The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 22, 1920, Page 2, Image 2
A GAMBLER'S LEGACY.
A Life Story That is Well Worth
Reading.
When a man dies unexpectedly his
affairs crystalize into a rigid pattern
traced by old letters, keys in pockets
of clothing left hanging over a chair;
by half-emptied bottles on the dresser,
by telephone numbers jotted down
on the back of a soiled envelope; by
pictures and trinkets in the till of a
trunk.
So it was with the gambler in the
accompanying story. When he went
to bed that night?with a thousand
poker hands and jackpots running
through his tired brain?he probably
expected to sleep ten or twelve hours
and in the morning renew his active
life. But he died of heart disease
brought on by 30 continuous hours of
poker playing. The next morning it
was too late to sort out tne letters
and papers, destroy traces of little indiscretions.
It was too late to gather
up the loose ends.
He left?a gambler's legacy.
On the afternoon of Monday, November
24, last year, a professional
gambler of Kansas City sat down at
a poker table and broke the seal of
a new deck of cards. He played all
- that afternoon and night and all the
next day, pausing only to take sand"
' wiches, coffee and whiskey from a
Japanese servant's tray.
At 8 o'clock Tuesday night, after
30 hours of continuous play, he counted
his money, pushed back his chair,
hade the other men around the table
good night and went out. He walked
across the street to a hotel, where he
lived, got his key at the desk, went
to his room on the third floor, un-"
dressed and "went to bed. rnree nours
later he was dead of heart disease.
What does a professional gambler
leave behind hitn when he dies?
f 'r Floyd
Jacobs, county administrator,
who took charge of the gambler's
property the morning after he died,
found the gambler had $1,800 in cash
and $1,800 in Liberty bonds in a
safety deposit box in his hotel. Bank
books showed he had $9,500 on deposit
at a downtown bank. There was
a 1 1-2 carat diamond ring, worth
about $1,000 on the dead man's finger.
' A man who had known the gambler
in Omaha, told the administra
tor the gambler had a large amount
of money?estimated at $60,000?in
currency in a safe deposit box in an
Omaha bank several months ago. Investigation
revealed that the gambler
bad made a trip to Omaha early in
tbe fall, emptying his deposit box
there and returning with the curren*
cy to Kansas City. Like all big gamblers
he liked to handle money, and
be preferred to keep his "bank roll"
where he could have ready access to
it, instead of investing it or deposit
lug it in a bank. So he rented a safe
deposit box.
When the public administrator
opened the box at the bank the day
v after the gambler died there was no
currency or paper of value. The administrator
learned that a man said
to be the gambler's partner had visited
the box earlier in the day, but the
, partner insisted he took out only a
few papers, concerning the partnership
that belonged to him.
Where is the $60,000 which the
gambler brought from Omaha? The
mystery of its disappearance is one
'? of the interesting tMngs he left behind
him.
There are three claimants to the
estate; the relatives of the man's
dead wife, who live in Denver; a
Kansas City woman who says she was
his common law wife, and the partner,
who seeks a half share on the basis
of business partnership. If the gambler
had made a will it is probable
he would have left his property to
none of them, but to a fourth person
?a manicure girl in a downtown
hotel. As yet she has brought no
claim aginst the estate and it is prob
able she never will bring one. The
gambler had said they would be married
in December. That was one of
the tragedies he left behind.
What else did he leave?
When the coroner had finished his
work in the gambler's bedroom the
morning after he died, the administrator
began his examination of personal
effects of the dead man. In a
bureau drawer he found more than
fifty envelopes containg weekly bills
for room rent from a large hotel. Receipt
stamps on them showed that almost
all had been paid on the date
rendered. He was punctual, methodi.
l
Uctl.
There were letters, correspondence
with business associates in Denver
and Omaha, postcards from a woman
who was spending a vaca..?n on a
farm. One letter was from a lieutenant
in the army stationed at Camp
Taylor, near Louisville, Ky., telling
of a big stud poker game in which
two young millionaires from the east
were "easy picking."
The lieutenant told how easy it
, would be to trim the millionaires
with marked cards, and asked the
gambler to be ready to take the train
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XOTI'K TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
OF BAMBKKG COVXTV.
As county chairman I desire to cal
the attention of the Democratic voters
of Bamberg county to the rules
of the party, requiring reorganization
of the Democratic clubs and election
of delegates to the county convention.
Pursuant to the rules of the party
all clubs are requested to meet on the
fourth Saturday of April (April 24th)
at 4 p. m., at their regular meeting
- place, for reorganization, at which
time, in accordance with the rules,
the following named Qfficers should
be elected: A president, one or more
vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer,
a registration committee, an
executive committee, and such other
committees as the club may desire,
each committee to consist of not less
tnan tnree meniDers, ana aiso a member
of the county executive committee;
and at the same time the club
is required to elect delegates to the
county convention, electing one delegate
for every twenty-five members
and one delegate for a majority fraction
thereof, based upon the number
of votes polled in the first primary
of the preceding election year. The
number of delegates for new clubs
will be based upon their enrollment
at the time of the club meeting.
In accordance with the rules of
the party, the county convention is
called to meet, at the court house,
Bamberg. S. C., on the first Monday
in May (May the 3rd) at 11 o'clock
a. m.
Petitions having been filed with the
county executive committee by memI
bers of the party to establish a club
to be known as "Little Swamp Democratic
Club," with its voting place
at Little Swamp School House; and
another to establish a club to be
known as "Embree Democratic Club,"
with its voting, place at Embree, the
members of the party in reach of
these respective places are requested
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respective places and organize a club,
electing the several officers and committees
required by the rules of the
party, above set forth, and also a
member of the county executive committee,
and also elect the number of
delegates to the county convention
required by the rules, as above set
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the county executive committee and
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proceedings had and that the rules
have been complied with.
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shall be a full attendance of members
of all clubs, and for this purpose
the present officers are urged
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send a full delegation to the county
convention.
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County Chairman.
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