Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10

the famous outlaw.
The remains were placed In a rude
pine box and planted in an Obscure
portion of the cemetery. And l have
seen it somewheres In print that the
good. hearted, honest old miners, with
a sense Of the eternal fitness Of things
that was simply exquisite, placed a
pine board at the head OF the grave,
and, with a piece of charcoal, In
scribed on 1t those sad and touching
words:
: He Was a Dam Fule.
A little further up the street Is
THE ''TRYAs HOUSE,"
which in the pslmyldsys of Lesdville,
war the great gambling house of the
town. I was shown the table where,
q party Of freshly made bonanza klpgs
sat down with the expressed Intention
of ~"breskipg the bark" The pro.
pretor was one Of those gsmey little
fellows, full Of pluck and back.
bone, and told them to go ahead, and
there was "no limit" bet as high
as you please, gentlemen, he said,
land l will pay all bets till the last
dollar Is gone" which resolution he
bravely stood by although 1t absorbed
his last cent. As high al 81, 900 was
frequently staked on the turn of q
card, occ isionally varied by a bet of
$1,000, until some $50, 900 had been
"blown In" to the bank; then luck be-.
gan to turn against 1t until 1t was all
paid back and the capital OF the
''oapk with it. The game lasted
from 8 p. m. until long after day.
bresk before the bank finally sue.
cumbed. During Its progress a mes
senger boy came in with a dispatch for
one Of the players, and the latter
(Cllnt Kaudebusb) tossed him q $40
gold piece, and the little fellow was as
happy as a lord for wet ks afterwards.
This will always be remembered as
the greatest and most exciting game
In the annals Of Leadville.
The next place to attract my atten-
tlon was what Is called
"sT. AIMS REST"
and, as I stepped in, I noticed a good
looking nea the door who was
part proprietor Of the place, presuma.
bly, S.. Ann herself as her given name
was Annie. Being still a GENDER
foot" and having, up to this time,
studiously avoided these highly Inn.
moral places, I now had a decided
curiosity to learn something of the
mysteries of the game. A gentlemen
near by kindly volunteered to en-.
tighten me. After explaining a while
he stated that If l placed, for instance,
a dollar on the six.spot and a card of
that kind was dealt out of the
box after the "banker's" card the
player wop. unconsciously placed q
big silver dollar en- that card In order
that my friend should thoroughly
illustrate the matter. After q turn OF
two of the cards the dealer soooped
the money into the drawer. "Glmme
back my dollar" says I, that wasn't
q bet. I was only trying to under
stand how the thing worked" every.
thing goes" said he, giving me q
smile Of contempt. l now had O
dollars worth Of information, and
next dropped into q cosy little place
called
THE COTTAGE CLUB"
The room was full and the players
nearly 80.
While looking around a nice look.
Ing young man approached me, and,
stating that ne had seen me some
where before, he began to explain
how he had a dead cure thing of beat
Ing the bank, a system that he hs6
been planning for months, but beine
unfortunate, he did not have tht
money to play with. Once started,
however, he could make q mint Of
money, and asked II l couldn't ''stake'
him with about So and he would di
vide the profits, which would be biz
indeed. Like the full blown idiot
was, I lot him have the money. Com
ing back an hour or two later, l no
ticed him him sitting listlessly In
chair. Asking him what was the mat
ter, l learned that he had lost tn
money, rs that wasn't the night foI
the .yatem-the conditions weren'
favorable"
1 was gradually getting initiated
l now had six dollars worth of expe
r%lence, and with 1t In my possession
crossed over to Col. Chapman's cele
brated,
CHAPEL OF CHANCE.
The colonel Is a hale and hearty Te1a
gentleman about 60 years old, ant
greatly resembles your John Evans
No n would ever suspect him o
being connected with q gamblinI
house. Dealing at one Of the tables |
the notorious "Datoh Henry" who q
sundry and Givers times in the pas
had narrow escapes from the halter
owing to various in~diroretions. Work
Ing for a long time at the table jus
beyond was Z. A. Ebhsrt, bette
known as Count Ebhart, who lived Il
Kansas City several years ago, an
who died there only q few weeks age
The count had a wild and romsnti
history. He was exiled from Austri
many years SGD, owing to a certai
trouble In which he was implicated
but to his credit-his Independent
nature forcing him to speak wher
others would have maintained a prU
dentisl silence.
After tarryipg here a few minutes
my attention was attracted by a larg
sign on the buildin" o little fur.h,
down the street, rea ling: