The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08

( game OF draw poker, saw new deck OF
cards passed TO the dealer by the stew
/ ard.
! The stamp was intact, and after being
shuffied cut and dealt, the following re-
| markable fact occurred:
The first man opened the pot, the sec
/ ond, third, fourth, and fifth raising in
1 turn.
The cards were drawn, one each by the
/ frst, second, ana third men, the fourth
| and fifth standing pat.
follows:
First man, fun on aces.
Second man, q full on tfeuces.
| Third man, full of tS1ys.
! Fourth man, 9 fun On fOurs.
Fifth man, 10 full or dves.
Respectfully submitted to an unbelieving
! public as truthful poker story.
| Z. SellSman, Los Angeles. Cal.
j. Dewitt Wilde, New York.
Alex IL. Meyer. Richmond, Va.
Louis Muller. New York.
Charles Stepp San Francisco (the deal
| err
l was witness to the game and certify
to the truth of above. J. A Filcher
Publisher Placer Herald, Auburn, Cal.
rms Is the story of the game as told
last evening by Mr.. Muller, No. H. who
| ala not get the pot. The Columbia had
| bad weather almost from the time she
| 'NAAe'HhptOAs anu IJsNeA was pVpAie1l'
Several groups of poker players formed,
and one of them was composed Of the
| men VINO mad that wonderful deal. They
| played together every day quarter limit
| 1t was about 4:30 on Monday aftern Don
! that the big hands were dealt. 1t was
| raining and the smoking room was crowd
| ed This particular game had been going
| on since luncheon, and, as all the men
| were good players and the hands had been
| running high, their table was surrounded
| by ring of idlers watching the play. The
| men sat in the order named in the decla-
ration. Mr.. Muller had just dealt, and
! Mr.. Stepp was to follow. Between the
deals a round of drinks had been order
| ed and part of the liquor had been spilled
| on the discards. As he gathered up the
| cards Mr.. Muller said:
| THESE cards are getting pretty gummy.
| Here steward, bring us a new pack"
| The steward brought a new pack still
| sealed, and handed them to Mr.. Stepp. He
| broke the seal, took out the joker and
| tore 1t up. and then shuffled the cards
| seven or eight times. Then he handed
| them to Mr.. Muller to cut. Between him
| and Mr.. Muller sat J. A. Pitcher the Sec
rotary of the California State Board of
| Trade, and publisher of the Placer Her
| aid of Auburn, Cal. He was able to see
all that was going on. Mr.. Muller cut the
| cards and Mr.. Stepp dealt them out.
| There was small pot, so small as to be
| almost Insignificant. 1t was a jack pot.
| Mr.. Selgman, who had the say, opened it
| for quarter and Mr.. Wilde promptly
raised him. Mr.. Myer stayed and Mr.
| Muller raised Wilde, and Mr. Stepp, the
| dealer, raised Muller. All made good and
stayed. Messrs. Seligman. Wilde and Mey
er each drew a card and Messrs. Muller
| and Stepp stood pat
| Then the fun began. Each man thought
he had lead pipe cinch, and he bet ac>
| cordingly. Everybody raised Mr. Selig-
man smiled pityingly on the rest and each
Of the Others smiled in like manner. Mr..
| Wilde laid his cards carelessly on the ia
Bile and studied the carved ceiling of the
| smoking room as he raised every time the
| chance came to him.
| At last, as no one gave in, the players
| began to regard each other with interest,
| and wondered what was going to happen.
| The 1dlerS crowded around the table four
| deep. Things began to be very lively when
Mr.. Stepp Interrupted the proceedings by
| asking, when it came around to him to
raise how much was in the pot.
About 500 was the reply.
We'll" said Mr.. Stepp, this is only a
| friendly game, and we don't want to get
too much money in the pot, so I'll call"
Mr.. Seligman locked sorrowful, and said:
| 1--WE might have gone on a little longer
| He laid down his three skies and two
| aces and put out has hands toward the pot.
Hold on there" said Mr.. White at
| has never been my custom to bet when l
didn't hold a winning hand" and he threw
| down his three seVens and two deuces.
There was a gurgle from Mr. Meyer. He
slammed his eight full on the table, ex-
claiming:
IF this don't beat the devil don't know
| what will I've won two steamer pools
and I've got this pot Look at that handp'
There was an exclamation of astonish-
ment from the men that were crowded
! around the table.
| What have you got, Muller? asked Mr.
| Stepp, the dealer.
I've got mines full on fours." Muller
replied, putting down his cards.
And IT, said Mra Stepp, have got tens
full on FIVE" ter
Their ewas an expressive silence in the
| saloon for a minute. All eyes were turn
| ed on Mr.. Stepp, who was very pale and
| agitated. Finally he spoke
Gentlemen, he said, Il won't take that
pot. l protest that the deal was square
| You saw me break the new pack of cards
shuttle them above board; you saw Mr.
Muller cut them and me deal them. But
| such lot Of hands I've never seen in my
life. I've never heard anything like it. II
| l didn't see it with my own eyes l should
call a man a liar who told me that such a
thing had happened on a square deal
a storm of protests greeted this. None
OF the players would listen to any such
proposition.
IT'S worth $500 to any poker player"
said Mr.. Muller. Ito be abe to say that
he sat in such a game"
Finally every man In the smoking room
was called up to see the hands as they
| lay on the table. and Mr.. Filcher said:
Il want you all to give me a statement
| In writing, signed by each one OF you
| because If l go back to California and tel
this story without such a statement 70
be called three hundred kinds of a liar
and, maybe, be run out of the state.
And / want to say right here" he adj
ded that | was sitting at Mr.. Steps
elbow when he shufled and dealt the
cards, and II was absolutely on the
| square"
The statement printed above was ther
| made. Each OF the players and Mr.. FIJI.
cher got a written copy, and the copies
printed 10y order Of Capt. Vogelsgang wer,
distributed among the passengers. Som,
mathematical sharps tried TO figure ou1
| the chances OF getting another deal OF
that kind. They reported that ther,
weren't enough figures 10 do It with. But
| they discovered that there are fun hand.
enough in a pack to supply eight players
az once.