New-York tribune., 1876-02-15
THE HEADS OF LOTTERY swINpIrs.

HISTORY or TnK SIMMONS FIRM - IT'S POWER ~
NEw-YoEK ~ YolNEH YfAk--IIE ToucE IFS
sLAyFS-nOW rEoPiE W.EE ChtAIED.
Xicharah l.. Simmons, commonly known as
Epn" Simmons. rs a naive OF baltimore ahd went
from that place to Philadelphia, wncrc he learned the
.ojtoly bu,inr-s. lie to this city la 1916. aud
formed tbs acquaintance OF benjamin Wood ~hp was 3t
that time the leading policy man" ia Nowl orb.
Simmons wis possessed of great skin In hsires
and In making calculations. and account o.
this was soon appointed chief clerk In the lot
,ery establishment 81 BruGman Wood. He
rnaincd with bIr Wood IN ihis capacity up To lS57 ia
that year he bought tLo interest OF william France
Richard France. Charles II. Murray. and George Eddy,
snd became manager of the Delaware State Lottery.
subsequently he bought the Kentucky state Lottery,
which has been repeatedly sold since that time. The
Hnn name WAS C. H. Murray d Co.. thea simmons * Co,
aud is simmons Dickson X Go. Simmons Is believed
to haye made sl.OOOOOO in tho lottery business.
and Ia stated to be very liberal in his expenditures
which, il is said. ced 100000 year In september,
1875 Simmons sold all hut per cent of his Interest Ia
EonjlIlin Wood. Samuel ~ Dickson. Thomas Simmons.
MadisOu Jcllrr-. and David Reed
william Simmons IL n younger brother o. H. T.. Sim
mons educated and trained In the lottery busi
ness by HIM Chester Simmons * hlsn younger brother
oi H. l.. Simmons. j. Howard Adams is agent for the
managers and receives the drawings from the Kentucky
Io:try. lie is employed "A salary OF 5000 year
John H. Morris is tho Of All old lottery manager.
Francis Morris lie lives in No~Oreans. and is one
OF tho stockholders in the Louisiana state Lottery.
lie partner IN the firm, tie members or
which are Iuado defendants in the suit pend
Ing. lie not now however, connected with the nrm
Jacob Bluca an owner In the Lottery recently
pronounced fraudulent by the Court of Appeals OF the
state OF Missouri and manager at the lime when
Roodigcr made his losing investment Charles H. Muir
ray was formerly tailor in buffalo, NewYurk. Io was
brought TO this city In 1912 by Dudley s. Gregory Co,
and made clerk In their lottery establishment io has
been IN the business that time, and il is be-
loyod that he las amaSscd fortuno Of about 81 900 900
lie s connected with the Louisiana and 81. Louis
Lotteries.
fhe power OF the lottery managers In this city was
very great In 1871 and In several previous years On
benjamin Woods retirement from the business Zlchariah
l.. simmons succeeded him. and gave to each Of his
brothers large amount OF stock appointing William L.
simmons manager and Chester Simmons superintendent.
In few years tho brothers accumulated wealth.
which they spent avislly. THIS firm had it, principal
office Oh the Bowery. between Prince and Houston STA
IL was known TRINITY Chapel" and there. under
cse OF selling sewing-machnes. the greater part OF
the policy business Of tho city transacted by the
managers. The themselves not known to
the policy dealers but Tweed ex-senator Norton james
Barclay. Aldermen Cuddy and o'l;nen deeply
implicated AS tie principals Of the nrm The
sin,nons brothers opened offices in different parts
OF the city, In which they installed their
dealers, who paid them 30 per cent OF all their
profits The Simmons brothers were closely allied with
the Taininany RIng aud through william l.. Simmons
the business with the city officials trans
actcd In his walks he was always followed by party
Of rougis called "le,rs" and these employed
" shadowing" any person whose movements the firm
wished have followed Two other notorious
members oi the firm Of Simmons Co. were
" illiam Cook and Andrew skochan. Tho for
mer was adopted OF Bowery tobacco