The New York herald., 1868-05-21
able occupation conducted under the name a.d title


application for the temporary injunction the tickets
for the bogus drawing were ,9g 1e,1g rapidly disposed
biis, not twos or ives but tens and twenties came
taking. The fraud succeeded to nicety. and
would probably have satisfactorily progressed but
that 10 was nipped just as It was bl0ssoming. In
deed It was represented to the court by the eager
plaintiff that the whole enterprise was q complete
swindIe. Judge Brady listened 70 the PRAYER OF the
ws9 and sne Ss 1s
CLERK OF the court, temporary receiver, who
acting IN the interests OF a deluded public,
took possession OF O large pile OF letters
at the Post Oflce, all directed to the firm.
According to instructions Mr. Jarvis presented to the
court report from which it appeared that he had
received over 700 letters written by different persons
from all parts OF the country, and perusal OF few
OF aem disclosed the fact that the socaed business
$4,000, was that OF gift enterprise-a swndle and
fraud-doing nourishing business in the name OF
the 'North American Prize Concert" Mr.. JARVIS
considered it his duty to put the court In possession
OF the facts in furtherance OF the ends OF Justice.
Numbers OF the letters contained money and pre-
sented the most reireshing evidences Of rural sim
plicity on the one hand, as well as the mOdus Ope-
randi OF the swindlers ON the other. The tickets
were sold at 81 each and the following is the word
ing OF the precious document scattered broadcast
throughout the land:- .--t -
No,,h Amsr,..r pr,. cor..r.
T 70 be Drawn
Atthe Rink, Chicago, Ill
entities the holder to the prize drawn BY m cor
if In m P,1es Sn 20 Se drawh CONSIST Oh sao an
sifs in in GREEN acks. 1000
l gift in Greenbscks so
,3 gifts reenbacks. 5000
Other gfts-Rosewood Pianos, Watches, &c. -, ooo-
Total
Every other ticket draws prize. vv,,v .co q
Once los Randolph street. Chicago, ill.,
as a,rooov stotaa thosa ,icva,s soS ranidIv for
~, M s.a.eu ese LIN sSAssa .. @ SUN ,ybch
h ,e PrnSes weie @pms, wne 81 .'e S ncta% was
caicnafed 90 ove salsracon The great and most
s " eive @ ts % 81 H tn arm % was to
suISessu Ss IiCA on .e D,, Sdus =, y,,I @ nrtca s1
ph ps, papss nr;ntad ana sold Snr he nnrnose
and which the dupes, in addition the price Of the
70 ha ost i,n resnat ta the result Of the draw
1gs IN ee lie. nzes alleged to be drawn having
toarespuma'ng Hy hhoo1,ad snecn,ators boldno
Inc a. Se nrosnet nT SHd
a anu SeSt IN their enncatons for
oen Iortune, ~ oice seus i -, e. pptin f id
UV , ", Uot ot %e Ien rraanr.cTa ,a,aneo rs,o
Tenns Siamonds eters nonre IN from ali parts
t % t%o =, oct ncara tSan%s ~ the
q, 6 e @ ,; tSs % mmedate aesnaich oT his
urn ana requesting e nit e r m,s
VI ner pilAes ~ Lie s1voia ponvI '.Ousn ~ isen'
. t uae WY ya t % moru , .h & ,o
py .a' io WI w,net oUd % HUI S p;daS S -, U , uou'
g ~ hey sn per ond GeS oer .1 ndenta u
Then came in another food OF epistes from the
duped some expressing dlssatsiacuon at TINS new
demand WnIe others were snent,y cUntent con 10 pay A
petty $40 or s2o Dli Ia order % 10 nnay secure M tmer
prize. But no prize CAME VEGAS wouiu hie away
and not ieW, made wise Dy experience, let tne
matter rest. Not 80 with many, however, VINO, per,
ssting In their appeals to honesty and alr play were
at last rewarded with stock, rat shares In "The
Sand River Petroleum Prize Company" the certid-
cate Of which was elaborately engrossed and embel-
lished with cut of beautiful mining region, WV
IDLY depicting the ianu teemlng WIN gold, win men
busy at work and toling hard at tner earnest occ-
patlOn. The Tontspece certainty showed some
imaginary company to be prosperous one enough
TO make the shareholder chucke with delight 1t
was cOnsiderate or "Ihe North American Prize Con-
cert" to send around this envable ticket; but where
was the company Geography ana tne DIRECTORY
which hi poor poor sancho Panza 50 long yearned, had
more tangible exlSence than the region depicted IN
the certlncate. MI: Eilas even smeiled very pig
mice, and nnding himseii egreglousy sOid brought
the matter into court. Tnus ended the fraud,
which probably might have gone on nour-
tsh1ng Tor some time ouC Ior MS tlmely
Indignation, who, though he may derive
no benefit from the proceedngs VIII nevertheless
to tSe s''e old maxim that experience makes WISE
One Of the best features In the case Is that the de-
luded parties cannot take any decided action in the
matter as the law not only forbids the gut enter
prise system, but prohibits the public participation
therein so that those taking tickets for similar
e @ srn and
bear 1t. ,...o ... ,,,
more reaSs explain the feelings Of the
ed
dupe writing from Mount Carmel, Ill, on May 4,
he has LETT all his wit ana common sense In the
East. Sure ne has sent several dollars ana got no
pay back. The $50 shares OF the sand River Petro-
leum Prize Company, which ne got as q prize, he
could not sell ior one doliar. foor Ielowl Another
writng from Merom ON tne M sae aae, @ ooserves tnas
he had received his ticket, NO. l,946 which mad
drawn gold watch valued at $3.50, and That by send
ing six per cent OF that amount it would be for.
warded Immediately. NOW, nS wouid willngy send
the ~ ior tue Prize II te ITS. PITS wncn
he had won had come all rignt, out ~ hadn't. Ills
nrst prize, NO. 49, valued at Sloo percentage
81 50 which ne sent by registered letter. was ne had
been iniormed rosewood neoneon.) ne haa not
received anything OF we kinu. NOW, II Mr.. Kelly
would forward tne nrst prize, al ne had agreed ne
would send the last percentage. moreover, he did
not think that Kelly himself himself or any other sane
person would oe 30 inludci0us as 70 forward money
under similar circumstances he would not exactly
say tnat ke,y was numoag, Det ne snoulo nave 10
thlnk SO IL MS prize was not Sent he hoped things
would be made plain and satisfactory, but he would
ADD tnat ne did not understand tne sand River Pc
tr0leum Prize Company's certlncate. He desired an
expianati0n MI. Wepster, among the delrauded
Ones also blighted IN MS hopes OF gold,
pianos and STOCK writing rom Monroeville, Allen
county, Indiana, on Nay informs Mr., A. A. Kelly