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Card Sharps Target Florida Trains in Old Confidence Game
The New York piece recounts how card sharps, linked to a long history of fleecing marks in mining towns, shift operations to Florida and aboard trains. It details past schemes in Goldfield and a traveler, David Mackenzie, who notes the old method persists, with sharps using foot signals, compartment tricks, and staged games on trains to prey on unsuspecting players.
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