The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-24
4 BLOW AT THE LOTTERIES.
C0N0EESy PHEvENTS THEM FROM
USING 1HE NAIL.
Postmaster James Closes the Asc"'.
maze. ana Keeps the Money Text of
tire Law. -

DONes and Keeps the W0neS-seAs w
New York Herald.l
For n long period the managers OF lot
teries In the various States and their
agents IN this city have used the New
York postoffice rs medium ot com
mnpioation with the public. IL aftoiuA
spc,rtty to swindlers aud saves oiace
rent and personal contact with people
VINO buy tickets and lose their money
RI consequences Of numerous complaints,
Pusttn aster James decided to stop the
business, and on July / issued an ORDER
that on and after that date boxes woulu
not be rented to lottery agents, ana thae
All moneys received on account Oh 'ot,
teries would be retained and returned
to this senders.
The Immediate cause Of this action
was the many complaints in regard 10
the "Wvoming Lottery" which mas
been extensively advertised. People
who have purchased tickets claim INA,
there has never been any drawing, anu
that n there has been the prizes nave
never been made apparent. The man
aVer OF the Wyoming Lottery IL Mr.. y.
M. Pattee. He was formerly the man
ager of the Omaha Lottery. which was
known a few years ago as gigantic
fraud. Mr.. Pattee
SENT ouT TEN THOUSAND CIRCULARS
through the mails. When stopped III
New York he shifted to Riverside. n. y.
From here, through bis brother-in-iaw
N. S. Reed, he flooded the country WIN
circulars, recommending purchasers oi
tickets to send money by express.
rus LOTTERY MEN EXCITED.
This action OF the New York Post
master stirred up the lottery men u.
action aud they proceeded to washing
tor and made complaint to the Post.
master General. Instead OF sendlnP
open circulars they sent letters through
the mails, which In great measure
enabled them to continue the BUSINESS,
The postmaster communicated with the
Washington authorities, and Congress
took the matter In hand. The result -
eeen In the following order from the
Postmaster General,
STOPPING THE LOTTERY BUSINESS
M far as the United States mails are
concerned:
posrorr,cE DErArrMENr.
Washington. u. g.. July -, 1870.
Si.-~The following has heep enacted by Con
gress and approved by the President. n..,,
sir1ToN a That sedtian scpi Of the Revised
Htatutes l,s aud is hereby amended by striklnH
out 'ilegar'i In tho frat tire of said section
Tbis section. IA alnended will be read ~ ioi .
lows; ,,...
,,s. ssaA That Il shall not bo lawful to convey
bv mail, nai to deposit IN a poet otios to 20 sem
by mail. any letters or circulars concernlns ~, .
terirs. so-ralad git concriis, or other slmilar
ent srpriacs offering prz@, or conaefnlnI
achetnes devised and iptended to deceive anu
defraud the public for the purpose OF op,a,nihg
money under false pretanrce, anu tenaity q
not more than ssoo nor less than 500, with coats
of prosecution. IL hereby imposed. upon cnnno-
ton In nny federal court OF the violation ot this
Il viii be obsorved that by this amendment
lattArs aud circulars relating IT, all lotteries,
without rxsrd o te cna so,ef o thn an"osipa
nf aurh letters or circulars In the post ONCE "
be sent by mail s an oifense TO DO punished
NOR more than $500 and the cost of the prosecu-
ton. JAS. N. TYNER. Postmaster General
y. THE LOTTERIES AFFECTED
by this most materially are the Wyo-
ming and Kentucky State Lottery, the
Louisiana State Lottery, the Havana
Lottery OF the Island OF Cuba, and the
Kentucky Cash Distribution Company.
All OF these have done vast business
through the New York Postofiice.
RETURNING MONEY.
Since July the Postmaster has
stopped many thousands OF letters ad-
dressed to the above Wyoming Lottery.
containing sums varying from 81 to $20.
and IL receiving large sums daily. This.
OF course, has been a severe check to
the business OF what are considered
square lotteries.
WHAT THE LOTTERY MEN SAY.
In conversation with one OF the
prominent agents of the Kentucky Lot
terry yesterday he stated the law did not
apply TO them, for the lottery was legit-
innate and not gotten up with the in
tent to deceive" the public; that the
law, now that the word illegal" has
been eliminated, only applies to con-
Germs that are manifest swindles. This
will be an interesting point which the
managers, Simmons 4 Dickinson. pro
pose to contest with the postoilice
authorities.
The Louisiana State Lottery OF New
Orleans, with an agency here, pays
90, ,0CJ per year to the free school fund,
and 10 chartered by the State OF Lou
isiana.
/ Had the lottery men known OF this
contemplated action they would have
taken active measures to defeat 1t.
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