Show I I J I I I I I I I I HOW STUD POKER GAME fAME IS PLAYED James Donaldson Gives a Professional Professional Professional Pro Pro- Exposition of Intricacies HELD THE WINNING HAND HANDI I Declares Declare that His Three Sevens Were Better Beter Than McWhirter's Mc- Mc McWhirter's McWhirter's I Jacks Up The voiced mild d proe professional Ional gambler Dr Or JanNes Janues Donaldson Donald son occupied the witness g stand nil all al of or yesterday tc testifying I In hl hi his own b behalf halt haltIn In iii lh time tho ca case ac e In which he Is charged with robbery anti and conspiracy lie IIo le was wa called lo to th the tho stand at 1 10 0 Donal Donaldson on answered nil all ni th the questions flu lons asked him by his attorney in an nn eay aPy y man manner 11 speaking In u a low tone tono of or voice hut html distinctly lie le seemed to he ho entirely po hut but when whon he lie was turned turn d over oter to the tilt district otome attorney for tor cross- cross examination there were times when he wa was adrift upon a a sea of or doubt l noI notably no notably no c tably when Mr Ir Loofbourow had hal him recount the story ot or th the pok poker game In th this flagrant discrepancies were dis- dis cloe I Donaldson said ald ho he fn amid n a friend named Scott m met t at the Antler roomIng roomIng rooming room- room Anter Ing house on the afternoon of or lh the robI robbery rob rob- ber bery y of or the r rs rind and nd found John OBrien O'Brien an and Jew Peck cl there Scott said id ho hr had had no dinner tinner an and went out Jew Jw Peck asked permission slim sion of OBrien O'Brien to accompany Scott Scott and OBrien O'Brien told toll him to hurry back back Donall Donaldson on said al that previous to this OBrien O'Brien ha had told loM him lo to call cal at the Antler AnLer house hOlse some time lime adding that haL ho had hod opened gambling rooms there Poker I When he and Jack Jacl OBrien O'Brien were left heft lef alone alono they began a a. two handed d gamo game of oC stud Jol poker r Donaldson buyIng buy buy- Ing 00 worth of chips chip District Attorney Attorney At At- torney torne asked Donaldson on onon on J If this w was ws s n mm friendly Jy game Donaldsons Donaldson's reply wax ivas that friendship ceased when whon I I began hegan to play piny my mane money Pon Donaldson said mitt sid they had been leen playIng about twenty minutes when three men came cairn In Larry la-Larry Larry OBrien O'Brien and nut am Alexander Mc Io Ho lie wan Introduced Intro Intro- 10 to them h by larry n us as Mr Mi Ir Don Don- and ami not l Dr r. r This title tUo wa ou u p to a r 11 n. n Jo ga m e eG I G ln 1 lh am threw 11 r rn n w oel over cards When he lie e sv i v who lo they lucY w it wore re aid tahl You Vou o gD ll- ll r z scare care wo we thought it was Donald sh objects to 10 his hlf pinIng play pin Ing carl cars i After Arter fter continuing G their game ame foi for some somo time y Lari-y OBrien O'Brien a a- a ded lel H It there was any arty objection to th thorn them m joinIng joinIng join join- Ing lug tho ho game and John OBrien O'Brien paid fald ald he had none nonE If It the Doctor did ld not miot Larry was given gi about 10 worth WOth of or chip hips Alexander took his hiM place at tho the table At this stage of oC his testimony Donal Donaldson Don Don- al aldeon pon went Into a a. n professional lonal ex exposition ex- ex position po Jion of or th the game known as cur nJ stud poker IIo He said niel that hat the hands were around le one at a time the fIrst hr-at card face down known as aJ l the tho burled buried card all His first card In this particular Mc Mc- Tc- Tc Alexander was t a seven s-cven spot game n en e spot was the dealer denier After ACer the tho cards were dealt he lie bet 20 o. o Lu ri raised ed him 20 and Me stuck The llie next card dealt deal him was wasa wasa a 1 five spot and then lien came two more mOlo a sevens levens giving him a n hand of or three thre He en hurled burled sevens seven one of ot them heat being the card yard He lie said Id he lie knew he had Larry b beaten at n. n but hilt wa was afraid of or Tc hand han a as h ho he had jacks up UI and and there ther was waN a po possibility If of tuf the tIre