Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-11
Alexandria Gazette


The Chicago Rcpubllc;lu OF fTluay Etst says :.
First Lieutenant D. e. Henno, of the Seven
inr Post Commissary ut Grand River Agency,
Dak kota Territory, with his wife and sister, ar
rived on Monday in this city ,and engaged rooms
at the Sherman After partaklng OF hls DIN
ner. Fenno requested bank check, and filling
it out for $500. asked the clerk to send It to
the depository for collection The clerk did as
requested, and the messenger soon returned
with the check and a note requesting the Ileu-
tenant to call at the depository. Fenno did SO
at once, and found that his neglect to present
in person his check and authority Tor drawing
it, was the reason payment was refused. Set
Ting the prelimnaries to the satisfaction OF the
cashier, he received the $500 and Departed
About clock on the same evening ne ylsl-
ted house on Randolph street to try his luck
at cards He was in highly intoxicated CON
dtion.
He sat down at the dealing table and invest
ed ten dollar greenback. He won. Again
and again did the Y go in and yield 4 rich har-
vest. He won upwards Of $3.50 and then his
luck changed. He came out loser i'll several
deals. and his pile WAS reduced to sixty dollars
On the following morning "Wednesday his
sister departed to; home, and her hlll was
charged up to her brother saccount: 1t would
appear that Fenno remembered hls previous
night debauch, lor. with an evident ntcntl"h
to win back all he: had lost at the Dearborn
Street establishment. he revisited that place
shortly after dinner, having several hundred
dollars in his possession.
He was perfectly sober at the time, AMI
drank but sparngy during the entire alter
noon. His first venture was. ten dollars. iie
won and next time lost In 4 few moments his
losses amounted to upward OF 800. lie
then doubled the stake and the same luck at
tended him. He would win occasionally but
not often In an hour he had lost all the ready
money he had with him, S46O. Calling Tor i
bank check he filled it out for 1000 on the
United States Depository. The check WAS
given to an attendant who shortly afterwards
returned with the money.
Fenno now went in with big MONEYS
high as $500 on deal His losses continued,
and bv O clock every dollar of the s 900 was
lost. :,
Becoming desperate, Fenno finally filed oat
a check on the depository for $4,000 and ne
inc too late to draw it then it was taken for It's
full value by the dealer, who was satisfied OF
its worth by Fennos statement OF the position
he held. At ! O clock Fenno arose from the
table without dollar, the loser of $780,
Major General Hartsuh, commandant OF the
department in General Sheridan absence,
sent for Fenno Yesterday morning, and ordered
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rest to the commanding General at st; Paul,
MINI, that being the headquarters OF his de-
lie stated his family to be wealthy and pro
minent persons in Wheeling, Va, and that
they would help him out of his present dlth-
culties. All the money he lost was Govern
ment funds, but as he was obliged to give
bonds when appointed L commissary, the Coy
ernment will probably not suffer by his dis
honesty. u
About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs,
Fenno called at the gambling house, and with
tears in her eyes, requested money enough to en- en-,
able her and her miserable husband to leave the
city, stating that they had not a dollar. She
was given 500. with which Fenno shortly at:
ter paid his hotel bill. They lett on the :
o'clock train. via the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Road. J..
Mrs. Fenno is most refined and cultivated
lady, daughter Of prominent man in Penn
sylvania and one who has always been sur,
rounded with all the accessories of wealth and
position. The dreadful course of her husband
must cause her to suffer untold misery. Fen,
no IS very ordinary appearing man, but said
to ha very hiphlv connected