Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-16
A FORTUNE IN A THROW
The Heaviest Crap Game on ihe
Coast Played at Tono9ah

AAAoAASAy W AAA4OAA06 INC III
tie cubes Of ivory with black eyes.
Up to that time the bets had not
been very large in size, as compared
with those that we're to be made from
that time on. After 2:30 o'clock not
a bet was made by the Swiss for less
than $500. Up to that time Elliott had
been q silent spectator to the game.
one OF his men shaking the dice with
the Swiss. But when the Swiss began
to win back, and forged ahead, Elliott
became excited and took the place on
the opposite side of the board to
that occupied by the foreigner.
It was after $3.50 O'Clock when the
steel man was $4,000 to the bad, that
he began to raise the roof of the
house, as gamblers say. A wager or
two of $4,000 each on how the dice
would come up took the breath away
from the spectators, who had, by this
time, crowded the house almost to
sufrocation.
Then the Swiss made q couple of
bets Of $4,000 each, and won the ad-
miration of the crowd for his game
ness by putting $4,000 on the green
cloth along side similar sum showed
over by the proprietor, making $4,000
on the table at one time.
Surely but slowly the young visitor
to this country won back the money
which he had lost earlier in the even
ing to the gambler. At 1855 o'clock
the proprietor was $4,000 loser, esti-
mated to be half of what he is worth.
Plays for Entire House.
Looking up at the clock the young
Swiss noted the time, and looking at
Elliott said, in substance: 4f
! II will make you just one more bet
1t shall be 100000. If you win, we
quit even. If you lose, win. The place
/. is mine. will give the piano to the
woman who plays it. / will give the
bar to the bartender. The rest I will
sell for what l can get, and leave az
! soon as possible thereafter"
" All right, said Elliott
H. The stakes were soon on the table
} The next few throws of the deeper
haps the first might decide the bet
meant ruin for Elliott and a littl'
more pocket money for the youn,
Swiss. The crowd was breathless wit
suppressed excitement. Everyon
crowded as close as possible to the ia
} BILE, to watch the finale of the bigges
, crap game they had ever seen. ..-
In less time than it takes to tell il
| the Swiss lost and Elliott broke ever
The time agreed upon between then
i, to play for high stakes was ended, an
so was the game. The two men ha
|, broken even, and there was no har
!, feelings. But the young man from tn
other side of the ocean was not destil
ed to leave the gambling house in tina
condition. Not caring to retire at tn;
. hour in the morning, he asked permi
:, sion to shoot dice until 6 o'clock fe
q small stakes It was granted. Whe
. the hands of the clock pointed to
o'clock, he was just $4,000 behind tt
game. 20 IniH aasa1a
g With a hand that was as steady q
i the steel bars which his factories
e Switzerland and Sheffield turn out, b
e wrote out a draft on New York ban
flor $4,000, and calmly counted o,
d $4,000 in cash and handed them owe
r, to Elliott ~ - n n
So ended the greatest crap game e
er played in Tonopah, and perhaps Il
# biggest west of the Mississippi rive
s It's equsl-in any part of the world m.
e yet have to be p1ayed-Salt Lal
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