The Monroe journal., 1920-03-26
LIFE STORY or A GAMBLER
Thirty Hours OF Continseus Play
Brought ON Heart Disease and
DSsafh - Le.t strange AsSort-
nent of Belongings in MhiCh
There is Real object lesson.
lFrom The Kansas cay star.

MEht oil EeuH-hl-> W ahtth
There is a Real object lesson.
lFrom The Kansas Ciiy STAR
When a man dies Unexpectedly his
s1Iairs orystalllEe into . r,e.d pattern
traced by cid letters, asls ia pockets
of clojmns ltiI hanging ever chair;
by half-emptied bottles on the dress
er. by telephone numbers 5ot,ed iown
On the back of a soiled envelope; by
pictures ANA triakets IL sht tai OF
trunk.
81 il was with the gatloler in the
accompanying story. When he went
to bed that night - with thousand
POKER hands and jackpois running
Through his tired brain he prooa-
bly, expected TO sleep ten or twelve
hours and in the morning renew ms
active life. But he died OF heart
disease brought on by thsIty contin-
nous hours oi poker playing. The
next morning il was TOO late TO SOFT
oRt the letters and papers. destroy
traces OF little indlscretlons AZ Was
ton iaa 10 gather Up the loose ends.
i IA gamblers legacy.
.
- Tbe afternoon OF Monday. No
xer. sr Gath, last year, a professional
k.n tler OF Kansas City sat down at
* ger table and broke the seal OF
a ew deck of cards. He played all
tha afternoon and night and all the
neaf day, pausing only to take sand
piches, coffee and whiskey from
Japanese servants tray.
At eight O'Clock Tuesday night, al
Ger thirty hours of continuous play.
hs counted his money. pushed back,
mis- chair. bade the other men around
the table good night and went out.
He walked across the street 10 a ho-
tel where he lived. got his key al
she lesk. went TO his room on the
shir0 floor. undressed and went 10.
bed. .aree hours later he WGs dead
81 tt disease.
II does n professional gambler
aea4 ind him when he dies
Jacobs, county admlnistra-
So 3s took charge OF the gamblers
e,rrf ne morning after he died,
IA, gambler had sl,se0 N
eash $500 in Libsfy bonds III
depnsi, hex n 1's hotel
Tas ooks showed ha had + .5.'
AL ii al GoWWoan bank.
- as a l L. carat diamond
ri ia about one thousand dol
be dead mans tnger
ii who had known 'he EaA5.t.
In IA told the ala 9i,tIa5or me
se had larg amo3n' o' money
lated AZ sixty ,hoGaa3a "o.-
Ia in currency IN a safe 0eros,H
:, 1an Omaha bank several moa'h'
1 Investigation revealed tire Gam
l had made trip 20 Omaha e@f4
II We fall cmnitiag his DEPOSIT ouN
and tls currency
1ansas Ciy. Like an hls gam.
d, he Ike TO handle money ana
n, referred to keen his hank ron
yh8.re he could have ready aeee's
81 instead of investing It or deposit
iny Il in a bank. So he rented a sale
deposit box.
when the public administrator
opened that box al bank the day
after the gambler died there was NO
currency or papers of value. The ad-
n ristrator learned that Q man sa"
10 l.. the gamblers partner mad Vls'
irtot Re box earlier in the day, ou'
~, tner insisted he took out ohiy
fiapers. concerning the partner
at belonged TO him.
- IL is the sixty thousand doi-
Vars hich the gambler brought from
sSroabag The mystery of is disap-
,7gr3nce is one Of the interes''ns
st.res he lcft behind him.
vr,ree ere three cla'm2nW 20 4"
nslate The relatives ot the '}.a !
s1eqa wifn. who 1--we Denver kaA .t,s
S,5tr pDman who says she was MS
cnn11on law wife, and the partner
-yho seeks a half share on the oasls
af business partnership u the galn-
19er 5ad made a win u Is prohab.e
~ wound have left his property 70
none of them. but 20 aouith pe'eon
a manicure girl in q downioN u
hu,el As set she had brought no
claim against the estate aud II y
nrohable she never will bring one
THE gambler had said they would De
married in December That was one
III re tragedies he left behind.
what else did he leavey 80
when the coroner had finished ms
work in the gamblers bedroom the
tnorning after he died. the admins
ara,or began his examination ot per
.sonal effects of the dead man IN
an Islou osIgI moIJ lusi wool io'