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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05

him single handed for half an hour af-
ter everyone else had fled in terror.
Elliott was more than six feet tall and
giant in strength. Dunn claimed he
shot his enemy only after the latte:
had forced him to the floor and was
holding cooked revolver against MS
breast. The other side of the story is
that Dunn entered the place. found
Elliott sitting al table and, without
warning and without giving Elliott
any chance for his life. shot him III
cold blood
Death or poverty has overtaken
most of the old Clark street crowd. In
many cases it was both. In some in
stances. as in the case of Mcdonald.
health and fortune have been left, bu;
fate has played him tricks even less
acceptable than death or de5titution.
In this later day misfortune seems
to follow the men who have accumi.
lated vast fortunes of tainted money.
The old Clark street money was pot
luted. and the misfortunes of the Oh
crowd seem greater than those of the
owners of tainted money.
Does money bring misfortune in pro-
portion to. the depth of the faint it cav
rieS"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05

Baseball club in the supreme court in
Jersey City yesterday by default. A.
torneys for the plaintiff say they will
apply for a receiver. The Brooklyn
club is incorporated in New Jersey.
The claim dated from 1900, when the
Baltimore club of the National league
was consolidated with the Brooklyn
club. The claim was for $4,000. with
$4,000 interest. Baltimore alleged that
the National league agreed TO pay $40
900 for its franchise, that this money
was paid to certain persons in the
Brooklyn club, but never was given to
Baltimore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05

that of many of his associates for he
was stabbed by George Russell. aims
White Pine. a bunkO man. Russell ac-
Quired his alias from the fact that he
came 10 Chicago from White Pine. He
was Il fighting man of the western
type. but was acquitted in his trial
for the stabbing of Sir James
Jcre Damn in the street.
But best known of all not excepting
Mcdonald himself. was .Jere Dunn.
slayer of Jimmy" Elliot. the heavy
weight prizefignter Clark street dur
ing the reign of Mcdonald was the
Mecca of many crooks, gamblers, coz
fidence men. bad" men and other
classes of disrepulables. but no figure
ever appeared in the street.-The by
force of his all around wickedness,
commanded the attention that Jere
Dunn got Even Dunn's friends dii
not claim for him any degree OF NOR
ais Some of them say that he wa~
square" with his partners in crime
but his history disprovcs even that
contention.
Dunn died in New Jersey last year
| Of malignant cancer. Wherever he
went he made criminal history.
Desp:sed Even Among Crooks.
| He was known as a respectable
stall. In later years his pals OF tina
| day showed their hatred of Dunn by
telling all they knew about him. They
protested that he never had the cour
age TO take the chances in a piece {
crooked work. but was always the
first in ut the division of the booty an,
always claimed the lions share for til,
minor part he had played in the crime
In Chicago Dunn always was quar-
TelsOme. The cause of the quarrel be
tween Dunn and Elliott. which resulte'
in the killing of the latter. started il
The assertion in a Chicago newspape
by Dunn that Elliott had shamme
sickness to escape a prize fight wit
John l.. Sullivan. which had been II
ranged by Dunn. Elliott and Dua'
banded words through mutual friend
for some time. the feeling betwea,
them meanwhile growing more bitter
The killing: of Elliott.
Elliott. with the professional oars
man Plaisted, was in Appetite Bill
Langdon's place on the evening e
March l. 1883. when Dunn entered
From this point in the story there i
a wide divergence in the alleged fac,
Dunn, always vain and always boastf;
gave a version to the effect that :.
was attacked by Elliott and Tough
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
DECISIONS BY COMMISSION
Declines to Pass Upon Jurisdiction in
Topeka Case at Present.

