The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-04

actors could tell and have told with emo
tion how his. help smoothed their deciin-
ing years."
Was q High Roller.
From the Chicago Times.
William Collins, better known i'm sport
ing circles az "Tom" Collins il ina the cell
lar at the Harrison street police station ON
account of "a little transaction i'm certified
and ivory checks whereby jeff Hankins,
the owner Of the faro hank at l19 Clark
street il ont $1,000.
Collins il a Colorado gambler, who came
break u lance with some of the home fra
ternity. In three days play he lost $500,
and i'm the words of the of the
house, 119 Clark, this Is what happened
next: ''Collins il a hiRh-roller, and every
body about town knows him. He il q
plunger and i'm the last two years he has
won over $6O,OOO playing against the bank.
He bets them 81 900 n clip. With us here
or anywhere I'm town he could have had
gambling houses in Denver himself and
h: Hs. . s,,n m h nssea an ~ IN %s nsh "a % piasa along
the street and won $1,000 to start with,
and then HIS LUCK turned. First he
that was cashed for him. Last night he
handed Mr.. Hankins n certificate OF de.
g"s Hm for 5000 on ';i, + penwer h hank n.,% "nd bs got
and got e, 600 more i'm four $500 certificates
Of the First National here-his were Dem
with him. This morning he turned up all
right and he and Hankins walked down
TO the First National to settle up. When
Hankins landed him his certificate To in-
dorse over he put II i'm his pocket and told
jeff to go To hell.
and said: Good God. Collins. you don't
mean to rob mcT
zeal it what You please, you don't get
him. and the bank policeman ran up, and
the upshot of il was that Collins was put
Gap sns "f lloyd H Ha,d / s sSe Check 81 , snS Wy
nave brought suit to replevy it. He will
lind Il pretty difficult TO rob us:
man and n sport. Every penny he has
made ON the case cards: L honestly he
lievs he is !; on hi his So.: !, He J Sid1 ~ hay have u to
just as quickly on his hare word. Every
Soak. n' His credit III was s Shs. a. e%.' as '"'
"Why, I've known him to sit i'm at Den
yer and win or lose thousands, and Il was
generally a win with him. II "a trick of
this sort had been turned by. n man that
had been roped into N Ram~blinR-bouse, OF
who had been playing with another mans
money i wouldn't say n word. Collins
made N business, however. He Is "a pro.
f~essional who makes his living out OF
cards, and there Is no excuse for him.
In one OF the at the armory
bondsman who did not come. He is a
Overwhelming ma of middle age, keen,
eyed, and many diamonded. Betwcen tile
conhed the CLEAN of his gems and the
shining Of the gold cable which attached
him to his watch were very much in evi
. He talks well and smoothly and his stor,
runs: ~ came here ON account OF my un
to playing faro bank. I sat i'm mt 11s Clarl
street and lost s1,2OO before l got my over
coat on: took q walk, . GaSh s,aL in = 500 !.
days work, md TO Improve thing. 1 got Z.
s aiaS;ns bu. ne made day up I dry aTop %.@n INTO aS ' II
Clark street again and put up that 500
sertitle1te, getting z si.o9S stack OF chips
got up to quit, when Hankins ~s,lggeste
that I take some money and try my luck il
S se%f o a%d ' %s gave ""s s2.o%o more.
went down to some place on Jack
s . -; ssS Slew s. i Z n il" ;u sse a nam
chips stacked up nice and even on, tn
r %s:iife.ni went i home and Went to BED
and next morning I thought il all owe
and concluded that I couldn't really atfor
had lost over S4.OOOin his house In "a coupl
of sittings outside of the certificate, am
' lit my wife is under Treatment and will
cut that 5000 i would he broke. So
made up my mind tn do exactly AS 1 die
lweut w II sEarA rueNs. shSs -
the check. and we started for the bant
When we got there told Hanks that
was willing he should keep the Si.0OO Gel
tiflcatc and the S1.3UO in cash. but that
was not going tn let him have any of I'll
5000 certificate as / needed that myself
He cut up rusty and tried tn grab my GO
lar, but l showed him aside. and the rest &
the story is about as they seem to haS
told IL tai you.
.sThe check is i'm Capt. Lloyd's po
session. and Hankins can do nothing. l
fact me can't begin to get as much stu
now as I was willing to let him have IL 1
had compromised reasonably. I'm sorS
- be- forced to make this fight. but 1 can