Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-25
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Miles Crowley. tae genial congress
man from Texas. is disappointed.
Years ago. before be ever had an idea
Tia, he would one da. help to repre-
sent the Lone Star STATE at the ma
-sr.s csvia. ne read aaou- the biz
same. played at Sam Wards ana John
Cmu1orls
Alsu. The first thing the Texas con
gresham did on reachins the capital
was Co huns no some the great eano-
lme places which he supposed lined
re~r,rl vauia avenue from end TO end.
He made careful ana pains akins
search. but Eas doomed TO disappoint-
uenL In his wand-engs he heard
with dismay that q reform wave struck
The ely some years ago which knock
ed it's gambling g,ories in,o cooked
hat.
But IL his vanderuss did not bring
the desired results. SIR. Crowley has
certainly eouec-eda fine array of poker
stories OF the Washington Oh le"
years ego. Nearly every man he met
could TEN him a s0od poker story.
Secretary Wo'C0.r OF Colorado. tls-
ures in quite % .ler of these stories.
There is no man ne country, per-
hans Who has s- - 50 many big
..~.s as .hs Oil Who knows
more r. Oh. rlul same of
poker Set Nr Crowley was informed
that -he senator had given up the game
H-a the rest Of Washing ON.
AS am evidence of the kind of game
the senator used 30 play. this is told
about him. lie and three friends were
sitting iu "a room aJ Willard S one night
v-4virg quiet same Each player
had % nice stack o. whites, reds and
blues iu front of him and an old darby
was sitting I'm chair near slde9oar0
serving iu the double capacity OF bank
c- and distributor of liquids.
The same was freeze. out AFFAIR.
Every man paid for his chips i'm the
cold coin Of the realm, and when he
was broke ne had 20 quit Table stakes
was the game. but there was no rash
bering None OF the players wanted
90 be froza, ont i'm the early part of
the same. and &c was moving along
very smoothly when a knock was
heard no the door and nth gentle
man was Ushered I'm.
"Ahi I've caught Won al the game az
last. senator. said the newcomer. I've
wanted 10 have q try at you for long
time. and I've gOr my chance.
"You had better not come in tonight.
John" said the senator. kindly. It's
a freeze-Out and the pace is swift.
chat won't bother me. WOlcott.
I've told Won many times tha- I've play
ed i'm the BIGGEST games in the coun-
try I'm no peuny-ante man.
Then the newcomer dlved INTO his
pocket and pulled out a big roll OF
greenbacks Wolc0-- showed the mon
ev over TO the d9rkv. and the latter
began TO count it laboriously. The
game stopped until the banker had to-
tqIed up The roll and In The meantime
the visitor had found a comfortable
seat az the table. had lit one the sem
a-or's CLEARS and was about TO begin
q ,oEer warm. when The ola darby turn
cd to- Senator WolcC.t and said:
Use counted it, sab.
GLOW much is &c.. Dick2
-Fo' hundred dollars sab.
oWeU give the gentleman four white
chips Dick.
n is needless to say the newcomer
changed his mind about playing. In
+bar came white chip cost 500. a red
chin 5000 and a blue chip $500 There
r....rsfh o. nnfnG
the table when the new poker hend
flashed his immense roll or S+oo on ie
crowd
Cen Nelson A. Miles holds the rec
ord fin the matter of Wig games. The
General was not participant tor ne
has never been bUrdened with Yves lth,
but ne was the only witness of a game
which for actual cash involved. was
the biggest thing, ne says I'm the his
tory of poker.
Tt was toward the end of the war
when ne was i'm North Caronina. He
was sent by his superior officer to- make
% round of the camp and see that
everything was as IT should be, and
while passing a mean little tent he
heard one man saw 20 another:
"I'U raise YOU $1,000
This sounded pretty big, so he
Thought he would see what was going
on. He stood at the entrance of the
tent and looked inside. There he saw
four men. all privates In the army,
plavins cards win the dirtiest pack
he had ever seen. The men were so
interested that they did not notice
him. On the upturued cracker box
which served as q table were great
stacks of bank notes. I'm the big box
near one of the PLAYERS were stacks
upOn stacks of money.
"The next is a jack pot. boys. he