Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-24
RICHMOND WHIG.
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL-GAxBIIyG AND GAN.
DLERS

EXTRAORDINARY TRrAL-GAnBLING AND GAM
DLERS.
We and in the London Daily Ees Of the asth ut IN.
fouovipy .,u,,,.,x os =, avn 1''' '"e
IT,. " :. .nAry 'nA'
e Ac''on vas Drought 70 recover e., 900 bill Of
AenAnse ara.n oy Atkins, and accepted BY the dvfen-
dant. Mr.. Sidebottom CuIvervell tbe ot n, ,h -
ton vss the ho,a.. II ,h I'm ,r - 800 -
I'm - .->" " ' .''' lug ue'enee ~ That the
:" money 'os' IN gambling. To sabstan-
ats this defence Mr. Sdebostou the defendant N. cal
led and the story the, ne had To tsI -. a.
did him NO er,ii, III. A., ar ..,..-s..' o''' .'-'
,,,., w...h...- a. s., oo''u "Anoiac-
OF the almighty dollar vAs nanifest In some hat n.
regular way He came no 10 Ipodon "a. ,hs g., 81, =,
is47 when he vas about 49,. =, 20
he appears not to have been long metropolis before
he made the acquautance Of James Akin. The J,.~ ~
the bill on which he sued Tho place 10 vhIch ha
made this auspicious isndshp vas the Bert .i., -
ling house, in Abemsrle street. at which estsS.smen,
Atkins ofthe money lenders
AT the gambling house. nj the theatre there .. tn
.ordsthe world before and the world behind the
Mr. sidebettom introduces to the 6rstanosher and
more practised hand admit us in the other What
Mr.. Sdebottom and experienced he thus de.e;t
when went in the game Of hazard was ro;pg on II \,
played with dice. When have been there hsve .v.,.
seen Atkins He sat at the table, and seemed 70 be the
moueyender There two bankers Atkins was one ol
them he sat at small table the end Of the room and
seemed 10 have the general of the psce
so"s almost always play with couuters They are s;yen
out by the croupie Money Is paid for them When
vas no money forthcoming the croup;ers ssksd A.
fins whether they should give When be r.ve
bis consent the croupiers handed the eounte 10 The
parties, who sometimes gave bls and sometn.s nor
such was the process Mr. Hdebottom then proceeds to
give the modest history Of his losses On the rs nisbt
10 es - 600 He vent on thus night after night psv
ing =. nght long, and iar into the next day-mskine his
Losses when playing sgainsf tho bsuk
The upshot vas that In the of various wits be-
tween the years lS47 and 1882 be lost on the whole al
most t2e,oOo Vi this enormous sum he paid between
nifeen and fl6 O00thc residue including the q 600 b;
on Nnicn yesterdays action brOuObt he
lquidae such was Mr.. Sdebottom's experience Of the
berksiey gambling house. He does appear 10 have
'na' tnere was anything wrong. Luck went
h and there was nothing be "a ID about
!" s1ceptt 10 grn and pay
NOW, let us look behind the curtain Mr. James Da.
ies ~i give us The enfree This genueman-now IL ap
consented 70 tell us all he knows. And FIRST he know.
good deal about Mr. Atkins. 81 have known him. say.
sn Puohcan GO de.dnf sinner "for thirty years. have
49, sa :" Psl.nsfsnip wiih him In keeping . gambling
- % hsn nfi Knew him he was doorkeeper at l60
Nc.a"ys unich vas gambling house. i took him in
~ partner ~ gambling house at the corner of Abe
ss s.ess vas caised the Stiek ahop." So much
or .ne carrier biography OF Akins- The next thing Mr.
v'se, Knows little about Cuverwet, the holder Of
.ne o' ana the plaintiff IN the action. "When Rrst
MN, says Dawes, no was tailor. I have seen
sns h.S. hoseS ~ .nese gaming houses with At
sns; nave heard Atkins apply TO him for money That
~ ,uere rhe money came from Atkins would say TO
o'e~eA. Tue oank broke last night and want more
L. ~, su tnel Ou.sf Wen would supply IT," But tai
ny -lenoer oio not exhaust the list Of Mr.. Cul
,e,sehs professional employmenta. He also regu-
Av w ensseeu bonnet 70 the Berkeley.
none 'ha' some at least OF our readers may be in
happy ignorance Of what the word "bonnettp a Tern,
ton. According to this great authority .St "a
for person who pretends TO play when suv str,nos go
IN but always wins" Aristotle could not have done ,hs
thing in fewer words Mr. Dayies indeed h.d
genius which is supplied by perfect kpovIedce TO- " ~
admits he had employed Cuvcrvel many ,iTe :, Nc
table in the capacity which he has 90 well defined R,
il uot merely by the intsruu .I;,v 81 ,.,l.
only played to wn that Mr. Sidebottoms fss ooo .ar
traeted from his pockets Besides all his otbsr n,
knowledge Mr. Davies conesses also TO some
with loaded dice. He knows, too something about an
other sort OF Dice called Udesnstcbe- -Sos' an
Campbell who knows 4 thing or two confessed IL, he
had never heard Of despatces beiofe the reader nav
not be ashamed to equal Ignorance and NJ D.ys,
shall again. "The despatch dice says tbis ;.t,.
liam taPs.er have double ives and double sixes bex
favor Of the tables should say ff.y to onein ar U
Tie isord agdinsf one" Mr. Davies shall sIso tell ma no