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During national [[prohibition]], Alice opened "Poker's Palace" near Sturgis, which offered [[prostitution]] despite her claim of [[Christianity]]. When a drunken soldier from nearby Fort Meade, South Dakota, caused trouble in the establishment, Alice shot the man dead. She was subsequently acquitted on grounds of self-defense, but the saloon was closed. In her seventies, Alice continued to gamble, but gone were the fashionable dresses of her younger years. Instead she donned mostly men's clothing in the tradition of another South Dakota western figure, [[Calamity Jane]]. Alice appeared at various western festivals and celebrations, including one in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]. She once said that she would rather gamble than eat.

During national [[prohibition]], Alice opened "Poker's Palace" near Sturgis, which offered [[prostitution]] despite her claim of [[Christianity]]. When a drunken soldier from nearby Fort Meade, South Dakota, caused trouble in the establishment, Alice shot the man dead. She was subsequently acquitted on grounds of self-defense, but the saloon was closed. In her seventies, Alice continued to gamble, but gone were the fashionable dresses of her younger years. Instead she donned mostly men's clothing in the tradition of another South Dakota western figure, [[Calamity Jane]]. Alice appeared at various western festivals and celebrations, including one in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]. She once said that she would rather gamble than eat.

In her later years, she continued to operate a house of prostitution, having claimed that her patrons included members of the Grand Army of the Republic], the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and even [[Methodist]] ministers. Gamblers at the time wielded a high social status and pay scale. While running the house of prostitution, she was often seen in pubic as a well-known card player in Deadwood, a town which tolerated gambling and prostitution until 1987. Finally in 1926, at the age of seventy-five, she was sentenced to prison for repeated violations. However, [[Republican]]  Governor Carl Gunderson [[pardon|pardoned]] her. Gunderson was then unseated in the 1926 gubernatorial election by the [[Democrat]] William J. Bulow, later a U.S. senator.<ref>List of governors of South Dakota: Gunderson (1925-1927); Bulow (1927-1931)</ref>

In her later years, she continued to operate a house of prostitution, having claimed that her patrons included members of the Grand Army of the Republic], the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and even [[Methodist]] ministers. Gamblers at the time wielded a high social status and pay scale. While running the house of prostitution, she was often seen in pubic as a well-known card player in Deadwood, a town which tolerated gambling and prostitution until 1987. Finally in 1926, at the age of seventy-five, she was sentenced to prison for repeated violations. However, [[Republican]]  Governor Carl Gunderson [[pardon]]ed her. Gunderson was then unseated in the 1926 gubernatorial election by the [[Democrat]] William J. Bulow, later a U.S. senator.<ref>List of governors of South Dakota: Gunderson (1925-1927); Bulow (1927-1931)</ref>