P. JOHNSON, EX-GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI, AND REV. JOHN SNYDER, D. D., OF ST. LOUIS, AND CHAPTERS CONTRIBUTED BY REVS. PROFESSOR DAVID SWING AND ROBERT MCINTYRE, OF CHICAGO. CHICAGO: G. L. HOWE & CO. 1890. Copyrighted, 1890, By JOHN P. QUINN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. W. B. CONKEY, BOOK MANUFACTURER, CHICAGO.
ELECTROTYPED BY G. M. D. LIBBY, CHICAGO. Hon. Charles P. Johnson, EX-GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI, AND AUTHOR OF THE ANTI-GAMBLING LAWS OF THAT STATE; THE CITIZEN, WHO RECOGNIZES, AS A BOUNDEN DUTY, LOYALTY TO THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY AND THE STATE; THE STATESMAN, WHOSE EXPOSITION OF THE EVILS OF GAMBLING RESULTED IN A LAW WHICH BRANDS THAT VICE AS A FELONY AND ITS “PROFESSOR” AS A CRIMINAL. THE LAWYER, WHOSE FAME IS GROUNDED EQUALLY IN ABILITY AND INTEGRITY, ARE THESE PAGES RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. WHICH WAY? |
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