Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
By JACK ROSE.
Tho gambler who declares that Lieu
tenant Becker forced him into the
plot to sIay Herman RosenthaI.

tenant Becker forced him into the
plot to slay Herman RosenthaI.
NEW YORK, August 81 have
been asked to write for The
Atlanta Georgian on Gambling" and
life in the so-caIled underworld" 1t
is something to think over I am a
man 81 years OF age, with a devoted
wife, two handsome boys and of par
entage that can boast Of My early
life was in an environment that should
have Influenced me to a useful life.
At one time had friends who would
have helped me to acquire a station in
life that was worth while. All are now
memory of the past. As | sit in my
cell ! look back with heart filled with
sorrow and regret, and all caused by
one thing, THE curse of gambling"
l gambled away everything, first my
own money, then the money | could
borrow from my friends; then my
credit; then my word OF honor. When
nothing remained wherewith to gamble
ing Of a mans life. 1t resulted in my
~ and three of my dearest friends
icing the charge of being accessories
. the murder Of Herman Rosenthal
Wants to Start Over Again.
| don't know how 1t is all going to
end, but If ever / again set my feet on
the pavements as a free man l want to
take my wife and boys to some place
where in some way can startIife over
again
With gambling l am through. If
some young man starting on the road /
have travelled will read this and turn
back | will feel that some Of my suffer
ing has been worth while
As young man | drifted into the
Hartford l launched the Charter Oak
A. c, 1t was a boxing club, at which
We gave monthly exhibitions.
l added to this another club in
Bridgeport, and one in Waterbury, l
also acquired a baseball franchise in
the Connecticut State league
All these ventures brought me in
close contact with sporting men. Soon
took to gambling.
NnoWn as Good Fellow.
My gambling in Connecticut was
confined to friendly games of poker. as
the state of Connecticut does not pos
sess any public gambling houses.
My business as matchmaker and
manager of the athletic clubs called
for frequent trips to New York to meet
boxers and their managers attended
boxing exhibitions and stopped at a
Broadway cafe or restaurant, all Of
which usually led to a visit to some
gambling house uptown
The game l mostly PLAYED was faro
bank. Like all gamblers. | had friends
when my run OF luck was phenomenal.
and then my winnings ran into thou
sands
| always travelled with a crowd with
whom l enjoyed the reputation of be-
ing good fellow" one who would bet
his money and would also spend it,
had reputation to sustain; first,
the good fellow" end of it, which
meant when l won | divided my Win
nings or spent them, another part of
my reputation was that l would bet the
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ly bet what | ought to, in keeping with
my means, l would still have been
playing in the friendly penny ante"
poker game up in Connecticut
on my return to Connecticut after
my trips to New York the poker game
had lost its attraction for me.
| began making excuses to my asso-
ciates to get down to New York again.
The gambling fever was on me, and
life in Connecticut was getting slower
all the time.
| was making money in Connecticut,
besides enjoying the confidence and re-
spect Of many of its most prominent
citizens
On any one Of my trips to New York
lost more than my three boxing clubs
could earn for me in several nights.
Soon ] began borrowing right and
left from my friends in Connecticut
hoping against hope that some one
night l would bust" the faro bank"
and pay everybody
That never came. soon my assoc
ciates began questioning the cause Of
my frequent trips to New York. my
constantly increasing demands fol
money. and nay failure to pay my debts
| after division Of profits from the
| boxing clubs
All this required explanations, as my