New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-15
4 STrPENDOrS SWINDLE.

4 STUPENDOUS SWINDLE.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GEORGIA LOTTERY
RoBsISG A BENEVOLENT INsu JrIoN TO Is All
IIsH BOGUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. GAMBLrEs
At TIE HEAD or THE SCHEME or FRAUD-THs
CITY. CHICAGO boston PHILADELPHIA. BALTI
MORE, AND WASHINGTON TO BIZ FLOODED WITH
THE TCKETs-PEoBABLE AC1ION oF TIE
POLICE.
Warned by the article in Fridays TRIBUNE
Of the purpose Of Benjamin wood. through MS agents
Miller & Murray. 10 start bogus and Illegal lottery in
this city under the Of the Georgia Lottery, Mayor
Ely on saturday called the Police Commissioners TO
take action for the suppression Of the contemplated
fraud The police had also made inquiries. preliminary
making arrests any persons engaged n the traffic
AsJonishnent expressed the fac, that am organ
izaou of o,crydeaers for the purpose OF FIRST breaking
then evadng the law, such described 10 THE
TRIBUNE, could exist IN TINS CITY, and STEPS are to be
taken TO udct all the persons named IN the article for
conspiracy.
It was discovered Saturday That preparations had
already been made the sale OF the ckc Of the new
bogus otte the company oflotteydeaiers named 10
was also learned that agents busy engaged in dis
posing Of these tickets in Chicago, St. Louis C'ncin-
natl Buffalo. Rochester. Albany. Troy, Boston, Pfovi-
dence Hartford, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington
and indeed in all tie larger cities " the North although
their sale has been checked IN New-Yor, by The TRIB
UNEs exposure Of the fact that no such lottery exists
in Georgia nor such scheme De legally carried
on under the existing laws Of that State. certified
COPY Of the law now existing Georgia against lotteries
was shown 10 THE TRIBUNE reporter and reads as fol-
lows:
A Bill u he entitled Act prevent the maintaining
carrying OF any lottery n this state an Tor other pu
SECTION it enacted the General A,,enlny Of re
he same thar be lawful for person peors
either by themselves. servants agents employee Or others
To Keep maintain. employ carry on any lottery I'D tus
state or other schene device Tie hazadng Of any
shal Rect any of the laws now existing against gaming
SIC . BE il further enacted y ih" authority Aforesaid
tI ives agents. str1sns anoes or oh r.. to turn
lcrer orotner thing indicating the csio Of any chance Or
aud assisting il the workings turning or drawing Of tho SAID
SIC Belt further enacted by the authority Aforesaid
that person onendne aEth-t Inc p1s'l l W. ~"
der1sof and On convection shall e punshed BY dne Of rot
Go 5 si. or b. iPrs NED for e exceed
This cory wa drawn aud signed by 4. o. Lochrane. a
Jusice OF the supreme Court Georgia. Ju re Loeb
rane IS now in the city and the reporter Obtained from
him, at the ST. James Hotel the history Of the lottery
scheme
Foley DEALERS ROBBivG ORPHANS OF SOLDIERS.
TIE Georgia Legislature, 500 granted to socaled
Board Of Trustees the priv oge Of raising money by lot
tery for the aid " Masonic Home for Orphans, which
was in charge Of Mrs. General D,les. Mrs General VII
lsms Mrs wilson and number Of other ladies. all Of
in the late war Immediate ADVANTAGE was taken OF
this grant ana the first Of tickets very exten
sive In Constitution Of Georgia adopted by
the Reconstruction Convention OF tho STATE, in 1868,
one section provided that no lottery should De allowed
IN the State single exception being made, however IN
that Orphans Home Lottery having been granted as
sort Of sacred trust not 10 be discontinued Nearly
one hundred soldiers orphans then in the o.
the institution. Under this provision the lottery
carried without molestaton, until 1870 About this
the famous Faquier Turnpike Lottery
Of Virginia, which carried up the Supreme Court
and decision given that lottery matter of ceDse
and not grant. Basng nis argument upon ths decis
ion Mr. Hester OF Atlanta attacked the lottery but
without avail for the decision found rot reach an
invested right and the Masonic Home Lottery thus
still protected II found the majority OF its patrons out
side the STATE for tho GeorEans themselves never
readily attracted by IT, Last Winter, during the first
weeks OF the session Of the Georgia legislature effort
was made to pass act giving legal au-
thorify to o company Of men to act agents
for this lottery in NowYork and other Northern
To effect this, a bill introduced making 10 penal
offence for anyone personally or by means Of agents.
either 10 carry On or assist in any lottery in the state
even TO the turning Of the handle or the taking OF
halls or numbers in d lottery. This bill passed
judge Lochrane said that this bill entirely nulhed The
rights Of those NeWYOrk agents who designed to msaI
Div the Orphans Home Lottery for their own purposes
and not for the benefit OF tue Home.
on reprpsenatio beng made Mayor Ely. on salur
day that If the UGlce took action against tie s"udrrs.
IN, police magistrates would not aid them IN ther tHnt'
10 commit replied very promptly that he bthet 20 NJ
was also magistrate well a tine Mayor az tine ty ui
Nev-York and had the CITY Hall police at his c0mmaud
JUSTICE DUFFY'S TREATMENT OF LOTTERY MEN
policeman in citizens dress entered the policy
sbop OF Jacob Clute Of No 700 Broadway on
Ihur~ay and finding old discarded policy slip Oh the noor
ucked 10 up unoscrvcd and presented u 0" CLERK named
Charles schcuagcr ana requested him 20 repeat
IL IN the Kentucky lottery scheager who supposed the
officer 10 be policy buyer Immediately dill requested. and
IN. officer At once communicated this violation o. The law 10
Police Commissioner E.hsrit The commissioner Who
Is dotermined his efforts O. stop It's sort OF
ssune Instructed Sergeant R0urke who h a'so aciius
canlln Precinct, o arrest a pt-our "nu ON he
usr- whatever evidences 10 eht con q ~
fu m0ug te crs secured package of what are
fg.wn - number" tickets ~ the henturA} Lottery
win sl65 atfacnrd number Of policy sp dfa"l-gs
Of vsrOg. lOtterea rnd SO which va loiu4 W ara en-
usir- Dnny before HON the per-ous arrre n tht place
Ist Tie clerk Who sold thc Iolj alp % TIE
of rer. discharged the othcrA
Anb0pv Comsiock society for the Suppr sson ~
Tor schdlng tT tiitutIa
through mails Cute Ilraaed guilty, tnd he hna anu
cost thai
NOT adopted moia 81 masking known liz business ~ Is
lid "a sold known bogus lottery
cEes Bra tine lottery and policy business for
nearly twenty nve years.
Fblip Mason and Jeremiah sweeuv charged with selling
offrrvrcket held al the Iombs Ponce Court ~ 1000
bail each b answer on saiurlAy'