The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-13
A nIG rolkEn roE.n M
Ono Game IN Which tho 5ioney In lilo
Treasury Was Put Up.

ono Gnnip III NIich tho DlDihy In ITO
Treasury Was Put Up.
Washington Star.
A group OF gentlemen were discuss
Ing the national game OF poker at the
city hall tho other day, giving instances
Of the big hands they had seen or heard
OF. Among theiN G&aoaS-armed vet
Gran OF the late pnpleNsantncSs. "Wcll,
gentlemen" said tue latter, "thc big
gcst hand ever played in this country.
or In any other, rs for that, was one |
saw played right here In Washington
shortly after the close Of the war. That
game wns playdu, who're you would
never have dreamed OIL"
Where was that2" was asked.
IN tho vault OF the Treasury" hc
replied. "At that time" he resumed,
81 was in command oil a number of
veterans, not one OF them a complete
man, rs regards tho usual complement
OF arms and legs allotted by nature,
who had been, together Will, myself,
selected by tho War Department, at
the request OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury, to guard the Treasury vaults,
Some half 4 dozen OF these men were
nightly locked up by mein the vaults.
The time, rs You may imagine, passed
slowly and tcdiously enough for men
not long returned from the danger and
excitement OF war, and one night Il
pack OF cards was produced to while
away tho time. Very naturally, the
game suggested was the seductive IL
OF poker. None OF the boys were very
flush, SO the limit was placed At an cx-
cce1ingly low figure.
The game continued right through
the night until about 3 o'clock in the
morning, when about tho only man
pc%cuniarily able to keep on was q one.
legged fellow from somewhere out
West. There were two others, how
ever, who, although broke, were very
anxious to continue playing. One was
n one-lccgcd chap from down East, and
the other was Il man from New York,
whose lett arm was missing at the cl-
bow. Both OF these men were, how
ever, opposed to borrowing, 20 the
Yankee suggested that each mnn should
supply himscliwith n certain amount OF
Uncle Sans millions, which lay about
INC vMu.t securcly HsaIe" paeEnSes
conIalll'8 rom vera thous,thus 10
m'l'ioNs ol uollnrs' ana pay ouI one
.ahu' hovcl'y OF inc ldea caught
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