Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-08

III said that the records Of complaints before la trim
nails agan. lottery men viii show hut few instances .
belief the Injurious tendency Of the business being
tho VI the complaint The bisinr-- Of matchmaking
lottery sdeyeoped In recent before tribunals
IN this city and elsewhere, would 10 bo pr1htnhlc
The system Is described as follows:
la lottery man IL ~ be the victim, i, employed
TO buy ticket and make ae>mplant The police magls.
rate issues warrant, aud the lottery man is arrested aud
hold to bail iorexannatlon The black mailer then goes
to TIE accused and represents hai he knows the complain
10 be- WORTHLESS scamp that he has him IN his power
and got him ont OF the city, that he cannot appear
{, testify on the complaint aud TINT he will 'ct This or
certain sum less than penalty would Do II convicted.
The amount u Of course paid varying from ono hundred
10 hyo hundred dollars according to the ability Of The nc-
cused u pay,
ofgOod address 70 get acquainted with newly elected
oirial anxious to make display Of virtue and olur 70
assist him In forays lottery managers, Perhaps hr aids
him IN two or three operations Tie then goesto tlemun
Of some large concern and akcsu proposition either
fora salary o. portion Of their PROFITS 70 them
against all police Interference aud lawsuits to my their
expenses In nrh Iflhe lottery man isirigened
he nNkes agreement of this kind, understanding, al
tho matchmaker does. that tho latter shall neither mike
any complaints himself allow others do So In this
way yast OF money have been drawn from lottery
men and somemcsly thosein small offices where they
/ hold ttls power.
LHGALI1gn LOTTERIES
Nptwitandng ut thcIr arc hut four States at present
legalikng lotteries, 1t issiaed that the business now al
most as extensive as when was thrown open free in all
the States The total amount VI money Invested Ia the
business is cftlmated at 4i,000Ou annually Tho profits
by extensive as one may Imagine al ftr
instance the immense firm Of Wood, Eddy Y Co.. after
paying all expenses, is sail To ta,ils hut a1n nix per
cent Of profit the sales Of tickets As stated previously
tho only legal lotteries now in operation in Georgia.
Missouri, Delaware and Kentucky. The Georgia lotteries
non0polize the southern market and have greatly injured
tho sale of tickets for the Havana lottery which was
merry very popuaE at the South The following state
ment made u the sales Of tickets of tho lega,ed o,te
fies In the United States.--
Sales in the wood Eddy 4 CO 4 lotcric. IN Delaware
Kentucky, Georgia, Missouri and Maryland,
per year, 5000 900
sales ~ inc Havana lottery l,jOO,000
THE LOTTERIES wo on, RDDY s co.
Hy the above statement it wuuld appear that til lotteries
Of WOOL Eddy 10 cOfupiE a the legal grants but one
and Gn great bulk OF the business in this country We
rrop'o give hrcf history Of the firm Wood Eddy
Go Ms far as practicable from accessible materials.
An application made hya years since to the Lcgsa.
turo Of Alabama for the endowment Of tho southern Mill.
tary Academy Of that state Accordingly franchise was
granted for lottery, and s. swan selected by the
Military Academy to manage their business. This was
conducted for three years the drawings taking place at
Montgomery aud Mobile, public. The grant expiring In
1857 Samuel Swan Co leased the Fort Gaines aud Sparta
Academy lotteries in Georgia. which have been draw IN.
interrnpc1y without doubt OF their legality up to 1857
The Ollowing copy the original grant on which no
Georgia lotteries Of Swan 60. were based =
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