The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-07-24
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HOW JUD LA INQUIRE IN THREE DAYS GAME WON PEMBINA
TOWNSHIP FROM ENOs STUTsMAN ON TWO DEUCEs :
. . . . 100 . . . % . % 900 . . 3 3 9

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hand was to be dealt by p. "A. viii:
liams, of Bismarck, the speaker Of
the house Of representatives, the
cards to be thrown on the table face
up. When the five cards had been
dealt, each man was to discard and
draw, the cards being thrown up by
the dealer as before, and when the
last card had been dealt the high
est hand was to take the pot.
Excitement ran high, and to
prevent any trickery on his
part Williams was seated in the
center of the table with his legs
turned under him like a Turk, in
the full glare of the oil lamp that was
suspended from the ceiling. The
friends Of the two men crowded
around the table, and Williams was
threatened If he should in any man
ner manipulate the cards so as to
give either man any advantage.
Deity Williams shuffled the cards
and ssquaring them slipped one from
the top of the pack and laid it down
under Jud's nose. 1t was deuce.
Stutsman caught the queen of spades.
The next card came off and Jud
caught another deuce. The four spot
of spades turned up under Stuts-
mans nose and his brow wrinkled
a little. Again the cards fell and
Jud placed the ace Ct diamonds be-.
side his two deuces, while the jack
of spades looked into stutsman's face
Once more the dealer laid down the
cards, and Jud claimed the queen of
clubs, while his opponent caught the
ace Of spades. Stutsman's face began
to brighten. He saw possibility of
catching a flush, but the next card
to him was a heart. However Jud
had no better hand and held his
ideuces, drawing three cards. Stuts-s
mans friends tried to prevail upon
him to draw four cards to the ace,
but he wouldn't listen to them, and
discarding the heart, he drew one
card, hoping to fill the flush. The
onlookers were wild when Williams
threw three cards to ,Jud. They fell
face up-the queen of clubs, the jack
of diamonds and ten of clubs. He
had not bettered his hand, and his
opponent smiled grimly as he saw
how severely fortune must snub him
now if she failed to bring him win
ming hand; for if he paired any Of
the four cards he held he must beat
Jud's chance, besides there was a
possibility of his filling flush. Jud
had evidently lost hope, and he rested
his arms on the table and doggedly
watched Williams as he turned to
Stutsman and slipped card from
the pack. All stretched their neck
to catch sight of the card. 1t was
the eight spot of clubs. The game
was over. Jud had won, and as he
showed his hand over the table to
Stutsman the latter grasped it and
shook it as though he had forgotten
it had played havoc with his finances.
Stutsman kept his word and decided
the 800 acres of land to LaMoure.
LoMoure holds much of that land to-
day, although he sold large portion
of it and realized many thousands of
dollars ..-...--.
The railroads have since given
Pembina boom, and the land that
was won in 1862 by two deuces is
now worth hundreds of thousands of
dollars. ...
Stutsman died in 1880. He was
buried in the lonely cemetery on the
hillside half mile north of Pembina.
The only monument to his memory is
the county Of Stutsman. So.