Fifteen Western Tales, March 1954 — page 48: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

"| 2 tf err we if eT rT e "TALE $*e GAMBL/IN’? MAN “THE OLD WEST LIKED A GAMBLER, SKY’S THE LIMIT KIND. AND JOHN | HAMILTON WASA GAMBLING MAN — SMALL, DAPPER, WITH le - i A RED VANDYKE BEARD, COLD CLD BLACK EYES, HIGH BEAVER HAT, re DERRINGER UP HIS SLEEVE —A_ th, Ges | KILLER BUT HIS BIG BETS WERE %7 (0) \ ALWAYS ONA SURE THING, THOUGH’ —, NOBODY SUSPECTED ITATTHETIME ®& fy LEE Born IN TEXAS AROUND 67, HE APPEARED IN NEVADA SOON AFTER THEY BROUGHT IN THE GREAT SILVER ae pe _ In a POKER GAME, JOE RISCO, ANOTHER GAMBLER, ACCUSED HAMILTON OF CHEATING. A FEW NIGHTS LATER, RISCO WAS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS FIVE MEN SAW HIS KILLER RIDE OFF AND SWORE IT WAS HAMILTON. BUT THE GAMBLER PROVED HE WAS PLAYING CARDS 50 MILES AWAY. A MAN APPROACHED A CHAP NAMED AXEL ANDERSON WHO HAD COME TO GOLDFIELD WITH $35,000 !N CASH TO INVEST oe INREAL ESTATE. AND OFFERED TO SHOW HIM || | a | t nay Hit ne —_=— ——— A CHOICE PARCEL ANDERSON ENDEDUPINA DARK ALLEY UNCONSCIOUS ANC OUT HIS 135,000 HE iDENTIFIED JOHN HAMILTON WHO AGAIN PROVED = HE WAS PLAYING POKER SS. ALL THE TIME ; == Pare vy = s—.* sete connie HOOKS (eo)