Cincinnati. March 5.-The national
baseball commission yesterday an
nounced its decisions in four cases
brought by different clubs and acted
upon four players applications for re.
instatement.
In the application of the Western
league for permission TO draft the CITY
of Topeka from the Western assoGia-
ton. which is in a lower class, III
which the commission had been asked
TO make a ruling as to their jurisdc-
ton in the matter, the commission de-
clined TO pass upon the question of
jurisdiction at present. But the com
mission was of the unanimous opinion
that the cause of complaint tbeing sec
ton of article 20 was bad in Its
effect, and respectfully requested that
the national board take up the matter
ar once TO obviate any necessity for
the commission 40 take any further ac-
| ton.
The application of the Toledo club
| for the retention of Player Kruger
who had been drafted by the Washing
ton club. was refused
The claim of the Boston Baseball
association against the New York
American league club for the first pay
ment of the conditional purchase Of
Player Clarity, was rejected.
The application Of the Birmingham
club for a rehearing in the case of tn,
payment of Player Moores salary wa!
denied.
The applications for reinstatement
of Players Broderick. r. A. Unglauh
and Frank J. Corridor were granite
with the provision that each pay a fin,
of 5000.
The application of Player A. 7
Briggs for reinstatement was granite
without fine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
MEN ARE POWERLESS.
To Fight Against Disease Unless They
Strike at the Underlying Cause.

To treat dandruff. and falling hair.
With irritants or oils on which a para
site germ will prosper. is like scoop
inS water from the ocean to prevent
he tide from rising.
You cannot accomplish a satisfac-
-ory cure without having a right I'M
Outstanding of the fundamental causes
f the trouble
You must kill the dandruff germ.
Newbro's Herpicide does this be-
cause ii is especially made to do that
very thing.
When the germ is removed the hair
las no choice but to resume healthy
;rowth and beauty.
Destroy the cause. you remove the
effect"
Sold by leading druggists. Send loo
n stamps for sample to The Herpicide
%. Detroit. Mich. Two sizes. soc and
100. T. H. Thomas. special agent.
'hone girls have many ills.
'or which they take some nasty pills.
healthy and happy girl you'd be,
ting up for Rocky Moutain Tea.
T. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
METEORS TO COME
Fast Chicago Basketball Team
Will Meet Y. M. 6. A. Ma
rooms Saturday Evening.
MEANSINIEReSTIRG CONTEST
Visitors Made Great Record Last Year
Meet Company c Of Mus
catine.

The management of the y. NJ. c. \
Maroon basketball team has completed
arrangements for a game with the Chi
cago Central Y. NJ. c. A. Meteors, one
of the fastest basketball aggresations
in the country. The game is to be
played in the local Y. NJ. c. A. gymna-
stun. next Saturday evening and is
expected 10 be the fastest OF the sea
son for the local five. The MarOons
have been making a very good show
ing in their last five games and are
growing stronger in team work every
game. The MeteOrs have established
Il record throughout the country tor
fast aud clean playing. last year MAX
ing a 1000 mile tour in which they
won all but nine ont of GS games.
Their style of play is entirely their
own. accurate and deliberate.
seek To Defeat Company G.
Their chief purpose in coming 10
this vicinity is TO secure revenge on
Company c of Muscatine. by whom
they were defeated last season. They
will play the Muscatine five before
coming 10 this city and after leaving
here will make a tour of the country
The local boys feel confident of giving
the visitors hard tussle, as they are
in the best of condition and are strong
er than ever before. The lineup of the
local five for Saturday evening will be
as follows: Zwicker and Williams
forwards; Souders and Aston. guards
Strate. center.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
but the betting was 10 | thai Kelly
would stay the limit.
johnson Wins in Australia.

Melbourne. Australia. March o
Failing in efforts to get bouts in Amer
lea. Jack Johnson. the negro heavy.
weight fought Lang of Victoria here
yesterday. winning over the local man
in the ninth round. The fight was
fast. Great interest was felt in the 90
and the bout was attended by fully 10.
600 persons. Lang was known as one
of the best men of his weight i'll The
Antipodes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
Found at Last,

j A. Harmon, of Lizemore. Vest
Va. says AT last | nave found the
perfect pill that never disappoints me:
and for the benefit of others afflicted
with torpid liver and chronic constipa-
ton, will say: take Dr. Kings New
Life Pills" Guaranteed satisfactory.
25c at W. T. Hartz, druggist, col
Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05

