The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-10
GEN RIMsEirs POKER PLYING.
How n Lawyers Unexpected 0ucsiion Made
Public u Lively Game of Draw.

Gen. John Ramsey. in his rxchangc Mt IL
Exchange place. Jersey City. told yesterday OF
tho poker playing out of which arose the suit of
Buckean agt. Gregory. " It's absurd to call ii
gambling" he said "A winter or two ago n
number of gentlemen. Mr. Gregory among
them. used To- drop in here and play a fri' ndy
game Of draw poker. but never for large stakes
Why. the ante was only ten cents and the limit a
dollar
How came. then. Mr.. Gregory 70 lose such
large amount-,229 you say-at one sittng?'
Lord bless YOU. that money represented a
number Of occasions. and other things be-
sides poker playing. Some Of it was a
loan. and the rest was on his cigar
account. Mr.. Gregory used often to drop in and
lake a handful ot cigar. aud when henmount
lot up 10 a decent figure. he'd settle The way
the suit came about WIS this. He paid me 500
down aud Eay" Il notc for the balance. sl.a. That
note made over 10 Bu 'k"au. When II became
due Mr. esr"Tory pail so and gay" another
when the second mote became due which was
the lst of October. | expected To- get another $50
from Mr., GREGORY and intended to pay the dil-
Terence to Buek"an myself But Nr Gregory
was short aul didn't pay up. 80 Buckean sued
h IN on the original note. Grcrcrys counsel
orn seu Of Sn tSe ndecdnesS h s nWhs Wh oes ~ Is pnrk
cans lawyer do after Ii" had won his case but
ask Gregory how the debt was in cured. He
must have done this through malice. in order
to bring out In. fact thnt Mr.. Gregory had
played cards with me- He has probably lost his
caSc that's one comfort
Mr.. Grceory's counsel said that he had hcen
playing "a game Of blum with the oppns ng law
yer. Before the case came on he had pretend
ed that the defence would take refuge behind
the Gambling net but nj the trial he simply
pleaded payment OF the note for sl29. Mr..
Gregory having paid $50 of that amount. and
given now noi' for the balance. In place of
Awaiting himself of the Glmhiing act he had
nk IN are in examining Mr. Gregory not to al
cans coun~" apparently still thinking that
the nt wa- 10 u" pleaded. had. on crnse-"Nanl-
nation. asked thc fatal question Tn" gam" 70
which publicity had thus lrcn given was PLAY
ed In tho winter of 1876. The lawyer con-
cudcd hy aluding to his client as the best
known man in Now jersey.
Another person said: Tho GregOrios arc to
New Jersey what the StuyycSaniS are 10 New
York. The fath"r ~ the poker PLAYER was II
we'll known Congressman OF twenty Years ago
His former mansion at Sussex and Washington
streets was recently sold as "A site for the new
United States Post once. The present Mr.
Gregory removed last spring 10 thin city. VI is
a large sto khoder in the Pennsylvania Rail
road. Is proprietor 81 u line ot bouts. and il re-
putei 10 have more than II million.
Gen. Ramsey hHr a good war record. He went
out ns a captain with the lllih New Jersey. At
Fair Oaks he was promoted t. the rank Of Col
oucl and for bravery elsewhere lac became
General by breNct. with III" rank of Colonel in
the regular army. During the labor strikes last
summer hc was Gov. Bodies right hand man,
nnd was the only one of tho guhernnt Drial statf
that had seen difficult and dangerous service.
Judge Blair VIII render his decision III the
poker suit next Thursday.