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Gambler 'Canada Bill' Jones was best of Omaha's worst
2011
Overview
Bill was noted for his slovenly, bumpkinlike appearance. He was described as a \"medium-sized, chicken-headed, tow-haired\" man with blue eyes who walked with a shuffle, grinned from ear to ear and generally \"resembled an idiot.\" Frequently in disguise as a farmer, he might also appear as a doctor or merchant who would ask simple questions in a high, squeaky voice. Newspapers nationwide countered with stories saying: \"Omaha (is) a cesspool of iniquity,\" the town is full of \"mobs of Monte-men, pickpockets, faro dealers and criminal fugitives.\" And more: \"If you want to find a rogues rookery, go to Omaha.\" Said another: \"Whisky shops are innumerable and attached to each is a faro bank ... in full blast day and night.\" \"Canada Bill\" Jones \"the most notorious, smoothest-talking man that ever set foot on Nebraska soil... a card shark of which the world probably never produced an equal,\" died in 1877 in a charity hospital in Reading, Pa. His funeral expenses were ultimately reimbursed by a syndicate of Chicago compatriots, one of whom was willing to bet $1,000 two-to-one that Bill was not in the coffin. There were no takers.
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