Man and Money Gone

Bay Meadows Racetrack (San Mateo, CA), California, Casino History, Crimes / Violence / Punishments, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling, Gambling History, Gambling: Spree, Gaming History, It Really Happened, Mapes (Reno, NV), Military, Nevada, New Orleans--Louisiana, Reno--Nevada, San Francisco--California, United States2 Comments

1951 Chief Warrant Officer Marcus Gordon Oliver, paymaster at the U.S. Naval Station Treasure Island, complained of feeling ill and left work early on Friday, April 13. The following Monday and Tuesday, he didn’t show up at the San Francisco office and hadn’t phoned. Co-workers called his home in Berkeley and got no answer. Oliver,…

Gambler’s Wealth Meets Undue Fate

California, Casino History, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling, Folsom State Prison (CA), Gambler (Operators/Players): Estate, Gambling History, Gaming History, It Really Happened, John Quinn, Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit, Nevada, Palace Club (Reno, NV), Reno--Nevada, San Francisco--California, United StatesLeave a comment

1924-1932 The story of the estate of a long-ago Nevada gambler after his passing is strange and unfortunate. John Quinn was a man who’d lost and made large fortunes in gambling and mining stock deals throughout The Silver State and other parts of the West. He’d opened the first saloon-gambling house in the mining town…