Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-06-07

BOGUS LOTTERIES IN New HAMPSHIRE
BROKEN UP.-The Boston Herald gives de-
tailed account of the operations of Sergeant
Berney of New York, among a lot of bogus
lottery establishments located in New Hamp.
shire, thirteen of which he succeeded in
breaking up. We copy from the account in
the Herald:
1.-The towns of Plaistow, Kingston, South
Kingston, Newton, Exeter, Amherst, and Do
yer, were visited, and through his instrument
talty the operations of the following fictitious
firms, all located in those places, were brought
to light: Joel Miller & Son; Harrison, Rogers
& Co Kent, Marshall, Harmon, & Co.; E.
X. Spalding s. Co.; Hargrave, Pierson, & Co.;
A. l.. Howe, Wilson, & Co.; Wm. Plummer
Co.; Hargrave, Burton, & Co.; Foster,
French, Co.. E. s. ellison & Co.; C. r.
Bowen & Brother; B. F. Harper Brother
Carter, Jones, 6 Co.
Bogus lotteries, organized upon similar
plan to those recently broken up in Connecti-
cut, though on a somewhat smaller scale, have
been carried on by these firms for several years,
and the real conductors of them have grown
rich out Of their nefarious operations. The
lotteries are of the class known as gift lotter-
les, the tickets for which are usually sold at
one dollar each. Cash gifts of $4,000 and
less, horses, piano iortes, watches, iewelry,
drawings are announced to take place in Bos-
ton, Nashua, and other places in New Eng
land. The drawings, however, never take
place, and the purchasers Of tickets conse-
quently receive no return for their money ex-
cept slip of paper embellished in the highest
style of the topographic art, bearing the num-
Der selected. Thus tie managers are enabled
to reap rich rewards, as the expense attend
ing the printing and distributing of schemes,
tickets, &C., is very small, compared with the
receipts. Some idea of the extent of the bust
ness carried on by the firms snamed. may be
formed, when it is stated that their receipts
have averaged nearly one. hundred thousand
dollars d month. They receive from three
hundred to five hundred letters per day, and
no less than sixty thousand circulars and
schemes, and six hundred thousand tickets
had been issued for the month of June"
-Four Of the guilty parties were arrested,
viz: George T. Calding, VIM. 2. Shute,
Alonzo Shute, and Thomas Brady. Several
others were warned in season to escape imme-
date arrest, but their ultimate apprehension
is considered almost certain.
In accordance with the instructions of the
Post Master General, all letters addressed to
the above firms now to be transmitted to
the Dead Letter Office, from whence such as
contain money will be remailed to the send.
ers. No less than FIVE hundred of these let
tiers were forwarded to Washington on Thurs
day.
While in Boston on Thursday, ON his re-
turn to New York, Sergeant Berney succeed
ed in "showing up" the following parties,
who are said to be interested in various swim
ding operations. The names are doubtless
fictitious. The letters addressed to them here
after will be sent to the Dead Letter Office:
"Wm. H. Aver, George w. Moore, and G.
H. Parker, said to be concerned in the bogus
lottery business; Gustavus M. Howard, who
advertises to send upon the receipt of two
three cent postage stamps information of a
sure method of winning at all the various
games at cards ; Mrs. Mary E. Dewitt, lady
who, having been cured of great nervous de-
bility, after many years of misery desires to
make known, upon the receipt Of postage
stamp, a sure means of relief; and Professor
James I. Horn, who advertses to send, for a
| paltry consideration, receipts whereby the af-
fections of the opposite sex can be won"