Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-24
Lost $4,000 GAMBLING
Il st'
Barrett Cut Cards with Nat Good.
win at $4,000 a Cut.
FARO WITH The LIMIT Off
kentuckian and Actor Meet at
Lambs Club and Proceed to Gam
bling House Where They Indulge
in High Play With Cards.

New York, Nov. 23-The keeper
iof gambling house In Thirty-ffth
street had promised to take action
today TO recover $l7,500 on checks
signed by Theodore Barrett and en-.
dcrscd by Nat G. Goodwin, but late
last night the checks were paid and
there will be no further proceedings.
The Sl7,500 Is said to be only
part OF $4,000 which Barrett lost
In tho house last Tuesday night.
Barrett Is in Louisville where he
hurried TO raise the funds to pay
the checks.
Barrett is the son of the late
Thomas H. Barrett, of the Bank OF
Kentucky. He was left fortune
estimated ut $2.000,000. Since then
ne has lived almost exclusively In
New York. His marriage to Miss
Mary Seaton, famous beauty. was
one OF the social events of the South.
She obtained Il divorce after year,
His brother Irving Barrett, was
sitting in Roster and Balls Music
Hall few years ago. when he nirted
with young woman. This Irritation
led to meeting. She was of n
very fine and wealthy family, but
Barrett did not know that nj tho
timc he married her.. fifteen minuts
after seeing her In the hail.
When he was awakened i'm the
morning he feared he had married
Il woman OF low caste. and immcdl-
ately shipped rs a sailor on vessel
sailing for China. He died on hoard
from heart failure.
It was early on Tuesday morning
that MIR. Goodwin entered the Lambs
where he found Theodore Barrett
and several Others. Presently visit
TO gambling house was suggested,
and Goodwin and Barrett experienced
no difficulty In gaining entrance to
Tie Thirty-fifth street house.
Faro was the game they played,
and soon the limit had been raised
ana the two were permitted to bet
what they pleased on every turn
regardless whether or not they were
cases Finally when the game
closed, Barrett was indebted about
$i5,O0O. For this he gave his check.
which Goodwin indorsed.
Then, both feeling i'm the mood.
they cut the cards. With remarkable
cohstancy the actor showed higher
card than did his friend, and soon
the latter who had been doubling
up, was in his opponents debt
almost $4,000. BY another system
of play this was reduced, and finally
Il was agreed that two cuts should
DC made for $4,000 each.
Goodwin won both.
Returning to tho Lambs later on
tuesday morning and realizing that
ne had not enough ready money in
,he bank to meet the checks. Mr.,
Barrett boarded the train for Louis.
vile: Hearing some of the facts
III the case, a close friend of Mr.
Barretts hurried TO the bank and
succeeded in having payment stopped
on the checks. concluding that this
was the best method TO employ
until an authoritative statement
could be obtained from the Young
man. This brought an angry remon-
STRANGE from the gambling house
owner, who went through the for
mallty of notifying Goodwin that he
would be held. The latter was con
lident the matter would be settled
and friends Of Barrett got into com
munication with him and he at once
arranged to have the checks taken
up.