The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04


fish, or iroT-' chips upC Cne gaming
table. In WalSag ZION lie hotel TO the
club he told me how . year before he
had won E5oa0 at faro in Charleston,
while one of the Gary family won Sl009.
Gary went home with the fruit Of his
game. but Melton went back 10 the same
faro bank that night and lost every dol
I lar he had Won But II 1 win tonight
he said, Il win get away with II In
/ the morning at the Gilsey I noticed Mel
/ Ton taxing two stim coctaiis before
breakfast. ana 7 said Colonel / feel
I a lack OF confidence in a man who takes
I TWO Stlft cocktails so early in the morn
/ ING. He replied: My dear boy there
are 5000 or 4,oo0 little polyw0gs running
I up and down in my stomach. and they
won STOP tn they get a couple Of drinks
/ The faithful sam followed us to the
/ cieo. after mild sUpIs'r, IN which the
attoroney general did not drink a drop.
/ ne sauntered up to the faro table Ransom
/ ~ the chair. The soda carl was in the
I DoN, He handed Sam a 5000 bin and
/ told him to put it on the ace to win. The
mint o. 600 that night had been taken
/ OH ana the game was fres-that is With
out limit. Mr.. Melton sat down InmOved
/ Dy the table 10 await the movement of
the ace II sOOn came out was laid on
/ the right of the table-not beside the hoy
Lano the dealer placed the S1.008 worth of
/ CHIPS on the Sl.000 bill. Sam came for
I WarQ intending to dive" for the money.
out Melton was too quick for him saw
I ing; sam. d-a-m-n it. don't al anv-
} tllag iii 1 command you"
7 ne negro eyes looked like saucers.
/ ana he took a back seat.
! In ten minutes more the ace v,o-, 4bree
/ tines and there was 5000 on ton Of the
/ card. Melton said. Now S-Sar,s ~
/ can PICK up that bet. if the d-dealer has
/ no objection
No objection" said the dealer The
/ ing to Saratoga. 'i'Si ~
hope my dear friend. Samuel w. Mel
=
/ stars, because he became = 1900 49, - 80
/ Sisteht Metnodist and was again a can
/ S1eroij,, sVI attorney general of South
One OF the brightest men ar rho st,,t-,
| speaIe cruz was Major Crump. Tbe ma
/ III Ike one OF Dickens Characters US
"a modei OF department" lie had charge
49, ny 10 uay game which run down town
/ di ~ u noon az ia Ann street. near fbe
9.uN ew York Herald building.
| dressed man In New York ne sofa ~
aIlnselI that he believed IN the confe5-
! 800 Gnu TOOK himself TO Richmond
! wee ne received the appointment al
major, and remained in the cOmn1issarv
department until confederate money ~
] tahle SO pad and so abundant that he had
1 70 take basket 70 market to carr, 5ie
money with which TO paw for MS cbo 90
! LOT breakfast, and had 10 carry the eho1s
pack IN his pOcketbOO Then he ssfd
Ne Sno0snt It time TO come back 10 New
| 80 enu ne found his old place at No11
West Iwenty-ffth street WAITING 60
1 I'm. NO. IL Ann street, where some men
prayed who had strong-mfnded UyiTse
! 80 uIuhI approve OF their husbands
Saying out late at night till the blear
eyed gambler hOmeWard wendad his
! Mdy, was a gloomy series of rooms
whSIe the gas was lighted all day. Here
SSSul9 pc FOUND almost any day Cornelius
| vanderbilt, the old commodore's son q
constant and luckless gambler. Richard
weed brother Of William Tweed was
| oIten found here, a quiet Gentleman
/ YIN round shoulders, who never PLAYED
/ more than a twenty-dOlIar gold niece
ana when lunch was over retired To
/ BROOKLYN where he lived. Hamilton tbs
| transforming actor already mentioned
was desperate gambler of whom Nafor
trump tells an Interesting story. During
| the war money was made easily. Wafi
street. was only a few squares away and
thousands were thrown with abandon al
ne ~ Ieet OF the coy and uncertain goddess
Major Crump, looking at peace with the
] world with 50-cent Havana between his
| Ups, walked through the not spacious
/ chambers OF this faro bank with hfs
hands cOmplacently beneath his Tuxedo
coat We were all waiting for brea kfast.
/ i sald- MAJOR, viii you tell me the
| STORY OF Hamilton, the actor. when he
/ scared you so badly. as the story goes7s'
| Certainly 7 viii" said the major for he
/ was the politest man on earth. and born
to run a faro game.
] . q .
Tt was during Colonel Hamilton's va
catlon He was an old friend of mine.
I he was only dangerous when he had
/ put an enemy into his mouth to steal
/ away his brains, for he was the flower of
| courtesy and the soul of honor Colonel
/ Hamilton handed me mis- check for the
last week of his engagement 1t was SEQ
/ Tor he stood high in his profession. Tt
was only midday, but the gallant actor
] naq oeen tarrying where the wine was
He was soon $500 to the good. and was
! correspondingly happy, but, like many
I lmpulsive gamblers, he soon got paralysis
/ or TIE legs and couldn't leave the table
! until he lost every dollar He was mad.
l I saw the storm in the air as ] stood al
! fhe window looking at the Rapid Transit
/ on Ann street Colonel Hamilton stepped
! up 70 mt, as Is the habit of some broken
/ gamblers, and said rather pompousIy:
for $3.50 -'' my o''''' n
Near me was an immense ice chest.
/ In my most suave manner I replied:
/ It is not the habit Of faro bankers TO
/ play chips against checks
/ The major was nothing if not a trife
/ consequential.
1T isn't. hey?" said the enraged
/ colonel. as ne pulled out the siX-barreied
] revolver from the back pocket of his pam
1 falcons and began to fire at the lighted
I chandelier, hitting every round With
WIG snOut the tan and agile Cornelius
/ vanderbilt with two jumps found the bot
/ tom Of the stairs, and was making time
/ equal 70 the stallion Patchen uD Broad
| way. Dick Tweed locked himself in an
! adjacent closet The dealer got under the
/ table, and jumped into the big ice chest
! and closed the door Hamilton sto0d
/ irate, but still in a humorous mood. in
/ front Of the lee chest and I trembled
/ Ike a duck retrieving dog as he comes
I out of a cold stream
| Hamilton stood like a Greek god
holqing up his smoking revolver. still
/ with one barrel loaded He exclaimed.
" Major, how are you now on nIavina
[ chips against checks?'
In very small voice I explained 10
Hamilton that I would lend him 500 on
+ his check if he would put his revolver
/ behind the ice chest. He consented.
/ gave him a 500 bill. The game was an
3 MS own, after brOw-beating and soaring
Us all in that shameful way. In half an
i hour he had won $780, paid his check and
+ LETT 80 IN gold for damages. but it Is
/ barely necessary to say that the lookouta
/ on the lower floor never permitted the
handsome actor to enter No. III Ann
I street again"