The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-31
POKER EXTRAORDINARY
Incredible Hands Dealt to
Players on Board the Col
umbia = Affdavits
Sworn to.

A most remarkable poker story is told
by Captain Vogelgesang and the pas
| sengers of the Hamburg-American steam
| ship Columbia, which arrived at Hoboken
| yesterday. 1t is probably the most sin
| gular tina has ever been chronicled and
is attested by almost every passenger in
the first cabin. The five players and a
| witness awe made sworn affidavits as to
| the truthfulness of their story and Cap
| tain Vogelgesang concluded hat the In
| cident was so important that he had the
| following declaration printed to distribute
among his friends:-
Am Bord des Schnelldampfers Columbia,
| Hamburg-Amerika LIME, 26, Z, ~.
We, he undersigned, passengers on
| board the Columbia, while engaged in q
game Of draw poker saw q new X oe eSa
steward. 80
The stamp was intact, and after being
shuffled, cut and dealt; the Following re-
markable fact occurred
The first nan opened the pot. the sec.
| ond, third, fourth and fifth raising in
turn.
| the first, second and third men, the
| fourth and fifth standing pat.
On the call the completed hands were
First man, 6 full on aces.
Second man, Z full of deuces.
Third man, s full on trays.
Fourth man, 9 full On tours.
Fifth man, 10 full on hves.
Respectfully submitted to an unbeliev-
ing public as a truthful poker story.
E 81 MHTA wt III Eni New Y York.
(the dealer.)
1 was a witness to the game and certify
- j. A. FILCHER,
Publisher Placer Herald Auburn, Cal.
During the trip of the Columbia from
Southampton to this port the weather
| was very disagreeable and the passengers
| were compelled to remain in the cabin.
| On Monday afternoon last it was raining
| and a number Of the men started a game
! of poker In the smoking room. They We're
| all good players and as the game went
on it was watched by a group of other
| passengers. The men sat in the order ac-
| cording to their names onsthe declaration
! Mr.. Muller had just dealt, but before the
| PLAYERS picked up their hands some drinks
/ were ordered and some of the liquor was
| spilled on the cards accidentally. Mr..
/ Muller remarked tina the cards were wet
and he ordered the steward to bring a
new pack. The steward brought in the
| pack, the seal still unbroken, and handed
it to Mr.. Stepp. Hetbroke the seal, tore
up the joker and shuffled the cards seven
or eight times. Mr.. Muller cut the cards
and Mr.. Stepp then dealt them out.
The pot was small. 1t was a Jackpot;
Mr. Seiigman opened it for a quarter and
| Mr.. Wilde promptly raise. it. Mr. Never
STAYED and Mr.. Muller raised Wilde, and
MI Stepp. the dealer, raised Muller. All
made good and stayed. Messrs. Seligman,
| Wilde and Meyer each drew g card and
| Mcssrs. Mulled and Stepp stood pat. Each
( nlayer was sure of winning: Every time
| Mr. Wilde's turn came around he raised.
r went around until there were twenty
| dollars in the pot. Them Mr.. Stepp re-
marked that the. game was only a friendly
w When the players showed their hands
Continue tho betting. Mr.. Stepp showed
his hand the last and it won. He did not
want to take the pot because he said 1t
was such a remarkable incident.
III protest. he said, that the deal was
square You saw me break the new pack
81 cards. shuttle them above board; you
saw MIR Muller cut them and. me. deal.
! But I've never seen such a lot of hands
in my life. =
Mr. Stepp's refusal to accept the pot and
he was finally forced4t to take it.
The hands we're witnessed by every pas
| senger in the smoking room.