The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-16
New York Press.O

(New York Press.)
That portion of the citizenry which
takes an absorbing interest in watching
the cards come out of the little silver
box is wondering whether recent activ-
tiles of Police Captain Horatio Young
indicate that the occupation of the faro
dealer. like that of the late Mr.. OthellO,
is Ger. The new commander of the
Tenderloin, in a survey of his just &C
quired kingdom, paid a visit To the c.
tablishment presided over by Mr.. Lou
Ludlam, one of the shining lights up
town, and after his departure a number
of brand-new layouts disappeared, and
the feelings of the proprietor. es-
tranged from his particular Lares AMI
Penates, had been seriously wounded
Broadway is tearfully affected at this
painful interference with one of is
most picturesque industries.
Captain Young's iconoclasm is direct
ly i'm line with action taken some time
ago by County Detective Robinson, of
Pittsburg who. on his retirement from
office, celebrated the event by a little
bonfire of his own. in which not less
than $4,000 worth of fine faro ma
terial furnished the fuel. u was the
original intention of the vigorous MI.
Robinson to destroy the paraphernalia
by other means, and he had set assist
ant detectives to work on it with ham
mers, but so much din was made thar
one of the judges in the county court
house, where the demolition was under
way, sent word that he would Lick the
whole outfit I'D if the noise WASH
stopped. Then the plumber Of nleDy
raids was carted to the cellar, and che
incineration method adopted.
Not all of the faro layouJs OF the
country, however. are destroyed before
they have figured i'm sensational Incl
dents in the life of the gambling world
The box which has played part ~
the most stupendOus session of recent
record reposes on a table in the Tono-
pah club. in which Messrs. Brown
Kennedy and Wingfield hold The pre-
prietary interest. The record play, odd
ly enough was engineered by Abe
Brown, one of the partners in The
rooms. Not content to sit around
calmly, smoke fragrant perfectos and
watch the miners lose their. change il
efforts to call the turn or make til,
high card stand up for them, Mr.
! Brown on one historic occasion under
1 took to win out little stake from hi
own bank, or rather from the bank IN
which he is a one-third owner. Thi
| laudable ambition was not gratified
and Mr.. Brown as result of his actiV
/ titles found himself loser to the eKten
of $500, 900, which point marked the con
clusion of his portion of the entertain
ment.
Not long after Brown had started Il
1 to play faro he was $4,000 to the bao
and he not unnaturally asked that tn
/ limit be taken off. He was accommo
| dated. He started in to bet $1,000 o.
| single cards, and luck trailed along Wit
him. so that in a short time he wa
800 900 winner. II might as we'll pu
dent in the bank roll while / am
| it," said Plunger Brown gayly, and h
/ pursued his luck with a recklessnes
! not seen in a gambling hall since tn
DAYS of the flush times in the Cali
/ fornia country But luck began to g
| against him. He couldn't pick the card
/ right, for the life of him, and afte
| twenty-four hours of non-suceess h
got I'M from the table 100000 lose
Even then he wavered and was aboJ
to sit I'm for another bout with tn
tickle goddess, but the dealer persuade
him that ii wasn't a Brown night, an
so he quit, settling his Indebtedness
his firm with a huge flock of gil
edged mining shares.
George Wingfield, one OF Brown
partners, owes his tart to his succe:
at faro. He is a young man-onl
about 80 today-and possessed OF TO
tune estimated at $15,oe0,00o. wins
field had done about everything 1--WE
handed man can do in the wester
country; had acted as valet to a floc
of sheep. mixed drinks in the prlmitiN
bars of the mining camps, ridden u
| oa.,lo ranoac and nlaved cards wit
the bearded spards'' of the distric