FATAL HAND AT CARDS.
Vienna, June 1-1. Johann jlaschik, the electricity superintendent in Krupp's great metal works fit ilerndorf, died Suddenly yesterday pMyiiij; t!;e card game tarok villi inends in a culi'ce house.
After a deal, he announced radiantly, "This is the best hand of my life. i go pagat ultimo;' that being the very highest ligure that can be played, and very rarely obtained.
The words were scarcely out of his mouth when he fell oil.' his "chair, and whim picked up was found to be dead, the excitement of such a good hand having proved fatal to a weak heart.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 August 1907, Page 4
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102FATAL HAND AT CARDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 August 1907, Page 4
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