The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-09
CAPITALIST FROM CRAPS.
IrlILAN LAD OF 10 HAS S76S IN THE
70 BOWERY SAYINGS BANK.
ne Bss Beaten All the Downtown Cha-piens.
wins Every Game ne Flags, ana Leads
his winnipGs ut EHorbithut Intcrest-GoinE
HACK 70 Italy when ne Was e0,

me- rras Beaten All the Dowutown Champions,
wins Every Game ne Flags, ana Lenar
his winnipRu at EHorbitnut Interest-Goins
mack 70 Italy when ne uns $4,000.
Andrea Rossi, although only 10 years old,
has deposited TO his credit in tho Bowery Saw
ings Bank S765. 16, and II his luck at craps, with
It's consequent means of making money. holds
out, he will be able before long 10 return to
sunny Italy to 1.-Two with his parents.
Andrea first took to shooting craps six months
ago. He won from the start, and ono day,
while IN q saloon in which he Incidentally does
odd Jobs, no heard n customer say no was Will
Ing TO givo.S1 for tho loan Of SO until next pay
day. Andrea produced the S5, and at Pro
prictor Ronn's suggestion took an order on the
borrowers salary for 90. This was the be.
ginning OF his littlo fortune.
His fame as q crap shooter soon spread
through tho neighhorhood Of his lodging at So
Elisabeth street. Various small boys Of the
nolghborhood thoughttho could win his money,
and last Tuesday night. when Andrea went
homo at 8 o'clock, he waS challenged to q crap
game by Moritz Cohen, who lives next door to
him. Andrea soon had the $3.50 that consti.
tuted young Cohen's capital. Several other
boys next tackled Andrea, but he won steadily.
Then 'Berny" Levine Of 232 Elizabeth street,
who is Known as tho champion crap player OF
o'clock Levine admitted that his capital was
exhausted. Then Andrea went home, and
counting his money, found thnt he had won
B105.85. The next day he proudly displayed
70 the other employees Of the saloon twenty one
hve-dollar bills.
The news spread to the pushcart peddlers
that vend their wares along Park row. There
was q stampede for the place. and much In
rout all skepticism by showing the money. He
was Immediately challenged to a game, and at
o o'clock that night the narrow thoroughfare
known as Theatre alley was crowded near its
Ann street entrance.
Andrea last night, but dey cudn't fool me,
SEQ, Wy, dey, runs In on me angels (dom's
crooked dice. dat comes out do devil every
trowl but drops onter dc game, an trows de
dice In de ever. Den dey tries to double out
on me, but wen quits do game. dey had hol.
Since that time Andrea has boon the object Of
envy Of all the army of push cart peddlers,
newsboys. bootblacks, and frankfurter men OF
his acquaintance. OF his winnings he sent
20 to his father in Italy. The rest he placed
"Wot l wants is ter git enuf tor go home an
let de old man live high fer do rest OF his days.
said Andrea last night.
wen 1 gifts tree t'ousand dollars den I kin
go home, an me an mudder an de old gent kin
DO on Easy street; II dis keep up, kin 60 back
wy. dey's: bein' double crossed, sect Wot's
eoaked In dc bank never dug come out, an wot
Twins. l soaks in de bank"
MI. Rem said last night that many Of tho
people. who had borrowed money from Andrea
had tried to beat him out of 1t.
said Mr.. Rom. Il was looking after 7 the e0i lad,
end would not have stood for a minute for bis
being done, but he's been too smart for them 10
fnr. and don't believe they can beat him."