Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-06-11

give up their authority, although it has been
revoked by the mayor. They have already |
appointed eight hundred police officers from
among tn. worst population in the city. |
They have also arrested several men known
to belong to the vigilance committee.
Monday morning .-On Saturday the mayor,
having had his life guaranteed, proceeded to
the st. Charles hote. and met the city council,
whereupon he was impeached and Nj. Is
Summers, president Of the board of aldermen
elected in his place. Col Forno, chief of
police, was dismissed, and Col. Jaques APP
pointed in his place The old police has in
consequences been rc-organizod under Jaques.
Tuesday The municipal authorities are
engaged in arresting all who are implicated
in the vigilant movements. Writs are also
issued for the arrest of the leaders on charge
Of high treason.
SEVENTEEN BoGus LOTTERIES BROKER Cr.-
Mayor Ticman of New York continues his
war on the lottery dealers. His officer, SER
| gent Berncy, has just been on an exploring
expedition in Eastern Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, and has exposed and broken up
seventeen of these swindlng establishments
in couple Of days, making II total of sixty
nine already blown upby Mayor Ticmap S
efforts.
| At North Salem and Atkinson Depot, y.
H., some half dozen of these establishments
mailed and received letters but the managers
resided at Haverhil, I Mass. At Atkinson
Depot 500 letters were found addressed to
these swindlers, which had accumulated in a
single day. At South Kingston they found
a concern managed by George F. Carlton anc
A. A. Burbank, the Postmastcr's son, botl
of whom fed at the approach of the officers
Similar concerns were found at Newton
, Nashua and Manchester, but not one of thu
, villains was arrested. Four establishment
of the same sort were hunted up IN Boston
using the names of C. H. Parker e Co., G
W. Moor & Co., William II. Ayers 81 Co.
> and Carter & Co., In all the cases mention
ed the postmastcrs of the different place
have orders to send letters addressed to tn
swindlers to the dead letter Office at Washing
ton, where they will be opened and tn
money returned to the dupes.
At Plaistow n. H., the nominal firm wa
Plummer & Co., the real operator bein
n VIM. P. Shutc, who made his escape. H
u swindle issued circulars with ten accompany
II ing tickets and scheme announcing prizc
- to the amount of 100000, directing thei
: to persons all through the country who,
10 was thought, would be likely to assist {
n agents, giving them one-tenth Of the pr
4 ceeds of all tickets sold. The tickets pu
a ported to entitle the holder to an admission
lie a grand levee, ball or festival. About 1910
DC tickets were sent out every month with
new scheme, and about one-third of q
!, whole number were generally sold. Not lor
v. ago 1900 letters were received in one mai
a. The lottery has been in existence about thr
years, and has never been known to distribu
ly q single prize. Shutc has realized
70 fortune and lives in luxurious style
ar This was the general plan of all these swim
-. ling operations, and is said to have been OIL
~ ginated by Shute
on Sergeant Berney could not induce one Ju
let tico in five in that part of New lIampshi
We to sign the necessary warrants, most Of the
he being afraid Of the offenders, and one of the
AZ giving as a reason that his son was in t
i, business.
or We have no doubt that thousands of dc
IS; lars 60 from this State to support such
no similar swindles. Hundreds of such esta
mt lishments are in operation all over the cou
49, try, and the wonder is that there are foe
III enough living to keep them in operation
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