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Gerritt M. Evans
(Maine, USA: c1837 - )
Card and dice sharp. Dealer-manufacturer as the "Sporting Man Emporium" of gambling "tools" (marked decks, holdout machines, loaded dice, etc) in New York City 1864-1877-?. As "Gerritt M. Evans" wrote How Gamblers Win (1865, 84pp; rev 1868, 112pp; repr c1920). NOTE: Name misspelled "E.N. Grandine" by Asbury. He had three children: a daughter Marietta; a son Edward L.; and a second son Elmer E., who became an actor.
