The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-08
A Suicide Table
Feature Of the Monte
Carlo cams.

mereial
In ter years I have seen us men aad
women rise from tina; table and go cue
and XII themselves. Snd as that number
VAS exactly one-haG OF our entire sal
( eide crop the ominous mare Of this par
/ tieglar Dlece OF furniture seems vel de-
served
/ ! was chief Of the detective ard poHce
I agents in the Moorish room during .hs
/ peIise mentioned. ana bound not % lesNe
/ my post for a single moment a. long as
+ the game lasted from ere end 90 ,hc ses-
I ssh q the other. Fence my capac.ty Tor
Observer ~ which was further auymsn.-
( e1 Ay Tbs fact that was not Obliged y
weac either t's uniform % the COMPANY
/ O. TIA, ~ the prince. AID. on ths cos-
I trary, my employers paid me ubssai
( equipsse money % enable me % follow
+ the fashions With respect to clothes and
I jewelry. 50 I nigh, mix @ith the visitors
without attracting attention
Ny business MAS 70 prevent scenes IA
/ the Casino. acts OF vioIence Of one sort
or another. and "a that end most elshor-
ate arrangements prevailed Above al.
my fnengnit1 was absolute and & wa
never necessary FOR me % address one oe
the guards in pebble. As a matter os
fact. I never took the least notice % my
men. while on their parts they were IN
structef 10 keep thlr eyes upon me all The
time and follow the direction % my move
ments. II I elevated my eyebrows. nov
ed nay hand. OF adjusted ms eyeglasses IN
a certain fashion wien samolIns. or SUI
leas Tavsed IN the 1idsi Of winning r
losfs campaign-suSl apparently rseaR.
irglCss q tapricious performances sgg-
nsie3 20 no detectives specified ard-
With ~ ert 20 certain persons. cIr.r -
stances. or general Indications.
The suicide table is new and bright I
invite visitors 70 the Casino 20 conpare
It's cloth covering 70 thar or The other
roulette boards. It's alluring green VIII
be found 90 be brighter aud cleaner. ia
yellow figures 90 stick out more pr0mi-
nentiy. Every body can see that ne
cloth on the suicide table Is 20 more re-
cent make than the rest. Yet the Casfns
company Is ~ francs poorer on that ac-
count I know. because audited the h.u
myself
Here are the figures; Cloth for dauhls
table, go francs: painting ~ yellow ns-
ures. % francs. mailing down. IS Francs:
total. 2iS francs
Against these figures there IS an Offset
CT go frnrcs. which the Casino company
would have been obliged 20 pay ne Young
Russian. who made the muss Ga the olI
cloth. To- travelling expense A &c wss.
this Muscnvite prince refused 20 become a
pensioner ~ NJ Blancs heirs. and blew
out his brains ever The very table whcrs
he had dropped hls an -{a0o0 francs
II happened two years ago rud it near
Is cost me my taa. The circumstance
thar one 81 the directors ~ che company
drew me into corner % talk about tho
same Russians nersistcns HI iuek and -
probable consequence Just Minute bee
FORE the shot rang out over the cianror q
voices and the shutting ~ eo.d-thtt
alone saved me from Official Disgrace
A. 90 THE incident i,<cf g. was soon
forgotten. and II had goo bearing whatever
on the game. X aas really nothing %
DO with the sorry superstltlons sttarhti
30 the suicide Table The in reputation
% that piece ~ fauiture was already n
many years standing when The Rursian
completed hls baEranf breach o. Casino
etiquette. IT, be preef.e he sas 40 s
coup de grace 1n5er my watching eyes
iu ths Meoreh roam.
Thoazh my dudes confined me- -e ptF
Moorish room. che prin iraii'y was gals
my Jurisdiction. When 7 raa mats n
w0ma8 approach she sulri1a stsfe-crpe~-
ieuce made mo fne iu59e ~ emotions
mv irst care vas to prevent hfm ~ hsr
ep4lag more cloth. go fhar end ! ri.-
nailed ms mes 20 press arouuf fhe parts.
and. 81 necessary. far-lhiv prrYenf him ~
her putting q hand n the paeke or frus
striking fhe r-oup.ar driaa- 3s7ssre fa ne
table or ANYBODY
Nary desperate cases . approached n
ms capacity a. a private gentleman 81
GLOW gambler 7ToriaE f' sssis' their srt
~ ne country sad rsF their ha-rewar1
7arueF To" COMPANY roH kuav hss
he reputation - being rather uElp wi ~
people demanding raifsaF farce and ulaa-
sT f7r hotel ssgatere sruriave u~fr
hr-efore hesifste fneuf sarrea -hias SIS
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5ocr dsviTs nfe.
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gaae Hsnte car a.th rse fssf -
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