Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-10

Arkansas club, a gambling house in Hot Springs, where tho play Was made, His partners are Bob Linn of Cincinnati Kirk Gum and ii Jayncs of Chicago and Heury turner of Hot Springs
 TEe club iS well known. although it is open only a low months each year. its games running generally from the middle of January until about April l5. All the games that man wants to play can be enjoyed thore, and tho player can wager as high as $2OO on turn. and even high or if he is known to be thoroughly re- sponsible and expresses n desire to have tho limit raised. Its principal rival in Hot Springs is the Southern club tho patrons of both places being men of wealth.
 His Word Paid For Chips.
 Ut is thorough surprise to me " said Connor to a reporter, for from what I knew of Caldwell he was the last man should think would be n 'welcher' But, without money. ho gave us his word that he would pay, and we played against his word. We let him go in until he had lost Sl9, 300, and he has absolutely declined to pay us that amount Of course, We can do nothing to recover a gambling debt, and l never expect to get a cent of the money But 1t seems to me that Caldwell holds his honor cheap"
 The starter arrived in Hot Springs in December. It is said he had made large winnings in Saratoga last summer; that his luck stuck to him, and that in Provi- dence during the November races he won $9. GOO, while in New Orleans he had also taken away a nice lump of the bank $ money. The story of his Hot Springs ex- perienCe, as told by Connor, is as follows He played regularly at the Arkansas club, sitting at the faro table three times day on some occasions. In the beginning he was uniformly successful, and when he | visited the Southern club Dame Fortune continued to smile on him. He is said to be a cautious player when winning, his bets being anywhere from 50 up to $25. When he is ahead, he usually hands over chips to his friends, who play for | him. But when he is losing, it Is said, he | becomes reckless, and will scatter bets of S20O all over tho table" Of the to or 70 times he played in the Arkansas club, | COnnOr says, he rose from the table a loser only four times. On one of these oc- casions he had no money. and he lost ] Sl0, GOO. He handed over a check for 6, 900, and Connor accompanied him tC the Arlington hotel. where he was stop ping, and there he secured the other | S5, OU0 which he handed to Counor. It was near tho end of his stay" Con- nor said, when he came in one night and told us he had no money with him, but that ho wanted to play and would make l good if he lost l and my partners had talked about him and had decided that we would not let him lose more than SEQ, ,o00 unless he paid in cash We thought that was high enough, although we heard he had told persons he had $l5o, OC0 in certified checks with him | Played All Night
 Luck was against him. and he began to drink as he lost. My partners were away, and at ? o'clock 1 went to bed eau l tioning tho dealer not to let Caldwell gC | beyond the SEQ, GOO mark. was awakened | early in tho morning by tho dealer who | told me that Caldwell had lost $l9, goo | and that he insisted on keeping on. Gum and I went down stairs and told Caldwell that wo would not let him play any longer.
 "'All right, he said as hc rose from tho table, if you are going to stop me after have lost SEQ 900 I'll not pay you. ana that all there is to it..
 We thought he was joking, of course That afternoon he came in again and lost $S, 900, which he paid up. Tho last night he was in the pTce he lost $2, 200, which | he paid, and then he borrowed { l, 900 from | a friend and lost that When he rose, hC announced that he would leave town thl next day.
 "Gunn and had O talk with him, anC | he said he would make good his losses He said he had sent an order for SEQ, 00( to the city, and he said it would be seat tC Dr. Keller. who would turn 1t over to us We objected to this and then he took u! to President Hodgebomm of the Arkansas Valley bank, l think it is, and told hin that he would have SEQ, 900 sent to him which he was to turn over to us Tha was satisfactory to us, and the next day Caldwell left The money failed to come Gum saw Caldwell in Chicago today, fol have just received this telegram iron him, Party absolutely refuses to do any thing for us
 And that, of course. settles the who'll bnatter, for we can't make him pay"