The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
MYERS DROPPED
BIG ROLLAT ELY
OiSCOverer of GOIdfieId Tackled
the Wheel, but Fortune
Did Not Smile.
"BLACK JACK" THEN CRAPS
GAMBLERS GATHERED in MANY
THOUSANDS.
Especial to The HeraIdD

F''A'1NAeNl ~ AAlt AANl anu
( Ely, New, April 13.-That A. G.
/ Myers, discoverer of Goldfeld, contrib
uted not less than $4,000 TO the gen.
eral prosperity Of the gambling houses
of Ely the other night is the belief Of
/ fully hundred men who watched as
sensational q night of high play as has
/ been seen here for months.
/ Myers came to Ely few days ago
( TO transact some business in conneC-
! tion with his large local interests. This
/ business having been disposed of. Myers
/ turned his attention to the amusements
Of the camp. and in few minutes had
daZZled the most bIase of the habitues
of the club rooms and had attracted an
audience Of more than 100 men, who
watched his limitless play in fascinated
/ interest
! The game started i'm the Northern no.
! tel club rooms Roulette was the first
game i'm which Myers essayed to win.
/ y number of players were placing small
/ be.s. As he took his seat at the table.
/ Myers calmly ordered 81 900 in chips Of
the value of s. each. The dealer as
calmly pushed the ten stacks Of ivory
/ discs across the table. with as little
| concern as though they had been
matches.
/ Had the Table to Himself.
The other players quickly cashed In
/ and took their bets from the table, Civ
/ ing Myers n clear field. His play was
with a stack Of 800 in the black and
another hundred in the third twelve.
/ Fortune was tickle. Sometimes Myers
/ lost. when he would double the bets.
More frequently for d time he would
win, and at one time there was $4,000
/ changed and he was cleaned out. An
other 81 900 was bought, and another.
until the crowd gasped in astOnish-
ment. IT is said that Myers lost not
less than 81 0O0 i'm this club room.
News Of the sensational playing
spread like widfire. and in short time
the club room Was crowded with Gu
rious men eager to see the man who
could lose hundreds of dollars on the
/ turn of the wheel without the tremor
Of an eyeldSh
Tackled "eIaek Jack"
Myers lost repeatedly. and finally
pushed his chair away from the table
and went to the Capitol. where he is
said to have dropped $4,000 in a game
of twenty-One. At one time ne de-
manded that he be allowed to play
1000 on the turn of the cards at each
hand The house balked-and at the
next turn Myers lost.
From the Capitol Myers went to the
Southern club, owned by TEX" Hall.
There he played $500 at every turn OF
the wheel. losing on an average Of three
times out Of four
Give me another thousand" he said
to the dealer, and the chips We're
pushed across the table. Myers had
slender bank roll with him. and
nodded his head. The dealer placed
pink chip on the rim of the wheel as a
taHy-becauSe Myers word is consid-
; cred as good as his check-whiCh can
be drawn for a million.
At $500 to the turn the thousand soon
melted, and So 600 followed. Then there
= was a turn in the luck The bets were
doubled, and the four pink chips found
their way back to the heap before the
dealer-and Myers was even with the
game Then he plunged. and in less
than five minutes had lost $4,000.
"seven Come Eleven"
The GOldheId man WAS disguised.
Leaving the roulette wheel he went To
the dice table, and the dime and quar-
ter players fed before him. Throwing
two $50 bills to the dealer Myers shot
and the number was eight He won the
first point. Let her ride" he said, and
doubled his money on the next throw.
Taking half from the table for a
stake he played and lost. With a
handful Of silver before him, Myers
played for a heap of silver dollars
which he pushed to the center of the
table Again he lost. and throwing the
remaining handful of coins 10 the deal
er for a tip. he left the saloon, going 10
his apartments in the hotel.