The sun., 1889-12-08
ITO be continuedJ
CANNON AND THE CARD P1AHERa
A Terror as Q Prosecutor and 5tin Worse
as an Adversary at Poker.

"A Terror az . FFoD0cutOn ana Btill "Or00
aS IN AdvorsaFT at Poker.
From the ST Lotsts looe.Dsmoerut
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-The best tale Of
poker thus far unfolded at this session Of Con-
wf 70 By sssnTn
' Of sprnRsd af Ill., SheGe Se knew S the paF
6Svis 6 Ward tL LS@qn. Gsn. % Edward Bater, oIiver Diver
Davis, and all of the old timers. The Judge was
to toll the Ry reading
tanned by Representative Cannon in the
speakershiP contest .
was a poor saddle bags lawyer In Illinois.
struggling with poverty and the luck to make
Two a3aes M
members Of the bar In the circuit took q fancy
Wsy Rs rst Se Stroke aek WAS his eeo
tion as Prosecuting Attorney OF Q judicial dis
very severe on card playing. and public senti-
ment demanded Its enforcement Joe's income
%oPs d h%
good service. The name OF Joe Cannon soon
stood for the severest prosecutor tho district
ION one occasion we were all attending court
IN distant county David Davis was on the
Weather % W was cold and the tavern sceommodao
tiOns y, we're tR not the best Tdgs Davis had the
Bsd nothlnE to % p6S but e 70 Eli Pl@e @ cSPHqP
Baker; Lyman Trumbull. and law student
named Mann were some who were present. II
and the % cards were being dealt. The game was
interesting. We didn't stop until the bell rang
for breakfast Sunday morning. Sunday was
We started IN again appd played until daylight
Grand Jury. The names were called. Mann.
the law student, was among them. The Judge
down the nd MSP the
leaned over to Dan Voorhees, and whispered
-" Great Caesar! What does the Judge mean1
Has he forgotten that Mann was with US last
We tried to get the Judges eye and to con-
The Judge couldn't or wouldn't see what we
were driving at. Orr, suggestions that an
other and an older man be chosen for foreman
up to the bench and whispered ~
We were last night and what we were doinET
oh, yes said the the judge, smiling We
conaasd Hr cSnaoss eGG game young
man you have selected for foreman was there
= The, Judge looked sharply at Mann and
Is he the young fellow that raised me out
The very Same fellow said Joe.
Al. ,..Aih,, said the Judge that changes the
Then. turning to the Grand Jury. no said in
louder tone and with great dignity:
SO Mr. Mann; you can stand aside for this
term OF court
THE Judge proceeded to charge the jury
and dgelt especially upon the injurious effects
Of card playing. That night we all met In the
Judges room. The day had been dull one to
all o us except Cannon. At previous term
he had got fifty lndlctments Against the town
people for card PLAYING. Most Of them had
guilty, and paid their fines. which in each case
included s. for Prosecutor Cannon. We knew
all about It, and We entered into quiet COM
bination to empty Joe's pockets. Somehow the
luck was against our scheme. One after
another dropped out OF the game. until at 2
O'clock the only men at the table were Joe
Judge. The rest OF us sat around ready to
back Oliver with the moral influence OF our
presence. Occasionally Judge DAVIS would
GLANCE nj divers hand and say:
Play him, Oliver. for all the game Is worth.
fye got the HiSl money % when you run out
"' Lot me have IT. Cousin David the crisis is
..nGh sSG JrSSS PTl:s out $780, slapped it til"
that ne JCf csnnoP SSs 4 ySy Are sR
And he aid it. At / o'clock In the morning
he raised Oliver for the last time We Sll shook
our heads. Joe swept tho table. He had
cleaned out tho whole crowd. AS lie got uD he
looked around and said:
Gentiemen. the next time you put up q
strong, enough to win. am prepared TO lend
tavern billA.'"