Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-18
BUCKSKIN TALKS.
HE TELLS WHAT THE LIMIT AT
THE FARO TABLE is.
He Reviews a Publication in Reference to
His Doings-Refers to Fort
Worth officers.
WRATHKRFoRD, TEX, May7, 1891.

To the Gazette.
notice an article in your paper of the
9th from Brennan which does me very
great injustice, headed 'Buckskin 10, and
/ write this hoping you will be rs kind to
me as you were your correspondent from
Brennan by giving this a place in the
columns of your valuable paper The
article goes on to say that / was in the
custody of the sheriff of this county
charged" with holding up and robbing two
or three hacks in this county on the 2sth
of last July. So far as that part of 1t Is
concerned it is true. l am charged" with
that offense. He then states that some
time ago walked into gambling house
in Fort Worth and made the assertion that
| had just blown open safe and procured
therefrom $500, asking the dealer at the
same time what limit he was dealing, and
that his reply was $500 THAT coolly placed
roll on a card aud it lost, and upon count
ing the money "Sure enough" there was
just that amount. Now everyone can see
that he does not give the name
case. Neither does he give the name of the
kEgambling house, in which this extra
4high limit was dealt. l have been gamb-
ling for quite while and played bank in
Fort Worth good deal, and also in other
.cities in the state of Texas and throughout
the United States, and have been very for
tunate" to get to play ST.. so and S25 limit;
the average is only s. and $40, as every one
knows who 'bucks the tiger" Now if
there had been safe blown open and
robbed in Fort Worth, or in any other part
of the state of Texas. and had made this
assertion, as his informant" says, and be-
ing known as l am by the officials of Tar
rant county and the city officials OF Fort
Worth. is it not reasonable to suppose that
/ would have been made to answer to this
charge.
l am satisfied that they will all bear me
out in my assertion that this charge made
against me is utterly false and without
foundation. There is such men and officials
as Sheriff Richardson, City Marshal Mad
dox and ex-Marshal Sam Farmer, who
have known me for quite awhile
and would have been very apt to
known If anything of this kind had oc-
CURED in your city, and all being good and
efficient officers of the law. l would have
been placed behind the bars long before
this upon that charge. Now for the big
limit game.'' There has been quite
number of men dealing bank in Fort
Worth for number of years and / am
pretty well known to them all, both pro-
prietors and dealers of the same. and they
know whether or not l ever made any asser-
ton of this kind, and also whether or not 1
or any other man ever made $500 bet at
their game. 1t does seem to me that this
gentleman informant should have been
more explicit in his statement, and then
your Brennan correspondent seems to be
little, "a very ittle'' jealous of my dress
upon leaving Brennan. 1 do not know
who the poor unfortunate fellow was,
but if ne will make himself known to me 1
will, when get out of this trouble, dress
him up at my own expense, not however
as dude" as think he csurely must be,
but in the good, substantial and costly
clothes of gentleman. such as l had on
when he was so fortunate as to
be in my company at the
depot in Brennan. and he can rest assured
that the money SO spent was not obtained
in writing ''infamous lies" against an inno--
cent man, SO unfortunate as to be charged
with an Offense of which he is as innocent
Us he. the said correspondent. No, thank
my God have not fallen so low as to have
to earn my money in that way, and cannot,
therefore, on that account, afford to dress
like dude much less gentleman. Now,
as far as this charge of robbery is con-
cerned, 1 can prove to the world my inno-
cence of the same by as good men as ever
lived, and men, TOO, whose oaths would be
taken in the courts of high heaven, and in
conclusion let me say this, that the one who
says that s'ever'' made any such remarks
about blowing safe, or ever lost $500 at
bank in Fort Worth at one time is, a liar Of
the deepest dye, thief, poltroon and cow
ard, and came into this world too soon to be
a gentleman. 10 BRONSON.