have passed a state law legalizing pool
selling on race tracks.
Next door to The Store" was the
gambling house of William Langdon.
alias appetite Bill" and James Apple
ton an alderman of the Second ward.
better known as Jim de APP" Apple
ton was a confidence man Of considera-
bic standing in the business, d fact
which Will interest those who believe
Chicago is not growing cleaner in its
politics. Jim de APP" is dead, and
died broke" 1t was 4 brother of his
who ran away with the second wife
of Mcdonald. The pair went to San
Francisco. 1t is said that Mcdonald
| followed them. and. after striking their
trail. found one day that they had gone
buggy riding. Mcdonald found the
livery stable from which the rig was
hired and sat down TO await their re-
| turn. For company he had his thoughts
and a large calibre revolver. As the
couple approached the stable in the
buggy Appleton saw Mcdonald. leaped
from the buggy, and ran. leaving Mrs.
The gambler king sent bullet or two
after the man who stole his wife, but
did not hit him. Mrs. Mcdonald is
said TO have begged so hard and prom
ised SO faithfully to be constant in the
future that Mcdonald brought her back
with him TO Chicago. 1t was not long
afterward that she took into theiI
house a priest, who claimed TO be i'll
out who lost no time in making love
| % Mrs. Mcdonald and winning hel
from her husband. They fled to Eu
rope. 1t is this wife that is said to be
| dying in New Jersey. appetite Bill
is said to be running a bucket-shop il
) Seattle with the small remnant of the
fortune he made in Clark street.
Garritys Were Fighting Men.
Then there were the Clarity broth
ers. John. Hugh and Mike They We,
an especially tough trio and known a
fighting men They were guilty u
numerous assaults. some of them o
the most serious character. Ii wa
John Clarity who bit an ear off of Al
derman James Peavey, who was ais:
a gambler. The men had engaged il
fight and in the absence of nor
deadly weapons Clarity used his tee,l
l on the part of the alderman's anatom,
, that was most convenient Hugh ant
: Mike Clarity are dead. having fallei
l into poverty and the same i'll FORUM
? that pursued most of their fellows. On
one occasion, also. the Clarity broth
ers. in the course of a gamblers feu'
: with John Bowling, who ran a riva
l establishment in the building now oc
: cupied by the Clark streeo museum
D., proceeded 10 beat Bowling up i'll frigh;
' fIIl fashion. Bowling was one Sf tn
: characters of the old Clark street tha
, was at once one of the best and on
= of the worst He was brutal and Otter
t vClver he carried, for no stronger az
. parent reason than a desire to Sc
t them fall At the same time he wa
e generous to the unfortunate, and as
n result had many of the most bitter eE
l. emies and great many staunc
e friends. Bowling lost his money afte
Clark street was closed TO the bi
n gamblers and died of heart paresis fly
years ago.
One OF the picturesque characters {
d the street was James Watson. ALA
o Sir James alias the Big Englishmal
o His finish came rather quicker tina
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
Davenport Card for March IL.

Manager William Ehlers of the Dav-
export Athletic club has announced his
full card for March II as follows: Joe
Galligan VS.. "Packy" Mcfarland OF
Chicago. - rounds; Kid Lucca Of
Grand Rapids vs.. Eddie Lang of Chi
cago. 10 rounds: Kid Smith of Peoria
vs.. Jim Sellers of Moline. H., q rounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05

