The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
In the wood, on A cold nIeh. put ther took

n couple Of gam blcrs would b" on board. They
TT Ss j 2it"n well G1fg rat, { Al, tGGIl %ss and a a.%n nc-
G%uainted with the men with money and size up
how much they had. This was easily done. be-
cause cord playing. was the only thing 10 pass
away the time These CARRIERS wouldn't win
m m%n m Sat When TG iGcy wS S", ~ 5H' the TO 9 DO III ,bs ssT rais
knowledge d how, much money there was on
were iest approachSd. II wasn't hard to get
aclMaint"d ana It WASH hard 70 get y q game
was on the thing was smooth the dealer fixed
the deck aud dealt out a good poker hand to
who promptly declared:
~: III Is 4 SS I. i ES%% "a N Iike t to be. or and then
s Il +: !. si IA js$',f fs' S"a Tf r. ' sards r r.;
diint nav" any chance at ali to win, All tho
playing was done with old starbacks. I've seen
w,'tr"Ht missing dnc" "'' rvc Sca ."V them mn sihauimIs,
them one for one all through from top I" lot
nlr"r a doz"n sIumes that thew w"r" in at iirst'
They'd jhSt futtcr them M Ike a flight OF
a ,Ha tsn ana a, E%, the % ns sos s;n e 10 3neeR1 .} }sGsS
had no mere chance against these fellows than
a "a 1.o %srkc a"' Il Il q doe esd not seem 9y%m' pd ay ' d now
that such simple games were not exposed.
an I hISb m1st q %an n ssme%e ga in tsG %, 9 siyse Tas
He was the ORIGINATOR Of many confidence
He was the most ingenious. swindler | ever
his game iii illustrate how Il abundant monsy
mem on IN the h N a ai.dfSsftp ff Riy sTp steamers eam SsS Used ito to
part with it. He COY hold oi "A rich superior
Judge didn't happen to have a wad along that |
ga ya and rh he }GiIskly w caught isor on to s ire e bsr
tender OF the boat and got bundle of wildcat
money. wrnrped it around with a couple OF
1TTh" ry star a%d p on S cmchr eyo and n the ,hs " J%dse,
got the usual goo poker hand and Jim, stree
ter played N. The Judge knew Streeter's game
was To let INN win to make his final SkiUriDp |
a. the snrer HG lost a couple Of times Jgst to
TiI@yad ri iii T0, sn n"% sk and IN ,h i,ySS tho to j j,%t T q"iS
S Snsn w WI tSs ga A,tHr b nqr !Is imI TO-, w MnnI5n to
tod a friend about the fellow who had done
him. and lust as he was telling it the Judge
came To the rail and Jim pointed him out to
WIZ. you sucker satd the friend. that's
JIM %ir-rcd the Judge a $500 suit OF clothes
H., of it. and all New Orleans heard the story
when the Judge got of the boat.
cheat and, couldn't play fair at any game IN the
and he was sitting down to a table all alone
nid iIayinG z game 81 solitaire. And do you
he began n%udging the leg of the table to play in
tntnat,sa vytT gaming al IE'S" tha. i he never % could ID q 20
20 GeI > so c long as cio there Nv was E, z lieht burning
2 HSnry i" cs shnGG" w Sh,%1n1 he h sar nn4 g S SnG t nam nS1
"a quite az expcnse e him. One day in the
hesitating WHISTLER to bet it or not. when up
came Henry and said:
Hurry up. Eph. and make a winning so we
Me-, Me make a winning with four bits?
