The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-02
CAUGHT CHEATING ATCARDS.
SCANDAL sMIRCHEs THE NAME or a
HhLL-kSOUN SOUTHERSE".

In SiiT Gnmr OF Poker Played ut n RESORT
Frrqucn' ed by Members or the southrr.
Society He Is said to Have Concealed
Cards in His Sic vc-Contessrd His Guilt,
The Southern colony in New YORK is very
much worked ur Just now over q bit Of scan~
dai In which the name of q we'll known South-
erner is involved The wcl-known Southerner
is charged with cheating at cards In q game Of
poker that took place in n resort In Twenty
nth street not n great distance from the
rooms OF the Southern Society. No roker 10
allowed In its rooms by the Southern Society.
and the close-by resort is very much FIRE.
Quented by the society's members The
Southcrner who Ia charged with cheating at
cards is said not to he n member OF the
society. though he visits the club house when
In New York. ,...
Tho little game out OF which all the talk has
grown was played one night about two weeks
ago. and so careful have been oil those who
knew about or heard Of tho affair to keep the
scandal out Of print that tho story did not Oe-
come public property until yesterday. As the
story goes. a party Of Ave Southern gentlemen
we're playing dollar limit game The luck
Of the prominent Southerner was phenom email.
and the losers at last changed tho game
to table stakes" that they might have q
chance to recoup their losses. But this did not
affect the winners luck. and he kept on wins
ming until he had almost exhausted the 70"
sources Of his friends. In some Of the jack
pots he captured it IL said there WAS rs much
as 500. The four losers thought nothing
wrong of their supposed friends big winnings.
and stood their losses with the best grace pos
Were we suspicious" said one OF them
yesterday when asked about the game. Why
we never even dreamed at first Of ANYTHING
being wrong. knew the man and his family.
and would as soon have thought him capable
Of committing murder rs OF cheating at cards.
His family is une OF tho best in the South Poor
fellow: however. he may have been driven
to It Ivy hard luck and too fast living.
with coats off and sleeves rolled up. noticed
that our companion refused to take his coat
of but thought nothing Of 1t until just as we
were winding up the game. then saw. M he
was moving his LEFT arm the ace OF sG Sst ia.
Of the evening he had kept his left arm, under
the table. picked UP the card quickly and
asked him what that meant His only answer
was to grow red in tho face and mum bic somes-
thing about n mistake.
"Iaccused him on the spot OF cheating BY
this time he had become composed. and Mt
once made II desperate lunge ut mo. quick
dodge was all that saved me- from severe
blow; As he ,umpod up to strike me the other I.
the seat OF his. chair. Confronted with this
evidence he broke down and burst Into tears.
He pleaded that we keep the matter quiet. and
we greed to do so on condition that he would
PROMISED Faithfully to DO. I'VE tIoaght It best
both for his sake and his friends sake. 70 let
the matter pass by in this way"
A friend Of one Of the players said Yesterday
that the man caught cheating had challenged
they refused to meet him. saying that, he had
forfeited his right to satisfaction in that way
at the hands OF gentlemen.