Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
MEN WHO HAD LUCK.
stories Circulated In Group at Devote~e
of Chance On the Northwest.

Stories Circulated In q Group at Devof~es
of Chance in the Northwest.
from the TRkoms Daily News
well, that was luck
The speaker was one 90 group Of haifa
dozen men who were standing on Pacific avenue
putting away At Havanas and taking Just TO
pass time away and TO clear their throats for
lubricants OF fiery order The conversation
mad been about the livery stableniau. Martin,
OF this city who had fallen heir to ESQ 600
three wears ago and didn't find il out until a
few DAYS ago
TAX about luok." said one Of the group. Tho
was gambler. Eve see plenty OF it,. Do sou
know ihst one day last week a man entered one
OF our gambling houses with a nickel and Won
ont stoo in three hours? He had gone elssn
busted on drunk the night before and found
tue hicsei In an ont-of-the-way corner in his
room the next morning
mat eiokie went to the gambling house with
.ne intention OF placing his Scent piece on The
LUMBER nVe. He got into the room when ths
roulette ball was whizZing around on ID. tour "a
numbers. He rushed 10 the table and cot
rUmn ms nickel on the five just the game
runner .u shouted All down In a few seconds
tne ball started on it's rear end bouncing "a
IN ie~ seconds more the ms n shouted sFiF.f'
nat gave the man with the nickel II rs for his
. cents Then he put 81 on No IL. and mat
nunoer came mp, giving him ss5 more. He
conunaed TO play with VARYING iuck uptii 4,
three hours, he had won $500 And The n.,a
oss ne was broke again. He borrowed piusei
ana trled the game again, but Il didn't 90
can tell story Of Il man who was luckF
SAID business man. .'In the early DAYS ~
,he gold excitement in California there came
into San Diego a man who was ragged ana -
almost TO death he was taken In hand ana
REQ ana liked IN. Then he told a story Of =
wonderful ind of gold he had made II r.s
only few days of, he said, and he would t.ke
a party to the place IL they would outfit
several men who heard the story of sbe
great gold in the mountains that was thelrv 10
20 after got up party of fifty. The start ~.s
made with that man AZ leader After a lev
days travel IL became evident that the man
had forgotten the way. They travelled an
trusting to luck. however Ind ans were hostile
=. .ne time. and they started in TO NOW she
gold hunters They picked OF one sfs,r
another with their bullets. score were thus
taken on. Then fever struck the marty. sad
eleven more went the way Of death.
by this time the nineteen survivors vsre
crazy with rage. They had been fourt.ep
DAYS out and we're travelling in the most arid
country. Food wAs growing less and iess ssd
death faced everybody. On the afternoon Of
the Fourteenth day the leader, who had CAUSED
90 much misery, was given three days more 20
ind his gold find" II he was not suocess,ul
BY that time be was TO hang
"s", soe tnree oays nhd almost passed snd
sun there was no sign of the find. The last
hour was almost mp 1t seemed that the nan
must hang. There were only Eve minu,ss
more, now two minutes, now one minute. new
. half minute-then came his luck Just q NE
time ras up for the hanging that man dropped
Il don't Zee how he was lucky" put In IN,
gambler who bad told the hrst story.
why" said the business man. she vas
lucky, because N be hadn't died he would have
been hanged"
Another gambler told how few dsy. age q
srsen sweoe who knew nothing about the game,
put determined to try his luck had won neaflv
ti.ooo. He had been an onlooksr once or twice
ana seen big winnings. He went to the roulefse
wneei WITH go and in few hours he had won
out $500. IL seemed that no matter what pun-
Der he put chips on-snd he PLAYED reckleeslr.
"a new pnysr DOT came up every time
That was pure luck The man PLAYED no com
binations or arrangement" because be w.s
as green - grass and knew nothing about the
game.
81 have . friend, !" spoke NJ enc of Il eroun.
who is connected with the city governmest
wno oy tne merest luck Iaade discovery that
| IL netting him millions His name ia Perkias
and few years ago back in Minnesota he made
his discovery. He was q travelling man for a
grocery frm, and while walking to q train 70 no
from one country town TO another one day Il
| whitfield q stick.
Il nv ns1 NAitboQ tne eIlck IN q tr1auHIo
shape. On the train the idea struck him "a,
the shape would be just what wss wanted for
railroad spikea The square spikes in voess
were not the right thing beG1nss they split ths
grain OF the green ties when driven into thea.
and when dry the wood shrank away from
them The triangle-shAped spike would not
| split the grain and subseq 1ent shrinkage would
be done away with. Perkins submitted his do
covery to Pullman, and now the spikes are be-
Ing made by millions Of Pullman, IL, making
| millions for Perkins and Pullman"
Another gambler here chimed In with ne
| statement that during the past week esmbler
from Seattle had won %. 500 ct faro in Tacoma
| rooms in two sittings. Both sittinss occupied
thirteen hours. and the frst sitting resulted IN
| the winning Of el.S0o. and the second sl. 600.
During the latter game the man IVES out nearly
the whole 81 800 he had won at sitting No. /,
but be picked up and won big money. az sup
pose hes gone back to Seattle With his dough. /"
said the gambler, ''as I have not seen him foe
| some days"
The luckest winning that has been made In
| this city for some time was made BY the too
men who entered the Warwick and with thsir
pistols won all that was 10 sight" said one of
the group. at took only moment. too, and
there was no opposition Do you know that the
men suspected Of that job are in town. Bat
there Is nothing TO prove it against them, -
thereU be no arrests."