The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-10
BET ON QUEEN and. ACE.
A Gamblers Luck Causes a Riot in
a Western Town.
REV0LVERS AND DAG GERS
Used by Italians and Railroad Graders
Who Fought Like Madmen-It May
Yet Develop Into vendetta-No Inter-
national Question Involved this. Time

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 10.-A terrible
riot occurred at Wenatchee, 100 miles
from here, and for three hours the town
was In control OF a frenzied mob. The
trouble was started by the luck OF q
drunken gambler named Tom Guilland.
He worked on the Great Northern grade
at intervals through the summer. About
once in six weeks he would come to We
natchee to indulge In a wild carousal.
While he had money he would frequent
one of the toughest dives in the town, and
spend nearly all his time with an inmate
known as Susette. For the last month
she has been living with Giuseppe Waco, a
faro dealer, who is sport and king among
Italians here and Is said to have been
driven from New Orleans for his part in
the Malta murders.
Guilland again quit work q week ago
and went to WenRtchee and started on a
spree. In two days his money was gone
and he has been loating since.
Thursday night he was paid an old debt
OF sl2, and began to play cards. He quit
the game with s240.
He Next Played Poker.
and started for vaco's faro bank with
5000 in his pockets. Here he played recS-
lessly. Finally Guilland threw all his
money, $5os0, on the table and bet on the
queen and ace. Guilland won. Waco paid
but 1t broke the bank.
Susette heard the news and started to
the gamb bling room, saying she was going
to the man who had luck. Guilland
walked of with the woman, but before
they had gone block dozen Italians,
led by Waco, surrounded them. While
some attacked Guilland the rest tried TO
carry away the woman. Guilland fought
like a tiger, knocking down two or three
with his fist before he could draw his pis-
toll. The screams of the woman brought
a crowd of men from all sides and bands
OF railroad graders rushed to their COM
rades rescue.
Waco gave peculiar whistle, and in a
moment the street was filled with Ital-
ians, some of them but half dressed, and
armed with knives, clubs and stones. The
railroad men gathered in group wit p
Guilland and the woman in the cent
went and calling for help. Others joine
them and finally they made stand. Tn
Italians pressed them closely at first and
Many Fights Occurred.
but when the graders opened fire the
Italians gave way until there was space
of twenty feet between the two parties.
Across this space stones, clubs and
brickbats few in a regular cloud, those
who were knocked down being carried to
the rear of the mob. Three graders, who
had been stabbed with long knives, were
carried into saloon and the woman was
spirited away in the darkness.
About ten minutes after the graders
had made their stand, 20 Italians charged
on them from the rear and those on the
her side closed in at the same time.
For moment it seemed as IL the rail-
readers would be wiped out, but the hot
fire forced the Italians to fall back in con-
fusion. Before they could rally the rail-
road men were reinforced by nearly fifty
men who ran down side street. The
Italians fell back several blocks, carrying
heir wounded.
Both parties gradually broke up into
mall bands and scattered through the
town. Whenever opposition Factions
net there was q skirmish, generally end
ing in the defeat of the Italians.