The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31
Nh $3s, 900 At FARO BANK
Millionaire Jim Ee=ehIer-s Luck
Ut Long Branch.


Af8Stt as ffVAtF RrAsf@& Nv A&%E s-1kt.ff7lf
Pennsylyanis clsah. dbi not 20 10 bed
very early this morning. Hi8ionsire
Jim Rescbief, OF Denver. ex-senator
Tabof's cid partner In the Little Piits-
buYgh mine. kept theDs up. When
they did finally close. the westerner
had t35.0C 81 their usoney in his
pockets. He won il at faro after a
ssege Of about f2 heurs. AZ one
time during the night Eesesier ~ss
ahead about 5000. RssrhIer casaesi
the big arnfai 81 CHIPS whIefi fortune
had kindly transferred 70 his sisis q
the table and was promptly presented
with check for - 80.
'.Corne In and see re again, sail
Tom Jolly. the isspeFtarabie
II should M thInk yosI' 4 want 10 see
me again ct this rate responded
Eeschter.
.sThat's what we sse here for" pat
In Hr. MARKS, Iasghingiy. '.Yun are
just a. likely 10 win - we are
Rescbler accepted 80 invitation "a
have glass Of wine. and after pieas-
ant good morning walked oGs. The
sun was coming np red over tbs ocean
NJ he left the club house.
Rsschier arrived =. the Branch from
the West the latter paft Of tbs week.
He came TO visit an old friend who has
q cottage here. lie didn't get 10 the
races yesterday afternoon. a. be felt
somewhat indisposed. bat instead
went over TO John DaIy Long Branch
club. He last several hundred there
and concluded 10 change bis base Of
operations. lie went over to The
Pennsy!vania avenue club. had little
dinner in the cafe. and then stroiled
back into the department devoted To
cards and chips. There were bat few
people present. Almost ali the sports
at the Branch had gone 10 Monmouth
park. Reschler took 81 go bsll from
biz roll and houyhs five stacks oil
chocolate eolor.d checks OF $40 a
check.
whats your limit7' he asked OF
sphinx like Pete Smith, wh6 Was deal
ing.
hundred to cases. answered Pete.
Eecbier Mt once put down bis
amount oil limit, They have some
pretty stiff players al the club, bat it
isn't every day that man bets the
limit from the start. and the people
In the room gathered about the table
and locked at him with interest,
Reschisr' 5 luck was remarkable from
the start and he soon had a big pile
OF checks In front OF him. He got
warm and took off his coat. One of
t.A aatf.rs hNtx.ss IL sxs4 f..tf
assort OF reminds ME Of old times out
West" said Beschirr. lie PLAYED no
particular system, but placed his
money wherever fancy took him.
Abont II O'Clock, when he had been
playing several hours, he made a fsro-
position to the dealer 10 put the limit
little higher. lie wanted 10 bet 500
instead OF 500. The dealer referred
the matter 10 the proprietors, and
they accommodated him. Reaohier
plunged, and contrary 10 the rule
when man raises his bets, he con
tinued to win. Instead of being paid
In big piles 81 ehips. be received one
white check, upon which a valuation
Of 500 was put. By this time Hes.
cher bad quite an audience. The
players at the other tables had left
their places and was standing about
looking on. and every new conner was
attracted 20 the spot, where big lntnps
of money were changing hands from
one side OF the green cloth "a the
other. About 3 o'clock In the morn
ting Reschler was about so, 200 winner
Then luck shifted around In favor
of the house. and Ia two hours Resch-
Ter had returned SIS 900 of his win.
nings. lie saw II 80 calmly. and At
the end of deal ''reckonet" that he
had had enough for one night. lie
called for his coat and asked the dealer
to count up his checks. They called
for So 90, and the Westerner smiled
ss he pocketed the cheek which was
handed Co him.
I'D Walcott dia pretty well last
season" he said. hut I've beaten
him. What do you think OF Western
sports"
They ARE the people. answered
Jolly. placidly.
ReschlcT Is a man over - wears az
age. He Is of medium size. wears a
heavy mnstaehe. aud has a swarthv
skin. He was bat lad when ne vent
from his home iu Arkansas o. the ia
ncie coast IN ls49 lie has had a ife
of adventure. When he was A youth
sN hhaff ~ kAt8t hf38 vi IYlttfsk ftkf OF
the gold mines in California. bat his
dollars soon faded away. He became
one OF the most noted mining exrsrts
in the country. lie made several
fortunes out of gold mines. bat iss.
them all. lie VAS iifst up and then
down.
In ISIS he lost all his money and
went to Denver. leaving his vifs in
San Francisco In beaver he had
pretty hard luck, and. wear after his
arrival there lie driise,i on to Lead
vile. There he harmed of the death
OF hts site- That discouraged him
u became known o. As<ayer Frank
Aetcait that bsschisf was an sxperf
miner, and Meicalf empl0yel him.
After working as al aSsayer Tor a
while ReschleF ho"ght Rn assay cat.
NJ aud went ta a plaCe called the
''Foot OF the Tail in Wild Horse
gulch. There hc leli in with a miner
named Pete Finnegty and Re<rhler
gave up aSsaying aud started With
finnerty Ia prospect Tor gold
They had hard time ana one dsy
when they were out Of provisions th.y
went a. IT, 4. " Tal~y's store ana
asked Tor "rFub-stake Taher re
fused 90 heip them At first. He sai3
he had been doing nothing else hut
grhb-stakinr People and re never
got anything Tor Il. HAT Ress,hlsr
salkssi so understans.inEly shoat his
chances that Faeef Welded and gave
them some food asia bottle 81
whisky. They started ap she moan-
ssins. When they had eaten the los.d
ant drunk tie whisky they lAla them
selves down ard slept ali nteht
The next tnorDing they weas wearily
10 work. tlnefty, after a whge
threw. dosa his pick and declared
that be wonid Work re more atst
kssehler kept on Presently he called
to Finerty, "Say. Feter. Dc cried a.
he showed h.m some specimens.
''dont that i,~ak Ike pay crave -
fete agreed that ts dil. Rna sley
started Tor the nearest assavcr. whese
u did nat take long a. discover ,laf
The ore Wa worth sastf Ia Ehe tor,
That vAS the was the little l'Bgts-
bnFEh mine VAS loaasi ke>s bier re-
ceiNcd a hal. interest ia tlae nissse he
tore the yviu Was exhausted ihsy sii.
si0ei ga go 81 f8uNFtY j. sc 81
u alc0tl. n0a senator from tsss0rsffo
who Was here last suss Fuer, 8an So,
tsN hat lost part e ID back Nss
chleF SAYS re j. essne Mess .n sh.
morning het he wsa Ecsnym later r..
Tie season sH3 gtEv tA9 aaeers lAesr "a
seRTe. fal> s1,ns H. said &C. is she
biggest ever wen at BaaE NfaG a.