Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-20
WEAPONS WEREN'T BARRED
FROM THIS POKER GAME

" upIHtiS ip tt won on ioSt. ana IL MAS
felt that Tho lighting had hes, be de-
ferred.
Accordingly. they fled into the back
room. There we're seven who expected
10 play. but as the visitors each had
Sl.ooo 10 venture they objected To al
lowing any II in the game who could
not snoM am equal sum. and the ON
bined capital of the fou Arkansas city
men. including Il loan which was negot-
lated with SOME difficulty from old man
freenilnt. amounted To only Il little
over $4,000. sam Pearsall was. there.
fore. lef, out hut he remained in the
room AS Il Spectator.
Th" players We're seated alternately.
Bassett being between I'ogarty and
Wesley, and Singleton between Blais-
dell and Winterbottom. No one man
could. therefore,. make any hostile
move without having .; foe al each ell
bow.
One other thing was a little curious.
Thc visitors objected to buying chips
10 Il greater amoun than $50 just for
change. II like to see real money in
the pot said Fogarty. and he nut the
remainder of his money in bills on the
table.
The deal fell to Fogarty first. and
Bassett. anted Il dollar. calls two. No
body sta yed. and he too the deck with
a 81 jackpot on the table.
->pp'uH tAiletleu IluCn III tne Iei |
since Rassett was unskillful with the
cards. but Wesley opened ii under the
guns for the size of the pot. and to
his seeming delight he got three stay
ers. Blaisdell and Winterbottom both
coming in, and Fogarty making it s25
In play. They all made good and there
was owe IL hundred in the pot before
the draw.
Wesley stood pat and bet n hundred
before waiting to see what the others
took. 1t ooA enough like Il bluff for
R!alsdell to raise il n hundred after
looking ut his n card draw. Winter
bottom laid down after drawing two
cards and failing to better. and Fogart
did the same thing, leaving it up to
the opener.
He dropped gracefully. showing two
small pairs. Blaisdell smiled pleasantly
as he scooped the first pot. 1t was too
much to expect that Wesley would be
happy under the circumstances, and
there was keen watching when he dealt.
If there was anything wrong about
the deal it was not detected. Never
theless there were some surprises when
the hands were lifted from the table.
Blaisdeli, who had anted. discovered
that he had a pat full. trays on sevens.
Singleton. with first say, had three aces.
and. of course. came in. Winterbot-
tom. with q pair of kings, was willing
30 ~ VIA ~ al looE
lush, and seeing that the our cards
were straight. from fou to seven. con-
sldered ii worth Il boost. Accordingly
he raised II five. Bassett. with IL pat
straight. went back at him with five
more. and Wesley dropped.
Blaisdell said nothing. u first MAX
ing his ante good. he pushed $40 into
the pot. and Singleton. with a keen re-
membrance of what t'ogarty had done.
made 1t $40 more. Ii vas too strong
FOR Winterbottom and he dropped.
"%hereupon Fogarty simply made good.
evidently Il straight or Il flush would
bc Of little value. but a straight flush
was Worth trying for.
Sassett also stayed, but with less
confidence than before. and Blaisdell
decided to wait for the draw before go
ing further.
Standing pat. he had the satisfaction
%. Song Singleton take two cards and
i'NtS~ien he felt that he could expact
no help.
ite iiipped in Il white chip and was
~Iis,o!piited to see Singleton bet $1OO.
Vi vas still worse when F'ogarty stayed.
Tor il seemed clear that he would have
'tis''i hut for TIL" fear of driving the
others out. AS il was, Bassett
ana i;'aisdell called. with a feeling that
ne was probably throwing away his
money.
This proved to be correct. for Sin
2ieio' had his fourth ace and Fogarty
had caught the niiio Of clubs, making
ms straight tiusi'. The first pot had
been promptly avenged, but no one had
s,'h enough To Justify Il criticism of
the deaf
Nevertheless. there we're meaning
% exchanged. a,1 when B~laisdell
took the deck he MAS torn with sus-
!'''nh and anger. It seemed oversoon
TO deal big hands again Immediately.
hui he was thirs,ing for trouble and
10 IN Them with confidence. And
Blaisdell could no more be accused
than could Wesley.
GA man Giccnhut appeared in the
doorway With one hand behind him.
while the betting WIS going on, and
saw Nith some Arrangement hat each
man raised in turn till the whole ST. 900
wls on the table. excepting the com
rar:ttiNely small sun by which Single
ton was ahead.
on tn" call for The draw four men
stood pat. while Winterbottom and
Wesley called for one card apiece. A
shoWdoWn was then in order. hut Just
as IN" others were about to proclaim
their hands Wesley spoke:
There wont be no bets decided on
this h:nd Till the guards is counted
first. he said. and. rs If to make this
certain. hs drew y; knife from under
his collar at the back of his neck and
with a motion too quick for the eve
I" follow he drove it through the un-
use. portion of the deck deep into the
table.
NJ the same instant Il sho rang out.
and :, bungStartcr fell on Mr.. Wesley's
head. Rassett had shot through Yves
ley's wrist. and Greenhut bad expressed
his Indignation.
Fosarty and Singleton drew also, but
they d1d not shoot. 1t was hard to
say who had the drop. but 1t was clear
that they We're outnumbered. with no
advantage 10 rely on. There was a vol
ley of bad language. but this uuieted
down when ii WAS observed tina old
Il Greenhut was speaking.
"Mehbe it mought ha' ben better Il