The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-23
is ROULETTE A SQUARE GAME?
TBtI'S NHtT nor SPRINGS
.URi va ST DEtIDE
Ne, rn ties,i Men and True Are Also 10 ibr-
eddie whether I.iaurir u just Another
NAY Of SAYING Iirsrr What's
Drr>s suit 80 u Also I'ut u To THEM

Hon SPaI>US. Va. Nov . Seven good
men and true. hardy sons II the soil and
ioilers on the big hills arnnnd here. found
ont ihI- afternoon some of the things that
happen IN The sort 81 a club " her. mem
beers and members only. mind yo,r have
access 10 games Of chance
II occurred in IN. red bricA Court House
Of Bath county AZ Warm Springs. five
miles from here when the case Of Thomas
o. Bri.n cam. rp tor trial before Judge
Anderson IT III" circuit Court The
Woodland club D'Bri.u'r bungalow.
situated within "A bras.is shot Of the Home.
stead Hotel hasn't been open to members
since "a little apple checked and bewhls-
kered j,Istic. of the peace sentenced him
Ia two months IN Jail and u hue ~ 81 .QGO
two months ago
That didn't look like ight sort vi "A
deal to O'Bri-n's lawyers and tho appeal
il tn. result
They pick their IIris- in >mali sizes III
this country. not bscans. ther. aren't
enough citizen, within a mornings walk
or the Court HntIs.. aud b-CalIs. "A little
spending money gained 10y jury duty isn't
welcome 80 near Christmas It's INST the,
law and 81 there were only seven men who
set led their COW h,ia hn.,- III the boN thu.
afternoon
Their first opportunity Ia look IN upon
the diversions II the high IiVers came with
the testimony OF Freeman Smith ~
New York They hooked az his immacu-
late exterior and they wondered lie
told them about tipping a waiter 81 AZ the
club and ABOUT getting things ~ drink
ut the house expense ~ the intervals Uf
play
lust tell these gentlemen what tho-.
drinks were srEgest-d Attorney ~ the
Comm ,nw.alth Bird
Well. whi-kev aud brandy and cham
payne and liai-ur.- said Mr. smith
Juror No ) moved a ht'l- closer TO one
~ the rec-p'acle- designed for those who
tax. their tobacco without fire and APP
p-ar.,d Ia wonder whether that was not
another way OF saying lick.r
But they "ouldn', lnger over these
thoughts because Mr. Smith was telling
them about the way the ivory balls be
have. What the Commonwealth il irving
TO show Is that the games Of chance didn'
give IN. PLAYER All even deal They've
got Ia show ~ To- make their case. against
D'Brien. Smith gave a pretty glib de-
>cription Of the red and the black. the zero
and IN. double zero and how Won could
play the board by dozens The jurors
began 10 he little bewildered. Smith
thought that the chances ~ roulette were
decidedly against the player
But OBrisnS attorneys gave him a
puHzl-r On cross examInation. Suppose.
said one II them Won put down s. on the
red. the same on IN. black and split IN.
Zeross-. don't you s''.. that ~, Irst about
an even game Figure It ont Tor Yourself
Mr. Smith wrinkl-d his brow y nj after
a tim" allowed that u wa~ Then.
went on this native. lawyer -I-u 10 - fact
that winning ur losing depends spon the
skill III the player Every on. will admit
that poker. barring marked cards or
crooked dealing. ia an even chance game 7
But n man bets his stack with 70 pair of
d.uc-s against another man who holds ;
thre., aces that males ~ "A game ~ Uneven !
ChanC. AZ once
BY this time the jury was shifting un-
easily and q Bri-u. who sat quietly h.- .
hind his lawyers glanced their way oc-
casionailv
his Sam" proposition was PAT up to
Assistant Corporation Counsel William
n Jackson ~ New York who has "A place
here and who sad on In. stand thar h..
had picked up just little on two occa-
sious at O'Brien'+ plac. Mr. Jackson
cUgitatnd over the des for heating the
gam. and then smiled broadly and re-
marked | don't ss-.. why never Thought
Of that before