had become infatuated with the gam
bling business. Both of them, as well
as Mcdonald, were silent partners.
The place was a big money-maker from
the start. and it had not been operated
long before the net profits ranged from
$4,000 TO $4,000 a month. With the
fortune accumulated in this place,
George Hankins went into real estate
speculation and invesi ment and the
racing business. He bought stable
of race horses and early in the '90's he
became the leading spirit in the Gar
field Park track, holding his interest
at the time James Brown met his
tragic death at that track. Garfield
Park is said to have been the most eX-
pensive race course ever operated, for
every alderman and politician of any
note had at least one of his henchmen
on the pay roll Yet it yielded an ehor-
nous income until the sensational po-
| lice raid that closed it. HanlIins had
| the biggest racing establishment in the
west, among his horses being such IA
nous ones as Macbeth II. and Rudolph.
He paid $4,000 to have Kingston
brought out from the east 70 run at the
Garfield Park track. In every direc-
ton he was equally lavish with his
money. Driven at last from the city
limits, Hanlins and his associates built
small tracks in Indiana and later Han
kins built the Harlem plant in which
Harry Varnell and Colonel Wightman
also were interested. Daring this time
| George HankinS had been buying i'm
proved and unimproved real estate and
accumulated not less than $1,000,O00 IN
realty. He owed large sums of money
in addition to enormous sums OF cash
he had invested. 1t was not long be
: fore he was completely bankrupt. He
sold his horses, his interest in the Har
lem track and everything else he couId
realize on and finally sold out his
? gambling interests to Mcdonald
George Hankins left Chicago and liveC
catch-as-catch-can with the west, usu
ally corning out second best. until :
5 few years ago when he opened ten
cent chip" gambling house in Leaven
} worth. Kan. Here ne makes a living
: but little more. Even then he has NOR,
| than the most of men who were asso
} ciated with him in his Chicago days.
= Both Harry Romano and COlone
\ Wightman are dead They died in deel
poverty after having sacrificed honor
!, able positions in the business wOrlC
: for the glitter and false promises of The
gamblers life.
Tragic Finish.
} Jeff and Al Hankins opened a gam
: bling house. after they parted witt
George, at 125 Clark street AL after
ward bought a stock farm in Indiana
: expecting to settle down and get away
from the life he had led. Not long af
terward he was found suffocated t
2 death in a folding bed. An investiga
ton was made. but it was stopper
when it was found that to pursue i
: Jeff Hankins dropped dead of hear
: disease about ten years ago. No nam,
< was better known in Clark street il
: the 'wide-open' days than that of Han
Q kins George was the prey of all tn
s boodling politicians in the county-an,
y there were more of them then thai
now-and was intimately associate
V with the Doodle ring in the count
d board He is said to have furnishe
n the largest part of the fund of $4,000
it which was futilely spent in trying t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
Worked Like a Charm.

d. n. Walker, editor of that spicy
journal, the Enterprise, Louisa, Va.
says: 81 ran a nail in my foot last
week and at once applied Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. No inflammation fol.
lowed; the salve simply healed the
wound" Heals sores. burns. and skin
diseases. Guaranteed at w. T. Hartz s
drug store, 30l Twentieth street. 25c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05

[By Marion G. Schetlin. in Chicago Rec
ord-Hcrald.l
The papers announced last week
that Mike" Mcdonald, millionaire re-
tired gambler, was on the verge Of
collapse from the effects of the trou-
lie that has come to him in his old
age. His third wife is in Jail for the
murder of Webster Guerin. the lover
whose coldness drove her to insane
jealousy and desperation. His second
wife. according TO the news dispatches
of the week. is dying in New JerseT.
Travelling on the shady side of 60, Nc
Donald faces physical breakdown ami
old age in which his ill-gottA dollars
must be his only comforter.
Not long ago al" Adams. millioa-
aire policy king" of New York, cont
mitted suicide after serving term IL
prison for robbing the poor through MS
policy games. He still had fortune.
and his family. who suffered the so
cial faint of the father, continued &C
live in a brownstOne palace. But his
dollars gave .'Al' Adams cold comfort
in his old age.
Twenty-Five years ago there flourish
ed in Chicago the CLARK street Samb
ling gang" with Mcdonald at its head
This crowd made chapter of history
but it is not the kind of history tina
is written into books recording the
city's growth. Instead it is 10 be four'
Of a nnlirn and in tht
memories of men whose business, leSl
innate or otherwise. brought them int
contact with the members of the game
Misery in Polluted Cash.
Not only was Mcdonald the membe
of this lot who retired from gambling
with the most money, but he was tn
one whose career after he had qul
gambling seemed to refute the argr
ment which is not only tainted bn
thoroughly polluted cannot bring har
piness. Now that the tragic chapt|
of the murder of her lover by his VIII
has been added. even the seeming ref:
tation of McDonad's career has bee
destroyed. The fate of the rest OF tn
crowd gives abundant evidence tina
the mills of the gods grind just as hin
in these days as of old.
Mike" McDonald's gambling hous
at 176 Clark street, at the corner
Monroe. was known 90 years ago q
"The Store" 1t was the biggest estal
lishment of its kind and the most not
rious in the history of the city. Tn
firm originally had been Lawrenc'
Martin & Mcdonald Harry Lawrenc
and Morris Martin, McDonald's par
ners. decided to flock by themselye!
and went into the liquor business
100 Madison street. For time the
seemed to prosper They did .bi
business. spent money as professions
gamblers only can spend it. and
was thought they had done well to de
sert gambling as a business. Then
crash came and the firms creditor
found, after the debris was cleare
away. that they were out of peck
about $250,000 through having truste
the former gamblers. The pair the
built the first of the latter day rae
tracks around Chicago. the cours
xnown as the Chicago Driving Par
afterward called Garfield park.
Losing Ventures.
The idea was profitable one, an
had it been followed out in the prop'
way, mquestionably would have ma,
both men rich again. But gamble
seldom are business men outside
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
WORLDS CHAMPS
LEAVE FOR MEXICO
Chicago American League Club Depart
With Train Decorated and
Streamers Flying.

