The San Francisco call., 1904-02-04
MISSOURIAN
FALLS TO A DICE GAME
Complains to Police of Loss of $lO0 and Noted
Criminal Is Taken Into Custody-Ministers Ap-
pear to Testify Against Alleged Cruel Driver

John Lundgrin is the original TX.
c. Kid" who has the temerity to ad-
nit that Missouri is his birthplace.
When he climbed over the rail fence
of his native hemp patch and conclud-
ed TO seek adventure 1t became nee
essary to put his trunk aboard a train
through a cattle chute for fear he
would stampede. Then he went from
bad to worse. until he finally became
a resident Of Kansas City.
Recently he reformed and made a
trip to San Francisco. Here he fell
into the hands OF friends. Two men
met him on Mission street and treated
him in princely manner. They
bought him beakers of foaming steam
beer for three days and finally to ce-
ment their friendship they gave him
an opportunity to win their money
on January % last in the saloon of
Tom Sawyer at 935 Mission street.
All he had to do was 10 count the
spots on the tops of five dice and
make a wager whether or not the
spots on the bottom of the dice eX-
ceeded his count. He was given
either end Of the proposition he want
ed. The only trouble he had was with
the limit. When he guessed right
only a small amount was wageree,
but when he was wrong there was no
limit TO the amount he was allowed to
bet. 1t was the old top and bottom
game" which has been in existence
since the first Babylonian framed two
dice from the tooth of a dinosaurus
and skinned his trusting friend out
Of an ichthyosaurus overcoat. Alto
gether Lundgrin was loser to the
amount of 500.
p. +. Sullivan and John Reynolds
were arrested Tuesday night by De-
tectives Ryan and Taylor for bunko-
ing Lundgrin and the two defendants
were before Judge Fritz yesterday.
The complaining witness was not in
court, but it was shown by Arthur
Mack, attorney for Reynolds. that
Lundgrin was positive that Reynolds
was not one of the men who shook
dice with him. Accordingly Reynolds
was released on the nominal bail of
$1,000.
Sullivan is the man who stabbed
and killed Charles Barr, a well-known
commercial traveller, in front of the
bar of the old Baldwin Hotel on July
13, 1895. The crime created an i'm
mense sensation in the city at the
time. He was convicted of man
Imprisonment in San Quentin. Before
that he had served a term in Colorado
for similar offense.
Church dignitaries mingled with the
scum of the police courts before Judge
Conlan yesterday during the trial of
r. d. Fiel. who was accused of cru
city to animals. The complaining
witnesses were Rev. S. H. Wingfield
Digby, whose card proclaims him as
of Christ Church. Oxford, and Rev.
Charles Bruce. Both of the clergy
men are connected with the Seamens
Institute at SO Steuart street.
Last Thursday they were out driv-
ing and claim to have seen Fiel give
an unmerciful beating to a horse he
was driving. They said he struck
him with a scantling eight feet long
that raised welts on the animals body
which were as conspicuous as a re-
spectacle man on the Barbary Coast.
Fiel claimed he merely hit the
horse with an ordinary lath and that
there were no bruises on the animal.
He was corroborated by several wit
nesses. The testimony was so con-
nicting that the Judge took the case
under advisement until Saturday.