The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
AN EVENT IN CHICAGO.
4-11-44 Comes Out and the DarISies
Gather in Some 100000.

Gather In some 100000.
From the Chicago Times-H Herald.
There was great joy in the negro quar-
ters of Chicago last night. The magic
numbers, 4-11-44, had won at policy. and
more than $4,000 had played that gig
for a winner. Two other "gigs" had also
won. Those were 1853 and 1-1O-5O. The
red and green book which is operated by
Chicago concern was hit hard" to
use saying of the street. For it was
the red and green book that contained
the three lucky gigs" Here is how the
numbers came out in this book at the
forenoon drawing: Twenty-one 4, Al, 80,
afternoon the numbers came out in the
following orders:
%, Il, "a, l. TO- Sc. 6. 3, g. SO, As. n, So
Great excitement followed the first
drawing of the day, when FILA won.
Coiored men and women of the leVee
who had staked their money on this com
bination suddenly found themselves rich
They had been playing these numbers
for more than year without winning
once, and the news that ALA was a
like wildfre. Devotees of the game rush
ed to the policy shops and had their slips
cashed, and some of them acted like per-
sons insane.
Il done tole you she'd come out" and
"aint she a honey boy were some of the
ordinations heard as the players met
in Clark street Easements, where policy
"Old Jim" who writes policy in dingy
basement at the southwest corner of
Clark and Harrison streets, said the day
was record-braker. In his twenty
years experience he had never before
seen three gigs come out in one day.
His losses were nearly $500.
II knew it was all off," said old Jim,
"When 4-11-44 came out in the first draw
ing. But l didn't think they would hit
us so hard. Two gigs had been the rec
ord and when the third combination came
| nearly tainted hit for 9hOIIt
$500 on the 4-1l-H, and the other two gigs
for about 500 each. But I'm glad the
4-11-44 has won, Business Will boom for
a week, and Wei get back what we lost.
If I'm not mistaken, this Is the fourth
time in the history of policy that 4-11-44
has won Several years ago, when that
combination first won, at Louisville, the
negroes of Chicago cleaned up about &c.,
COO -Colored men and women all over the
country had been playing the combina-
ton for months, and when the lucky
numbers finally came out the Louisville
concern was hit for about 100000 The
red and green book on which the combi-
nation won to-day is operated by Chi
cago people, and of course none but the
Chicagoans had their money at stake.
Nearly every one of the seventy policy
shops in town lost from 800 to $1,000 on
IT If is estimated that 5000 people in Chi
cago play policy every day. Bets are ia
ken from I cent up. gig, which is
winner 200 for !. So. II a player had 8
cents on 4-11-l4. he won $40. Some Of the
PLAYERS had % cents on this gig" and
as a result they Toasted last night on the
best of the land.
A negro amazon Of the levee known as
Peter Jackson, on account of her Prov
ess. had Z cents on ALA, and "Old Jim"
gave her 81 when she cashed in her tick
ct She went to Rafferty's saloon in
Harrison street and ordered two drinks.
one of rum and the other Of blackberry
brandy. A little of each was left in the
glasses. These she mixed and. pouring
the mixture in the palm of her left hand,