The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-01
swINDLE EXPOSED.
LOTTERY SCHEME GONE UP.
THE BUBBLE PRICKED.
THE AGENT IN LIMBO.

S THE AGENT IN LIMBO. -,
Notice was made in yesterday mora
ing's paper of huge lottery SPINDLE
that had been attempted by parties in
this city. At the time Of writing the
report it was not known that the off,
GERS of the Law we're on the track of
the parties engaged init The pub
lication of the. article FASTENED the
prosecution in the case, the facts of
which are about as follows About
four weeks ago a mai" who signed his
name as A. E. Allen, visited the Post
office and mailed large number of
letters to parties in various parts Of
the State. It is estimated that, du
ring the four weeks past, at least
1900 letters we're mailed, some to
postmasters- and others to other par
stiesAM .s4TZau Il II
Y Mr., Allen, it is stated; on the de.
livery of5the letters, Offered. to- give
the post Office clerks ten dollars each
if they would attend to his mail an
say nothing about it, ii: Several letters
we're addressed simply to the Post
master, without "a further direction,
and of ceurselthese we've supposed to
be intended for the Postmaster in this.
city, hence they were opened. 2 The
following is a copy of the letters adj
dressed to Postmasters': gust
I4sU [cAPFrA4 s500,OOQ]1esg -
OFFICE UrSIoN DOLLAR SALE Co.,
EVANSVILLE, IND, Jan. %, 1858
Mr.. Postmaster=@e
DEAR Sra Wishing to extend our
business in your vicinity as rapidly as
possibleS we will offer you the follow
Ing extra inducement for the next
ten days from the above date. Ifyou
| will send us a club of 120 and so,
/, with at least. 20 names we viii send
you free gratis gold hunting watch
worth $50. 1t is understood that GER
tifgate9 must, be gfoFv 20 persons ex-
elusive Of yourself and all for bona
fide parties, and we guarantee the
cwatch. sent you to- be as good as can
be bought for the. above sum west of
New York Bear inr mind@that the
} more ualnes the better, for on the re-
turn of certificates is where we must
lsbe repaid No other commission will
; be given on thee club. VIII forward
watch on, receipt of cash promptly
! zsbsssT zeYours, truly .+ye5I
a9ab A. g. ALLEN,
Private. for Agepts,.E Secretary. !.
This letter. at once led to suspicion,
and Capt. Willard, Deputy Prescott
ing Attorney for the Circuit Court,
was invited to be present at the open
IEing ofthe mail the night following to
learn what facts he could on which 20
base prosecution On opening the
mail some forty Of fifty letters ad-
dressed to the party named were
found, and on holding them up to the
light, all, except those so thickly en-
velepedl that the light would not
strike through, were found to contain
money. Several of the letters were
registered, and those of course were
accompanied by. way bills giving the
name of the party sending the money.
Many Of t ese weFeiat once written to,
for facts concerning the circulars, and
other steps we're taken to get proof
on which toBase suit. Yesterday
morning the, man answering to that
name was arrested at the Delmonico
Saloon by Sheriff Miller and Deputy
Constable Morris on the charge of
obtaining money under false preten
ses, and taken before Esq. Stinson,
who'hel@ the prisoner to bail in the
sum ofS2, 800 Subsequently change
of venue was taken. and an argument
as to the amount of bail required
raised. Esq. Walker fixed the amount
! at $1,000 and the accused gave bail
| for his appearance for trial next Fri
day. Captain Willard appeared for
1.-THE prosecution and Gen. Shaekelford
for the defense.
FROZEN TO DEATH-Ye sterday
morning a man was found dead in