Chicago, March 5.-In a special train
decorated with flags and streamers, the
baseball champions of the world. the
Chicago American league club left to-
day for the City of Mexico where the
spring training time will commence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
Inevitable Fate of the Man Who Lives Off Vic

their own peculiar line. The race
track was forced out of their hands
about the time it should nave begun
TO make them money. From this time
both Lawrence and Martin ran down
hill physically and financially. About
seven years ago Martin died of can
Ger and without enough money to pay
his burial expenses. Lawrence hal
managed to keep few dollars togeth-
er and made a foreign tour returning
to New York broke He also died il
deep poverty
Both of these men had had hundreds
of thousands of dollars. In the days
of their Chicago prosperity they never
dreamed of a time when they would
be as poor as the men TO whom they
handed breakfast money after a night
of unlucky gambling. Both Lawrence
and Martin were rated as somewhat
above the average of their class in in
telligence and ambition. They had
been bunkO men of exceptional ability
In fact the Clark street crowd was as
much a bunliO and confidence aggrega-
ton as it was a gambling crowd. The
curse of the gambling table hung 10
Lawrence and Martin and. once start
ed. they shot down the tobOggdn OF il
fortune at terrific speed.
Mcdonald continued to run "Thc
Store" Associated with him in vari
GUS capacities during the years of tina;
establishment were many men. The
big majority OF them have gone the
broad road which those follow whc
throw honesty to the winds and live b
their wits.
| Money and Wife Gone.
One of the most closely connected
with Mcdonald was George Moves H.
was the brother of Mike Mcdonald
second wife. Noyes' wife deserted him
he fell on evil times and is said to b.
holding a trivial position in a cheal
restaurant in Chicago AS gamblin:
figure he has dropped entirely out o
sight and is glad to worry out his eN
istence working for meager wages
whereas he formerly was one of tn
, best spenders" in the Clark stree
gang.
, None of the faro bank dealers at Ml
Donald's was better known than 'Bi
2 ly" Tyler After he and McDonal
t parted Tyler wandered from place t.
: place gambling when he could, tall
!. ing of the "old days" and finally DROP
ping out of sight altogether. One da
? his former friends were called upon t.
bury him.
, John Deming, another of the wei
known Clark street figures in the day
when that street was known frcn
t coast to coast on account of its vice
: became a pauper and died.
: Bob" McCune. alias Keister Bob, ::
now a tramp in New York, a plain va
t grant, glad to be able to beg the pric
of a bed in the cheapest lodging hous2
/, Cliff Dehority. another of the oil
time dealers at "The Store is livin
in New York, but is said to have man
t aged to keep his head above waite
I since he left Chicago. About the onl
, man who was intimately associate
, with the Mcdonald gambling hous
2 who prospered financially except Mc
Donald himself was Patrick Casel
who had charge of the bar Case
saved his money and died a few year
i. ago fairly well Off
r Pursued by Fate.
el James Papes. who was a thief !
9, well as a gambler, broke into the trea
i ury of Springfield, H., and died afte