, 1866-12-19
ALLEGED LOTTERY SWINDLlNG.
a MAN Losea Thirty Thousand Dullarx
on - Policy s1Ipss,-Honornbic John
morrt.%<y and Honorable Zen Wood,
with others, Named In tho Order OF
Arrest, &c.

A man Losea Thirty ThoUsand Dollars
on - Policy S1lpss,-Honornblc John
morri.>ey and Honorable Zen " ood,
win Others, Named In the Order OF
Arrest, &c.
(Frou, the New York Hcr41d.1
SUPERIOR CoURr -CHAABEns.- BJorr
yudse Nontu.-An order hns been issued BY
Justice Mcneil on the application of Charles
=. Spencer, Of counsel, for the arFest or John
MoT1tesey, John A.. Morris. William c.
William L: Simmous, JAct.b Bauch, David
L. Reed. Benjamin Wood. Jacob Dlauveit-
John McGee, Antonio Nathan, WIIIiam
Ward, William Gran, E. W. Hulse and Oscar
Clark. all Of whom the Sheriff Is directed 10
bail in tho sum Of 8, 600 each
affidavit Of Nelson B. Odell. . cooper in
Vest Nineteenth street, near Tenth avenuc,
who deposes that during the two wears last
past he has lost the sum Of So ,000 at differ
enI lottery ard policy shops kep, aud main-
taincd hy tho aboye defendants. of which
sum $1,000 was lest at the shop Kept by Jl-
cob Blanyelt at No. 20 Washington street
81 ono in TOO chop kept by John sIcGee, at
IS seventh avenue Zoo a1 the ships Of \.
3. Nicholson, Nos. e6 yesry street aud ~
th;y1 nhsy strest } Rsi At 'hs snop a. ef one NJ
William Graft, 81 Whitehall street; s,..oo1
ct the shop Of E. ". Hnlse, 1855
Greenwich street; aud $1,000 at No.
2 Fulton street; aud he charges that the
aboye defendants we're interested in the
aforesaid winnings from deponent. He fur
ther deposes that the sums 50 lost hI him
were Oh policies sold to him By defendants.
known as LOTTERY policy slips.''' pnrpoItin:
to be decided By the drawings Of 1he :. Ken
tucky State Lottery" and "sheloy College
Lottery, of Kentucky" which he alleges arc
t'owned, managed, controlled, manipulated
aud conducted by the first ten detel,dauts''
above named. That depnncnt Is informed,
and believes and expects TO b: able 10 Prove,
that tho drawings OF said Kentucky lotteries,
instead of having been lawfully aud fltrly
drawn for the decision Of the numbers Of saii
slips, SO BY him purchased, have been false
Is and fraudnlently drawn. duriu:: the en-
tire period In which said defendants o5-
tanned. as aforesaid, the SIS, ,ooo Of this de-
ronent's money. or, Wien regularly drawn.
pave been falsely and fraululently sup
pressed, and other numbers, which bad NO.
been drawn, falsely inserted in their plate.
with the view Of cheating and delraulin..
this dcpouent and ether PARSONS "!s" ,aAdc
similaE. purchase Of alps from the defendants
Aforesaid"
Deponent then describes in his ati:day:s4
SONG Of the tricks and devices resostrv
to by defendants to effect these il!-e md
ment Of one Lewis Davis to supsrnts,.., tks
drawing Ia Kentucky, and to telegraph in
cipher tho result to defendants, who com.
pared then. With the numbers on the rnli,y
slips sold BY them; and Il the drswin:.
owncrs and managers, they wi!sal!y.
dellh,e5ately, wicked. f,!se'y. aid
numbers so drawn In kcntuc1y. aai r.
placed them By other numbers wAtcl we're
In agreement with the interests of such psn.
eTs and managcrs.n
Another "lr.ck ard DEVICE" he d,.r,ses
was to exclude from the observation Vi ~
drawing all persons not in the Interest uf Tic
said owners and managers, and to ''>;,eS'
the rooms where said drawings were in .ie
with myrmtdons and agents of thcs ava:
that one Of the parties thus employed 10
prevent the Intrusion Of the public r;,n H..
false drawings was John n. Br,.S-, y Ii, .a
one occasion, acting under orders Of ,he
owners and managers Of the lrl sing, ,l,
pended draTiuC for the ayowc.l rca>u:, that
said drawing should not be witnessed hy arr
person who was not connected with " IL H..
interest Of said owners and managers.
Appended to the affidavit oil N.',,p g.
Odeli Is an affidavit OF one Nelson Ferris.
who deposcs thAt after having Sustained
ht0vy lossrs In the purchasing ot F." I..scy
slips" he WAS provided OIL one ucca>i,, hv
one OF the managers Of the Kentucky hi
teries. with key to q cipher used by ,Lc,n
10 transmitting the results VI the dra~ia.. ly
telegraph, aud instructed tu 70 to Albany
with the understanding that he should be
furnished In advance Of the drawing with The
numbers which we're to appear Is lG!y.
ing been lcgitimatcly drawn that tlc
went to ALBANY according to III.
structions aud while there received, IN ai-
vance OF the time advertised Ior the draw
ing, the numbers, in cipher, That were to APP
Ecar as having been drawn, and tha. with
this Information he purchased policy slip Of
John A. Hall, No. s Beaver street. an nnc
Koscesans, No. H. Exchange plac,-. !sln1n,.
that the three numbers purchased by him ~
aforesaid APPEARED, duly curtiacd by kha-
Conmtss'oners, rs having been drawn, 9nd
that be was paid by Rosccsana the surn nf
SlD, that being the amount Of the risk
taken by him, lc C1osecsans} surprising \.
had mt heAD AacftJo1