The evening world., 1890-02-26
high ROLLING" N MEXICO.
Eighty : four Thousand Dollars
Staked on the Turn Of Gard,
Exciting Life and Miserable Death
OF q Merry Mexican Gambler.

Speaking Of gambling" said mn old
Mexican railroader 10 q Kansas City our
nal man, " have heard many stories OF
big bets. but the one I actually saw was
what might easily be termed a 'corker.'
I was in the City Of Mexico waiting to
take the pay car out on its regular monthly
trip when / made the acquaintance OF n
young man. whose name will call Wise.
He was n Texas youth. filled with oil tho
recklessness with which even the climate
Of the Lone Star State is laden, and lie
had come TO the city TO have II good
time. .
We soon became good friends, md |
showed him around u good deal. just
before l loft with the nay car Wise hnd
made q couple Of winnings Mt monte. and
had recupernted his failing finances. When
/ returned the first thing | heard was that
Wise had hit the Banco de Sociedad. nm
immense wealthy mCn,o bark. for n big
sum of Mexican money.
The Banco &c Scc'edad WINS conducted
in n long room. n table extending the
whole length of the room, permitting
about forty people TO play without incon-
venience. Along Que side Of the table
were the payers, on the other the ns-
sistant dealers, who acted only i'll ac-
cordance with the action Of the cards In
the hands of the principal dealers. mud
between the dealers and players was q
long row of silver II gold coin stacked
IN piles convenient for counting.
mo limit was ever declared in the
game, and some of the highest officials
aud greatest commercial leaders of the
Republic were frequently seen playing Mt
the Banco de Sociedad. Wise cuntided TO
me as soon as we met on my return that
he had won many thousands. but wa not
yet ready TO quit. l warned him to be
careful and made M appointment to meet
him the next forenoon, the meeting -place
to be the Banco de Sociedad.
1.-The next morning, on my arrival ut
the monte palace. | found Wise a tritle
excited. but not near as much SO an ! be-
came when he told me what lie was about
TO do, Very coolly. he Informed me tina,
his two weeks' gambling had netted him
ss4, 900. leaving $500 interest after all his
expenses, including return to Texas. were
paid: a..
ment. Wise stated that he was going Il
make q grand play. and then almost para
lyzed me by saying that he was going e
make one bet Of his winnings. He sale
that IL he lost he would have the $500 ant
A the satisfaction of knowing that he lac
opened the eyes of the Mexican sports.
The average Mexican is n physica
4 coward. but when 1t comes TO gambling
/ he never tiipches and win or loses o for
tune without tho qnivor Of n muscle
When Wise aud i walked INTO b gam
I bling.room that morning and calmly m
0 nouuced that he was going To make on
4 bet of SS4. 900 | guess i was tho on
r excited person in the room. The chic
dealer nodded his head with dignity, an
: after a~scer,aining that the proposition
n was bona fide prepared the cards.
' "A layout was made and Wise placed hi
= bet. / held my breath, but the next twl
cards that came made M change in tb
a situation. Wise looked back over hi
o shoulder at me. remarked that he didn'
exactly like the layout and called on tn
o dealer for another layout. This was fur
!. nished. and on the first turn OF the card
a Wise won.
"He was given an order on the Nations
Bank OF Mexico for his money, and insid
q Of a few minutes had $3.50, 900 in thu
bank to his credit, the result of a tw
weeks s%oiourn among the monte players
Poor Wise! A few weeks of dissipf
ton, and one morning he was found o
the outskirts of the city. murdered an
mutilated by some jealous and defente
rivals to the hand OF some Castilian sirer
Whatever became of his fortune no on
: can saw. ms his relatives never claimed II
and the Government probably contiscaie
to its own use the remains Of the grei
monte wager"