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Show 'EKSsjan Roulette' Dangerous All gambling games are dan-.,roasr dan-.,roasr but "Russian Roulette eems to possess elements of peril no found in otner games of chance. , . . This game, we are advised was crevalent in Russia during he cl;.vs of the Czars. Officers in de-grace were given a six--rambered revolver, containing one cartridge. The cylinder would be spun, the muzzle of the gun placed on the officers tem-p-'e and Ihe trigger pulled. If li,--' firing pim hit an e.mipty .ehaT.ib:r, t'he officer 'Ws restored; restor-ed; if it hit the lone bullet, he i.va's beyond res .oration'. S. range as it may seem, a -op'.Tomoie at Fordham University, Univers-ity, in New York, recently lost his' life d.monstrati'ng "Russian Roulet e" to' a companion. Ai- er explaining the process, the eophomore pointed the i-evolyer to Ihis right temple and .pulled Ihe trigger. An empty click was h'-a-id Once more he tried the gaxie-. This time there was a Il'-h and an explosion and he . fell eo t.Te floor, mortally 'wound- |