The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-14

-, ntspatcf 10 the Post-Inteiiigencer.
EnxANE, Sept. b--Spokane has fur
se1 soune good stories founded on facts
u -. snd exciting games of chance, but
~ ~sme that set the pace for them ali
X-.A here last week, when X. f.
4Srn the weIl-known mining promoter
Z - .Tt-afound high roller. and Steve Bat-
~ ~guofsk,or OF the Hotel Northern at
S1ek and also known to sporting fame
!. sixnser. undertook 10 bankrupt Har-
1870 faro bank with a so 800 roll
ss.i a The fact that Harry Green haa
seff.nr 10 the wine Ia copsous guam
e6nca the game terminated In 10 his
~1oleS . positive indication that he
Ss ~ the loser in what 81 easily recog-
Si q the most b!ooded faro game ever
~, Hsovu. known TO fame as Bar
1000 Brown, and Mr.. Bailey both were
- residents of Spokane and both
- seaujfed big fortunes In mines. They
- s - habit OF making periodical visits
- c1fy and whenever they come IL -
ssraaxhf ito that a big poker game IL on
~ Il the Hotel Spokane or Degefs
~ srore and X " no uncommon thing
Il any one Of the players around the
- Ia re, up from a sitting from $500
fG1eoo winner or loser.
~ Week Brown and Baiiey's arrival
~ CITY was the occasion OF one o<
- liz poker games For several days
- nav resulted In about a stand Ion,
- = Friday evening they concluded 10
4 shssr tuck at faro. and the two plum
4 dong with Or. Essig. OF this city.
Ssiuded 70 try and carry Of Harry
- hank roll.
n ~ about 40 .. m that the three
scisred up into the gambling rooms
ri aOok seats IT faro game No. l. Il
~ d o'clock the next morning when the
- odd In the fourteen and a half
ri paay upward Of $2e.0oo wac staked.
ana lost between the box and the
- The game only ended then because
e nsaysrs we're too weary to continue
-. Dr. Essig cashed In several hun
ri sinner At ) o'clock IN the morning
"A cult the game. Just how Brown and
~ stood at the close Of the game Il
. MAicui to state with any degree OF
eufscy, AZ all manner CT reports as TO
ID result are. rife on the streets. Some
- Brown and Bailey have jointly con-
2uied Ar high as 300 to Green's bank
~ while others maintained thai the
- vas several thousand dollars loser.
II none OF the parties interested Will give
Sy aeures, or even talk about the game,
eulMson can only be INDUCED IN as to
% amount lost or won. but certain u 10
- 4 ol-sixed fortune may have gone
nSeYing over the green batxr-coveFed
- g result OF the big play.
& r. TIE trio took seats at the taple a
RI dosen or 30 OF players were chubb.nE
- With white checks. playing for tho
~ q meal ticket AZ soon az the big
- epened up the email fry cashed IN
r. 1ciRed the throng OF watchers who
n1h6eed about the table.
l6wn started IN with taO0 worth OF go
11ehA vhiIe Bailey bought half that
ne1nt ~ q starter. and the game began.
e O. start the bets averaged 80. BY
81 t.a Il xnsfn tst, as.V A
onpapd and the bets had gone up from
IN Gao Brown by this time was playing
estsm BY which he get action on the
n q every card. He played one side
Z ~ board straight up and eoppered the
- row Of cards, and also played tho
- card. On the call OF the las. turn
\ - boz the players frequently stood ~
~ ss ice ttJo
y the play went on At thA rate OF about