The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
Extra ACE THE
u CAUSE OF TROUBLE
oaly Captain Foss's Entrance Pre-
vented a Killing on
: River Boat.

fhene was a game o. poker on the Oh
Boz ~ the Rayous one night. said Calel
Nh. the veteran bartender on the Mis-
siasipp River packet City II Nstchss
bat come nigh bustin up In a nasty
hNht. reckon t1ere wouldn't a heeT
no Way % keepin one man. an mo r
likely rvo. I'm hei1' killed n Capn Fos,
hstpt come m just when he did
The game itself va Mt nothin' wonder
ftih I've Jaw them Z vas a heap bigger
m&ny a ,tiue. an them Z was playin
don't rear 20 be liable a. he hurt much
Id way n was runnin' Il didn't hook like
agbody ,tood % lose no "a two ~
thr.e frndred even II he vas - have
eytry lad lu0k. on they al poarnd N
have money enough 10 stand that 'thoutsn
bcfn' crippled.
sBn three on en- that was payin
didD Q pear 20 be snttin' In r. money
What they was lookin' Tor was the fun
an yritement II they win an right.
an II toy loae they va "A Z liable % suIeal.
Oroo ~ " was diC'reut With the other
two Them helm gamblers by p'fe-aion.
o. co'se they was nlavin' A. matter o.
business: an 20 en- take IL I'm mo Z
when Hank Rivers an Bll Fanshawe was
settin Ia tog, Their m a game o. draw they
ww most gently Liable for 20 get away
vii most o. the money there was on the
table.
There vas another man into tbe game,
though. by the name o Roy Hatfield.
what was full az good a player as either
o. them. He want no p'fessional a.
that. but he was a all round zpot I'm
NeW Orleans shat had be-n a spot all
his life an knowed al the tricks thsra
va, but he we're a gentleman too an
there want never no spicion y crooked
play : fur = he was concerned. an 10
loesSed like 10 wouldn't be- healthy rr
anybody elss IN play crooked when h.
va into the game.
FIhe other men I didn't know. ony
they callrd thcirs~lves IittleGeld an
Dunbar They was good PLAYERS too
bYt o. co'se didn know whether they
Was Asabls 10 C1tch On case q any tricks
TEN tried ~ not. Ony tElut likely
thsge d b. any while Hatfield vas settin
IN
irst 60 there va M no sign ~ trouble
They pearod % b. playIn a friendly
enough game th0uten anybody irwin
O. drms u. o. GOES the p'fessl0nals
wak plAVin. a tight game. but none ~
Gh8 gentlemen Was l0EIn much. ] reckon
Fanehaws and Rivers must a knOwed
Hafh.ld's play. fr / watched 'em quite
a g'eli early 10 ID" game an. | couldn't
zee. ~ they made any breaks ! was
lodkn 20 -es '-m 10 il too. bein' a.
knOw.d what Hatfield "a be tolable
surp % snOW 30 n hey did. an knowed
thars 4 ba trouble IN a minute II they
tried 10 on him.
.Wliat I didn't know was = Dunbar
had PLAYED with them two afors an had
hran did uu bad Pears he mad his
H'piciJns then. hIt h. couldn't prove
nOthin'. bt be- had % IN Tor EN- an
wac loOkiu ont sharp
t2alk th-re was two or three other
game gOiu' on iu tho loon that night hut
flsa Others gust long lords midnight an
thsm five kcp' On. an hsin' - ! hadn't
n0fhin' else fO Do alter thinga got quiet
uarne Out fu the slDon and LOGGED on
nv that time they q all got consid able
hot up an --en right away what the
play was q heap sight harder n what u
Was first ~ lItflofeld had lost cOn-
sid'ahls an ! I'd 800 he was he'll bent
on astgin squars lf ha could. but Dunbar
was some ah-ad an him an Hatfield was
pIIyiu. steady 80 clocks On'y they was
pushm the game along an the bettin'
was ertun bigger an bigger Likely
there va. a CJupl- O. thousand dollars
on tha table bv that time but noiipdv a
been called e hiz pile an yreptn' Little
field nobody = been hurt much
We'll. ! come out In time a. $50 one or
two mighty pretty plays an ] was mo N
rlaased ip ~" Kiv"-s get biz t0l able hari
an one on '-fn. bCIn a. ! never had no
usr for pfD SIGNALS anyhow Pears ~
had 'hr"" aras cold. an hain' ~ he st
in p gu"d place Do" played '"m r. al they
wa worth
Dunbar was tho dealer. an % was a
jarkHut There vas so IA it afo' twas
opsn"d an Hatfield openei it under tho
guns r. 'ha eye ont FaushaEe got
lew and he i0ltni. but L.ttlof"id traIIesl
gH Rgrra IHgIu' his three aces ike /
RI. q. IN" eve o. q boost o. so. II was al
$50. T.4.. % sO.zr. ar Iuf Uig enough 10
drive anybody out 4 D." hal anythiu' 10
aff# Hu
We'll Dunbar lr aldn't have no'hin
a". Ha ,1del, bI' Hatfield want 10 be
drove hy r' single rlis" alter he 4 opened
a4 be mad" COOL Not Known what
L3ttlsae.i hat, looked 20 500 HIM sith@r
fa.ss Do NJ nv down. hur all = he done was
iD "a ...a.u the pot.
On he draw Hatfield pulled n the
F' Foiih n EIH aul an look three havh'
o0eund IH kIr ~ littleheld took one an
RIVER ro' uAyin' no reasOn 20 disguise
h.s Lald. ca.lni fer Two.
20 uo'se Ha'heid throved In q white
CHI p afO' he lifted his guards, but what he
Wa'nt lookln' fer was 70 have Littleheid