The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-28
A WAR AMONG POLICY MEN.
CENTRAL OPERATORS SQUEEZING
THE INDEPENDENTS.
Police Raids and False Drawings Tbreat-
ened to Those who will not Give up Finy
Per Cent. Of their Clear Winnings.

Police Raids and False Drawings Tbreat-
ened TO Those who will not Give up Finy
Per Cent. Of their Clear Winnings.
Policy players have for weeks past been
ground between the upper aud the neither
milestone. The casual "hits," which, however
little they may compensate for the misses inter-
vening, are stlll soothing to players, have lat
terly to a great extent remained unpaid. The
primary cause OF this seems to have been a
change In the central management Of tho lot
teree. Two contending powers have long been
active In the control OF the lotteries, and the
"outs" by the turn OF fortune became the "ins."
They Immediately commenced operations by
inauaurating q policy intended to SO severely
squeeze the hackers OF the 1900 policy shops
now running in this city as to compel them TO
pay largely for the use Of the drawings. For the
beneht OF those not Informed upon lottery
methods, II may be well to explain that the
drawings which annually devour the earnings Of
thousands of foolish black and whlto votaries Of
chance are those Of certain chartered and legal
ized lotteries IN kentucky. The managers of
these schemes are generally old New YORK
policy dealers who own and back anywhere
from ten to nfty policy shops here. The shops
so owned pay usually half their earnings for the
privilege OF ueing and being served promptly
with the numbers drawn daily or oftener. This
percentage would constitute an enormous sum
II the managers could collect from every policy
shop. IL happens, however, that many OF the
MY MY Gap,tal'sts VINO & oaGs .ne,r @ own DooIs So,
own wiDuings-pay no royalty whatever to the
central management. IL is only those who
tion or who have too small capital to pay for
" "protection"-i. C., police immunity-who pay
the royalty and enjoy the powerful central favor.
When the change In the central management
was effected fortnight ago, the managers re-
peated am oft-tried dodge to make the tndepen-
dent hackers accede 10 their demands. Within
TWO or three days players won OF such b1ckers
PLAYERS had made their large hits on successive
days that the independents suspected the trick.
As soon, however, as IL became apparent that
they alone were the losers, they repeated the
| old system Of reprisal, l. e., whenever player
| bought heavily at their offices upon certain mum:
bers they backed the same numbers to equal
amounts In the Offices owned by the combina-
| tion. The managers. however. proved equal to
the emergency. 1hey had ordered their books
| sent In early, and when 1t was ascertained that
| the numbers had been hit to equal amounts In
their own oflces, they were not permitted 10 be
drawn. II did happen that they overlooked plays
| IN two or three INSTANCES, and J. II. Burr one OF
the managers. was "hit " for 1850. lie refused
| to pay the winning, and lively light ensued,
| even In the management. IL was asserted by
the management that the trick was wholly the
| job OF employees, and all hits to large
| amounts on those numbers were declared OF
by regular as well as independent bscker.
"Henry" and "Old Kentucky" drawing a
Greenwich street dealer had been beaten out Of
S,I Sss,Sss so otbes "crooRed ios,nss amount,nS To-
nesrly $4,000, ali OF which have not yet been
settled. Tue conflict become routrdnce. lhe
| managers threatened to close the doors of their
Kentucky drawings. The shops of the indepen-
| dents were raided by the police. aud, for some
| unexplained reason, none backed by tue man
agement were moiested. The managers called
two meetings OF conference with the indepen-
| dents. one, held several DAYS ago. was generally
| attended, and at II the managers announced
their uitimatum, demanding nity per cent Of
| the gross receipts IN excess Of hve per cent,
| which they conceded TO the hackers for ex-
| penses. The wealtnier Of the independents de-
| clined this proposition scornfuliy. Tpey were
| threatened with police raiding and With such
| continuous false drawings as would eventually
| drive them out OF the business. manager
| said to one OF them: We can load the tubes
| and draw any number we want-,nd we'll 10 It,"
| The second meeting was held on TUESDAY,
night last 10 a back room Of Military Hall or
| the IL management were present Sam Dickinson.
James .. Smith of Cincinnati. Hen Nathan OF
| Isl Broadway, President Of the combination
| Charles Ransom and !. 7. Burr % the Gotham.
| There were about dozen OF the independ ents
| at the consultation. All were sw orn to secresy,
but IL has transpired that the man Ii1gement offer
| police immunity as an inducement, but decline
to bulge an inch from their demand Of nifty per
cent. some Vi the weak -gaccu gcceued. but
more did not, aud raid on some OF their shops
| was promised. Ii Il saii that Mir. Burr lad COM
| promised his e. 800 losing.