Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-25
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Leander Richardson, a New
correspondent of several papers
in Hartford for q while several So
ago and became acquainted with 4 sss
transporting character. Pat sbss.lss
Ii viii be remembered that stas,:
found the Hartford field too lima.
and some years ago sought the lar.
cities, principally Chicago. Risba,a
son ran across hirn in New YORK s,
Gently, and in gossipy letter to IS.
Boston Herald on the New Yo,l3
sporting fraternity has this to sas
Sheedy is about the best mar, 81 Il. !.
lot in all respects. He has the reae
tation of being as square as n ~
and he possesses the GOODNESS -
daring Of the typical galnblerinvenfs3|
by Bret Harte. Indeed, Mr. Jah.
Oakhirst never had Unreal life q u ,,,.
realistic prototype than pafrissz
Sheedy. He is p fine looking felas
with a white, clean shaver face. eIea.
grey eyes, and an attractive and bs's
ish smile. He is always dressed Wis
quiet taste, and there's nothing abo,ssz
him that is fashy or ostentatlous
When he was n boy, Sheedy BEGAN
the companion and pupil of the mos
celebrated of all the three card mont.
men, who wcts known up a,,]
down the whole United stafss
as Canada Bill. This redoubtabI:
parsonage used to dress ND Aka Fl
farmer and 60 travelling on railvaS
trains. When he had fieeced his n1ssz
he would retire in his country eos
tune to the private room on the car1
and ten minutes later he would corusl
out in such genteel dress and so con-
pletely changed in appearaneeth attM|
sharpest eve would never recoen;ll
him. His pupil, however, has not 10
lowed the same line of business. Sheed3
has always been a legitimate gamble
if legitimacy can he spoken OF in Cor
nection with a calling like that. I'M
Hartford, where much of his earlS|
career was spent, they tell coed
many Interesting stories of this yeung
man. One of them is that he canxI
back there, once upon a time, aftes
having been absent for an extended
period. He had plenty OF money Rits7
him, and, after paying sdebts, whicl5
is the first duty of the gambler, be "a
gan to play faro in local resort. 81
had been at it half an hour or Sc
when he discovered that be was bein
put through the process known by I'll
alluring title of ''skin game Nj
Sheedy said nothing, but rose from h;z
seat went down into the back yarl
and came back again with an az inh
hand. With this weapon he proceed
ed to smash every article OF furnitur
in the room, and to knock out It'd
windows and shatter the doors Hav<
ing accomplished this picturesque "a
venge he walked out in silence, leavin5
the astounded and frightened pro
prietors in solepossession.
A year or so back Sheedy tod
charge of the affairs of John L. SuIIS
van, and the two men worked tosethe
without any serious dif6enltYz
In fact, they never but once ID
anything that approached q rog
That occurred in the lobb]
of the Coleman House in this cit
Sullivan was slightly under the infd
enee OF liquor, and was ugly, whe1
some discussion arose about q diris
ion of funds. The great slusger b
came angry over something said
HIM by Sheedy, and exclaimed II
smash your Jaw"
what's that" queried Sheedg,
a tone ofthe utmost GOODNESS,
"Tn smash your jaw, repeato
Sullivan, with a wicked look IN ID
eye. ~-----
The pale-faced gambler took Nd
Sullivan by the coat lapel and led hin
to one side. Then he said in a serI
low tone: .'
"Have you got any friends yol
would like to see, or any business yoj
would like to attend to in case ann
thing should happen to your?
We'll" responded Sullivan, ''an
what if / have?"
Because" observed Sheedy, with
facial expression that could not
mistaken, ''You take my advice and
settle it all up before you smash ~
jaw. You will never have an oppol
tunity afterwards"
Sullivan looked at Slieedy an d
slant, and then lowered his eyes, wit
the remark that he was only toolin
But he didn't fool any more in tha
direction. Sheedy, they tell me, BE-
not been in very good luck lately.
deed, the large amount OF money
which he was said to se possess
twelve months ago, is seri TO has
pretty much all gone, Still hisstaI1
ing among the men with wi N be ru1
is such that he can get pretty niuqI
anything he wants in the wary OF fiEa
cial assistance for the asking.