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Show ICE EEfOT DIES IN TENT BY OWN HAND Gambler Beats Spectre of t Tuberculosis By Shooting Self I SAN BERNARDINO, Cal . May 2 ' Lew Friedman, said to ha a bean one of the cleverest dice experts In the country, Is dead by his own hand the hand that rolled "sevens" and " elevens" for nearly half a million dollars In the last 20 years. Friedman cheated for the first time In his life, friends say when yesterday b- beat the spectre of tuberculosis by shooting himself as fnte was shaking thi dice. Ii.- could have lived but a few days longer , Friedman died penniless. A year ago he came back from Cuba with $20,000 he won ln a few weeks, but he gave It away In S short time I to youngsters in the streets from New' York to San Francisco. Friends provided pro-vided him with a tent near Vlctorville. There he died. |