New-York tribune., 1876-02-16
THE PRESENT MANAGERS or LOTTERIES.

The IRESLNl MANAfIsNN VT lt'' ''''''+'
DErAIIs CoNCFR>ING rnE TWO fI-Ms "f SIMMONS
DICKSON & 60. AND JAMES :. sHIIH CO.
THEIR oPFEArIOS~-iII-G irrES WEALTH.
There are two distinct firms of lottery policy
"bacci- aud lottery ucEct seller. engage ~ tn" "i-
ness in and near New York. The Of first Importance
l. that of Simmons Dickson Co.; the -ec"ni l. that al
James : smith Co. Summons, Dickson CO. are lot
terry managers aud policy 81 "bich'r-.' lh'V d' very
c,nelye business having policy sellers and sellers oi
lottery c,ets distributed throughout this city aud III
c suburban towns They employ runners Ia collect
the books" from ncs, prs0ns aud the books :" col
crt.d are now taken 10 jersey Ciy, where the ehcf
Office i, situated. The room occnp M the present
holauartcrs 81 hs Arm - oA the hfd hcoi "i t' J'
scy CITY Post Olce building. The central Office ~a-
ORIGINALLY I'm NewYork but the manaEcTs drc aiding The
uyr.iatioo, ~ the proposed Committee on Crime AMI
not desiring 10 he subpcuaci and examined ~ Wit
ncsscs before that Committee, removed u" Nr"J'"'!'
f. il firm makes about $4,000 month. The III lNldual
members nrc an supposed to be men of con,d 'rahr
,y,olth gentleman who i- with The policy
hua,n,ss and well informed about hc Simmons brothers
stated to TRIBUNE reporter ycsicriay that H. r. sim
,op. ha. sold out his nters ~ in the business for
500 900 and II to receive $4,000 each month. ogc her
with the interest on the whole amount due until the
whole sum ir paid
I'm the nccund firm that of James .. Smith Co.
James r. Smith and william Smith, brothers, and Benia
min Nathan partners. These men are the managers
o the shelby Lottery, drawn at COvinGton Ky. Their
bnsnt - is limited, and they thought To be doing
little or nothing at the rrcscnt time lhey nave been
charged with dcfraudng ia drawing ana have a bad
rep tati0n among men OF their own business lh'if
HEADQUARTERS are No. CortIandtSt Tue individual
members Of the firm not thought o posscss any con
sid, rahc wealth. The hun barely makes eXpcnscs'
which are very large. about $1,000 month.
The policy hackers vino do not sell lottery tickets but
conanc ticmcivc3 TO policy opcr'tion' nfr J9scih !.
Bur- Frederick J.. Luther, Jacob ipscy, ana N'oS'
Il.
plaintiff in the present suit Of Al ,m ltocdgrr has u"
partners His business Is at The Cottagc" IN IL"
Bowcry He is a IGan of considerable wealth and own
a pleasant place IN Wcytc.csicr County fIel"rc l.
Luthcr has his OH AT No. 2j2i2 Gfeenwich-s lie -
snnposcd 10 have 30 or 10 "books and claims to have
an Extensive business. lie rides about with his own ear
Iiagc ana ycric coacman. Jacob Shiprcy has poncy
and exchange office In Ch1than-.qnarc He has number
o "books' IN dicr ut pars oI the city, Is supposed
to Dc doing profitable hubincss and Is believed to- DC
nc man George Morton confines bis operations To the
eastern pari of the city. He nas no settled quarters but
constantly cGanSns his place Of business VI oidr To
cude the police. He Is man wiiLOnt credit and Is
thought play what sporting men call Check game
that H. lie place. Bis checks over against o'f mems
In December last Officer Van Cott Of the First Precinct
station wen, In disguise To the on'c oi George Rice, at
No. ~ soutlst. and bought policy cheek win "a.
heading written by Rice, who Immediately st,d
and brought before Jude F'mntf ~ tn' l"mbs l"h'o
Court AlhO ig the officer testified IN The ease ANA pro
duccd the check which he had received "a evidence the
prisoner discharged H. Is believed To Dc stii al
Superintendent walling said Yesterday that under the
present police management the policy business III this
city lad been generally broken When he became si-
orCr Issued To the
ustricting them to enforce the lottery law strictly 1hc
policy dealers alarmed and retreated under the
coycr Of other kinds Of business Nevertheless, many
were arrested and tner books slips and furniture seized
The detectives aud other officers have hunted down the
poicy dealers until now, said the supcrnte dem! II al
most ImIosshlc for "a gambler to get chance 10 buy
slips. Capt Mcdonnell OF tho Eighth Pre-
cincJ has discovered persons secretly dealing
I'm pocy slpe when all the hXturcs Of the business
sisted of n slate slipbook, and botter. These small
dealers were the part OF TIE precinct Inhabited chiefly
by colored people. The place In which the slips were
sold was occupied apparently as grocery, cigar store
or a barbers shop Only the initiated were Informed
that policy slips could be bought there Customers made
their purchases secretly aud left the places
ossibe. In the Seventeenth Precinct Capt. McCulagh
has that policy slips have been sold
in this secret manner among the Germans who 1--we
on the side Caps Cinchy and Ulman have also at
rare intervals discovered dealer In policy slips In
small way, aud tnis has been the experience Of many
other captains.
superintendent Wang said that he did not believe
that there any place where the policy business
carried to any considerable extent At the present time
II there central organization that supported tho
small dealers II was unknown 10 the police, aud could
hardly carry Q profitable business now Whenever
any captain had suspicion that policy slips could DO
purchased 10 his precinct officer In civil
aus dress obtain evidence that would enable him to
arrest the dealer. Occasionally the morning returns