The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-13
Tie 01ft Lottery Ensespsasss.
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Justice Stuart. at the request Of The Governors Of
the Aims House, and upon a6ldsvits, issued on Sen
day last warrant for the apprehension OF ]. Wood
man Hart. r. h. 8. Brown, and @. L. Ashton Han
kins, who are charged with having created, opened,
and set on foot and did promote and carry on In
this city, game and device In tho nature Of .
lottery, called Professor Hart's Great Gift Enter
prise the Same being in violation OF the statute In
such case &c. The warrant was placed In the hands
OF Sergeant Elder, and officers Underhill and Gal
lagher Of the Second district police court who pro
ceeded to the premises SIT and $40 Broadway. On
seated In the place where the tickets sold. Ser
geant Elder asked for Professor Hart, and gave his
name IS Sloate Mr.. Dodge then went up stairs and
came down, and said Mr. Hart was not within. The
ohcefs then arrested Dodge and went mp stairs, and
finding the door locked. and not opened on their de-
mand, broke II open, and entered q room where
number OF young girls we're found engaged 10 fold,
ing newspapers called the Whole World, and heard
great scufiiing as though persons were making
down the back stairs on going to the back stairs
they found all the persons had escaped They then
proceeded to search the premises, when they fouad
Of
and gentleman, for which the sum OF dollar was
to be paid The premises presented q very desolate
appearance no property Of any description was
persons named in the warrant were not to be found
The police are in pursuit Of them.
In addition to the above we have received the
following
Edwin Waterbury The proprietor of the Water
bury gift enterprise" having been prosecuted by
the Corporation Attorney, in behalf Of the Cover
nors Of the Almshouse, and kept under arrest for
the last fortnight In default of finding the bail re-
quired-$50 ,000-lately made the following ap
peal to the Governors, in order to obtain his
liberation
NEW YORK, June 20, 1854.
To EDWARD G. WEST, ESQ.,, Governor, &c.:-Sir--
You are aware Of the suit recently commenced
against me by the Governors of the Amshousc,
wherein am now held to bail In large amount for
my appearance to answer alleged violation of the
laws Of the State Of New York against ottees DC,
by reason Of selling "gt tickets" for my Exhibition.
With reference to the above / beg leave to state
to said Governors, through you, that never in
tended to violate any law by the sale Of such tickets
and until the commencement OF this suit believed
that what was doing in accordance with strict
right-that since the commencement of this suit
have been advised that the sale of gift tickets
illegal, and ! accordingly have given up the
sale of such tickets, and am ready to abandon the
project forthwith although in so doing subject
respectfully ask that the above suit be discontinued
and that be discharged from arrest. Yours, most
respectfully, EDWIN WATERBURY,.
On the matter being discussed before the Board
of Governors it agreed that in consideration of
Mr.. Waterbury's having expressed contriton for
his offence, they would consent to his discharge
upon his executing bond with sufficient security
to the Governors to forever abandon the project,
and to notify his country agents of the fact. Wa
terbury gave the required bond, and was according
" discharged from custody on the 9Th inst.
Josiah Perham against whom an order of arrest
had been granted, in the sum Of $4,000, has not
yet been arrested.
We deem it proper to inform the public that
all of these gift enterprises are Illegal, and
are nothing more than ingeniously devised
operations, by which simple people, principally
in the country and in most cases poor opera
tives, male and female are gulled out Of their
ney, by an attractive but delusive promise of farm
and other vauablcs, worth hundreds Of thousands
of dollars which the getters up Of the schemes have
never SEEM except in their advertisements. In the
meantime the sheriff must do his duty, by catching
Perham, the most successful Of the gift enterprise
spectators.
COMMON PLEAs-SPECIAL TERN.
before Hon. Judge Ingraham.
July 1.-The Governors Of The Aims House Mr..
Hor.-Application was made by Mr. L. L. Buckley couh
sell for Hart to discharge the order Of bail that had
granted in this upon adavts tending show that
the statute against lotteries had been violated Many
authorities in support Of his position quoted by Mr.
Harris COUNSEL and the matter argued forciby and
at great length by Mr.. Buckley and the corporation
counsel The Court took the papers and reserved its de
cision.