BACCARAT SCANDAL
CARD-SHARPERS IN SWELL CLUB'S.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIBHT.)
(ADSiRALIAN-TiEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 12th November.
The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent in Some says a sensational gambling scandal has been revealed by legal proceedings taken by the Marchese Luigi Torrigiani, who complains that he lost o^er 5,000,000 lire playing baccarat at the four principal aristocratic clubs, the Excelsior, the Hunt Club, the Chess Club, and the Bernini. His losses were due to the malpractices of a gang of five or six "sharpers" who managed to become members of the clubs. Other member^ besides Torrigiani have lort silfns aggregating 1,000,000 lire apiece, or more. , " ■
The disclosure is due to the Marchese Del Guidice, a young Neapolitan noble, who lost a fortune, and was forced to become a newspaper writer; He was thus enabled to watch the suspected gamblers, and finally to secure a confession from one of the offenders. He immediately informed the club committee, enabling Torrigiani to act.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 116, 13 November 1923, Page 7
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157BACCARAT SCANDAL Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 116, 13 November 1923, Page 7
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