buried card cord win b being Ing another jack which would over his three sevens e Donaldson said ald McWhirter bet het rOO It and called and OBrien O'Brien saw H He To cal I raised the bet and find he seeing the raise raise The next card dealt all to him was wa a nine spot pot and Mc Mc- after looking at his cards said he ho didn't see ee an any money anti and wanted to know leow if i he and OBrien O'Brien would be responsible for Cor their lets bets If Ir the the they lost lost OBrien OBrien O'Brien was banking game ame Money Mourey ou 1 l is Produced I Donaldson on said ho then opened his showing GOO which he hemd had md ann and amI O OBrien O'Brien ren satisfied a a as s to his lila ability tt to tn pay if It he lost and the betting hotting 1 tUng was continued Larry 0 OBrien O'Brien had dropped out of the tie game ame at it tills this time and anul was Wa wa ad advising McWhirter Mc had the betting ter how to bet bet After Arter tel gone one around the table once or ou twice the hands were called and Larry LUry OBrien O'Brien speaking pc for McWhirter lc said paid oll Weve We've got jacks ill up but Donaldson Donaldon Continued Continue on oil Pago Pao Two HOW STUD POKER GAME IS PLAYED From Pu Page c One showed his three sevens an and raked In the pot The Time witness said s. that lc seemed a a. little sore but did not accuse anybody of or cheating at that time saying on only I You are a a. lucky guy 4 A few fo minutes afterwards however McWhirter drew dren a n magazine magazine maga maga- zine zinc gun and demanded hi his money and told his brother to go for a 11 policeman police police- man but Larry OBrien O'Brien said that h he would go Donaldson denied that he knew anything about the time men who came camo Into the room and them be before before be- be Bell Dell he ho had never seen fore but he suspected that something was wrong lie He also denied that his money mone wa was ras taken from him and later returned stating that tho the mone money never left eft his hands hand Donaldson stated that tha ho he 10 suspected that something wa was wrong when Bell Bel said the crowd must mus not lot go to the thc police station In i n. n bunch Donaldson walked out of or orthe the room and met his friend Scott at the tho foot toot o of the stairs staiN and told him himo o of winning tinning 2000 from rota the lie Mc- Mc lc- lc Mr 11 Loofbourow wanted to know wit wh why he hl didn't tell Scott about the thc money mone he had won from OBrien O'Brien but butI the witness did not explain his reason reasons I for tor not doing so Plain Cloth Clotho Men Ien The Tho district attorney named the plain clothes men on tho the police force and asked Dor Donaldson on It If he len them He replied that he did Then Mr Ir Loofbourow wanted to know lenow why wh It was that he did not know leno that Delland Bell Dell Belland Bellanti and anti were not policemen This Donaldson attempted d to explain b by saying he hc thought they might he be new men on the force Donaldson told of giving Bell S 1000 of the money ho he won to give to the 1 If Ir the they would leave the city and a aligned hla imis reason for doing this to the fact that he didn't 1 want wont to be arrested for tor gambling Mr It Loofbourow asked from I son on why tImy If Bell Dell and were 1 strangers to him they should hould accompany I 1 pan pany him to hi his hla sisters sister's hou house o for or supper the seine same night Donaldson 4 explained this b by saying Ing OBrien O'Brien had said his wife was moving mo anti and If Ir Donaldson Don Don- would ou out alison didn't object he go with him On the tho way the they met Beland Bell Bel Belland and Parr nt who were then for or tho the first time Introduced to him and ac accompanied IC- IC companied O OBrien O'Brien and md himself to the time hou house e. e S I l l. l Conr l. l Mr Loofbourow in n examining cross Donaldson on as to the amount of money mone he had when he ho entered the game and anti as to who made the first bet sue sue- In confusing the Donaldson Don Don- made replies that were vere totally Inharmonious Inharmonious- with those he made in inthe inthe th the morning when Mr King Fing was ex- ex ng him Donaldson was asked I cd If It Ithe he