The evening world., 1893-09-21
POKER SHARP AT BAY.
An Artistic Western Gambler
Exposed at the Waldorf
Millionaires lured Into Poker
Games and Swindled.
Bold Career OF w. W. Hurt and
Arizona Jack. His Pal.

quiet httic game OF uTdW III oHC
Of the parlors of the aristocratic Hotel
Waldorf has revealed the presence in
this city of the slickest pair of card
sharpers that ever manipulated the
pasteboard.
The sharpers are known Col. Jack
Dean, of Arizona. and W. w. Hurt of
: Santa Barbara. Cal, and their string of
victims stretches from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Coast.
Only one of the men. w. w. Hurt,
figured in the quiet little game" at the
Waldorf last night. which, by the way,
was not so quiet as it might have been.
But Hurt and Dean are never far
apart, and although the former claims
that the latter was drowned some time
ago at Long Branch, it's dollars to
doughnuts that Dean was In an adjoin-
ing room and heard his partner de-
no Gun at the close of the game.
" Western mine-owner, who had the fell
lows record from A to lizard, and who
had entered the game with the single
intention OF exposing Hurt to his VIC
Tins For obvious reasons this West
erner will not disclose the names of
these these victims. Hurt was detected in
restitution. His victims were amazed
at the disclosure. and expected Hurt
to shoot his accuSer. 70 their grea ter
surprise he made no defense Of his con-
Hurt Is in seclusion to-day, and he
and Dean are probably engaged in
bat for last nights 0o them untimeiy
The men have been operating in this
vicinity Tor almost two years, and It is
should have fiourished here so long
without detection.
they have given the same names and
ways select Victims from the millionaire
class. TO secure acquaintances in this
! genious schemes and men high up So
cially and financially have unwittingly
figured as their confederates
John E. Richards, the present Cover
nor OF Montana. was imposed upon by
them to the extent of introducing them
as gentlemen friends" in the silver
Bow Club. Of Butte CITY. several mem
ers. That was a little more than two
years ago, and just before Hurt and
Dean came to New York. The two
Club. where high stakes at poker We're
the rule, with the intention of clean
ing out such big players as w, A.
Of theh Anaconda Copper Mine. It may may
be no more than a coincidence that
y: , =. Clark is now stopping at the
They arrived in Butte late in the Sum
mer, and put, up, at the McDermott
Hotel, the est In the town; They regis
tered as ": W. Hurt and wife, wife, Santa
After some prospecting work, the
sharpers hit upon Mr.. Richards then
Observation-Disclosures OF the state, and
q real estate dealer as well, as the man
to get into the club.
Mr.. Richards has a reputation as
very upright man and devout Chris
reduction troll BY him Would put them be-
yond question on sure footing.
To secure this introduction they repre- pre-,
visited to Butte with the intention of
building a $500 600 hotel. They requested
Mr.. Richards to secure site for them.
b hurt se he a G%ne co 0f Dean s had
cattle interests in Arizona.
Mr.. Richards is fond of business and
dollars. He was taken in by Hur, and
wealth of the Rothschilds to draw upon.
lie dined them, drove them about town
and pointed out sites for week ,,o
Silver Bow Club. and Mr.. Richards in
troduced them and secured visiting
cards that gave them almost as many
e SrtnYsg as the members themselves
Il was plain sailing then, but for
day only. Hart and Dean had Just pre-
OF that party, unfortunately for them,
happened to visit Butte and to see them
there.
He suspected their intentions. and
warned u prominent member of the
Silver Bow CLUB. This member called
Governor called IN Hart and Dean.
They assumed airs of injured inno-
eenee and demanded TO be confronted
Col. Dean was accommodated He
caused y to be given out that he was
q man-killer, and when brought face to
face face With Nth the Portland man assaulted
admitted that he might have been mis-
taken In the men, and Col. Dean smil-
ingly assured newspaper reporter
he would make short work Of any man
who repeated the same accusations.
The reporter later saw the Portland
tifcation OF Dean and Hurt and this
story of their Portland clean up"
Inc pair hau gone 10 fort!and In
represented himself to be a nephew of
the famous palace car man. Their spe-
cial was side-Sracked. directory Of the
selseteS S and cards Of invitation sent t oat'
The victims were invited to dine and
wine in the special car and afterwards
to discuss business sna ~
and inveighed into a. quiet little game
Of draw" by Dean. The party broke up
in the wee small hours, and the invited
their homes by their bland entertainers,
1t Is said that Dean and Hurt secured
cash and I. o. Us representing $4,000
This story the reporter prepared for
to be used. and sought to buy on the
sy SS sassr q ei his sP par. wS S
a;hsd with the pin incident added;