The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14
ROBBED OF 100000.
The King of All the New York Gam
blers the Victim

from the Ne10 YORK. Herald.
John DAILY, the king of ell the New York
gamblers, the man who has won more bets
over faro table than any other keeper Of
a gambling house in this city. the man who
has been able to deal faro when all other
faro banks have been compelled to close,
the man known far and wide as high
roller y has been "done.n
Done" Is an expressive sporting term.
Used in this connection it means that john
Daily is poorer to-day by many thousands
than he was ten days ago
Robbed" is the word that is spoken by
those who talk of the matter who are not
included in the class known as sporting
men,
From the safe in Days gambling palace,
No. 80 West Twenty-ninth street, was
taken last Friday night a sum of money
es imated at from 100000 to 100000
1t was in bills-in cold, hard cash. It
made roll larger than a mans head, and
the bills were big oaes, and tightly packed
at that.
The man who took them-who was he9
None other than William s. Hollings-
worth, Days manager. a man living a
double life. Church member and seemingly
respectable citizen twelve hours in day
custodian of the money of gamblers and
interested in a resort where thousands of
dollars have changed hands the other
twelve
John Days loss has been the one absorb
ing topic among the men about town, the
followers of horses by day and the players
Of faro by night, for the last week. They
have wondered how this cool bettor, the
master of the art of winning othor peoples
money, this clear headed business man, how
he, Of all men, could have been made a VIC
tim.
The subject suppanted the interest in the
entries for the races, and even in the Glib
bons- McAuliffe fight. Nobody would ever
had dreamed that any man would ever get
the better of John DAILY in the matter of
money.
Yet one man has-the man Hollings-
worth.
TO COVER LOSSES IN WALL STREET.
The story is that he took the money from
Dely's safe, of which he held the combina-
ton, and used it, or the greater part of it,
to cover losses in Wall street.
1t was said Friday nj yht that when DAILY
demanded its return Hollingsworth braved
him, told him that he was rightfully en-
titled to it and dared DAILY TO go 70 court.
DAILY has taken no steps In that direction.
Whyi
Because, it is whispered, any action of
that character on bis part would involve
persons of prominence in the administrG-
ton of the city of New York.
He who can maintain a gambling house
even when the hue and cry against gam
bling are loudest and strongest cannot af-
ford to appear in public court room as q
complainant against one acquainted with
his affairs
Those who know DAILY and Hollingsworth
and who know of the affair are as silent as
the proverbial clam. They will say abso-
lutely nothing about it.
When | spoke to several of them last
night they merely stared. They looked as
if they could speak volumes One of them,
however, came out of the she'll far enough
to observe that there was Chi to pay"
l learned, however, that some Of the
moneytaken belonged to the bookmakers and
to some fortunate ones who had made win
nings and had given them to Daily to keep
for them. John Daily as a trustee Is as solid
as the Chemical Bank.
Hollingsworth. it appears, had long had
access to the safe. Many of Days deposit
tors gave their money to him, but DAILY was
responsible for it.
After the game was closed on Friday
night, and after Daily had goue he usually
retires early-Hollingswor is said to have
taken the money. He did rot flee to
Canada, as many thieving bank cashier
has done.
TOOK THE MONEY HOME.
No, according to all accounts he took the
money home He must have remained up
all night for it is said that he was seen IN
Wall street early the next morning Pre-
sumably he took the money down town with
him to make good his margins
1t is said that he was bear on the rising
market. He sold stocks and they advanced.
He is reported as arriving at Daly's
Twenty-ninth street house early Saturday
afternoon. DAILY was there and had been
inspecting the safe. He had found big
shortage.
Upon Holingsworth's arrival there was
scene. DAILY demanded an accounting Hol>
lingsworth said:
well you can have one"
81 want it now" said Daily
II took no more than what belonged TO
me-" Hollingsworth is quoted as saying,
''and,n he added significantly, ''if you don't
like 1t you know what you can do"
DAILY probably did know what he could
do. But he has done nothing.
When | went to the gambling house last
night colored man answered the bell.
could see through the inside glass door a
rear parlor, brilliantly lighted. Yet the
house was perfectly dark from the outside
"Is Mr.. DAILY here" l asked.
NO" the servant replied, "he's gone to
the fight"
as Mr.. Hollingsworth, his manager,
here9" queried.
"No,h was the curt answer, "he amt got
no connection with this house no more"
WHO HoLLINGsWoRTH is.
1t is hard to believe that one whose figure
is as familiar in a prominent Episcopal
church in this city as the surplice of the
rector could be so closely allied with a
famous gambling resort as that of John
DAILY.
But this is the case with BILLY" Hollings-
worth, who for years has been a resident of
Harlem, and to all appearances devout
worshipper at the altar of st. Andrews
Episcopal church, at One Hundred and
Twenty seventh street and Fifth avenue. of
which the Rev. DR.. George b. Van De
Water is the rector.
There were and are Harlemites who knew
the true busiuess of William S. Hollings>
worth, notwithstanding the directory for
1891 aud previous years enrolled him as a
resident of the city IN this wise:
Holingsworth, William S., Brushes, 80 W,
B'way, h, 22s Lenox av.
Tho g who knew that the "brush" bust
ness was simply subterfuge winked the
other eve, placed their index fingers on
their noses and said-nothing. The true
business calling of "Billyn Hollingsworth
was even known to a goOdly proportion of
the attendants at st. Andrews Episcopal
church too. but it behooved them for vari-
Gus reasons to say little more if anything
than those outside of the pale of the church.
Hollingsworth is a man Of slight figure.
much below the medium hight, and a
head somewhat larger than generally poised
on a mau of his size. In complexion be is
decidedly light, with peculiar blue eyes, one