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Show LOSES $3C3,CC9 HT CII2 SITTING "Mil" MO flffllE IN TOW CLUB t ' ' - - r.;.', Mining men coming in from Tonopah, Nev., say all records for plunging in gambling games were broken there Saturday' when "Abe" Brown, part owner of the Tonopah club, lost $300,000 in one sitting. The owners of the club, which is a famous resort in southern Nevada, are well known in this city. Besides Brown, they are George Wingfield, now a millionaire mine-owner mine-owner of Goldfield, and Kennedy. As Brown is one-third owner in the game, and that part of his loss, therefore, is his winning as part proprietor, in reality he lost only $200,000 in the record game. 'heavily. According to the reports the battle of dollars waged for twenty hours and finally Brown had $300,000 in markers standing against him in the layout drawer. Brown was as cool as a euenmber after af-ter he had lost his fortune. He rose from; the .table, sauntered to - the bar, where he took a drink, and, bidding his friends good night, went to bed. Mohawk Sham for Losses. Kennedy, the partner of WingfieH and Brown in the gambling games, went to Tonopah from Goldfield the next day to arrange for .the settlement of Brown's debt. While not known positively, posi-tively, it is generally reported that Brown gave 11,000 shares of the famous fa-mous Mohawk mine and some other stock to liquidate his $200,000 staek of markers. The price at which the Mohawk was taken over is said to be sM7. - Friday night Brown started in to 1 play faro in his own home, and in a short time lost , more than $25,000. He wanted the limit taken off the game,, but the dealers could not agree to this without the consent of the -two other -partners in the game. - 'Acoordlngry,-Ocorge 'Acoordlngry,-Ocorge Wingfield was called up tt Goldfield, and the situation explained to- him. . Wingfield teld the manager of the house to raise the limit to $5000. The regulation limit is $30. Bet $5000 00 One Card. Brown started in to bet $5000 on-a single card. Luek was with him at first, and in a short time he was nearly $100,000 ahead of' the game, but fortune for-tune suddenly switched to the other side of the faro layout, and Brown lost Brown amassed his fortune through gambling. Gamhlera here aay that his loss is she greatest ever known at faro bank. It is said that Joe Leiter once lost $140,000 at faro at one sitting, and John W. Gates once lost $150,000. |