The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-02
FuRTh GAVE TRENhOLmE
BREWERY GAVE TRENHOLM E
HAMMOND AGAINST THE LAW!
lisa FASCINATING GAME He
PLAYS, PRISONER TELLS STAR

Harry G. Hammond n bcicniif.
lc gambler.
lie plays the game OF crime.
IT IL good game" he told me
IN his cell AT the county fail today.
there IL none better Il is a bet.
ter game than poker. roulette or
faro. IL In better even that stock
II you lose a, poker.
you iose money II YOU win"
nut dn you win" | asked.
Hammond laughed.
AT the federal osme'--shst
10 what ! call u. the federal
game'-the percentage 10 In
my favor. have played II ~
years. and shls 10 the second
time have fallen ! arm well
ahead OF the game. you see.
But when play the state
game. ! lose. don't know
Why"
win or lose. don't see where
the fun comes In.
The gambler In crime regarded
me wondcrinEiy.
Don't you- II IL because you
have never really thought Abou,
crime as game. Why do men
gambler You know. n you have
elcE,. playrd pokers for. hiSh etaten.
upy then Won know the fnedtAl ass
guish the plnngrr suffers n one OF
the most exquisite emotions ;ha,
man can experience.
Fears Secret Service
Conceive. then. a game OF
chance. IN which your opponents
are the police of every city. the
tin-star constsblcs 81 every cross.
roads. the Pinkertons. the Burns
and. laat and most 10
be feared. the United States secret
service men. tho most persistent.
skillful and rcsourceful crook.
In the world.
Your opponents hold the cards
Your mug is In every gallery. Your
and your Bertilion
are In every police
headquarters And the stake Is
your liberty"
A slow smile of amusement over.
spread the features OF the gambler
In crime.
Take. for illustration. the last
game We played. had made
money In my operations IN Seattle.
| shipped that money 10 Chicago.
where IL Is now and where Il will
be waiting for me when I get out
OF Mcneil Island
An Audaclous Plan
There came n time when had
20 make getaway or lose a point
The secret service men knew ! Was
here. and knew they knew OPP
erntives we're AZ every dock. nj the
interurban depots. the railroad sta.
tIons.
Il had planned to make n last
killing before leaving. But--the
fall guy refused 20 fall had
shipped my money 10 ChicaEo-and
all | had waa 50.
Now this was what I had 20 DO
with my 50; ! had In tow . family
named LorIn9. LorIno himself was
my victim. He thought ! was going
to get hin, a lucrative but r,ysteri-
Gus government Job. had 70 get
out OF Seattle quick. and I had to
take the lorings with me. so they
COULDN'T testify against me.
Il had TO go To Chicago. where
my funds are. SO | had to take
them with me. Yet they must not
know the real purpose OF our jour
ney.
Detective at station
IL took them to the King Street
station. | saw secret service OPP
erative there. He was looking for
me.
II had made no plans. was
waiting for inspiration, Secret
service men we're all about me.
Very well. would be a secret
service man myself Audacity won
II told the ticket man was TAX
ing prisoners to Omaha. Neb.
What would be the fare for eight
persons. including myself? He told
me, and ! wrote check for more
than the amount-about s4O0.
Travels In Pullman
"My heart was In my mouth. It
was one OF the finest moments In
my career.
Without word. he handed me
the tickets and $50 in money.
we Travelled IN standard Pull.
mans and dlned in the dining car
at s. throw. Hn route. the con
ductor showed mo a telegram. Are
Hammend, Lorlng and party on
board?'
Do you suppose the friends Of
the Lorlngs are planning n rescue? p
the conductor asked.
Il said we'd walt and see. |
could have left the train, but the
game was too good.