The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-08
a FAMOUS pokER GAME.
The Story Of How VIM. M. scott won
$IJO,OOO Recalled by His Death.
From the New work Sun.

The Story of How VIM. NJ. scott won
$IJO,OOO Recalled by His Death.
From the New work Sun.
The name of VIM. NJ. Scott, who
died at Toronto the other day, was
heralded from one end of the conti-
nent to the other about two years
ago when he won the sum of $780,
600 in single game of poker. Scott
was a native of Newburgh, N. T.,
where he lived when he played his
famous game; the players in the game
were three well known citizens OF
that town, one of whom, the victim,
had Just become heir to half mil
lion. This was man named Weed.
Scott also, had money, and was sur
rounded by wealthy friends. The
third member of the party was a
former Sunday school teacher, a den
tist named DR.. Montreville NJ.
Hedges. 1t was shown afterward
that the poker pot was adroitly run
up to $4,000 on bets of at least
$1,000 each. The dealer was DR..
Hedges, the shrewdest player of the
three. As he deity dropped the last
card on the little round table he
called out to know what the others
wanted. Scott said he wanted only
one card. OF course the question
arose, was he drawing to fill
straight or flush? Weed applied
to the dealer for two cards, and the
question to be decided in his case by
the others was whether he was draw
ing 10 get four of kind or to fill a
full hand, a straight, or flush.
Hedges rested on his oars. He had
enough, which was, of course, inter-
preted to mean that it was anything
from straight or a full hand up to
straight flush.
The drawing over. the faces of the
three frightened up, and it is safe to
say that never before had three lone
ly men in a little game held three
such hands of cards. When the bet
ting had gone up to $4,000 or $4,000
Weed wanted to stop, " because" as
he said, there is not one of US that
will pay if we lose such an amount" "
1t was not stopped, however After
little Hedges, who had stood pat
with his hand and engaged in the
betting as it went around until the
pot was pushed up to s150,000,
called Scott. Then came the lay
down, and afterwards Hedges men,
orable words to Weed: This is
dreadful, amt it?" OF course the
simple minded Weed was taken in.
He had received fine hand, that
would have nerved even the most
timid gambler up to a strong betting
point 1t was four OF a kind, and
they were aces at that. In any or
binary game bold better would
have done as Weed did-gone to the
bitter end. SCOTS one drawn card
was the corn-breaker. Did it fill
iull hand or a straight? was the
question that ran through Weeds
mind continuously while the chips,
representing thousands of dollars,
were being thrown into the pot. "Of
course, if its either, my four aces
will beat him" he argued, While
it isn't possible that Hedges drew
better than four aces in the deal"
When the end came Weed was
almost dumb. His four aces were
worthless, for while Hedges stood
pat on a king full. Scott had drawn
in the one card he took the right col.
or and the proper number of spots
70 make his hand straight flush,
the only thing that would down four
aces. But the poker game was a
small one in comparison with the
game that followed. 1t was IA game
of faro. Weed was again the loser
to the enormous amount OF $4,000.
The game was played between Scott
and Weed for the purpose of giving
the latter a chance to win back his
s150,000. If Weed won it was to
offset the claim against him and call
il square. Weed jumped at such an
opportunity, The game was played
in the dental laboratory, and the
betting ran up very fast until it stood
at s450,000 IN favor of Scott OF
course the money was never paid and
it was after this that the trouble
over the poker debt got into the
courts.
Scott died here, at the house Of his
sister, and his remains were taken
to Newburgh for interment. He
was only thirty-two or thirty-three
years old.