The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-10
RAlDING TIE LOTTERY MEN.
SIXTEEN PLdCES CLOSED dND MISSES
OF IJfDENCE COLLECTED.
The Cuiminntion or Nr Anthony Comstock's
aud his Depuiies' Efforts to tnrarih all the
schemes for Frnud-No Distinction Made.

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The heaviest blow that the lottery and
policy shops have received for long time was
struck yesterday by Anthony Conistock with
Capt. Walsh and the City Hall police. Deputy
United States Marshal Dowlcy and Special
Agent Briton Mr.. Comstock has bocn engaged
Tor some weeks IN working up cases against the
| lottery nccn les that advertise so freely
throughout the country. His manner Of pro-
ccdure was TO address thom through the mails,
asking the information which their advertise
menls so fully volunteer.
| The law under which this class OF operators
render themselves liable is found in section
1884 of the United States laws relating TO tho
postal service. as follows:
No letter circular corning lotteries socallcd sn
Or G ae @ed d'@iS @Sd S,'S 70 sS
ag'ua lse & pgss or & f Ygrp" % S'iena @ moRs
be conveyed by mail m Violation Of hi. cuon, shall uc
sioi with cost. oi Iro.'cuton
Under the State law. also. policy selling il
punishable by three years imprisonment
| State warrants and search warrants were OBJ
tanned also FOR number Of these places. which
Mr. Comstork and Mr.. Brittom. his assistant;
had visited in person. and in which they had
bought TICK rs.
Ofthe first named clnss from whom evidence
was oiininedh by correspondence. was B. MART
n"z uf 20 Wall street A mnn who gave his name
rs Philip Macon WIS arrest a there. A lnr.,a
number Of Havana lottery tickets wore found.
and a sum of money was lett in the safe. Th,o-
dore Zsohoch. IL Nnssau street Hnotherof them
had IL large number of German lottery tickets
| His son Edmund wgs grr. sted. At Emory 4
Co.'S. 81 Park row st n another About 25 900
- '" 10 'V"n" i'""' '"i i''i'l-
ing 'ireulnrs' Wronsh Whi'h they advertise
what the OH "rs call skin lotteries, being chiefly
the Wyom H. ami Laramie concerns Their at.
tra't,y, proposal IS that tn. buyer pays nn-hnlf
down for the ticket. nnl they VIII charge
the remainder against the prize h. is
| TO draw. The IuhnsArr Of tho ALICE
meme Xeitmg whose oifice is on tho
story below hSs b,cn p,stercd hy thr clients Of
! Emory 4 Co. coming ti his counter for ,krts
| The head man of this place. who .ny,. bis nam,
| Us Henry Cnrson. with Charlrs HAll.y an
Joseph r Rre. cirrNs wnrr nrrrstnd Thor *
| 81 Park row another SKIN lottery shop where
| lasiu of cvidsn, 90 WIS found. nnI Two mon
were arrested. John Dur. at 81 Nissau str,et
through ia. mails anI hy huvinc TX is WIS
arrested personally. II : plnc, waswl sio.knd
Among the places wher" Mr.. Cnul-tp and
bansers. ii wall sirsa wh"r' tie man sun.
Sold ie ti,kci wa, IN arrcstsi' He mannre ma n,r Go to
close the snie. and sad t4M the boy had the
k"y 50 that no other cvldcn. ex,rm cir ullis
wn- found. ~ Jackson X Co.'S and Clut, <
Co. =. both at zo2 Broadway. three bass OF nv,.
den,e was found ani tiroe mn arrested. il
wa- a r -uar policy shop P.fk. Emerson 4
! Co.'S. l,D broadway. WINS anoihrr The tWu
rrn .ipal- were captured. j. H. Surge. at , y
| Murray street. WIS another one man wn-
cau-ht there. Thomas Darry's place, at 81
| broadway. was raided by Capt. CnfIray a Jew
| DAYS nso. and ne was caught nappin., again y.s-
| terlay. H. us d to utt- nd bar ior Harry llill
| III was arr. strd.
But the most macnn 'ent nstah shmcnt lied
WIS thnt o. Wachsmnn Co.. bankers. 81 Mas
sau street. II has all the appearance Of "a re.;u-
| lar bank ln- house. with u fun su t. oi rooms.
| handsomely fitted Two of the clerks w'rn ar
| rested. and an officer left in charge until the
| cir ulars and tickets could bc removed later in
N" 'N, n \ :, ~ WAS IN" 'S' WIN al oi those
hhln"i, ms VIZ about the last pla =, rail"d
at nrnriy irf .ln'N lnSi "Nen,nr. by Nr Com
J sr T.; -'ra ~ 7ar am % a tru {r t. T%he RE-
/ hI@l--l l'rN WHO" ti.t th' lahli"r W"uIt hnt
| vpr tY"w', Ihr l"h ,llr sAhi it" lah'r~, l
| M"7 "a o., .'tI- nl VIII Ni ~ 'n' avNr l"r
! N'.vN. rue on ri " Ni- .iif'f ~ 1" he" y"
! NY iium D. r.. Atrth ialis oi lI.uU fh'
pril'"r 81! ID nn tor hni sopr np s,nirs iof IT,
! tF' ili lih"p i'i i'i h,' sN"ul"l 'net ". lnh lot
4.a 'o hed ,e .ni Ioor . h, m nni nm a.,
! Mr. Narhsnah p"r" wi7 speedily relieved oi
| "a 90 Nlb- vi uaGiNts pi evidence
About $50 IN tlr afternoon eleven o. the prs-
on.r-. against whom there Y,re United States
| wdtrnni-, " r' itN n hior' United STATES Com
| y r.on'r shields nut ut'r cunsuilton vita