You might as well talk Of lowering a ~flreproof
safe out Of a window with Il horsehair,,
starr paws was a great oId hex. Jim Me:
10 come near hpr, nut he was broke nearly all |
the TIM for all that and he had to gamble TO
hard player. who never wore a pair 81 boots
worth less than $50. Glib Cohern and Tom
their winnings used t" go Tito clothes. TTheyS'dd
send to Paris for their understanding and all
that sort Of thing, They were great rivals in
Doc HUI was M!cLane's partner. Then there
Vas Vas H 4 Alexander, who worked out q Nptchez;
lock. who could do more funny work with n
ie coSI Of G Z, than ,ho | EYER nNsr saw before or since.
schSminct t" bust their head, to get it., "''
the TN" a bont left St. Louis til It reached
New Orleans. I've seen a faro game. ii roulette
in the cal lin and the deck hands PLAYING chuck.
a-lurk. | once saw a planter: u relative OF Jef.
pieces on the steamer Molly BrH vno''rr hEa Tis
known men to drop $1,000 at faro before ono
Louisville tobacco merchants bet $i03 at a
%l",,Tr unon Gu"it throwing on deck saw 4
i one night ana get un and never mind il, par.
ticnlarl} nokcr was mostly the, game. They
Ilny"d blur and hTTag a great deal and there
MAR ,oH { ~ ,in Sis WYE wntch seen en-, a gam" playTr
Ing in their way Iills. i've seen them letting
a bale Of cotton, at IA crack; and it wasn't at all
Uncommon to hear an old planter betting on
his negroes on a good hand. Every man who
eyer ran on the river knows tina, these Old
yaluing them all the wav from $500 to 81 900.
saw q little colored hoy stand up at $500 to
back his masters faith in 4 little flush that
wasn't any good on earth. The nigg"rs didn't
seem to care particularly about il, ana it WAS
SO common tina, nobody noticed it particularly.
Some gamblers would come in disguised in
ihayseed clothes toskin the passengers. MAYBE
strangers to each, other and playing into each
others hands, sometimes .ther, would he II
passenger woniI sHueai til" Cartain would ask
nm to- rIGS opt ths man who robbed him. and
the the si%fr "ma II ra "ao of th w' Hhit h aHSw VI Eise RI, Up
thn,ain ch9.G T." run her II The tricky gam
these U Sccasio nv So ," that wW WGH" tL nnI MIss w ios
made they couldn't be picked out under their
n inmT Sf the Nb" "at IN t TIM water lyT E E%iHys The 'ns% bo ,9
landed to get away before the kick was made
and the victim could look at the passengers To
cutting then ia follow was caught. The cap
tat, tnit h TnS 10 Hill ,In ana pa, be- am mn de-, III" man give w:
"Wery Tier" mny shadows to the gay times
Nv ~. Nil--'|Ellll lAlN' am . 1t-. bttl- !
sionhlly. The siileSt event was one that hap
Iened III tn" 'all Of 1919. At that time john
Powell was IN" most famous sport. He was a
square man, handsome. brave and not snowy.
He despiscd the tricks of the tiu-torn gentry
have been telling YOU about. He had known
Andrew Jackson personally and had declined u
nomination To Congress from n Missouri dis
trict. We younger fellows used 10 envy Powell,
aud we arcd all his acts and talk, Tor We saw
that he was the greatest all-round gnmb cr
that ever drew breath. He was about 10 years
old in lS1S. He owned then the Mccall Op"ra
House IN New Orleans. and had a fine SlOO.Un
stock farm and negroes in Tennessee. It
seemed as il everything h" put his hand To-
turned to gold, and h" was cuurted BY such
men As SerEeantS :, PrcntisN, stephen 4. Doug
EtS. aud Il whole rat n big politicians in
Louisiana, one dAv We were cuming down
thu. river. and had made IA good waI Of money.
Powell was on board aud h" got into Il private
gam" with Il handsome. frosh-Gaced. blu"-oycd
young EngllSlmhn, who was going dow to
IeNaN TO 20 into rhnrhiuG. We all took "A fancy
To him because h" WAS So well drcSSrd-m.t
out Of a university, So he told us-and had such
a clean-cut. squar" way viii him. Powell aud
III" young EnEllShlnHn played together two
days and two nights, ald although Powell