The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13
wsLEs or GERONIMO.
old Apache Chief Is Wonderfu'
Poker Player.
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Poker Player.
Kansas city Journal.
Army officers deny that Geronimo. the
old Apache chief Is becoming insane. Geron-
i,no was brought to Fort sill. o. T., IRON
Foir Plckens Fla. Ave years aSo. where
lie was imprisoned arst after his capture
by CensSal Miles in 1887.
THAT OLD sinner Is as sane as ! am
said an officer at the fort yesterday. When
ever you hear rumors TO the effect that
Geronimo is crazy it may DO set down that
he is planning to fool the guards and es-
cape. We expect him TO attempt TO get
away at any Tune"
Geronimo is not confined in cell now.
bat is allowed the freedom OF tho reserva-
ton. He is always accompanied by guaru-
The officers allow the old ehlei 10 carry
revolver but take care that 1t Is never
loaded He handles ths gun as fondU as
u mother would baby.
Geronimo is great card player, sal9
the officer. land his tricks at monte aha
poker Keep tho rest of the Indians arounl
the fort broke nearly all tho time. We had
a great care game here last sunday with
Geronimo aSs3rst the field Tho old sinner
broke about a dozen solalegs ana theh con-,
Il enced on Els fellow INDIANS. lie played
them for blankets. feathers ard plumes, ana
now no has the finest WARDROBE or any inu'An
on thu IeaerYatiCn. Ho iesls preuuer OF
his poker trophies than small boy docs
1 OF his first rpil Of pants.
/ Early Sunday morning Geronimo ana a
number Of soldiers engaged 10 quiet game
/ of monte Lack OF the government mouse
/ The old redsl,ir WIS less than an hour IN
I raklug in their little pile Of SloO' iheu
I he started in to play noker with happy
/ Jack. a well known COW puEeher. wno ny
wherever his hats of, but senetaliy NOUS
out III Fort sill. Geronimo soon hau tns
I row tuueiier's mercy in his pocket and then
the Indians around there lost all their tauVS
III ia an interesting sleht to see the ola
/ man shuttle the pasteboards; lie is uh,
/ doubtedly the bravest gambler tnat , esua
put his knees under poker taole and
Ia no bluff about him. He plays falr anu
square game and expects others 10 10 wv
same He never hesltatcs about pel' a nu
his Judgment is always good Nhen YOU
raise him a stiff amount, Ills colui gray eyes
eesn1 10 nepetrate your thoughts for the IN
stant. and then his mind Is made up rs %
whether you are running blum or holding
good hand. i, H. .,at cer-
amino nearly always gives his winnings 10
CIVILIZED Indian children TO spend LOT an euu-
cation Notwithstanding the fact mat ., d,
can neither read nor write, he insists t Is
the rising generation snouu loiio" -
white mans tran ,,.o F, bo e,vs
" Apache trail no good amy more, ne say a
Il recolleot queer little incident tilat n"t p
pened here a year ago" the olheer went on 70
say "Burbank, the Chicago indian painter
came down here to make picture OF terror
lno suppose that Burbank knows Geron-
limos features DelleI luhH any
A,o.yica for ne has painted his portrait TWEEN
y times After a lot, of dickering about out ne soo
price for posing for Geronimo ralses me ns
urcs every time on Burbank. they suuek q
bargain. Then the artist wanted to Bet
plaster cast of his hand. >,,t,.
Is No heap bad medicine sah oeronliuo,
:" .ob nut you're medicine man ns well
las great chief said Burbank, who knows
how to natter the Indians, and you can mans
It all right. ro.o,,,,no,s
FINALLY he got the plaster cast Geronimo, n
hand is short. thick, fingers piunt .h harts
broken and palm deeply scanned. hurpanh
took tho cast to Chicago and showed II TO an
other artist Ralph Clarkson
'Whose hand do you suppose that 'S'
Sa :" .fIaven'-any idea, said ciarkson, as he BE-
took the cast and began to study ~ 10y
George but that's Il hand OF brute, be ex-
claimed, after making minutes lnapee-
ton. ..n .,ta tho NJ.
acer "Geronino Is thorough savage az
WAYS has been one, and always VIII DO lac
one OF the kind you can't ciyflize.