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Show THE INTER-MOUNTAIN FORMER SALT 17 REPUBLICAN. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1908. LAKER, KING SNAKE OF GAMBLERS, PENNILESS NOW + The swindling of the proprietors of an uptown gambling house by a young man posing as the son of Richard CroKer revealed professional gamblers in a light to-the general public that they ttle Knew. Gamblers have been regarded as parasites upon the body politle, cunning as Serpents, preying upon the weak and unwary and invulnerable to ‘the ordinary vicissitudes of business life. That they themselves are Casy marks is a fact, says Big Bill Hawley in the New York Press. John Daly, whose gambling establishments uptown and down town had tremendous play from wealthy patrons for many years, was supposed to have accumulated millions, Yet the money he Was swindled out of by a class of men Known as "skinners" exceeded by far what he succeeded in ac cumulating. One of his dealers alone, Louls Ziemer entered Into collusion with outside Players of good social standing, shuffled up the cards to sult himself, signed to his confederates how to place their money and dealt away more than $200.000 of Daly's. money. ile .* was finally betrayed to Daly by a woman in whom he had confided and who had helped him to squander a large portion of his share. It was the old, old Story, She was jealous and claimed that he was beginning to neglect her for another Daly discharged Ziemer and denounced him to the sporting! world. He was ostracised, went broke," became insane and was com-| mitted to a madhouse. "Bridgeport" Moran, who formerly ran several large gambling houses in New York, died recently a poor man The money that the natural percentage of his games won for him from the general public was won back over the tables by men wiser than himself or any of his staff. When Detective Sergeants Frazee and Cooney some months ago arrested a} man On suspicion at Thirty-eighth street and Sixth avenue they knew from his associations that he must be} "off color," although they never had seen him before. He was tall and erect, with a massive brow and deeply sunken eyes that glared from their depths HWke those of a wild animal at bay. And at bay he was 4 vith a stern, relentless fate, yet his head j though bloody, was unbowed. The detectives took their man to headquarters, where he admitted that he was a gambler and a rover He was duly photographed and Bertilloned and gave the name of Richard Roche. The wise ones at headquarters looked the man ever carefully, felt sure that they had @ atrange character before them, but having no complaints against him sent him to court, where he was discharged The headquarters people were lacking in information concerning this man who is beyond doubt one of the most peculiar genfuses that ever matched his wits against those who live upon the cupidity and stupidity of others This man Roche is none other than the dreaded "King Snake" of the sporting world, whom gamblers all over the United States and Canada feared as the death-dealing rattlesnake fears his congener from whom Roche derived his appellation Roche was born and brought up in northern New York state upon a farm As a young man he drifted to the oll regions of Pennsylvania and became 4 shooter lie: was a giant In strength and one night In a brawl, in which the other man succeeded in getting his antagonist) he struck his Knife. out A blow with his fist on the head that fractured the man's. skull and finally | resulted in his death, Reche had right) on his side, but no money, so he departed for the far West and finally | he) There City. Lake to Salt drifted branched out as a stage robber, and | many. clever. hold-ups were oxecuted by his band, of which he, through WALL STREET'S MRS. FRANCIS BATONYI | | "PROTO'BY wees: will come to trial in New whose suit for divorce York City in October against Aurel perfes by others had ollection the officlal Th certain great the of hits YOUNG PLUNGER been known as the "King Snake," and was feared and hated by so-called honest gamblers. Roche then Invented new work, the detalls of which it is not necessary to mention, for getting the best of stud poker anJ red and black games. He won large sums at this work, until the secret of It was revealed by letter |} to numerous gamblers and poker room keepers by a woman with whom Rocae lived and whose jealousy. had - been. | aroused Corner in CORNER IN Ancestors The take part in a mons trous ANCESTORS. LLCAS PAWILY Cireat in Courage. 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Pais; Tusean , chronicler. often in Roche together and began to ‘luck" he told his he saw a grand chance to make a and hurrjedly sought and found a tue American of Maryland young C etton the Livermore. ite Jesse mar | his s favor another » to as high 4 ° the U hile the bears on th st-taking Ww! ae er He is pe to maintain a elas sacket m try) f and none of the mé plunger ane him 1 no] aaved say pool pull in the nedgink das. and Captaln John of .GeorVireinia a back date Derbyshire of Peprewere doubtless family The 6} prop-/| purchased who we for Hayy wars, Indian the in sented 170¢ bout 16 2. about Jersey New to over came the now Is Suffolk, neh of the famll) The One family came from Normandy, ae | . Rochelle La from another and t has who Tau VW. ira 2 ae atl been 8) also famills _has Art Gentlest the published is) cont day S aa early since York |New of a "Tite of author the Is who and } i ees and Lucase name the spelled Samuel Kent. i live Lamb Charles = intermarriec and Albany, near or married} branch Surrey. the of Luca ue Baptiste conn Vachtens, Van the At) Bright np . of ister Margaret eg: Pennsylvania of the member be!