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Sources: Extreme and Dangerous: One Gambling Cheat and His Career

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Greencastle Star-Press (Ind.), “A Man From Harmony,” July 28, 1900.

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Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, familysearch.org.

New Albany Ledger (Ind.), “Local Gatherings,” Dec. 24, 1889.

Reno Evening Gazette (Nev.), “Clean-up Made With Phoney [sic] Dice,” Oct. 1, 1910.

Streator Daily Free Press (Ill.), “Plugged Roulette Wheel,” Jan. 28, 1904.

The Arkansas Gazette, “Lawrence Varner Held to Grand Jury,” June 23, 1904.

The Daily Times-Star (Cincinnati, Ohio), “Oh, Those Galloping Dominoes,” June 10, 1924.

The Democrat (Leavenworth, Ind.), “The Harmony Kid,” Dec. 29, 1892.

The Morning News (Savannah, Ga.), “Shoots With His Mother,” Dec. 11, 1892.

The National Democrat (Jeffersonville, Ind.), “Gamblers,” Aug. 5, 1898.

The New Harmony Register (Ind.), “News of Indiana State,” Dec. 27, 1889.

The Ottawa Journal (Ontario, Canada), “How the Kid Found Way to Beat Books,” Nov. 7, 1903.

The Poseyville News (Ind.), “Local News,” Dec. 28, 1889.

The Poseyville News (Ind.), “Accident at New Harmony,” Sept. 22, 1893.

The Poseyville News (Ind.), “Off For Klondike,” Feb. 11, 1898.

The Poseyville News (Ind.), “New Harmony Kid,” Jan. 26, 1912.

The Weekly Truth (Elkhart, Ind.), “Harmony Kid Not Convicted,” Feb. 15, 1894.

United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, familysearch.org.