The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
POKER GAME 40 HOURS LONG.
IN 1T DUD POMEROY CLEANED
OUT FOURTEEN MEN,
One OF Them Was the Late Senator Wolcott
The Game Played In Denyer-AC Cigar
tore and Nat GoodWin's watch and
Sleeve Ons Among winnings.

The Game Pln ycd In Denver Cigar
store and Nat GoodWin's watch md
Sleeve ButtOn Am0ng winnings.
DENVER, June CIV. H. Milburn, known
from coast to coast, became reminiscent
to-day and recalled the famous forty hour
poker game, known all over Colorado as
Dud Pomeroy's game, because in 1t Pom
eroy cleaned out fourteen men, including
the late Senator E. o. Wolcott, of everything
they had with them but their clothing.
THAT game" said Milbur1, was played
In Cliff Bells gambling house at Sixteenth
and Laramie streets twenty-one years ago.
1t began one morning at ii o'clock and
lasted forty hours.
About ten of the players sat it out, while
three or -four dropped in and lost all they
had and quit. Among those who dipped
in and got cleaned were Nat Goodwin, the
actor; Pat Sheedy and myself.
Those in the long play, 80 far as | can
remember, were enato E. o. Wolcott,
then State Senator from Georgetown;
Jim Sampson, a Denver gambler; Charley
Sampson, who was a gambler in Denver
for thirty years, and played poker ten years
on Mississippi River boats before coming
to Denver; Jim Moon, another gambler,
who was shot fifteen years ago here in
Denver; Johnnie Murphy, a sporty young
fellow who made Denver his home; John
Sherman. who WAS killed in Deadwood
in 'ss; Tony Delany. known at that time as
'Denver's handsome boy and Dudley
Pomeroy, a professional gambler, who died
of consumption last December while on
his way to Colorado from Cincinnati.
tn .zaI4 Tho ro NJ fnYnnflQ wnG the
fact that bud Pomeroy cleaned every
single man who sat in It. He did it without
slipping a cog backward, too.
AT tina time Senator Wolcott was not a
wealthy man. He was a dead game sport,
though, and would bet 81 900 on the turn of
a card If he had the money.
He dropped in Bells place by accident
and found half a dozen or 30 Of the sports
and gamblers there. Somebody suggested
a game and the rest agreed.
"Dud Pomeroy won the first pot and that
started him on his road to wealth. When
he got UP he had all his pockets full Of
money. watches, cuff buttons and shirt
studs. In all he cleaned up about 500 900
on that game.
.Wolcott soon began to bet heavily
and it didn't take long for him to get down
to his last hundred. That last hundred he
bet on a bob tailed flush and bud called
him with a couple Of little pairs.
-Wolcott then began oashing bank checks.
After he had been up and down for about
thirty hours the crowd declined to accept
any more Of his checks and he was forced
to play along gingerly.
aHe never recovered far enough to get a
good start and quit cleaned clear out. He
couldn't wear his collar home because
bud Pomeroy Rad the buttons; but when
he left the place he patted Dud on the back
and smiled.
a'Dud,' he said, I'm mighty glad you
did it. | don't need what | lost. III get
come more
Then he sauntered out with his coat
collar turned up, whistling a tune. Next
day he redeemed his jewelry, as did most
Of the other fellows.
"Tony Delany was the owner OF thriving
cigar store when he sat in the game and re-
ceived his first cards. When he got up he
had no more cigar store than a rabbit. bud
Pomeroy owned the store. He also owned
Tony's watch and cuff buttons and a gold
knife studded with diamonds, which the
handsome boy valued ct $500.
NAT Goodwin was showing In tow then
I think. At any rate he wasin Denver and