Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-24
ANOTHER VERSION
a. us~ tse Lambs aosrel and tie Lions De-
csmssd a Phssssd-

. Young zestsemanly fellow, sisrs and Of
,,a,..nt address, Gale. on one OF the
IorxsAL reporters Monday afternoon He
x..f,sa to zee tie one who wrote ap the
,,o,v Of fskis. and their dspes q. tie PstEs-
ssti noes. He sad that bis name ss j.
p Wilson. one Of tie men Who's names
,s,. nen,.oned in connection with the
sory.
# aao't exactly Ike" he said, Ito be
...rad Al ass great curiosity, eut-rlisoat
,oo.e in TOM, every time I appear on The
street. for I shaIl probably stay here sew
s,.l aay.. Neither 10 consider myself
,obber. nsver have played the shell
zane. Selling pool. is my business where
Dool .eIl.az j. allowed. The game plays ed
=, piu.asN and az Augusta MAS the old
army zane, known as 'oyer and under
.vea. Is is perfectly square game.
There 3. percentage in favor Of the man
xho ri.ns il. Of course. There has To be,
IN. there a chance for the player 10 win,
Neither sor Mr.. Crawford, my friend
had ,ayrhinz 70 30 wiki the saell game at
the PARK here
This part Of Wilson, story is corrooor-
a,.f by one Of the Augusta PARK directors.
ts .4y. further that il wasn't the shell
y,p,s a, which the Piusfeid brsses lost
heir money. This man whom you mem
toned az losing go dropped his bundle on
In. zane knorn a. 'tiTolI'. That game
rive. the player no more chance 70 win than
doe. the .hen game. Bat / was 10 no way
ronneetbs! snh j O'her parties we're run
ninz that game. After that fellow lost his
nancy AZ tiyulg he came doEn 10 play AT
nv zane. Losing, he got mad, assuming
that over and under seven was as mach of
i, .kin a. .tiYoli' and he and his friends
xatbsrea around. of course We eonlin'I
stop 10 convince them that our game was a
.quare one. told man TO take my bag
gage TO the hotel and 10 tell the bo'el
keeper to bold il until would send him the
money for oar board, -. Now | must be
, foo. 10 rbsst a man oat of - board
bill. rn-re sas no occasion for the ian'i-
ord 10 follow a,7
he i.int dsny tia, the lanli)rd ill fol
los thsm however.
wilson claimed ,ha, he didn't kno~ how
the .tory "a the JprMSAL got started. He,
however. didn't 20 into details as to just
hoN he male his escape from the mob, and
hi. remark. indie teI there vas god
sizei one friend helped them out. he
sad. AMI they took roundabout way to
Burnbanl. not daring to 20 back to tbs
hotel ~ to sAit for the train which was TO
arrive IN the evening. He also disavoweI
being the possessor Of a revolver.
These statements Iisest the story Of some
Of .,s thrilling features, but it can be
imagined that during the few minutes these
visitors 70 Maize were engaged in olsen
tanglins themselves from that irate crowd
u biteFs bitten At pittsfeld, the situation
was thr Hing enough for them.
The story which the Journal printed
vas, boz, yer toil On what was eon.iiered
the best Of authority, anil 1t is thong t that
!. .pfurS from what these parties said on
their ar,sa! here. \ story, however, gets
TASTED At best, but even # We accept that
OF tle men Themselves in all It's details, it
Will 10 ycsy sell, as stories 90,
The fact. are that no game Of chance il
run without the person in charge reserving
the OLD. in lis osn favor. and tia man
~ho j.. fool enough TO play it gets no gym
patty nor deserves any when he is beaten.
/ kuos, continued wilson that one
If t.r fellows ho lost money on that game
At Pt;sdeh IS one who gets card shssps to
come there to fleece his friends No man
ia sies one Of those games bat what b 5
thi,f ia bis heart Hc'. after the 9TH
fellow pile. A man h1 gets out in your
square Ant selis sater for ointment, show
ing three or four bosls diplomas. oh. he's
all r.git. bat # hr has game that's square
he's robber. never played the shells,
AMI vhcn start In 10 rob a man it viii lie
out IF more than a three dollat boarl bill.
| must hss, the percentage in my favor.
50 10 sil partie. running these games.
There isn a gambling place il the sorIi
hat shat the odis are in favor of the man
sssment. How else can they pay expenses
and make money b"
S,,s sn,ugh boz "a, theyg VIII some
one smart enough TO beat these games
tell IS