Gazzo keeps a look out for the name Walter Scott, just in case anything emerges about his former friend and card cheat. Occasionally something does turn up in the news cuttings. Like the Walter Scott who was busted in 1911, along with Wyatt Earp, for running a rigged faro game.
Today Gazzo sent me a link to a very interesting story about another Walter Scott, prospector, performer and con man extraordinaire. You might also see similarities with Eddie McGuire when it comes to boasting about accomplishments he never possessed, like breaking the bank at Monte Carlo.
Just to be clear, this isn't the Walter Irving Scott in our book Phantoms of the Card Table. But it is certainly worth a read. Click on the link:
Death Valley Scotty
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- David Britland
- Television consultant and writer specialising in magic, deception, psychology and the paranormal.