The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
FLEECING A PAYMASTER.
GAMBLING CONSPIRACY ~ CIyIL
WAR DAYS That MELTED SF0O.OOO.
Major I. n. Cooke, infatuated with Games
Of Chance. Fell Into Sharpers' Hands
and the Government suhered-Habeas
Corpus Suspended to Oct Some OF II Back.

| Major l. n. Co,Le, infatuated with Games
| Of Chance, Fell Into Sharpers' Hands
| and the Government Suhered-Habeas
| Corpus Suspended to Get some OF W Sack.
| wAs,uNn.ro> Noy 1I.-One Of the mos,
20 ia secure nancy f,aud
| uIo,u,. ..s ,b,, tr,m.J bv N cnte,i, uf Weston
,,r,i,,. Il, I,o ,,u ~ 1890 I, fleece N,ior Is, ne
| \ r,,L, mn Amy p,vm,ster II succeeded
| f,, havnrd In. most son,uine expectations Of
mas, 81 tho sh,,n.rs engaged in the game. nj
,t,,,,,., ,I .i,i,.,,, 81 ,hc c,,s,i,,ry b,,e,.J
Inn, L,, CAREFUL vo,l roul million roulJ Ii. taken
| ,v,y from, ,opk. befo,e the Govcrnmen, could
! .,,,, - m. ..,,,,,di,g ,,sul, n,,uv yirdi
r,,aI ,is iu,,pper, #, an. t,,m -, ,,,thcr
! .,u,., lac brs,in, -, ,ut,l,yipe ,bei, victim
,n,,, .,,,,,cd su,h thuI,us sums. n nancy ma f.,
! alarm, rv,n Tho Goy,,umeut p,ym,st,t In,k.
",,c,, nm against br,r. games nj f,ro marked
| c,,d. and cnn,,Io,.t.s nj noL,, orJ ,,,inus
| ,u., xii, ,,o,r.." Il, the ,,,,c ~ sioi hoo rc,
,,irI, no ia ,isr,s.d by the official ,.rn,ds and
il IL ,,bohI, ,b., II. lost all told oy,, sioo ooo
| ma, ,.,, gn, u,,,, A. w,i,,h, Oh, c,,,
MAMMAL ,h,, n.n,t,,.nt of ia. ohio a, IA. finn.
with ipripn,ti onr. t,Id ,h,vtit.r
| ,h,, ,b. ,,,,.cu,es VAN s,,i.a,J ,h,, r,,L.,s
| losses ,nr,,,i,,,,.d IN sano ooo and lao ,im..l,
an, ,,,,i,,i q, ,,i,,i. ia. total ,,.,,oa mn nm
In ia, vhi,, cnmniline v,, ,eco,ds had ri,
across some ,uci,iyc ne,.,. ,cl,,ng In ,n,rs.s
,,.o ,,hich o,,nra,.d ,,o,, ,o,, w,i,,, uho,.o
tho, Iiyi,,, IL, W..hi,,,,o, os . ,o,i,od omc,,
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-, r,.,. ,,,,,osi,,. h.,i,,, h.a,, a.,a,,i.r.d ~
u,c cro,mnus .no,nt ~ ,ho d.,,Ic,,inn mo
Conceal ,or,,.,,i,e,c,I ,, ,,s. ,,,, ,,.n and III.
No., ,.,r.,L .L,,,, a. ,.I.,oJ ., 40. .,,,,,,., .,,,
,,.s d..ni,, ,h. t,c, Tim, ,o, i,.s d., . .c,,,
,,f ,.,sors ys,tJ.,s "c.nno,. " aud .,o,, ,,,,,o,
,,c,c cng,s,cd IN tho ,nrsni,,cy and u.,. ,c
uloIlv rcouired AS he held N carry 1, through
sucrcssf,Jly
G,, wt.,, .aiJ cha, ,,.,,. hI.,li.,, alone
IA. mn, Di,., t,,, r.i, T., p,,,.h,,,,. ,J ,,on,
ri,rir,,, ~ ,io,.l.,d ,,.,, Int" ,L. ram.
T., ,,h p,yr,,.,,,r ,,,,,I,. ,,,,u,hn,,, ,,o tnu ~,
Is,o ci,he, d,roc,,, no,,,c,r.,,r', -, t,,r sn,r.
how Il, .h.,c In ,hs .,,,, In, "a. ,,,,r,,,,
,h.,, ,r,,,,,r ,,,s c,.,, ,,,,,, a.. ,a,,,,s,.,,s
,,, D.. alas. g., ,,.. ,,.', ,,,.,. .,',,,. a..
.,,, :. J,y I'm, u,,, ,,n,,i, ,,,. ,, .,,a,,,,.d
t,n,, ,,uu o., ,.,n h, ,,or,h,,. -, ,,o ,,,,,. :,
not ,rcoup,picd opcuIy ne SOM. -, i,s gentle
,rc," ,cc,ys I've, y,I,,,,.,, ,,,,, ,o,c,,. ,.,.
,h,,,,I, T., Ia, ia, d. Ii,,.,,, ,,,,, H., h,,, 1, .
,p,nnssibl, T., Gx tho yuil, LEGALLY ,,,,, ,h,n,
rnrLc ,,,s =, ruruirgI,, ,,.,i,ri,,.d bon, A..
ipfo,u,t.d with IN. ,y,,,. ,,J va o,,,u,,r,d
v,,h ia, hone NJ ,,i,,,r, o, ,h., ,ho ,,,,, tcII,,
r.r,, ,..li,,i ,ItL, h,,t ,,o,, g., $50, ,,,,,.
systematically "u,,lsd" he -, Gang -, n,n,cs
s,or,Is scattered in forr stat. mil ,h.i, rn,l
was tumihetel anu hr was ruined.
InrL, Wa u,,.r .,.r,r,.d b,, hi. .,,,,,,.
until his p,,,t l,sscs mad b,,L,u,,,d ,is ms,
.rh..t Tho y.p,.st,,s ,,,,., la, o., -, hi,, ,,,,
did he amt the game until his shortages .,po.,d
$40, 49, J.f.,,I,., IL, .,,..,.,, ~. a.,
"''' ~ ".''"''sI ir was nlSm''Seu from 'he
server on Zee ~. lSt2 IhiS act cut uh his
supplirs II Go,rrun,,,; funds and the y,n,Il.,s
.,,t a., f,,,t,., 49,, g., 81 49,, VI, .
w" Nv ~ '''' Wv wv ''"' Wv" ""E"' ~
nhfhed ais" upon hnnihrf remarkable feature
uf the episode In all the greed and struggle for
',,.,h,,,.uI,t, -,,,,,,,. , -. -,
','N' ''' N'",'""' H"pP's " "'""'f' P'rH""
hnIS af"hSinS We usual jealousy anu heartburn
iugS not one Il the "gnms BETRAYED the scheme
., ,,, ,,,,,,,.,, metal, /, 90, 90, -.
W. Wv ''''" " ''"''"'' " 70" W. "u'''
unu! Cooke = dcfachunu prriurre dis, lu>cd itself
tu the Treasury Department The gambler who
r.rrl,, ,.,, - .t.t ,.,,I,. ,lt a, ,h 9TH,
80 '"'''' "''' "'''' Wv '''''
wolves picked '"ok"
Its pruhabl' there was not so much of the deep.
.,,d ,,usn,,,,y ,b,,u, this ,Ust, 10, v,,,bt
F',"'E ''"' "''' "'"'' a. W." "'E"'
h'"'Nsh sol fmN. cooke WAS sporty naturally,
a. was said aud dldnt require very much ,cmpta
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