didn't telephone to lo of Police George Sheets on the wa way from his imis i sisters sister's ers er's house that and make an appointment to meet met him at the time corner cornero o of Third S South anti and State streets tre ls The Tho witness d denied nl d doing so Donaldson throughout his tl testimony mentioned Mulvey's lul saloon an as the time place where he loafed around and Unal finally stated that he was In the employ o of Councilman Councilman Coun Coun- I cilman Mulvey to trail time tile gamblers and anti grafters In the city city to to Inform Mulvey where the they were we're ho would do do the rest Donaldson said ho lie was not on tho the city's payroll but that Mulvey paid him for tor or his set services Donald Donaldson on created some amusement when he avo ao as his reason for tor wantIng wantIng wanting want- want Ing to use tho the telephone after leaving his sisters sister's hou house that he ho wanted to Inform her that her pet dog was i fol-i lowing oving him Donaldson in reply to toone ono one of or Mr Ir Loofbourow's questions said Mid he had a lot Jot of sweethearts sweetheart and admitted that thai Erne Eme Fa Fay I 1 pan led him to Denver where he hc stayed stayed stay stay- y- y yI I I ed cd five live cla days s 's and then went to Hot Springs Ark where he was atTested arrested i. i I IThe Fearful or of t. 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The witness was asKed by the district distrIct district dis dis- attorn attorney If Ir he ho didn't decide to leave Salt Lake City after he hI had learned that the robbery robber matter was was' In the sheriffs sheriff's hands hand and out of or the hands of or the police Donaldson Donaldon replied that hat he had heard that there was wasi j going going- to be something done and that lie ho did not want vant to be arrested for tor that gambling gambling that he understood that he the others who were In the rooming louse house at nt the time o of the robbery had imad had I left eft the elt city and ho he did not want to tobe tobo tojo bo be jo left leCt to hold tho bag for tor something some some- thing he lie had not done i f When asked hl his reasons for tor purchasing pur- pur chasing tickets under tho tIme alum assumed lJ j f II na name nc of or Billy Bill Jones Donaldson said ald that Fu Pay was as with him and that she did not care caro to have anyone anone know sh she was traveling trl with a man maim but that h he was known b by his l right name In him Hot lint Springs they were vere keepIng keeping keep keep- Ing InS house when tImen he Imo was arrested When Whelm n asked what railroad he took when he hc left lert lint Hot Springs Donaldson Donaldon said ho bo didn't know knots but smilingly ly answered answer ed that Constable Sharpe could probably probably abl ably r tell MI lI Constable Sharpe mal made mad th time the arrest t. t J Intended 11 1 JI I cd to In I CJ Client Cheat na t. t The Time district attorney nEY asked a ked the witness witness wit wit- ness If he had ever vcr been heen charged with witha a felony The flie question was objected to b by Mr 11 King and anti sustained b by th the court The witness admitted on th the examination cross that John OBrien O'Brien had given i n him more chips chIp than were asked for when he entered the game gamo and that he intended to cheat him by not paying for OJ them and aud al d that OBrien O'Brien has never known that he had made maLIc madea maLIca a mistake o in counting his Donaldsons Donaldson's Donaldsons Donaldson's Donald Donald- sons son's chips Donaldson said Mid ho hail had been living JI In the time city about twenty years carl that h he ha had l never done dono an any other kind o of work save Q gambling He lie returned from the I Klondike lon la In 1902 Mr lr King seeking to prove the lion hen cst esty of ot the thc witness had him state that h he was employed to scout about miles through a wild section sec sec- Ion tion of or countr country Into Dawson Dawon CIt City When hen the hour of adjournment w was vas reAched cached Mr asked that ono onA of or tho time for tor tho the defense e Mrs Irs Young be b subpoenaed to sip rip pEar ear at court at Its next sitting to tobe tobe tobe be cro cross |