The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
WHEN ANACONDA 9AMBLED.

WHEN AHAOONDA @AMbLED. |
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Stories OF that Remote Period. Which End |
ed Somewhat More Than Year Ago.
Fem, N, Anaconda Standard
II there Ia ono p,ace in the STATE where the anti
v.mb,ng Law passed nv the legislature NJ 1907
10 ,igidiv obso,ved il 10 Apscond. R.no,,.
ksep coming that pames are running in Bu,te
in Helen, in a real Fails and othe, nl.ccs in the
state. but in Anaconda no, A card has been
turned in MANY many noons
An.oopd. has neve, hoo, . "sno,tv" ,oyn in
the popular acceptation Of the word--even in its
manifest gambling days most Anaconda men
Who wanted IN NAV "bip money! went IN Rut,e
vet there have been p,entv of pamb,.,s and gam
Hing here Anaconda saw ito hest faro d.vs
during tho races in 1sss and 1880 During the
tsss rpeet,pg all china wore worth sos .n;.ce
Won couldn,t o,t into A game Mt Io.st il wasn't
worth vour while 10 get into a o,ms-un,e..
Won had several hundred doll. ,e in c.sb Th.,e
,xe,e o,rh,ng riant. in those d,rs IN. riah,
lack bearing came over from pbi,inaburo Hs
snent two NIGHTS and t,xo davs Al =. t.ro tail.
and when he ami, he xas "A 900 ,o..y
Tbere were severaJ celeb,a,ed ..mh,s,s in
Anaconda about that time oeoaaionaIlv ono
would die and the bovs vo,,,d .Iw.ys mat. 1,
. matte, NJ nr;de and d,,t,, a. o.. a., h. 90.
t-c.ss fnne,,I Tb.ro ma. an. ~ ,.on,i.
ncnce known generally nv the name n, "Red
who when hc died one dev in 1so, va, found IN
he without env visible estate The b,, was n.ssed
around IN, IN. funeral ,nenses and all h.rds
cbinped in freely Jimmie .Jobpson who w.s
n.ssng the hat bonnened 10 n,ee, Colonel Estes
on tho street and ,a,ed him u he would ,iLe N
con,r;hu,. The coloro, 4, ...rs nd d,onr.d
"a soo Al faro the nirbt betor.
Ca IN NV cashier said Colonel Estes To Mr.
Johnson .and get all Won need And the ord
knows 7 would put IN the cssh n nav n, tho
fune,s, nj every gambler in town
On. hitts, cold NIGHT in Esh,u,,r 1903 "Si"
uurnhy diod In his ,oon, IN ov., R.,n., Nc
C,r,sy;s n,.cs He ,rss On. ~ IN. h.st known
.nd r,os, resnected oonb,.rs In IN. We, II.
was olx,vs On the sou.re. man n y.n.,ous
irnrlses Ind many ene t,o,ts ~ ch,r,cter n.
.a,rh, ooId md d,sd y, nno,,nonio W., T.,
wos Lnoun that he was dyin. ali ,h. cameo
down s,.i,s we've s,onned ,nd ali III. d..I.,s
nd ,oo,.outs NAN, ,n 10 MI Nt,r,h oo,h,
and coo him die Then all hands ,,sr, bocL
and rot drunk
p.,no, NcCin,.r and m. y, ,,,o o,,o,. ,r.,.
h,cL ot,er wills and doih.,.,od bow 80 30
,,,, ,ho oor,.o i,,,o n tow, xo.-, 7, - AZ
ec,,, ,asl 10, the room in which IN. ND, I.,
w.s ,esched by us.ns n, . shor, n,rrov hand
IN the hall II was im,ossib,e IN cav, IN. M,
horizonto,lv- would have n bc ci,h.r doubled
nm =, c.,ri.d IN =. ne,n.rd;cr,., ro.;,;o,, r..
Ia,,er nIor vss oereod rrn,, &c ~. ho,,, ,.,.
an,ious To offer no indipnities 10 noo, 81 Nur-
nhvs bodv Rut s,nnoae tbev ,,ied 10 c.rr,
the co,nse out in a neynendicni,, ,osi,ior ho,,
cou,d thev do n without its falling all oor ,hor,
The bovs were prc,tv fulI and tbev were M, s,,,
nj ,beir ability IN carry al IN, in an, ,,os,,io
-Iets omen the window and freeze him s,;g
and carry him on, in III. ,,ornin,, :, s.id on.
This plan was unanimously adopted I,
Was 40 degrees below zero and still p,o,ynr cold.
or tn. window WAS ,cco,dinvIv oner.d A,n
o'clock next morning the bovs wen, N III. room
and found the cornse az s,if "a. Nd Th.,
lifted Il on, NJ bed and stood Il .r.,nst ,b. vail
One man beppcd IN he excused f,om bis sb.,.
of carving II "a he ssid h. had bo,ro, NJ touch
| ing corpses Al tbis the others insis,ed and dur
ing the alteration tina, ensu.d itts ,.rr.,,ebl.
to state that the oorpse fell over and in falling
| knocked one man down with Il Rpt the hodv
at last WAS safely carried 10 the front room and
| propcrlv cared for 81 Murpbv's funer., was IN.
| larges, a gambler In Anaconda ever received