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Old 06-28-2011, 10:35 PM
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Another pretty cool betting man from the 1890's. He had some sweet fines - for instance - a $100 fine for beating someone with an umbrella.



That's a pretty steep fine if you ask me - as $100 was a lot of money in the 1890's. I like how the DRF called the man beaten with the umbrella "bizzare"


A few of his headline grabing moments:



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