, 1873-08-20
DOG EAT DOG.
How tho Gamblers nre Going
Through Mike McDOn-
nl{ts Pile.
Tho Late "Boss" Brace Faro Dealer
in the Hands Of His
Friends.
Ills Wife applies to Capt. Buckley for
Relief Against Watt Robbins.

Tho boss gambler In this city has boon
Mike II Mcdonald. Tho narno IL familiar to
tho public because 1t has appeared almost daily
in tho newspapers for several years, and always
in connection with some nefarious transaction
by which he grow rich at tho oxpcnso of in
numorablo victims. Ills career haB becn ono OF
fra,sd,-opon, bold, and unblushing. Ho Ia, or
pertsapa 1t would be moro correct to sny no
was. koon, shrewd sharper, up to all
the tricks OF his Infamous profession, boing
without feeling, heart or conscience, who rocked
not how many vito sat up all night waiting for
her husband to return from aomo OF his dons,
where childron were robbed OF their patrimony,
homes rendered dosolato, and hearts broken. In
the days before tho fro, Mcdonald used to boast
TINT he "ran the town." and oponly, intimatol
that ho had the police officers undor l,is thumb
that thoy darod not disturb tho tigers that
ambuahod In Ills lairs, or the beaats or thoir
proprietor (himse1D might turn and rcnd them,
Ho had virtually monopoly Of the gambling
houses In the city. As WIS remarked before, ho
waa boss. lie run faro banks, "akin games,
and brace" games. mover appearing AZ princi-
pal, but officiating iu tho moro lucrative md
safor position of bankor. Men wcro robbed
nightly In his dons. Defalcationa In mercantile
establishments that have never boon OK
posed to tho public gdze woro caused
by infatuated clerks who, having begun play,
became fascinated and when they lost kept On
abstracting money IN the hope Of retrieving their
loaseH OF course there waa no rotripval. Thore
never is iu such cases. Tho ganblor'a don is a
Maessrom that aucks in and ongulfa everything
and everybody that got within it's fatal grasp.
Mcdonald used to drink very hard, but 1t inter-
fored with his fortunoB for q gambler ro-
quirea, a cool and calculating head. lie
forsook tho bowl. 1t would have boon we'll for
filled drunkards grave. VOL, no abandoned
whisky for tho Time and embraced yifIainy, and
thcro IL probably no mau in tho world rospou-
siblo for as much misery as Michael Mcdonald,
tho gambler Of Chicago.
The following ailidayits made four years ago,
md published IN The TRIBUNE Of Aug. 8, 1860,
will give m idea Of how ho ropcd in Ills victims
n CHARLES s M hst BE- is e ho
don't With lis parents On tho Wcst sde ho was employ
ID by tho Chicago Dock Company, corporation under
tho awa Of his State having habitat md doing is
general clerk IN which included tho business Of
collecting and diabnrsins money IN connection with
pSsy '2sis' aeps sssRe'' h n Ssnt !?
md, thst hat, ho might mako proper my.
sash # thess bens made ID paS pay
bic to hls own order. In May or juno 1865, while ho
Tas thus eployed On one evening he visited
acquaintance Of ono Martin, who urged him to play.
At this solicitation he knowing nothing Of the game,
sea g % 70 81 *as mons 1ss hs ha u
might 10 won buck. Having this hope, ho
went to ths oilse Of h's employer ton, Lssalo
streeE. Martin being In his company, and 1t being
cempanys sais sioo Of is money mo lien fojo,ned
b1ing-honae. Martini his agent bet tho money aud
lost it. e then left tho den Iii company with another
e hs
nncs "a "Mr. Mcdonald, tho partner Of Mar
ln: Il was now again suggested that .
be again Visited the compauy safe ths time abstract
aa md 'ss
g. ss Tss Sc s" n
made m sppoaintmsnt s.t, to meet him at tie
turned upon the best Of recovering the money
by play. Several meetings followed, and within few
Ind lost for him was mono Of his but his employere
Thereupon they advised lin to make haste md gel
In s ' 10 70 h s eok
Dock Company about CO., at various times, paying
It u sums Of from 500 to s40o to Martin and Mcbon
Of desperation coming Oh, tino IN October, 1905
he consulted these two gambers "a to some eans Of
the company's money, he. could get hold
Of s1 ssa 70 h1
sssS s Sss E
Ss 1s SsSsssSd fs"pf1 g. fs%a ss:
q suggestion, deponeut assonted to a.oh traass
.ction, expressing desire TINT Mcdonald should 10
he trustee: Il being aeteed that Mcpona1d ehoa!d
be nt Cleveland. This proposition assentcd To
h beth sides n falalment Of tts terms, on the
81 sna ssee S' asp1nse s Il s?S 9s
ihe Morchsnts' Savings, Loan Trust Company.
Isooi ss and another sum oi ssooa from the Loan
from tho Union National B.nE-in iii, s2s, 81.
executing tho odd cens, doponen telling him how he
obtained It, and the reason Of ILLS 60 getting
be used according to the plan natured and far e
foctuated, IT being further understood TINT Mcdonald
sse% ompy sssFs @ resr a % a @ n
tns ta,so to- something ,sah over 10000 he young A.
.eaaes sA seao a"sy S.nee At to &snasa
,Eoa which plaee 70 NV York; thence wont 10 ssn'
F5ancasSo whore remained Until June, when he Htar-
samuel r Atwater. tho la.s Secretary and Treasurer
sndsvt il would appesr thst thst 10 vaeated oaeo
in February Last but remained atockholder Of tho
Company. He Nv awesrs that st tho time he became
mained until tho lat Of November, 1865, when
he left without notice. On the lst Of Ortobor, 1905
tho Company had deposit In the Merchants Savings,
Loan and Trust Company Of over g oo and IN tho
date, and for months Goodman had been entrusted
With blank chocka upon these Institutions, payable to
draw. money as 1t should be needed
In the business OF tho Company. On the day
named, Goodman exceeded btu authority by drawing
The checks stated In hts affidavit, and the money
received upon them waa not for the Of the Com
pany. ho stated II waa saudulcnty drawn. and wrong
fully converted with An Intention Of cheating On In
formation aud belief. ha swenrs that Michael Mc1on-
aid party to thia fraud, and the 1nsgator Of 1t.
Such il specimen Of tho taodus operand;
adopted by Mcdonald and the thieves lie used
for bis vile purpoaea. Ho ran his banks until
the fire, Eeapiug q golden harvest out Of the
profits. Ho was Interested in every 'sktn and
"bsace game in the city. He prospered like
N i'll weod up to tho timo OF the fire, and
when the city began to revive he camo
70 life again; his dons. were in full
blast once more, and for awhile bis luck stuck to
him. But evorY day has its night, aud tho no-