East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-12
NEW YORK LETTER

New York. June 9.-Richard Can
field, the gambler, the prince of gam
blers. as his lawyer called him in the
suit he brought against him. and
which is now on trial. is the object
of much attention as he poses in the
court room. He is disputing the
claim of Mr. Delahunty. the lawyer
who got him out of his scrape, aud
wants to lower the latter's charges
for what he did in collecting Can
fields claim against his patrons who
had lost in his gambling hell, or pal
ace, us he called It, The two parties
played big game of bluff before
they got into court as the lawyer
thought the gambler would surely set
tie rather than go to court and have
his secrets exposed, while the gambler
thought the lawyer would shrink from
exposure on his side.
But the most remarkable trait the
"Prlnce of Gamblers" has shown is
| his extreme penuriousness. People
expect that persons who make their
| income by handling sporting money
will be as liberal in spending the east
| ~ acquired money as they were in TAX
| ing It; but here's Garfield, the gentle
man gambler par excellence, in his
accursed trade higgling at every item
and cheapening all who do any work
| for him. He does not seem to have
any honor about disclosing his pat
rons' names, either, for he has whis-
pered names in the court room, and
! = To-, .f,,er lou
yer to proceed as far as starting the
suit. with all its chances of publicity,
shows that he does not care about
them so long as he makes money, or
is successful in avoiding paying debts.
Indeed. il must astonish the gilt-edg
ed patrons of the gambling business
to learn in so many ways that the
head gambler is very common sort
of man.
As for Delahunty, he stands
chance of being hauled over the Goals
by his brother lawyers, as the Bar
association does not look with favor
upon lawyers who go into the business
of collecting assets that have been
ACQUIRED in a dishonorable way. But.
New York is full of lawyers who are
collecting gambling debts, which
losers have put into the shape of notes
or checks, which they have stopped
payment on Rlackmail is the chief
wes pom employed by these lawyers in
securing the claims they have to press
upon unwilling debtors. They work
upon the fears of the loser, and to
avoid scandal he frequently pays up a
claim which could not possibly be COL
Iected by process of law For this
reason those interested and who have
watched the oceedings, think that
LAWYER pelahunty could not charge
too much, and that Garfield should
pay.
Paid All His Creditors.
l. The admirable display of honesty
b, by Mr.. HooIey, the financier who
; failed in business some years ago and
!. effected a settlement with his credit
; ors. receiving from them receipts in
l., full. in sending them the other day
n checks in full, with interest, for the
?, balance of their claims, has received
=; unstinted encomiums from press and
:. financial men. The action was en-
tirely unexpected, and not one of tbs
recipfents had the slightest claim
under the law for the amount SEN
= him. And so this is considered {
|, striking instance of honesty.
= But WILL street says 1t Is not th'
d sole instance of honesty in this form
l. that the street has seen many sucl
n displays Of the common virtue
Ia simple honesty. and expects to Sc