The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-21
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Julius Chambers veas Of Former s3na9or
weieost as ee.,-Irer.

From the brooklyn Easie.
The one lhing hai had a special fasci
ration for Senator wolcott was the roa-
iette wheel We enjoyed cards and would
always "sit 90 short card game of any
lini. but rouiette aus his enthusiasm
Faro BE- dsiibed. ho once -~naftfd 10
NE that @ wts a Rlme Tor stableig.h
and "pisors But hc could Nhirr tho
roulette ban iurther than amy man ! ever
knew gte believed 81 lhe most fascinat-
Ing of games. probably because the per-
ccntage against The player Is So arge
There docsut appear t9 be- amy reason
why tioral picture Of the Colorado som
cfor AS ] saw him playing one night at
tLe Pennsvivnnia Club. az West End.
Long Branch shouldn't BE told H.
wouldn't nave the slightest objection.
were ht alive; because nis NE was an
trea book ANA there we're very few men
al the capital during his time whose livas
were is pure as his lie did like 20 gam-
nlc once in while and he did not make
amy secret Of the fact
Afr wolcott came in,o the club housa
en- the evenins to which ! refer. Nobody
rppeafed 20 recognize him, except the
r1pretor and dealers To them. his
iace was familiar and Mr. DAILY welcom-
cd him cordially After watching the
tily at one OF tie tables a few minutes
Wolcott asked for ten stacks Of blues"
or i1,0uo worth or chips He played these
five dollar chips as if they stood for five
cents each. rine and neafn the croupier
would insist upon his not overplaying the
$40 nit limit on single numbers. He lost
every chin In four on Eve rolls Another
$1,000 worth Of "biues went the same
way BY this time wolcott had taken
hair and was Keeping a tah.' This in
Cicated that ho hoped 60 formulate n
vstem' which he'd play later He made
some few winnings, but whenever fortune
favored him he'd plunge" that much
heavier on the next roll. IIe actually rev
,ned in the loss OF money When
Ice was $1,000 to the bad. some OF which
was represented by markers" he did "A
characteristic thing. lie walked into the
restaurant at the front Of the house
ordered quart bottle OF champagne.
filed "a large goblet and drank its con-
/ tents rhis was repeated until the bottle
/ was exhausted.
Then be- returned 10 The table and had
/ lis account transferred TO one OF the faro
tenks. lie gave his coat and hat 70 an
defendant aud with an unhghted cigar be-
tween mis- teeth semtred himself for q
I real gtapple with "tho tiger. That was
/ the occasion ON which hs expressed his
wont OF respect ior faro
u have ad th' pleasure OF losing some
money said he' 't must now get down
into the mud and win it bnck'
you can go rs sar as YOU like sena-
/ tor.' said Eddie Rankin speaking for the
ouse
THANK YOU" was the reply q may
/ Lavc to so long way
'Fhe lirait Tor the senator was agreed
/ UPON as $500 for cases and S40O for
coublfs. Play began. the senator rarely
riskine more Mgn 800 on card until
nree OF its kind had been drawn from the
/ hoX Then ned pile the chips upon and
aromd IT, one deal would end with a
lroht the next would fiud him behind
Fiis losses for the night soon equalcd
$1,000 but IA was Just as resolutely de
terTined % go on as when he sat down.
/ The proprietor was summoned: the limi!
vas raised to $500 for "cases"-that Is
such % bet WAS permitted when only one
eard Of kind remained IN 'he Dealers
OK. This card must either WIN or lose
ond the game IS theoretically even. It
would be IL the clement of glesslng were
eliminated but the player and not the
ooaler has TO guess" what viii happen.
by this ,ir,e senator Wolcott was play
/ ing mother-of-peacc chips that stood for
$500 each' bvtter stil he was beginning
/ ic win Ever reader is Wondering if he
'got whole he did and stoprcd with
1000 before him meaning net wia-
/ idng Of about $4,000 on the session. The
hour was in the morning