Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-25
LIE RoI DE BACCARAT.
The Gambler of the Century-Win-
ming 100000 Francs in Eight
Days-Reformed.

How do, Mr.. Stokes? Just one
minute, Mr.. Reporter" Such
were the greetings being bestowed
on a group of persons standing in
the Hoffman House to-day by a.
youngish-looking man of about
thirty-five years. He was attired
in neat morning suit Of light
colored tweed, which fitted him
well. The man was Billy Deutsch,
the noted taccarat bank breaker,
styled in Paris "Le Roi de Bacca-
rat" He looks remarkably well
after his long vacation, and is as
popular as ever. He stands about
five feet ten inches high, is rather
well set, having a strong appear
ance, has dark complexion, and
wears heavy jet-black mustache.
His long sojourn in the French
capital has caused him to speak
with a slight French accent, and
one would never think he was
born right in the centre of New
York City.
Now" said he, turning to the
Mail and Express reporter, what
can 1 do for you? Oh, talk, is it ?
Well, I don't know. Just come
with me to breakfast, and / will
see if 1 have anything to say that
will interest the American public"
"Just you look here, waiter;
now I'm in America.again, and l
want only American food. Let
me have, to. begin with, a dozen
CLAIMS and soft shell crabs and
some green corn. Too early for
green corn. chi Well, give me
some frogs legs instead of the
Grassland cocktails, of course.
when did you arrive here, Mr..
Deutsch ?" asked the reporter.
Yesterday morning on the
Amerique from Havre, and right
glad l am to be here again. /
have been away for Eve years, and
for the last two have been center
ed in Paris"
"Now, you have had a long
turn at the cards. Will,~you give
me your opinion of the card-play-
ers and gamblers you have come
across, and the effect playing has
upon a man ?"
First of all, will you say that /
have no personal desire to be in
terviewed, and it is not egotism
that prompts me to talk. 1t is a
matter of total indifference to me
as to what the result personally is,
but as it might possibly benefit
others who are willing to take ad-
vantage of my experience, I will
tell you what ]. know, and it is
this That the man who will gam
bic is a man almost lost, because,
however intelligent a man may be,
after he has tasted the sweets of
winning he is untitled for anything
else but the demoralized life of a
gambler"
"What las been your favorite
game ?"
"Baccarat, at which 1 have lost
$500, O00Na result that must inc
vitality come to all who continue
to play. You see that if you keep
on playing at each round you
place into the cognoit, or kitty,
81, So, $40 or si2,whatever the tax
may be, while it is plain to all
that in the end all the money
must be in the kitty, which goes
to the few who run the club"
"What have you done in Lon
don ?"
II played three times at the
Park Club, but that is closed now.
Gambling is not allowed there like
in Paris. / think there should be
change in Paris, too. Either the
clubs should be closed or made a
national institution, so that the
money of those who play, instead
of going to few, should go to the
nation. In France everybody
plays, from the President of the
republic down to thehumblest peas
ant. There gambling is looked
upon as an amusement, and not, as
here, a vice. About $1,000, 900 to
so, 100000 francs are paid as taxes
to the proprietors of clubs each