The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-17
THE FATAL POKER HAND.
Jack Full on Ned sevens Always
Brings Grim Death.

Jack Full Ned seyens Always
Brings Grim Death.
One of our western members of con-
gress, who has seen a great deal OF life
on the plains and in the mining camps,
tells an interesting story of a game OF
poker and n subsequent tragedy OF
which he was an involuntary witness =
few years ago. 1t was in one Of those
live mining towns ia New Mexico.
Everything was ON the boom AMI
gambling houses were in fun blast a.
they are in all frontier towns.
II dropped in one day" he said, ''just
to see how the boys were getting along.
A game of poker was in progress at ope
of the tables, and II attracted me. az
there were two men in IL whom knew
personally. They were both pretty
rough characters and one of them was
q Desperate who was feared from Tcxas
to Montana lie was one of those
quiet fellows Of nervous temperament.
who said little at all times, but acted
quickly and desperately in crisis
There was good sized jack pot on tho
table and it was his opponents deal
1.-The cards came ont cne AT time,
and ] noticed that our quiet friend.
whose face under most extraordinary
circumstances never changed, appeared
TO get pale as he picked up his last two
cards one after the other ! saws that
there was something unusual in his
manner. but did not understand wiz
be should manifest szich agitation when
nobody was creating the least diversion
OF any sort II was all clear 20 m,
afterwsrd. His opponent who was
dealing, watched him narrowly.
AS the quiet man picked mp his iass
card he reached quickly toward bis belt
as II TO pull "A revolver. His motion
was anticipated by his opponent. xho
In fash drew from his own belt re-
volver and commenced firing across ;hs
table A: the second shot the desper-
ado fell forward across the table, his
e-blood ebbing from q bullet wound.
He was carried out and the hand which
he had held was exposed 20 viea. Hs
had drawn jack full on red seyses
THAT WAS VIVA. had caused his face
70 change and that was what had In
spired him 20 pull a gun. There is :
superstition among gamblers in tho
west that he who sits in = game AMI
draws in pat hand jack ssli on reL
seyens viii never leave the game alive
The nervous desperate had drawn thu
fatal hand and had Immediately reached
for his revolver, feeling that eris.A
had come. His opponent had been to1
quick for him and sho. him dead '
That reasinds me. said Chicago
-. a
''thst knew Of game n sbseh .
hand Of thss kind resulted fatally.
Ons night last Summer ia the csty 90
Chicago the poles ra4ted one % tas
numerous gambling asRs on sas west
ssde When the officers entered fbs@
foand the pisee crowded with men AMI
boys gathered srognd tAe gsloins
tables
THE greatest excitement sua son-
fusion a. once ens1ed. and raznY =
those present made d<sY@rate attsSarss
70 escape 4 general rTSh ~as sassas
for the doors ard yF3naosz Of al
thoae around the tables oE.y osls ra2a
remained seasea- lie 6I9 10. sDoTs even
after the ossscsrs had fzsrgh@isa ta1sss
under arvezt IN reA1ja@ss 90 take tsS.a
70 Tie station. AZ os2e@- tsszehesi sas
mar sin sitting - The a s.e. ba. 30
id not move
- elos<s ifspectioa revealed th- sze.
;ssas he 4sas dead Tie did ~ heart 4.8-
ezs< a. r-esst ~ To- frs<kt Ia 30
haaa ~ heIa I've cards wh,Ek he had
drawn. Tlses sssFs IKE 5zss q ssas@.
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