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- Witness Interview: Dick Dale
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- Dick Dale is the only Tip-Top card player questioned
the night of Nov. 12 to consent to releasing the
interview transcript online. His testimony is similar to
those of the 4 other players interviewed. The following
is an excerpt of the interview.
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- D = Dale
- V = Officer Scott Vittel
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- V: About how often did you go to the Tip-Top?
- D: We had card nights every other Wednesday.
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- V: Was it always the same people?
- D: More or less.
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- V: Did Sheriff Charles Lamar ever play there?
- D: Nope. I heard he sometimes played, but he wasn't
really a regular. Maybe he played once or twice somewhere
like the Nite Kap, but I never saw him, myself.
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- V: How much do you usually bet?
- D: Depends. Sometimes on a slow night the pot will
only be 200. Sometimes it'll get going, with a lot of
people, and we're talking two, three thousand.
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- V: And the owner, Mr. Kay - he was a part of this?
- D: Sure. He wouldn't sit down and play with us, but
he set up the house rules and he got 5 percent.
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- V: You mentioned the Nite Kap. Where else do you
usually go?
- D: There's the Nite Kap, the Moonlight Cafe,
Willard's, and the Road House. That's just around here -
it's pretty much all over, and it's been that way a long
time. You got a big job if you think you're going to put
a stop to this.
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- V: All right.
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