The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-27

saloon and spent all his money ia
secure the escape OF Virgins. He had
hired a notorious character named
Bill Bean to take the fugative to
Evanston, Wy. r.. on horseback, as
from that point he could get East in
safety. On the night when Bean was
to have taken Virgins away the lat
ter asked Riley toGive HIM his pistol,as
hehad only two ofhis own, andhewant-
ed another for Bean, whom he expect
refused at first, as theplstol was an old
friend, but finally yielded to Virgins
opportunities and handed hiin the
weapon. Themoment Wigginsgot the
pistol he became almost insane with
passion, and, Selling Riley, thrust the
muzale OF the cooked revolver down
the latter's throat tiliitnearly choked
him. Before Virgins could carry nj
his threat to blow the head off his
partner Bean and others interfered,
and Riley made his escape. He at
once went to his lodgings, and, getting
another pistol, rushed back to the
cellar, but Virgins had set out on his
journey and tragedy was averted. 1t
subsequently transpired that Virgins
was jealous OF Riley, whom he suspect
ed ofpayingattention to hisinamorata
he was hiding from the officers of
the law inthe cellar. After escaping
from Utah Virgins could not rest. He
soon made his Whereabouts known by
several daring escapades, and was fin
ally arrested aud taken back to Salt
Lake. lie again escaped, and some
years afterh was SHIT in arowin New
Mexico.
Riley moved to Nevada from Salt
Lake City, and figured in that section
as Il monte gambler and a hard case
generally. He finally descended on
san Francisco, aud, in conjunction
with Charles Merton, better known as
Boston Charley, a swell mobsman,
now serving q term in an Eastern
~pcnltentiary. opened the first bunco
shop in San Francisco. The establish
ment was located at the corner of
Sanaome and Pine streets, and did q
thriving business, the capital being
furnished by some business men ofthe
city. While in this avocation Riley,
alias Foster, fell desperately in love
with u sixteen-year-old girl OF Hebrew
descent, and finally married her, des-
plte the opposition Of her parents,
when she was scarcely 16years of age.
After this exploit he settled down to
the comparatively quiet life of n faro
dealer, i'll which profession he became
paralized under remarkably strange
circumstances. One night when
dealin ga flyer" q gambler won
eleven straight bets. Foster, for
by that name he was then
known, burst into the widest
profanity, and wound up his exhibit
ton OF anger with thewish that he
might be paralyzed if the man won the
next bet. The man won, and as the
faro box dropped from the ~nerveless
hand OF the dealer the players looked
at him in horror, for he was stricken
helpless with paralysis OF the LETT side.
after the broken-down des-
perado, no longer a stalwart soeci-
men OF humanity, but n poor cripple
totterlng On crutches. was committed
to the almshouse, by his wife. It
seemed impossible that he could ever
again return to the world, but the ire
mcndous vitality OF the man brought
HIM back from the jaws OF death, and
isagain struggling for a living, a
cripple, sustained only by the hope
that ne may somehow regain the al
lection OF his wife, nowseparated from
him by divorce and married again
San Francisco Call.