Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-20
HOW MANY"
a Lively Game OF, Poker" and It's
Consequences-How a "Profes-
sional" Was Taken In.

the ''brace banking" games, but often
took a hand ct draw poker, whenever
the opportunity presented itself, and
he found a Sucker" foolish enough to
play with him. Like all "sprrting
gentlemen (O in his line, he was an
adept at cards, and manipulated them
to suit himself.
To play poker after Browns method,
it wa necessary to have a partner who
usually d;opped in ''iust to make up
the party, you know but, OF course,
the partnership contract Was not
made known to the victim to be
'heeced."
Brown had q faithful follower and
henchmun in Vic. p, and between
the pair they succeeded in robbing
everybody who played with them.
on one occasion, after "jobhing" "a
victim to tho extent Of about 500,
Brown failed to "divy" with Vic, in
consequence of which the latter be-
came very angry, but bottled up his
wrath to be ~revenged later on.
Several days after this little "busi.
mesa transaction, Vic. informed
Brown of o gentleman of immense
wealth, by profession a doctor, who
resided in Mobile and vas on tho eve
of visiting Now Orleans; and further
represented to Brown that the medi.
cal gentleman IN question was not
averse to q little game of draw" and
never kicked when he lost.
This information was received with
evident pleasure and satisfaction on
the part of Brown, and arrangements
were accordingly made for the strau-
gers capture.
Brown handed Vic. the necessary
funds to take his friend to the lake,
there to feast him on his arrival from
Mobile, after which Brown was to be
introduced to the medical gentleman,
poker proposed and Vic.'s Mobile
friend Systematically relieved of his
s%uperuaous cash by Vic. dropping out
after the first two or three hands, tax
ing his place behind the doctor" and
giving his hand to Brown by "signs."
The unwary stranger, after having
been introduce as "Dr. Williams, of
Mobile" readily fell into the trap
that had been laid for him. He was
rather tall, of slender and graceful
carriage, clean shaven, with the ex-
ception of slight, black mustache,
black, curley hair, with rather small,
but piercing black eyes, and presented
altogether a handsome, but rather M.
ID. appearance, with his neat fitting
garments and the absence of anything
denoting ''f%ashiness."
The programme was faithfully car
ried out, Vic. dropping out of the
game, and taking his seat behind the
''doctor," who let the former see his
hand regularly, and Vic, faithful to
his trust, gave it just as regularly away
to Brown. The doctor smiled as
he lost, and seemed unconscious ofthe
way in which he was being played as a
sucker" for the more he lost the
more he smiled. Brown was delighted
with his congenial humor, excessive
good nature and amiability, and
thought the "Doc," as he Familiarity
called him, a ~"daisy."
All things must have an end. So
did this game of poker.
The "Doc" dealt the cards with his
usual affability, and handed owe three
sixes with two other cards to Brown,
but luck seemed to be with the doc"
this time, and he "skinned" three
jacks out of his hand, which he
promptly showed to Vic, and Vic. as
promptly gave them away to Brown.
The doctor raised the blind 800, and
Brown, although he knew that three
jacks were against him, gave up the
requisite amount to try and better his
hand. Brown discarded two cards
and the "Doc" not wishing to be i'm
polite, drew the same number which
he carelessly threw on top of his jack
without looking at them and bet 500.
Brown was more cautious than his
opponent and scanning his cards,
found a pair of aces filling his hand,
thereby making a ''full" by ''sixes."
Knowing that the doctor" had three
jacks, it was 90 chances to 100 that
his hand would not be bettered, and
on this sound reasoning he saw the
doctors 500 and went 800 better.
The doctor saw the 800 and went
5000 better, and there is no doubt
that the betting would have continued
until now only for the slight circum-
stance that Brown was forced to
%"call," owing to a lack of the neces'
sary ''wherewithal," but not until the
neat sum If about 5000 lay piled up
on the table.
The "Doc." drew the money toward
him with his left hand and with his
right gently laid down-four jacks
If the doctor seemed to be astonished
at his own hand, at which he had not
looked, Brown was more so, for he
turned black in the face, and grabbing
at the money just in time to see il
disappear in tho doctors" pocket,
drew his revolver, when the weight OF
a chain in the hands of Vic. felled
him TO the floor, and after the revol'
yer had been placed in the bar-keep'
er's hands for safe keeping, the "doc
tor" highly indignant at the treat
ment he had received at the hands Ct
those whom he considered friends
walked leisurely Ito the depot
where he took the train for town
while VIC. had disappeared in the
weeds and brush that lines the lake
shore. Vic. was now fully avenged
for the wrong perpetrated on him By
Brown for not ''divying" with him
for Brown afterward a~scertained tina
"Doctor Williams" was none othel
than the notorious gambler anC
poker "sharp," Doc. L., whom he haC
tried to beat and got beat himself
Vic. and his medical friend were after
ward tried in the court having juris
diction oyer that portion of the LAX
End of which Hon. Don A. Pardee
now of the States circuit court, wa
the judge, the charge being that o
"hi9hway robbery, preferred agains
them by Brown; but the "doctor
argued the case to the iury with hi