The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-10
Card from Mr.. Hopkins.
WALES STAr1oN. Drc 81 Is-


MR: EDITOR As my friends gener-
ally desire to know the facts relative to
my misfortune that happened to me in
Nashville Oh the 9th OF Nov. last. /
have concluded to give them through
the medium OF your paper They are
as follows, fowl:
l got of OF the cars at the Chattanoo-
ga depot about midnight and as [ was
walking mp the street saw two men
walking a little way before me. on
oVertaking them | asked them to give
me directions to the Commercial Hotel
Ihey informed me that they too were
going there, and one OF them introduced
himself 10 me as W. w TPaylnr, A son
OF Gen. Traylor, a commander of forces
IN the Confederate army, and said to me
that he did not wish to say ANYTHING
that would injure the reputation of the
house; but that several robberies had
been committed there recently, and that
he would advise me if had any money
to deposit it with the clerk, which on
reaching the hotel, l did. We then
separated for the night. On rising next
morning (Which was about sun-rise) 7
found these same men (Traylor and
Plckrell) sitting in the hall room, called
Tor my money and received it from the
clerk and went to the market-house.
place and began conversation with me.
Traylor remarked to me that he had
purchased ticket i'm the benevolent
Bible Association" and that he believed
that he would go and see if it had drawn
prize and asked me to 90 with him and
also Pickrell, which we agreed to do,
not suspecting anything wrong. We
took the street leading towards the
Maxwell House and went into a respect
able looking house on said stree. Tray-
Tor Informed gentleman there that he
had purchased ticket in said AssOcia-
ton, and that he had calleI to see if it
had drawn a prize. He was informed
that it had drawn forty dollars, received
forty dollars ''shOrt one' with the priv
iiege of another ticket with which he
made another draw Immediately, and
and drew as prize three tickets on same
| Association" and then proposed TO
make me a present of one of them,
which at first refused but they pledged
To me their word that there was no
gambling in it, and that there was no
risk whatever on my part only the loss
of my ticket, which as / stated above,
was presented to me by Traylor. Per-
haps as some wrong reports are aflOat as
to how it was done, it is proper that !
should explain it in this place. They
different places on it, and was required
to draw tickets (numbered) and place
them on those on the table, and if the
mum Der OF each ticket was the same as
| that of the number on the table, l was
informed that | would draw a prize, but
that he Dunn, the superintendent
could not tell how much until the game
was through, and in the meantime 1
was required to put down SO much
money for each ticket drawn, at the
same time was assured that there was
no risk or gambling in it, which l was
induced to believe, and suspected moth
ing wrong until Dunn having been
closely Intercepted, stated that he him
self had only two chances in forty.
When he said this, / told them that l
was Out-that was done. Dunn, then,
when he saw that l was in earnest, took
all the money that ! had been prevailed
upon to put down, simply as a rule of
the lottery as they called it, and the re-
port that l had won two or three hun
dred dollars is not true, for / did not
know what the tickets had drawn.
Traylor and Pickrell used the other two
tickets and Il circumstance convinced
me while the tickets were being drawn
that there was no risk in it, which was
that Traylor threw down a roll of paper
instead of money, and Dunn said that
that would do. was misled by another
circumstance, to-wit: That Traylor
and Pickrell had induced me to believe
that they were my friends and strangers
to Dunn.
would here state that 1 am no gamb-
Ter, never was, nor never was in a gamb-
ling house before, and did not know it
then until it was too late.
Will you, Mr.. Editor, do me the favor
to publish this in your paper?
G. j. HOPKINS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this Dec. 9TH, 1874.
j. L. PEARCY, J. P.