The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
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PASSED IN HIS HtCKS.

'Three- Fingered jack" character
well known to all the sports in Wichita,
has passed in his checks at last. having
gone the way of nearly all gamblers
Jack has not been in Wichita very much
of the time recently. but some three or
four years ago he was a conspicuous fig
ure in gambling circles and was one of the
characters of the town. About three
years ago he beat up a negro pretty badly
in II street car goln. out to Eidrldge'S
park, and from that time on be WAS not
seen very often i'll Wichita. He was shot
at Perry. night before last, and brought 10
Winfield for treatment, dying in DE-. En-
merson's hospital yesterday morning,
The Courier gives the following account
OF the matter:
The north-bound passenger train Tues
day evening brought to this city H.
Rausham OF Perry, o. T., who was ac
Companying man, who Tor several years
has been known in this section As "Ihree
Fingered Jack, cognomen given him be-
cause of his having three missing nngers
on one Of his hands.
"Three Fingered Jack's'' real name is
J. J.. Patterson, ana he was brought here
TO have DIR. Emerson dress gunshou
wounds received in 5rawl IN Perry Oh
that day.
Patterson was carried to the Emerson
sanaUorium where an examination showed
that he had been shot twice. One bali
had entered "a hip aud passed through his
body Dr. Emerson, after an examine
ton, stated that The man could not
live beyond , O'Clock d. H., and between
- and he passed in his checks. p" The
body was taken TO AXtells undertaking
rooms where il remained until this even
ing and was buried in the Union cemetery.
H. Raushman. who brought the man
here. and VINO paid all the expense OF sur
geops and funeral told Coulter reporter
dll about the tragedy.
1t appears that kaushman is gambler
and was running d game in a place where
LIQUOR was sold. Patterson WAS playing
but pretty drunk. R1nsallan told him
lie had better quit playing AS lie WIS too
drunk to play. Patterson took out his
revolver aud lad IL on the table.
Pretty soon two men entered and walked
up to the bar. Patterson directed au In
sultlng remark a. one Of them which was
resented. Patterson, seeming to realize
that he had matched man, apclogizsG.
but the other would not accept IL. he
threw his hand back to his nip pockcs as II
10 draw a gun. Raushman tried TO paciTy
the men, saying that everything WAS all
right and there was no usa TO draw gun.
The stranger threw his coat back, saying
he mad no gun, and showing thai be had
none in his hip pocket.
In the meantime Patterson had
his gun in his baud. Suddenly The
stranger put bis hand in the breast pocket
of his coat and drew his qua. The
two men. only four feet apart.
fired, Patterson gee;inS first shot
Each fired two shots. Patterson Eel! and
tie other man started 10 &c. buJ fell and
was carried away. 1t is thought friends
of the latter were watching and expected
trouble. The stranger was very abusive
to Patterson after the trouble began.
Patterson had made his headquarters in
Arkansas City a great Geai OF the time
during the last two or three years aud las
visited Winfield several times. Paterson
came here from Good's p. O., Bedford
county, West Virginia. and Mr.. Raush-
! man is en,,eavoring by wire aud mail to
notify his frietds Patterson WAS work
lug tor Raushman, and the latter gave
him decent burial. paying al! expenses IN
fuli