The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-10
.SILVERDERG'S DEBTS
LEFT MARKERS TO THE AMOUNT
OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
$1,000 AT ONE PLACE.
PROPRIETORS OF GAMING HOUSES
INTERESTED IN HIS WHERE
ABOUTS.

IL Reports Are True SiIVerberg Lost
Heavily the Week Previous to His
Departure from the City-Was Al
lowed to Put Up Markers for
Large Amounts and Always Played
for the Highest Stakes-In Addi-
ton to Amounts Lost on Tab He
Entrusted a Good Deal of Cash to
the Goddess of Chance.
Proprietors of several of the largest
gambling resorts in the city are much
interested in the whereabouts of Isa-
dore Silverberg, for they have consid-
cradle amounts of unpaid markers on
their tabs, the result of Silverberg 5
last weeks play before he decided that
il was impossible TO save himself by
the same means that had been largely,
if not wholly, responsible for his finan-
cial distresses. AS a matter of fact
these claims would not be allowed in
court.
Ten days before he finally made up
his mind to leave the city Silverberg
must have decided to take a desperate
chance of winning the money he had
lost. His first play was successful, and
it is said, he added over
$1,000 to his bank account.
But this amount was not to be
his long. The following nglt he visited
another place, and it is said h, lost over
1920 in cash and $500 on the tab. He
returned TO the game where he made
the first winning and lost heavily there
again. large amount in cash and gave
his check for $500. In desperation he
sought the faro table the following
night at yet another place and his ill
luck was with him. So high and des-
perate was his play that the pendulum
of luck swinging either way would
make him big winner or loser as the
case might be.
Followed by Ill Luck.
Els i'll luck followed him and in the
course of an hours play, it
loser He played on with vary
ing luck until the early hours of the
morning. It was necessary to change
TIE dealer a number of times. but not
moment did the player wait
TO place his bets. He kept his place
at the table until late in the day, when
the dealers were wearied to the point
o. exhaustion and the game was
closed, and in addition to the cash he
had lost, several hundred dollars, ther.:
were markers up, it was stat
ed, for $1,000 that he owed
the bank. Then after this he
went again to another place and sought
to WOO the tickle goddess, but the tide
of luck would not turn his way, and
the new4 Of his losses at other places
soon brought a deliel of the privi-
leges of putting up markers.
was FIunEcr.
Silverberg's system of play was diff
ferent from most followers of the game
of chance. In fact he had no system,
according TO those who knew his play.
lie always played faro placing the
limit down from the top of the box.
Some deals ne would play nothing but
cases, and at other times especially
when he was looser he would play dou-
bles entirely, as he was allowed to bet
twice as much to the double cards as
to singles or cases. He was super
stitious in his gambling, and would
never talk to any one while betting
For hours he would sit at the table
while party of friends sat near and
never utter a word. His expression
never changed, winner or loser. he
was what is known as a plunger, and
no man in Savannah was so much
feared in his winning streaks as was
Silverberg. AT times his winnings
have been as large as were his
recent losings. He was also a follow
er of the horses, and played
not only in the pool rooms
here, but by wire to other pool rooms
when the local exchange had as much
to one race as it desired
In speaking of Slverbergs dsap-
pearance yesterday well-known
knight of the green cloth said Il
don't know whether Silverberg lost
the money that he is short in gambling
houses or not, but l do know that lie
was the best customer that the local
sports had, and he certainly was a
good live one. If he played the cotton
and stock markets, which | hear he
did, as high as he did the other games
of chance | can readily see how he
could have lost several hundred thous-
and dollars"