New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-14
MORE BOGUS LOTTERIES BROKEN UP.

York Sergeant berney discovered the import ant fact
that several Of the bogus concerns that 10 an immense
amount of business professedly in this city in reality
have their headquarters 10 other parts Of the country
Twelve Of these establishments have been broken up
roo. and branch by the e1ertous of Mayor Tiemarn,
Sergeant Berrey and their assistant officers but these
gentlemen aware of the existence of three more
heavy swndling lotteries in our vicinity but for long
time have been unable to discover their exact where
abouis These establishments published each monthly
paper-the Benefs,tor, which was devoted to pub
lisbipg the lotteries of F.. Cooper No 81 Wall street
the American Monthly Ledger" purp,rtiug to be
pubshed by j. II. Hall Co. to advance their lottery
business at No. 81 Wall street; andthe Golden Era,
which aivccs ;ed the superior claims on the public Of
the lotteries Of Charles W. Morton Il Co., No. l02
Wall street. The "Benefsctor purported to b,
printed in Jersey City 10000 Of each of these Pc
rodcals have been printed monthly, and mailed to
cry portion of the United States and Canada The
plan of addressing the letters the one usually adopted
that Of obtaining from directories and post.
Office li:ts, and such Ike documents.
Tie plan of doing business is described in very few
words The.e lotteries never drawn at sll. Cir
culsrs were issued iattering inducements held out;
greenhorns bit, sent their money to pay for tickets,
and received their tickets or certificates by return OF
day of drawing came round, all these tcketholiers
were duly informed that they had drawn blanks aud
were solicited to try their luck sgain No prizes
err drdrn therefore the entire ,ps Of the
were net profit, save small margin for advertising
postsge office rent, &c. For six years have these
swipdlirg concerns carried this business aud in
that short time the poprctos have accumulated f'r-
tupes estmsted a. half mion of dollars, all inter
erted being Lox ndr pendeniy rich
The houses in Wall street whose numbers were a'ed
by the ndlers on their circulars, are all respectable
banking houses, having nothing to do with any lottery
business whatever.
The officers found that several hundred etters al
dressed to the three frms-E. Cooper, j. II. Hall &
Co., and Charles w. Morton & Co-were received in
this city every day and then re0ireced by cer
tain persons in tie L. S. PostOice TO the same firms
ct Norwich Connecticut
Sergeant Berney accordingly set out for Norwich on
Tu, sJay, the 9Th inst. He was provided with such
letters to persops in authority likely to procure
immediate aentionto hs request for official assistance
and sid
Mr.. William A. Buckingham, the Governor elect of
the State Of Connecticut, the State Attorney, the
Sheriff of Norwich aud other officers, entered into
the scheme ard rendered valuable aid The necessary
documents were prepared and Sergeant Berney, accom-
panied by the Sheriff, proceeded to NewLondon for
the purpose Of breaking up the f. Cooper concern,
which Fad its headquarters at that place. Arrived at
that town it was found that there two Offices in
the same budr e. the one the second aud the other
on the third floor, both occupied by tn, persons who
were inter sted in the lottery business. The office on
the second floor was closed when the Off made
their viit and they refused admission to the one
on tie third floor. When they discovered that they
could get into the place by fair mears, the Sheriff
turned and walked down stairs, whereupon one of the
inmates thinking that the iDtruders had gone, eau
ously opened the door ard put out his head aud was
Instant, grabbed by Berney, who had remained be-
hind for that very purpose. Three persons were ar
rested in this room; they are George A. Pratt, George
A. Pratt it, ard Samuel Freeman. George A. Pratt,
en, was the "E. Cooper" and the proprietor Of the
establishment.
These three persons were at the time of their arrest
engaged in opening letters they had received tina
morning, in addressing circulars, filling up blanks AMI
transacng all the business of their office. All thei
books, blanks, papers and instruments were seized
the officers, together with tin box containing so
and quantity Of postage stamps to the value OF about
$780, This money had just been taken from the letters
Of that morning mail.
The three swindlers were locked up in a room with
the Deputy-Sheriff, while Sergeant Berney and tn
Sheriff went back to Norwich TO arrest the others. In
this latter city the establishment OF c. W. Morton
Co. first engaged their attention. In this room they
srr sted W. L. b. Richardson, who was the proprietor
and the &C. W. Morton Of the concern, aud 4 Rich
ardson and Geo. S. Wright, who were the Co.
These persons were all work opening and mailing let
ters &c. All their papers and effects were seized and
they were locked up in the DeputySherff office I'M
I'll the officers could attend to the OF j. ii. Ha
Co.. the other swnjlirg establishment. Here were ar
rested Wm b. Petit and Jonathan w. Hooker who
represented 81. II. Hall & Co. H. this room also
were found many papers and large amount OF money
These gentlemen were placed in limbo with the
others, vile the officer made descent on tue
printing-ofce of james W. Forsyth, where the "God.
IN Era" ard the American Monthly Ledger were
printed. Here were seized James w. Forsyth, Hiram
lazen and L. Forsy th who were in the act of printing
the May number Of the paper The officers then pro-
ceeded to the pIrtipg-ofiice OF j. ~ Perry, and ar
rested John Trapgley, who engaged in printing gu
one OF Hoes Lightning Presses the May number OF
The "Benefactor,' the paper that purpored 10 nan
from jersey City. They then spprehended Mr. ID. f.
Sykes the EDITOR of the Nor~ict Courier Tor al
vetisiDg the swndlpg schemes, and thus closed their
list Of arrests.
The prisoners were held to bail by Judge Palmer to
appear before the Superior Couit.
As there are thousands Ct the spurious loteytckets
Of these three companies scattered throughout tne
country we give fac.similes Of those Issued by TIE
&C. W. Morton " establishment that the ANXIOUS
holders thereof where soeyer dispersed, may at once