Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-01

VIM. Elder acted as moderator, and
on the platform were the Rev. John
Chambers, Leonard Jewell and DR..
VIM. Gibbons. For three days the
debate continued, and when it closed
and Greene won a signal victory, Free
man was so much impressed with the
force of the arguments used that he
renounced the profession and became
one Of Greene's most ardent support
ers. "And not only that" said he,
"all his gambling tools were present
ed to me, which l still have in the
house"
MAKING RESTITUTION.
When he gave up the business he
made restitution Of all he had acc
ouired while in it. In Woods county,
Va. he gave to different parties lO,OOO
acres of land; in Cincinnati he gave
away a number Of very valuable
houses and lots, and in other cities
he gave to different people vast for
tunes. BY his lectures he made but
little; by the sale Of his book, entitled
Greene on Gaming" he made less,
and a series of mistortunes has re-
duced him to penury. His work on
gaming is acknowledged by experts to
be the most thorough expose Of tricks
of gamblers that has appeared IN
print. He has for two years past been
arranging a series Of letters on the
subject, whice he proposes to collate
under the head Of Sixty Years a
Gambler, which will be interspersed
with anecdotes Of famous men Of
the green taole which have never yet
appeared in print. II am as expert
to-day with the cards. he remarked,
"as | was in nay best days. 1t is a
thing a man never iorgets if he once
thoroughly acquires the art. The
eyes may fail the memory become OBJ
secured, but the haad never loses Its
cunning. Besides my gambling oper-
atoms | participated in the Texas war
of independence in .'36, and served in
tho late rebellion as captain Of
company Z, Thirty fifth Indiana regi-
ment. See, here Is scar on my arm.
l have two on my chest, and a bullet
went through my cheek. l have
spent a life of dishonor c|OmmiBgled
with good work. | was the FIRST man
to take cards from the bottom Of tho
pack. and the only man who did it foi
three years, when the trick vas dis
covered. Now every gembler does it.
know all the noted gamblers Of the
country, and have played with them;
Just after | had the gaming act passed
a man named Kierson, who kept
lately in the old Arcade on Chestnut
street below Seventh, won eighteen
dollars from a clerk of Townsend q
Sharpless, aud refused to refund it.
He was convicted and sentenced to
three years in the %penitentiary under
the act. Al sorts Of influence were
brought TO bear upon Governor Skunk
for his pardon, but he refused until |
made the request, and he granted 1t
That was his last pardon, for be died
soon after
Despite bis poverty, Greene still re-
tains his spirits, and hopes at no dis
tant dag to be able to retrieve his lest
fortunes, at least sufficient to be placed
ADORE the actual want he is now in.
when the little house at No. 1902 south
Juniper street eau be supplied with
some Of the comforts of life, aud his
family released from the severe pinch
Of poverty. The ladies' ofthe Twenty
sixth ward relief association have be
come interested, and are considering
ways and mems Of relieving the ne.
cessities Of his family.