“He broke in and robbed us, Detective, and shot Jerry.”
The poker players were interrogated for several hours about the murder and robbery and then allowed to leave.
“Wow, Clyde, pretty scary card game. I guess now you’ll never have to pay back all that money you owed Jerry.”
“That’s what I was counting on.”
“You mean you set this up? How?”
“Internet. The payment was all the money on the table.”
“How’d he know who to kill?”
“I stacked the deck. Told him to look at the hands the players were holding.”
“What was Jerry holding?”
“Aces and eights.”*
*Aces and eights are known as The Dead Man’s Hand because those were the cards held by James Butler Hickok (better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok) when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876
The poker players were interrogated for several hours about the murder and robbery and then allowed to leave.
“Wow, Clyde, pretty scary card game. I guess now you’ll never have to pay back all that money you owed Jerry.”
“That’s what I was counting on.”
“You mean you set this up? How?”
“Internet. The payment was all the money on the table.”
“How’d he know who to kill?”
“I stacked the deck. Told him to look at the hands the players were holding.”
“What was Jerry holding?”
“Aces and eights.”*
*Aces and eights are known as The Dead Man’s Hand because those were the cards held by James Butler Hickok (better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok) when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876
