The Harrison times., 1912-09-14
JACKSON SINcLAIR's STORY.

81 don't suppose you ever killed a
man, did you?" asked Jackson Sin.
clair, who has been known on the
Bowery for many years as Lone
Jack" because OF his rotlcence and
dislike Of society,
entered modest disclaimer,
"Woll, II you never did, then you
can never understand the feeling that
goes with It. especially when tho man
whose life Is taken has been friend
to you, no matter what the clrcum'
stances may be,
"Woll, ! killed my friend Chris
Berry, and see Chris every day, and
| hear his last words ringing in my
cars, Just tho sNmo ~ If II was yes
torday on the Bowery, instead Of over
thirty years ago Chris Berry was Il
good fellow, and tho finest card sharp
IN the country, | was considered tho
best man on tho Bowery with tho
cards In those days, but Chris could
give mo points without turning hair,
"BoIng In tho same business and
something Of a crook myself, It was
only natural that | should run up
against Chris ut many n game and
those games wero always for blood,
but on the level, | was moro easy
going than Chris, and wo took kind
OF liking for eaeh other, After time,
N company with Jake Seymour, wo
won't regularly into the business OF
unning II skin game Of cards.
"Wo had little poker gamo at No,
Y6 Bowory Seymour did, the steer
ag, while we did tho playing whom
ever the sucker was big enough game,
The business ran 80 big and we played
70 we'll together that Chris proposed
that we should mako tour through
tho West and South, whore wo would
have chance TO win n bigger stake,
"ThIs just suited me, and, with Soy
mour who was ono Of the best buneo
artists that | ever saw, and had a
tongue 10 sweet and persuasive that
II would coax tho bankroll out Of tho
pocket Of old Mr., TlghtwNd himself,
wo started West, We put up for a
few days at Albany, where the leglB'
latufe was in session. and cleaned out
every dollar there was IN both housos
We left Albany with s2l 900 moro than
wo had whom wo landed thoro,
"lH Chicago We started on another
tack, and from there We were East
eFn sports making u tour Of the eoun'
try, looking for fun OF all kinds ready
for Bamo at any time Sometimes
wo would be together ms friends, and
thon Ggan we would accidentally
meet ~ strangers IN Bomo other To-
cal,ty to dlaarm suspicion,
Seymour was tho greatest drum
mor,yp Of business that over met llo
was nearly always IN tho game, and
frequently lost heavily but, ~ olthor
Chris or got about all thoro was At
the table In the ond, II didn't make
much difference, We pulled n lot Of
money out Of Chicago but We quit
whom wo saw that they wero putting
up n brace game on ua, We didn't do
much bualnean then I'm We got into
Bt Louis, Then we struck a game
after We had been there about two
weeks that In the end gave me more
trouble ihah anything / ever had be-
foro or since.
seymour was on the Bcout all tho
time, and ho pulled an old cove named
Colonel Wentworth Into private
game IN our room In the hotel Col
ohel wentworth was very wealthy
cotton planter and Btlff player
"llo preferred game without n
limlt=ao dd we, When no began TO
lose, he began TO drink We played
all night, and We eoaSed him along
until we had about $4,000 In money,