|cas, may Colchester enurch, Giles' St. 1762 France, tn born was fam- | islature, seen of many of the Lucas a , tombs another. Doubting Bobby. Little Willie-Say, pa, what is an innocent bystander? Pa-An Innocent bystander, my son, is a sort of human target.-Chicago | News. ------ 2 -___---eo for SUBJECT OF TWO him Boston has 50 new taxicabs in eration. The rates are 30 cents the first half mile and 10 cents each half mile thereafter. ho} ELOPMEN TS to this country Uptons, Moores and Faunt- the ner Barton rer uy ton strike Roche| the Mexican wat Victory has of the the banners upen perehed in the new, as well ot of Nom Excelsior. Uncle-And what will you do when night you are a man, Tommy? when } Tommy-I'm going to grow a beard. | sharp-} Uncle-W hy ? he| Tommy-Because then [ won't have nearly so much face to wash.- have his marvelHarper's Weekly put two and two suspicions to his Iver Notice It? posses- Chartle s Sir Lyttleton Lord. of. Arts of War," but In cipher therefore it. was never published of th founder the was Lucas Henry | ¢ ambridge, at professorship Lueasian was the second one to hold and Newton Lucas of barony The sorship tne profes daughter Margaret, 1663 created was of Thomas Lucas of ¢ olehester, was MaHenrietta to Queen of honor maid New-| of duchess afterwards and ria, castle, when she kept a. bevy of maids of honor, who were to be ready, at all hours, to write down her grace's dieof her love of peaks Walpols tation Ller life of her husband Is enwriting Higa Noble, Thrice of the "Life titled sissant Prince William Cay endish, | Marquis and. Earl of Newcastle returned one of the coiors Of the Tucas ¢ -of-arms is appropriate, for the | F enrolls-many a hero... The first was cross Victoria. the of recipient who | lucas, Charles Admiral Rear Thomas | Colonel Baltic in the | served Lueas has tne quecns medal, with a clasp, the. king's medal with two star and two kKhedives ind. the elasy sp Mator Frederick George Lucas was decorated for bravery Mrederi weas was one of .Napoleon' soldiers After the battle of Waterloo he settled in Maryland, ind |hi son 1 Western, pioneer, Was 4 a0 dier trifling left it there the been overlooked sion question from what LuVariou theork have The name appears in Lu j the atl It celebration before the in distir guished all nearly \ Sit artistle world. or literary | nilitary, the commanded who Lucas, Charles wa Colchester of selge the at cavalry ver soldiers, beat king the of lone his person, and in a day of and upon to look man a gallant battle Whereve eulogy Another follow." ta have shall obedience ind. loyalty the shall. there tue of reputation || his Magistrate (sternly)-Didn't I tell you the last time you were here never wanted you to come before me again' Prisoner-yYes, sir; but I couldn't {make the policeman believe {t.-TitBits. Y this particular gambling casino and who was allowed to play for high stakes. To this gentleman Roche went and after asking for a confidential j ‘ ‘hare interview ne unfolded the scheme by fortune 4 small win could he which "Tl il by | Roche squandered _ his m y ; ag he *made it, the distinguishing @haracteristle of the true grafter being strongly dominant in his mental make-up- the love of orgy. His last successful coup was in Buffalo, where he won | out the bank roll of @ large gambling | house. The usual orgy following each | "killing" was indulged in and continued for two weeks-at the end of that time he awoke one morning in a hotel tn Buffalo dazed and almost helpless He rang the bell for "nelp and a doctor was summoned. After a careful examination, the doctor said: "This man's career, whatever it may be, is finished. The fire in the furnace is almost out' The pyramidal layer of the cortex is exhausted. He may go }on for years, but it will be a m2 vegetating, that's all" And so it has | proven. | Roche's grafting days are over. Hea | has joined the ranks of the penniless and friendless, bound for tne lace where in all human probability he will at last find rest-that refuge of the friendless and exhausted-potter's field. oe from Coston. This proposition was aceepted, the "snaked" and who had done it doctor was rehearsed as to the numten. charges and counter-charges were bers he was to play and .drawing| made, suns were whipped out firing got \of his town bank the $2.000 from begun and when the fusillade was over and | train accompanied by Roche three of the party lay dead and Roche} lon the the play where This outery of Coston spoiled Roche's to the town journeyed vas wounded grievously. He, however, under doctor, The made pecullar roulette wheel industry, be to succeeded in reaching Salt Lake City} was gambling the to went instructions where a woman he Knew nursed him Roche to meet house alone and agreed back to health. blocks of couple a king upon new plans for Roche then drifted East and finally| at a destgnated spot When winnings the divide and he accomplishment of nis ends ene sunny winter's day vears afterward | away In front of the roulette got player the é found him sitting on the veranda of a himself Coston that noticed mong Southern gambling house keep-} he hotel in Florida, at which place he had! table heart his and ball, the rolling was been a guest for some da N after drink ordered We him. \falled him sat a lady reading a paper; after not stifwhile liquor, the but drink, time she arose, dropped it In her} ‘Aim made any, closing time and the safe gackbone his chalr and went inside. Roche picked up! fening trative and talkative. He finalthe paper and his eye after a while fell| demons an fawned Coston © aside, upon an item that interested him ex- | lv called "You | sald: and him over. ceedingly It told of a woman who}! slobbered. years for good friends had buried of silver cotn in shor her} and T have been a | attekwned: against aud: athatlot wedce pardel you perpetrated to protect T intend and to deplete } laid been has that she went to dig it up, her hoard had} scheme the entold then He bankroll." disappeared. She was grieved over her| YOUr tn gave up his Job and started on tire story. less and teld the facts to her neighbors; Cc on was incredulous and took the | fre ) no one could give a solution t o} perinformant matter poe as a joke. Bi en ra. well the mystery, years to 8 how ahed a large gambling bourse In order and however. 