, 1875-11-21
POLICY.
r~+ent to Which the Nefarious
Business Is Carried.
canyasing the Shops and Manufac'
tories for Customers.
1rdneemeats Held 0ut---Proflts Of q Gig
1.-The Tickets.
Where the Shops Are Located.

Where tho Shops Are Located.
Tn bis war upon the swindIe:s An'
.h;.@ee Of tbs city, Superintendent Hickey has
.nn, f.1. permitted class, the most nefaxioas O
th.,n ri, to escape his attention. The policy
a.,,ars hide themselves in out-of-the-vav places
IN. ,be,r bauuts must be knc3n to the police
nn-.e lottery dealers are confdence-men Of tht
,aost desricable description The poorest Of th'
,,oor sra tnei1 victims. and their infamout
.;henes cause more misery than Ill the othel
sriodIpE devices combined. The thicklv-set
lid teaement sections Of the city are theil
ehossu 6eids OF operations. To the pool
,sbore., vhoec toll brings him but = pit.
tsuoA scarce enough to provide for bis
d.itr wants, the chance to win Tl0f
tr m iures.nert Of few shillinss is An aIur.
,ne one md be fall TN ecsy victim to the plaus-
nj. no!cy-ege1.. 1t is cot easy, By aay means,
"a break from tho t:,:oldou OF this epccles Of
r.mbIng: OF the contrary, poicy-rlayers will
make the greatest sacrifices to crafty their pas
.ou for play. Playoss win but rarely, and they
seIdom maze :. nit " largo enough to pay back
to them the money they invested in tempting
fortune.
Cacaso is more thoroughly worked by the
lottery thieves than anv other city i'll the United
States. The dealers seem to have no fenr OF
the pol!ce and thcy laugh 1t the severe statutory
u,uhihtions OF their buxiness. There are 1t
present in this city
Two pIsTEcr ORGANIZATIONS.
The .uore powerful il this. controlled by sim-
ruoas, Dickinson l. Co.. the reputed bona-dde
prop,ietors Of the original Kentucky iottsry. The
cshe. organization is ~ ousgrowth from the
gmpons comhinahon, and is consequence OF
qua.1e! barueeo the managers Of the lottery bus
ipe#s ot tho country. These TWO companies
send ans7 from Chicago every year, to men vino
ne not in any way identified NTH our local in
te1est.. orer s250.00a. net 8 penny Of which e-er
retu1ns. This vast sum is gathered in raupers'
pence no SUN being too small for the agents TO
aecspt ~ renture. The headquarters Of the
rival organizations a1o On Dearborn street
Tbs manager of the Simmons combination is
nsmsd Dodd, and he IL located in Cobb's Build
Ing, No. z2t Dearborn street, Rooms Is and 2G.
nan named Marion manages the other COM
biratiou, and he holds forth in Speeds Building.
127 Dearborn street. Room 90. Tho drawings Of
the former are said to be made in Covit eton hv.,
and those Of the :attor in Louisville, of :he Same
etsts.
THE REB-AGETTF,
OF writer's Of policy. are not easy to find They
screen their atfarous calling 10 80 many WAYS
that the task Of unear1hiug them IL not At ali an
esey one. MANY =" writeas' Keep hqaor-s.o,es,
ot5ers have ugar-etores. and there is nothing
sbout their piaces to Indicate, to 3 novce, that
policy IL written there. The experienced plaver,
however, No eoouer crosses the Threshold of one
OF these derg thnn his trained eye Lights iuteili-
gently npoa al 1nuocent-looking green scl een,
q hossd-}al.ition, eenesauy lighted by = door,
1 Euu31 ~ l. H..
behind which the .'slics," or dtawines. a,e ar
rsIged oouveniAntly for the inspection Of play
e1R-
TEE BcHEu
ordinarily IL a. follows: OF soventy-two num-
bera put into the wheel 1t Louisville or Coriny-
and tbose numbers are the winning ones 4
p!ayac has confidence that u certain nun1be1 will
Be drawn from the wheel first, and he invests 10
cents uron bis opinion. Should he win he is
p11 Sa or ut tbs rate OF 50 conts for every peu-
uy Invested He il at liberty to select any s'a~
ton OF the fourteen FOR his number, and II tha
rulabcr bo drawn III that Station lie Ii paid .5e
Bzme premium,-1bst is, S 90 per cent On lis ia~
Now, 1t can readily be seen TINT il
Ehe drawing were fairly made the player would
The drawings are made he has no chance what
sTer. Tie numbers are not drawn from the ]
kheel uut,l the books Of al the agents have |
been received at headquarters, and the ii. plays
noted It ia hardly necessary to add thar the !
urs not drawn from tho wneel. With old |
plars,s
THE s.a1on
n thu roost nornl.r form of NAV. oic NAV
,onsist n three for1r or fiye nnrnhers- "a w,n
,n r;e II It he one of three nnn7hera hi the
uunbers mnst ha drawn from rha xIae] In "A
E,e-onmbAr rip threa nnnohers mnst he drawn
|rn,n the wneaf in order for Iha rlayar tn mako
81 Tha hit in the event Of tina apnea: ance il, .ha
t11sinr Of onlv three numbers Is but traction
n rhst,t r-,'d - =, r,sa ~ ~ rnnha-s ora
3,.vn. ror e1annla. A niav Of Is cents il
nade mon i've nnmbers. # the numbers are
III draTn The r3ayer wirs $50 So: If but three
cumtnra Of the t,vo ara d, avn the n'a1er oets
D. IS or one-teutb Of the rraatest amouut o.
Ibse to be Won on The combinat;ou. III, reason
lou this is thar i've nnn,bena are snecsn.ibia Of
Een diferent comh;nat;ona nf throe nnmhcrs
sach or. in tha rorla of the nojicv-vntaTs
: i've nutabe,s make teu rips."
10 m&1A twice eTGfT daT, at Ii O'CLOCK IN the
unsnrnsa ,h,+ n, +,,aua hon,s 10 nnwl.ara dr,wn