| Show KING FAROIM liON Romantic and StirrIng Tales From the Tigers Haunts + CAREER OF BENBROOKS WENT BROKE AND AMASSED A FORTUNE + aatc Tragedy Had No Effect On Their BusinessGibson the Ricnest Gambler In Salt LakeBig Winnings Win-nings and LossesWonderful Luck of Kid Dean The tragedy enacted In Salt Lake two Reeks ago in which Burton C Morris and John H Benbrook the latter being Dhe of the proprietors of the Sheep ranch gambling house were the principals princi-pals has aroused 111lbllc Interest in the was and methods of the sporting element particularly In gambling Its effect and the life in which this class lives Especially Is a study of the Sheep Hanch Interesting It has excellent ex-cellent quarters on Commercial street nt the present time and Its proprietors are among the most popular men of the lass In the west Xo gambling house 111 Salt Lake Is better patronized than that of the Dcnbmoks Their trade is not confined to the prnfesb on the contrary the heaviest winnings of the house are said to have come from men of good standing in the community com-munity There Is no noticeable falling away In the Sheep Hanchs patronage since the klllinS of Morris nor yet a curious crowd that might be prompted to seethe see-the haunts and property of a man accused ac-cused of murder Smith Benbrook as usual deals faro and the same faces arc seen In and about the resort With the same freedom the drinks are ordered or-dered and just as cheerfully are cheeks I stacked up Some one has said the 1lprchants cafe would eventually close its doorsthough ts present business does not justify the assertionbut however how-ever that may be It is certain that solon so-lon as the Benbrooks retain their share of the patronage as at present the Ranch will continue to raise green I feed Gamblers will go through hell for one another it Is said and they all are with John Benbrook In his trouble History of Sheep Ranch The career of the Sheep Ranch has been romantic It was opened over Jake Aits saloon below GodbePitts corner by the Benbrooks several years ago under circumstances not of the most enouraging The house had a run for Its money The receipts didnt begin to compare with the expenditures I expendi-tures or losses and finally things came to show dow The bank went broke But the Blnbroqls secured a credit and wr but begInning to recuperate lost fortunes when Chief Pratt ordered everything closed The wheels were silent and till 1igh1 turned low Gam blcrs sought the poker rooms and the Benbrools had even thought of leaving leav-ing town when the second order came permitting an opening on Commercial street In order to fit up their present place H was necessary to run the old joint on the quiet which was done Finally this expense was paid a small capital had ben raised and the new Sheep Ranch club was on In earnest Made a Pile Fortune smiled upon the brothers and they are now reputed by their friends to be worth no less than 35000 Whether such an estimate Is correct or not they have the reputation among other houses of being the luckiest on the row On one occasion quite recently recent-ly a prominent merchant of the city Is said to have lost 700 In the Sheep Ranch In one night And this Performance perform-ance is believed to love been often re Vented On the Saturday night i before he killing of Morris it is claimed 1 Ft700 was raked In at the club In small rums and on another night the losses footed F2SOO But there is no question that the houses prosper Gibson Has Money Gibson of the 1Yasatch club Is un II Joubtedly the wealthiest gambling house proprietor In the city One of his I friends has said that 50000 cash in each of three leading banks of the city which would be 150000 Is only a part of his fortune The 1Vasateh operates n larger variety uf games than another an-other and caters 10 a wider class of patronage TIlE Chinese all faro fiends I are much in evidence at the asatch nhd threE dealers are kept busy the greater part of the day and night Luck of Kid Dean One dealer is Kid Dean who literally liter-ally holds an ax by a thread over his employer head Kid Is lucky and unlucky un-lucky in R1rcaks but when luck Is with hlp1 Ill stands the Proprietors hall on end At least he did so until recently In thE course of tn das Kid cleaned up no less than 000 at faro oi a small stake procured from one of the men who knew what he could do sometimes some-times The house after Kids first few winnings expected of course tqe cover all of It but tht time didnt come fast enough Where he once owed for a meal ticket his credit was good for anything and as the nights went by his winnings contired to tI increase I in-crease Finally the propriet went to his unwelcome customer and said See here Kid you go ahead and deal Saiv off on the bank and Kid did so He works for wages now and the house remains Intact Some People Lose Tales of losses often reach the cars of the pulle Three nights ago a well dressed man approached an officer o 1 his beat wIth the following I went up there last night to win enough money to buy me a good straw hat I lost the first bet and trIed to regaIn It The result Is that tonight I am out 1700 and If I had any more ld still be playing I The next night a young sport staggered stag-gered down the stairway and to the same ollker remarked Well Ive lost a hundred dollarsand now Im going to i t qu tAre jUILAle you broke was asked Sure If I wasnt Id go back Thus men become Infatuated with the cards and dice Give a man 10 and if j ill loses it he will try the test of the night to borrow n second 10 and IJ 011 Saved By a Dime But occasionally the game proves anything but a curs to the unfortunate unfortu-nate Jn Instance Is In mlndof an 18 yearold boy who after beating his Way here from San Francisco had a single dime In 1is possession On that stake and playing haphazard ttt the roulette heel he cashed In 85 He f knew when to quit With the money he purchased a new suit of clothes placing 30 in the bank and remlttine the remainder to his mother His appearance ap-pearance Improved the young man went f7work 1n the Kenon hotel and Ji has since avoided all games and declares de-clares he Is not sorely tempted either When Banks Were Closed It was something over a year ago that Chief of Police Pratt Issued an edict suppressing games of chance In Salt Lake City And as vas well known at the time gambling had gained a foothold locally that to overcome would be no easy matter Driven from the houses practically licensed to carryon carry-on the businesshowever Illegitimate the tin horns and the sports sought refuge In the poker rooms abounding i In the city where no Intrusion was likely to occur In at least onethird of the saloons of Salt Lake a nightly game of draw was In full blast and the sums of money lost decreased but slightly from the winnings of the closed houses The proprietors of these protested pro-tested As long as gambling was to continue they asserted the Injustice worked upon them In thus being deprived I de-prived of practicing the Profession they had selected and gaining their point It was but a few weeks before the second older carne granting them the right to open but onfinlng the gambling dis trJct to Comnercial street A Gambling Boom Before the closing business was good Since the reopening It has flourished as never before since boom days Day after day and night after night the I masses throng these places wagering their savings each at his favorite table ta-ble in sums ranging from 2i centsol l even a nlckeeto as many hundreds I of dollars So far as the selection of gamels concerned the player can rind I must anything to his taste within I Zions walls There are about twenty five tables on Commercial street at which money can bE lost and won I usually lestall exclusive of the poker games throughout the business district dis-trict which If counted would perhaps I more than double that number In thE retinue provided the principal I games Ire afro hank stud poker draw I poker roulette and crap But the I greatest of these is faro Nearly all notable wInnings may be credited to I the king and poker for the real sam bier will play no big money except on these two games and he seldom finds a man of means willing to go against I his skill at cards Percentage Against Players Faro Is considered the one game at I which the player has anything like an even chance for his money All others oth-ers bear a heavier percentage agaInst him and particularly Is this true of I roulette This game while most avoided by the experienced proves the most fascinating to the uninitiated The droning turn and telling click of the marble as It falls Into one of the thlrtelght compartments seldom falls to attract the newcomer from the corner where hour after hour the simple sim-ple process of removing one card from the to of another Is carried on But nevertheless roulette has Its veteran devotees and though surprising It Is very common to see the graYhaired lounger shullle past the bank and deposit de-posit his pennies on the field urround ing the wheel of striking colors |