5 Isted, digger, digging a well in the garden truth the telling & was he h in friend that where the alilver. hw been hidden, ball and allow n eked Coston to roll the ound It at a depth of ten oe He 2f his was i : to play.)Fi no one but himself had heard of the poor woman's Joss at the numbers played doctor The done. \the time/'she first made it known, had remembered the Incident and restored | designated by tne rack he had all the chee ks in the treasure to its rightful owner. | time became 1 all the crap dice and in immediately This revelation was clew cnough for | Coston mood his and a escape narrow his Rache He left at once for Salt Lake} of inecredulhumored good from changed From there he journeyed out He learned frenzy. to a murderous into the desert to the great bowlder R oche awalthis Informant where of the on ; With feverish haste he paced off ten| house. oul rushed and him steps due north and began to dig into} ed confronted him tne inAs soon as he j the loose and sandy oil Two. feet, | began firing, and gambler vee fect, four feet were reached with| furjated but succeeded in wetting out no indications.of the presence of. the| Roche fell emptied revolver. Both men his own t down he went, and at finish Costheir weapons and at truck omething that! nou throuch shot account of the ground the the bank upon weok ay eal ringing metalll fon sno was who Roche while bods the thrills. shot up and shoulder, ataggered : to his the tnrough digger spine, and Looping tall weeds to the took and feet several gold pleces i and Coston) It was a one mans town, down 1 went ind there Well Roche knew the was that man. sinder of the 17 000-not lynchif caught nesWiing against hard fate that awaited him before he got ing Roche ufferings worked i|ts way down and received proper out of the country ie lost no time in gathterrible, and only medical. care were glittering colin Ile then ified nis hatred agatinst the gamSalt Lake City and began recov finally Coston r notice was taken of it, the Inevitable gambling pling fraternity all over the spre 2d the news ered and At the expiration of i The local gambler knew-he had been trimmed, but he could not tell exactly how. He appealed to Big Mikes Murray, the New York gambling house keeper, who sent down one of his handiest men He, after some days, figured out the new cheating. work, and the news of it was sent broadcast over the country. (The identity of Roche was established to the satisfaction of those concerned, and the underground Batonyi paces iad existed among them Te h due north were toed off from the bowlder, and one of the men sunk a shovel into the dirt A hole two feet in depth was opened up, but there appeared no sign of the booty for which they had dared and endured so much. It had vanished Suspicions were aroused {mmediately, old friendships were forgot- {fo}lowed RUSSIA'S ELD ERLY REFORM two weeks he was penniless, his last goldplece having passed from him to the operator behind the wheel. When Roche left the gambling house that night a new type of grafter was born, for a sudden resolve, an impulse came upon him for which he could not account He determined to make war | upon gambling house Keepers for the rest of his life, not by appealing to the} courts or to the pollee, but by devising| means through which they could be) swindled. When one pauses to. reflect that the majority of gambling houses in the West at that time were owned by ex-outlaws, murderers and bad men generally one can readily see that Roche had picked out a business for himself that would have been classlfled in life insurance circles as extra-hazardous, "Rob a thief and he will hang you:;" Swindler a gambler and he will take your life if conditions favor." Roche's finest work in this line was the "snaking" of roulette wheels. This {s done by getting into a gambling house at night after It is closed. Certain nuinbers are-"snaked" by putting in what is known as the bumpers, a unique mechanical device almost imperceptible to the naked eye These are painted over, the paint having time to dry before the house opens the next day When the ball rolls and drops into one of these ‘snaked' {s "bumped" out and continues to roll until it falls into the section of one of the numbers that has not been tampered with. Roche snaked 11 numbers and played the rest Under this method his winnings were tremendous but he squandered them on champagne orgies for which he became famous. There was an outlaw in western Nebraska of the name of: Coston, who finally succeeded in making his peace with the law officers. He then cpened a gambling Nouse in a booming town on the cattle trail and after several | years jt began to be talked around that he had accumulated several hundred thousand dollars. Roche heard of him, went out to the town, played against the wheel in Coston's gambling house leaveral times and got the "lay" of | things. He succeeded in getting in lthe house one nignt after hours and in putting in his work on the roulette heroine of h B. denied of started Min - Ee n y good likely THAT DID NOT op-_ for for "TAKE" |