Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-12-21


body could think she had shot him and
herself, too. She fell right here. and
he over here. That's her blood on the
board. They are both up here.
''ln the next house is where Joe Cot
ton held the five biggest hands at
poker that were ever seen on the coast.
lie cleaned out every man at the table.
and left between two days for fear the
boys would clean him out. He was q
powerful sharp at cards, and old
gamblers always regarded this room,
with superstltious awe. Not one of
them would ever play here after that,
because, though it was plain enough
that Joe had fixed the cards, it was
thought that there was something here
that was very favorable to that kind
of business.
Right over here in this back room
is where Jones, Sam Dalrvmple, Ben
ton, Van Brunt, Dutton, Briggs, Chas-
uble, and the rest of the boys got to-
gether one night and turned cards TO
see who would have what money there
was in the crowd and all the mines
Things had been getting pretty bad,
and there did not seem to be any pros
pect of improvement. Somebody sug-
gested that if one man had all the re-
sources and all the mines he might,
perhaps, make a steak, and the gam
bling spirit was too strong TO permit
the chance to 90 by. 1t was agreed
that all should put up what money
they had, and that they would each
draw a card to see who would deal,
the high card to win. Dave Chasuble
got an ace, the only one that came
out, and he took the cards and gave
them rattling shuttle. I've seen
hundreds of dollars on the board
but | never saw any men as excited
as they were. There wasn't so very
much money up, and nobody had
much faith in the mines, but it meant
exile for most of them. Dave shui1led
and shutlled, the perspiration stand
ing out on his forehead, and finally he
turned to Van Brunt, who cut them.
Then Dave threw the cards around as
quick as lightning. No ace came out,
but three men, Chasuble himself,
Criggs, and Dutton got kings. Then
they had to play off. 1t took some
time to do it, and Briggs got an ace
and was the winner. The boys shook
hands with him, bade him goodbye,
wished him heaps of luck, and set out
over the divide on foot. | have never
seen any of them since. Briggs hung
around here for long time, but never
accomplished any thing. One night
he got drunk and fell down this here
shaft, and he's down there yet,
guess. If he had got out L think
would have heard of it.
All of these places around here are
familiar to me. Here's where the lit
tie Widow Sexton used to keep a
boarding house, and in this room she
was married to an ordinary sort OF a
chap who is now worth ten millions.
Here s some of her crockery yet-lvC
half a mind to send 1t to her-and
there in the backyard is the washtut
that she has slaved it over many a day.
This place Is where Bill Heflner kept q
gin-mill He was big, but no good
A little fellow did him up over i'll Vir-
ginia City. That tree is where the
boys lynched Costello, a horse-thief
and that shanty down there is where
the preacher used to have church. /
OILY holds dozen, and he used to ge
the boys in there in relays. He is il
the ground up the hill. He caugh
cold, and died of the fever, though
the boys took mighty good care OF
him. They used to call him Bible
Billie, and when he was raving on hi
death-bed and said something abou
the New Jesusalem being paved will
gold, Sol Dubois, who was sitting III
with him with two or three others
called him liar, and wanted to fight
It took all the men round there t.
drag Sol out, but they got him out
You bet they did. "