Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-18
SUDDEN DEATH IS BROUGHT ON BY
 LIQUOR
Leland s. Gamble Succumbs to Ravages of Dissipation Was Son of Prominent San Francisco Family

Alter life, during which he enjoy
 ed every luxury that money could buy
 and later drained the very dregs oi misery, Leland $. Gamble. familiarly known as Duke" Gamble in this city passed away in the Calumet & Ari
 zona dispensary yesterday afternoon as the result of an attack of pneu. monia, complicated by heart trouble, | which was superinduced by the con I tinual use of liquor
 Gamble comes of one of the most
 prominent families of San Francisco,
 California, and during his childhood
 and early youth had lavished upon him every favor that money could pro cure. After thorough training in a l private school in the Golden Gate City, he was sent to Harvard College, where he matriculated and entered the same class with William Randolph Hearst. between whom and himself a strong | friendship afterward sprang up.
 After finishing his college IT course Gamble returned to San Francisco and
 was Immediately given fine oppor- tunity on the San Francisco Examin- CT. which paper Hearst was at that tsne starting on its career. He proved himself to be a thoroughly competent newspaper man and was highly val ued by his classmate and employer.
 After several years of newspaper work Gamble decided to take a course in civil engineering He graduated in due course of time with honors. and at once took up the practice of his profession.
 Shortly after he started practice as a mining engineer. Gamble married a prominent young lady of San Fran cisco. from whom he was separated several years after on account of the drinking habit which he had acquired He came to Arizona about twelve years ago, settling in Prescott, where within short time he achieved dis tinction in thinning circles.
 It was about this time that the curse of drink strengthened it's hold on Gamble, and as fortune continued , to smile upon him it was an easy mat l ter for him to satisfy his craving for liquor, little thinking of the inexora- ] ble fate which would make him rue ! his actions.
 He gradually went the downward 1 path until at last he was forced to given up the practice of his profession and take up the work of writing for magazines and newspapers in order 1 to obtain livelihood. On account of l his frequent iapees and consequent irregularity he firally lost ali amhi- l ton, and during the past few months ; has done nothing but hang around the ] various saloons in the city. where he I slept In chair at night. He depended entirely. on the generosity of many friends who sympathized with him in ] his terrible affection for subsistence, and could easily obtain enough to keen him supplied with food
 During the past few days # las been | noticed that Gamble had been iii. al 1. though he would say nothing to any one concerning his condition. choosing to sit all day in a chair under the in- | fiuence of liquor. Yesterday after noon about 1 o'clock he was seen in saloon on Main street. and seemed to i be suffering terribly.
 About 3 o'clock the doctors Of the c. & A. stan were surprised to see Gamble walk. or rather drag himself , into the dispensary. completely ex- hausted by the effort of walking up the stairs. They placed him on I couch at once and administered stimu- ianfs. but without avail. An examina- tion disclosed the fact that he was suffering from pneumonia, and an ex- animation of his heart showed that ,