Casino History
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Gambling
Fred Heier
Gambling History
Gambling: Symbols: Johnny Ox
Games / Races: Poker
Gaming History
Indiana
Indianapolis--Indiana
It Really Happened
Jack Shea
T. Thompson aka Johnny Ox
United States
William "Bill" Kissel
It Really Happened! Investigates: Who is "Johnny Ox?"
1903 “Accommodation for Johnny Ox,” a gambling-related headline in the Nevada State Journal, March 17, 1903, puzzled us. Curious (read: obsessive), we set out to decipher it. The brief news item relayed two gambling saloons…