The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14
BIG N IN THE WEST.
NOTABLE DUELS At FARO AND
POKER WITH THE NJ ~

DENVER, March 3.-One OF the biggest games
played st q Denver gambling table Of recent
years was that in McAvoy's place four years
ago. Capt. Jim Allison conducts the Hia -atha
Club at M,nitou. aud this particular summer
he had made n barrel OF money and had IL TO
burn. He cane uo to Denver. and after cast
ing about the town for . while decided to
strike at McAvoy. lie took a seat at one OF
tho faro tables. and commenced by making $50
bets, which was the limit under the general rulo
Of the house. He won and lost and broke even
At the end of about an hour with the remark
hat there was excitement In a game only when
the limit was removed. lie was in Informed that
he could bet any sum he desired. and win or
lose. IL Was the same to the house. Tho nrst
thing he did was to drop $1,000. fol-
lowed by another and then another TO keen
II company. Then no plunged about the table
in n reckless fashion and wound up BY pulling
in about $4,000 in chips worth s25 apiece in
less than tw"nty minutes. An hour later he
left 50. 500 ahead OF the game.
Allison circulated around town for several
hours. folio sed by an admirinR crowd of tin
horns. and then returned aud dropped his win
ninEs In less than fifteen minutes.
Never touched me- was the remark no
made rs he saw his money rakcd In by tho
dealer. 1t was tho only remark he made.
lie now produced moro money, and for Eve
hours played one OF tho stiffest games ever put
ND In the West Several times he was SlO.-
900 ahead, several times he was a. much a.
SIS. 900 behind, and once he lost Bill 900. but
only pushed his hat back q little further on bis
head and put more money on tho table. Within
an hour he had IL back. and VAS forging ahead.
At midnight he had over sl7. 900 to his credit
and Mt / A. NJ. o t-iac over SIS. 600. At thi,
point q porter left the house. and one OF tho
safety deposit vaults OF tho city. where tho
gambler banked. was opened n, to permit him
to get more cash, for McAvoy did not want ALI
son to drain the last col in the house. But by
the time the messenger returned, accompanied
by n couple II armed men and bearing $40 600.
there was no need OF the money. Allison WAS
LII. n. -, .,..,u. - o.. $500.
~ ' ' 10" """.e'
after . o'clock arose from thc.table. roorer by
e. ON TIM, bs was vh., h. on .r.d N. ho,..
I, 4. ..,,m,,od ,h., .iit,.n n,,., -. ua.
al ,s., .nns-a -enston 600 - 60 900
in the nine hour. thar he plavod and had In
w,,bhe,d from nj. vInnIn,s IN. ncrc.n,.g,, ,,
house usually has against tho PLAYER. ho would
have been the winner. even with the amount
dropped on the last turn. oy hywher from
$780, 900 TO $4,000.
!" io'a " Hi'soui' nou'e 70. oponeu here'
george lhomas ana paVo sahtoFu OF Lad
Vile threatened To drop down and clean tho
'"eo Wv, -" $40 WV wi s',.iA
years ana one night ther came. and with sl3.-
900 to their credit went against the tiger with
,v,,.m ,hcv b.,isv.d IN h. c.r,.,, "a
IL. r. -, u" -,
win. They played In eisht-hour watches. and
sat eight days in the game. Az no time were
they NOR, Than 81 600 abcaa. md s.a rnI.
they were steady losers when the third watch
was called of at the end OF each day. But
,h.v h.d a,,r.d y e, .x.rv,ht,- COW, or.i,a,
them Tor ten days. they sa.d. and pluckily
stuck 1t out. At o'clock on q Monday morn
Ing. when within a few dollars from the end
OF the pile. Dave mad his brother George
called, meantime rIsking only small sums, and
:. r., r.or.. .nn..r.J or,or.a ,r,o. III.
Vt. oeotNe "pp."ieu. e Nv "me
pered consultation WIN MN 'its eohoiu-
body in the room TO hear:
stick Tn the sv-t-m."
bets. a percentage Of Larger bets. an "ccasionai
large bot. aud reversing the ruls rs hear a.
the crowd could figure Il. but there we're times
else was swept from the table. Sometimes
s ahS.- wns m o. o small n Tnrs sum ,nm OF %9 m. .gs s at
won. everything they had IN winnings. and a
percentage OF the capital. was placed on a
capital. as they h,ur-d IT,. was the actual
amount tDey had left from the original Sla.-
no figure whatev.r., Thus Il vas. At 3 o'clock
in the NOR. ing OF the eighth day. the last cent
OF t. original MONEY: with al the psney WOO
win. tn. king WAS selected according 10 a
method they had II vas MA ed sometimes to
win, other times % lose. acc, riding to the num-
ter of times they had won or lost. When tho
2 o'clock bet was made, curiously enough. they
hal Just $4,000 on the king to win. exactly
the amount they had -tarted with eight days
before. The cards we're drawn amid sup
pressed excitement, and they lost. The BROTH
ers put on their coats 'lihout a word AID loft
the house. Five huEdred people saw them
lose the money.
\ colorcd man named Dave Anderson en-
tered the arcade House one afternoon. dropped
u dollar IN the queen to lose. which IL did. aud
IN ten minutes time nad u gaping crowd he
hind him. aud nearly 500 worth Of checks
In front of him. He played less than an hour
and a quarter. and ca ned N 81, 400, and made
the town howl f,r the next week.
A business man OF this city who thought he
knew all about poker called one day on n
gambler who never was blrred ut any sort OF
a game md told him that he would like 70 20
against a gam. Of poker. no limit, bu. did
not care to do Il In n public gambling house.
lie would ask that a number OF his friends no
present that he might have a square deal. and.
OF course. the gambler might have an equal
number OF his frieids there. Tn. reply WAS
TO the effect that all the men the gambler
wanted was a dealer. a man to handle tho
cash. and q lookout. as he did not have tIme
- watch tire game himself. A private room
was fitted up and two colored porters wrro