The New York herald., 1876-07-19
A BLOW At THE LOTTERIES.
Congress Prevents Them from
Using the Mail.
Postmaster James Closes the AGENTS Boxes
and Keeps the Money.
T E XT OF TIL E w.

For long period the managers of lotteries in tho
various States and their agents this city used
the New York Post Once a medium OF communica.
ton with the public. 1t affords security swindleri
and office rent and personal contact with people
who buy tickets and lose their money. In conse
quencc of numerous complaints, Postmaster James
decided to stop the business and July issued au
sJder that on and after that date boxes would be
rented TO lottery agents and that all moneys received
account OF lotteries would be retained and returned
to the senders.
The immediate cause OF this action was the many
corr plants regard to the wyoming Lottery
which has been extensively advertised. People who
have purchased tickets claim that there has been
any drawing and that il there has been the prizes
havo never been made apparent. The manager OF tho
Wyoming Lottery is Mr.. }. NJ. Pattec. He formerly
the manager of the Omaha Temple Lottery, which was
known few years ago as gigantic fraud. Mr Patt,e
SENT OUT THOUSAND CIRCULARS
through tie mails. When stopped in New York he
shifted to Riverside N. j. From here. through his
brother law N. s. Read, he Hooded the country with
circulars recommending purchasers OF tickets to seud
money by express
LOTTERY MEN EXCITED
This action OF the New York Postmaster stirred up
the lottery TO action and they proceeded to Wash
ington and made complaint to tho Postmaster General
through the mails, which in great enabled
them TO continue the business The Postmaster com.
municated with tho Washington authorities, and Con-
gress took matter in hand The result is ip
the following order from the Postmaster General,
LOTTERY BUSINESS
SO far as the United States mails concerned
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, d. G. July l3 1910
SIR-Thc following has been enacted by Congress
and approved by the President
SECTION 2-That section 3, S9i Of the Revised Stat.
utes be and is hereby amended by striking '.cga"
in the first limo OF said section.
Tho section us amended will be read as follows:
SIC. 3, 3,S94-That II Shall not be lawful convey Ivy
mail to deposit in Post Ofice TO be by mall
any letters circulars concerning lotteries, called
gift concerts, other similar enterprises Offering
prizes concerning schemes devised and intended
deceive and deiraud tue public for The purpose
OF obtaining money under false pretcnces and u pen
atty Of not more than $500 nor less than 500 with
costs OF prosecution, is hereby imposed, upon convic
ton IN any federal court OF the violation Of this
tion.
il will be observed that by this amendment letters
and circulars relating to all lotteries without regard
the character OF such lotteries, are declared unma
able, and that the depositng OF such letters
lars the Post Once to be by mai an offence,
TO be punished upon conviction by tine OF not less
than 500 than $500 the OF the pros.
ecuton. JAMES N. TYNER, Postmaster General
LOTTERIES AFFECTED
by this most materially tho Wyoming and Ken.
lucky State Lottery, tho Louisiana State Lottery the
Havana Lottery Of tho Island of Cuba, and tho Ken
lucky CaSn DstrlDutlOn company. All OIL tncSo navo
done vast business through the New York Post Once
RETURNING MONEY.
Since July the Postmaster has stopped many thou
sands of letters addressed tho above Wyoming Lot
terry, containing sums varying from 81 to $20 and is
receiving large daily This OF has been
check to the business Of what are considered
square lotteries
LOTTERY
In a conversation with Of the prominent agents
Of the Kentucky Lottery yesterday he stated the law
did not apply to them, for tho lottery legitimate
and not gotten up with tho ''intcnt to deccive the
public; the law, that the word "ilesa' has
been eliminated, only applies TO concerns that
manifest swndles This will be an interesting point
which the managers Simmons Dickinson propose
to contest with the Post once authorities.
Tho LOUISIANA State Lottery Of New Orleans, with
agency here pays $40 per to tue Free School
fund and IS chartered by the State OF Louisiana
Had the lottery mon known of this contemplated
ton they would have taken active measures TO do
n il.