Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-02
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Her Pretty Daughter Puts Stop to tho
Fair Gamblers Game. M Z.

REFORMATION oF"FAR0 RATE
her Pretty Daughter Puts . Stop to, tho I
Fair Gamblers Game. ~ II
Living with her daughter, in cosy
cottage, handsomely furnished, on a
quiet street Of Superior. Wis, says the |
San Francisco Post, ia woman whose |
life history reads like romance. Not
yet 45 years Of age, this woman has
seen more life than most men do in q |
century. Her hair is white as driven
snow, but her face preserves her won
derful beauty, which has been her
main stock in trade. Her voice is soft
and low, and every action betokens the
utmost refinement, but in spite Of all
this there is not more skilful card
sharp in the country than she.
Mrs. Kate g. Ogden is the woman's
name. or at least that is the name she
is known by to the people of Superior,
for farther West she is better known as
"Faro Kate on account of her having
| for many, years conducted faro games
| in many of the smaller cities and
| towns. Until within the last year her
| daughter, a charming girl Of about IL,
has been in convent, and until re-
| Gently did not know that her mother
was one Of the most dangerous card
swindlers of the continent. Mre.
Ogden is now wealthy woman, and
every cent of her money came from the
| pockets OF her numerous victims, who
range in the social scale all the way
from ''lumber jacks" to we'll dressed
men about town. 9
She is the widow of a gambler who
died in the West some years ago,
leaving as legacy only the knowledge
of how to win at cards and few
brace of faro dealing cards. How we'll
Mrs. Ogden has made use of the
knowledge and the boxes may be
| judged when it is stated that she is
worth anywhere from $3.50, 600 to
$500, 600, all of it made in gambling
with cards.
Up to the time Miss Ogden returned
from the convent Mrs. Ogden's home
was a favorite resort for young mon
with more money than brains, for the
woman was I'm excellent entertainer,
and would open faro game any hour
of the day or night for tho accommoda-
tion OF her visitors.
For the last year not card has been
turned in Mrs. Ogden's home, and 1t
is understood that sho has abandoned
the life of gambler forever, on
account of her daughter. So far as
known, Mrs. Ogden's private life has
been strictly moral one. and shc
never has been known to touch drop
of liquor. She made gambling bust
ness, the same as other women maze
stenography or dressmaking business.
Her irst stand was at Deadwood,
several years ago, soon after the death
of her husband, which left her without
penny in the world. There she
opened private gambling house and
made money rapidly. From Deadwood
she went to Pierre, s. D., where she
remained for some time, running
openly in Missouri avenue, the tough
street of the city.
Her patrons were largely real estate
dealers and cattlemen, and she would
probably have been there yet had not a
desperate quarrel taken place IN her
house one night during which cattle
man was shot in the shoulder. This
ended her career there and che came to
the Northwest, where she has heon
ever since. -..
A few years ago Mrs. Ogden owned
the finest private gambling house in
Bismarck, N. D., and strange stories
are told of the games played there
during the sessions Of the Legislature,
| WDBD every Oub udu ulOUby W
Many of the men who have achieved
political greatness in North Dakota
, know tho woman we'll, and many OF
them know her to their sorrow, for
, much of their gold went to increase
Q her savings, Not only did Mrs. Ogden
2 conduct faro game, but poker games,
in which the white chips we're 81 and
. the blue anywhere from S25 to 800,
were of nightly and daily occurrence
at her home.
Tho charge was made at one time,
: Just after ono of the best known men
in the Northwest had dropped some
thing like $40, 600 in poker game one
8 night, that prominent State ofiicia
I, stood in with Mrs. Ogden, and thai
d they had been using marked cards anc
6 cheating in other ways. The charge
i was never pressed, but shortly after
y it was made Mrs Ogden disappeared
b one day. and was next heard of IL
3 Superior, where she has ever since
!, made her home, living very quietly fol
q the past few months.
% Soon after Mrs. Ogden located il
b Superior she opened game, but i
!. was run only short time on accoun
j. of complaint made by banker, VIII,
a was swindled out of large sum b.
u means of marked cards. He, in com
o pany with several other prominen
d men, sat in a big poker game at tn
ts woman's house ono night, and whel
g he arose he was loser to the tune 0
y many thousands of dollars in cash AM
N paper bearing his name. The check
were never presented, however, for al
TX examination of the cards after tn
10 game was finished showed that the
to could be read from the back by
Up person having the key as well as the
10 could from the face
rs When Miss Ogden returned from tn
Q, convent, in which place she had bee
W placed when a child, she was horror
le stricken to learn that her mother was
re gambler, and threatened to leave be
forever unless she gave up the busines
entirely. This Mrs Ogden promise
to do, and up to the present time sh
ts has kept her promise, and Far
Kate" will soon be woman of th
~ past--and woman with past-fe
ii those who knew her professionally /
or the early days arc fast growing fewe
ar and fewer.
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