The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-11
COLONEL BILL mr.
THE INvINClBI.E DHAn 49,
AND SHOW IT wAs 80.
His War story Was -.
Being Enc"unssrsa ~
cess, He Tried Asma.
Hearer Had IN Anaap1n.. !.

Dave Crocheron. one OF tn -.
treasury department. In tAaf s.s.s
participated in number a w.
battles over the green cloth. s11Hs
most invariably proved q ~.
new acauaineancss. however. ~ "a.
source OF JOY from the remes1Ses.
ne displays as a story teller.
1t was O'Clock in the morra,,
ago when the game broke IN I-s
colonel had cleaned out tn srIs.s.
The game had been Compose y -
and the colonel and thru 49,
Antilles. Dyer and Doran
congratulated him on his gooa 80.
the colonel pufred out his e.
Its mere hagatelle." aak1
grandiloQuent gesture. But 49, -
game in which played that - ~
In my life for excitement -
Joe. Antilles. was In the easnA -
surprised that he never toId - ..
about 1t. Maybe he thouxhf 49,
too young 10 talk poker to. 11hs.
story. and the game was playo1 -
wert in the trenches before ~
with Grants army. Il VA - 80
those days. but your cousln. ~. p
and two other fellows that sn.S
US. were all poker fienda. We -
play q game OF draw than 81 ~.
the order would come for -
our arms and get dinner, ~ -
Of getting our coffee and salt
would get out q greasy old a. p
and start to play. Do you knu9 t1,s
dead mans hand is!''
Everybody confessed ignoennne
WELL" continued the colouek
story has 1t that long ago n
town there was q man VIA ~
losing his money steadily 6 s1i
several days. He was eetalnSs 2.,
close quarters, and one uleAt ~
Disguised sort Of way, Z 80
did get a winning hand, "a -
The next hand had barely -
and the bets made, when n $50
across the table, dead. They 1i
his cards when the body NJ -
ried away and they found TT
held the winning hand. q -
hand was aces ana eights. - A
II has always been known III
mans hand. Some poker -
a superstition that Il can't ~ -
will play 1t harder than IT,
straight or a flush. Now II q
one OF our poker-playing euol(k
one OF those players.
III there Is one thing -
on, 1t II my wonderful Quic11mS
up the situation ana not 49,
surprise. no matter what -
this particular dny Of wAaoA I
bullets we're flying pretty sfU
had been lighting like to-
suddenly an order came II 04S1
firing and get somAthlne 49,
came the inevitable pack e. oGn
several hands / got Z pa8 n U
drew three cards ana ean14 RI
nine and = ten. Tucker ste61 nkG
did your cousin. but tho eo
dropped out. i detcrmined - -
the pot by blufY1ng. for TueoA ~
man Of whose hand I was 800
habit OF making swell ploys -
would come back ut him hoS4 &9e(
drop without calling you -
to my dismay. Tucker pleSoo II
and hard and finally youe -
called the pair OF w.
I've got q pair OF aooa
and / believe that you're ~ oQ
that It's the best hand out q
"T've got the dead mans -
ed Tucker. triumphantly. - M
for the pot. T would BIT e. l
till the Gown come honA I'll
that hand. Johnson
II was lying there on III
my cards spread out Ia mont
like . fan. Just as I Wa IL
my hand on the ground. = J.
along, and crashing through IL
one Of my cards. went thru
/ was about to yen at ny 20
when noticed with my chafa1
ception and presence u mir
bullet hole was In the four
whirling through the ban
ragged edge that made tho r.
exactly like the five of ciubA
the others had not notices
stance. and 80 I cooiiy laid -
and said to Tucker. Don't y
and burn your fingers with ~
eot fifteen
Say: Tuck looked 1t IL -
as he thought. an II he cc1l4 T.
his eyes. Before he could oeeo1
the order came to renew
scooped In the pot IN IT, 80
told Tucker how I fooled -
day, and would you belluve
immensely relieved. He saio IT.
that the dead mans hard -
beaten on the level. and fraal
/ am not a bit superstitjoua.
that II can either"
The whole crowd locked -
In dazed admiration ana oev9
OF drinks were promptly or
Col. Bill said that this Wa -
stance 10 a game In when
Played on an ocean voyage
II never tell a story that ea1I
ed" said he. 1--WE got that -
Dayton now "a a SOUVENIR ~
game. however. was one thes ~
holding OF the most mAFveo u -
hands that were ever seea. 49,
home from Europe. ana - g.!s.
game. There was Oscar Puse
rtcai manager. Jim MccoS ...s
tician; Ed Goblet, an advaa
Mcclure, a newspaper maA
Mcclure dealt. Patten ar
Mccormick took three. Cob
self one. and Mcclure. who 1S
stood pat. We bet and rn1ese ~
until all OF US had risksd N
could Afford to lose. FinAW
call all around
Mcclure laid down his pex
ten showed four eights. he b.
81 them and caught the othef
felt good for a moment W. zxs
four mines; he had caught -
iEaI pair. Cobbett lad d0Wa sS1
having caugh; one in hts "A
But made EN- all look SCI ~ ~
esl hand that l held but - 7s11
before. II VAS a royal
gentlemen, and"
Hold on. Col. Bill" shouses ~
'you sasi Coobet, held fcaf xssS
many tens were there In u. 1!Ge6
"crosheron. said the coloe ~
leYre tina. had been 20 e. 49,