New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-23
GAMBLING.
Lottery Swindling

Lottery SwindlinE Fot Tho ruhnns.
While engaged IN the prosecution of their
object The Association for the Suppression Of Gamb-
ling received the following letter and Lottery cer,i6-
cate. fromvhoh appears that he lottery Swindier>
of tins city extend their operations quite widely even
m the FAR West.
~ rs anticipating plan OF The Association for the
iuil and thorough exposure of the gambling system
that these papers are published at the present time
but as ample reasons exist for their publication u IS
deemed CNpCdicut to pat them forth.
We sr, aot personally acquainted with any of the
parties and the letter must speak Tor itself II vii
Crcn io tre public eve The dishonesty of lottery gaIa-
b.cr>. and ne means they taking to extend their
>WIndlug schemes over The entire country. pom
this rom; other fctS ~ the possession ot the Assoc
citation. viii re- published IN due time Meanwhile,
lct our western friends be Ylgllant 10 discover and
EXPOSE these and all similar frauds
II IS not i would seem, Snii'cn depth OF CRIME
to De- ~ thc daily commission OF pcnieniiary Of
Tense pa ,hc sale Of b1fG.ffc II kcts on Lotteries
legal gcd in other states The lottery fraternity. or
some of them, must supcndd 20 tins enormly the
shameless fraud of basing their promised av ards OF
fri1cs ON Drawings that are never 10 taSe place
Outraltou> as this may seem 90 Is nui q natural irut
of our tame legislation upon the subject Inc Lot
terry Gambler may .OhOQulsC thus There is only
certain amount Ci punishment, and one may a.
well lake g.. .or great crime as "a htlc one, AMI
since hc pCurcntgry IS, 10y aw, the penalty for sell
mg the Simun-purc Tickets of ycrliabe Lotteries.
Watcher legall,od m other States or not, AMI the
safe of fraudulent packages can bring no seterer pc
nai'v p would bc absurd to stick at pom, OF hon
csiv ald SD miss the double gains OF double fraud
Bu' We suh.eln The letter
CAMBRIDGE CRY, Ia. April lj 1851
ME,.Rs. WILSON q Co.-GcRfs TINS Is 20 thank
you for a notice which appeared IN The Dispatch,
some time ago. IA reference to the lottery S~indlcrs
off YOUR place We can assure YOU that you have but
% FAINT dca al their operations m tins western cOun-
try one Of their ropGtca firms, AZ least, we refer to
ne MeSsis Carroll & Co, 10 Cortand-st send out
their regular monthly circulars, setting forth theu
large operations. and thereby holding forth the mos,
fatteuug Inducements 10 catch the unWary. They
have guided many out of their money by their misre
presentations We take the liberty of forwarding you
one of their circulars which they have just sen, US.
ihmkng that as they had caught Us once or twice.
ihev might do 80 again but, thanks toyour notice, we
arc sale from such thieves We also send you one OF
their certificates for package OF tickets, tsee be
lov.l that you may how they do things up Could
not your hlcf of Police find ont these rascals and
bring them to some kind OF justice We beg that
You vi" pardon 9qr nt6H6Re "sSS But om our Be-,
ipqa subscriber to your valuable paper.
Respectfully.
The following a copy Of the certificate ssni with
the above. emitting the name Of The gentleman To
whom sent
Certificate The hotter o. ms
fntfed rs srcndr 10 snch ptcs may bc dr1ioR ~
me- Tictefs heTcH Sprc'fcd snrc 10 dedncf'oH Of ID
I,r ceata md 10 so 2i-ioo rHpod thereon -p's