, 1888-12-27
Stories Told by a Noted Sport
About His Craft.
Hair-Raising Tales About For
tunes Staked at Play.
Big Winnings and Conseq uent big Losses
Tragedy and Comedy which
Gamblers See.

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Keeping with his looks. He is well edu-
Gated, speaks several languages huently
and as he has knocked around the world
for good many years, he has had some
interesting experiences.
81 have ganbled for about thirty years. :"
he said, land am, suppose, what you
would call an old stager In the business.
My first gambling was done 10 st. Louis.
had about forty dollars and lost every
cent of 1T. borrowed five dollars from
friend and won enough to take me to
Denver. which was then called Pixies
Peak. got work In gambling house
there, and as | am naturally quick ut
picking up things. and used to watch the
men play and soon caught on to q grevt
many tricks. In twelve months / had
nearly thirty thousand dollars In my bank
at st. Louis but II didn't stay long"
HIS BrooEsr GAME.
Tell me Of the biggest game you ever
took part IN"
"The biggest game ever played 10 was
at Pixies Peak in '76. There we're four of
US in the game, Dock Nsgle, Jim Bell,
Charley Sampson and myself. From 10
o'clock Thursday night until IL O'Clock
Friday had won $4,000. After l left
Denver ran on the Mississippi boats in
ssSa All !" I saw a Great msnv We exc;t;no
th;nos n, that r;ver Eamhlers vars ths
S;~nest men On the boats, sha,l never
snrsst an ;nc;dsnt that hannanad on the
stes NOR Rart Able. vonn~ man abont
10 or 20 was playing in the cabin with
some gamblers. He was q handsome boy,
and my heart went out TO him when
Thought of what he must lose He was
on his way to. St Louia with about $2500
bank Some wom blers roned him into the
~a me and rohSad him out ~ ave,v rollo-
he Md Wher tha noor ful,o,y a. 90 that
ha hn'I Loo; eli &c ,nnn y. r,,,o.i "
revnivsr from h;s rool ets and hls., o,,t re
mains f'0'' '>' Wv ''''' >''
THE MAN WITH THE WHITE HAT.
Canada Bill was one of the smartest
men who ever handled a card. He went
to Dodge Ctr, Kansas, and opened faro
bank with man named Blackburn. Bill
looked after business Bill hunted, One
day bill looked in the drawer and saw a
tab for $500. Black burn told b,m a man
with a white had won it. Bill said moth.
ing, but kept on hunting. Finally an
other tab for 800 dropped ia the drawer.
Blackburn told the same old story, "a man
WITH white hat had won it, Bill in.
duced Blackburn to 20 hunting, and when
Blackburn got back he found that the
bank was broke" Bill had taken about
$40, 900, and when Blackburn incurred
who had won ii Bill replied the man with
the white hat" +" t- ,-Ht
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CANADA BILL AND BEAN HICKMAN,
.Several years ago Canada Bill was in
Washington and there he met the cele.
brated Bean Hickman 1ouathort tba,
ps p,anneu one y, 'df Rreaoeee sche9,es ever
would go TO certain senator or conaress.
man and tell him that certain mau would
call on aim 10 borrow %. hickman would
advise his victim TO pay tue money, as the
man was crazy millionaire and would
return It. Ihen Canada bili, In the dis.
guise OF a wealthy looking citizen, would
borrow the money and would say to his
victim i Will see you at my room to.inor.
row. The victim, on calling would re-
ceiye Slo or S2o. Inis soon noised about,
and everybody was on the lookout for the
his money. Some gave Bill twenty and
even as high as two hundred dollars. Bill
collected in this way about $4,000. or
course after he Got big sum the paying
back ceased. l-a, ,,p1-,
Then Hickman got IN his work, He
would 90 to the rural senator and tell him
ne hao oeen played l3r a soeeer' ana that
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@ was 10 pan antonio, Texas, contin.
qed blll, when Ben Thompson killed
JacS harris; rt ~; nave read groat many