CURIOUS STORY OF GAMBLING ON THE OCEAN.
The New York correspondent of the "Morning Leader" says:
"Colonel Gordon Stanley," a dashing military-looking man with an English accent and a diplomatic mission to Washington, and his friend, Austin Wyeth, "a Standard Oil magnate," were the most conspicuous figures on the liner St. Paul during her last passage. Incidentally, they allowed passengers to play poker with them, and won over £2500. Other losers swallowed their grief, but Mr. Charles Strome, a wealthy Scotch tea merchant, had the men arrested on arrival here.
Stanley's real name is Pat Collins, and Wyeth's is Williams, and both are professional card-sharp-ers. Police Magistrate Brann discharged them, and denounced Mr. Strome as a "cheap sport who gambles, loses, and then squeals." Detective Chief Titus says the only way to foil the übiquitous card-sharpers is to post their photographs in the liners' smoking-rooms.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4, 5 January 1903, Page 2
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