The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-15
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From the Cincinnati Commercial.
One of the shrewdest and largest
swindling schemes ever conceived IN lhis
country has Just been Matched out INTO
vigorous lite in New York. The parties
msnsgingt he rascality have evidently
managed to procure by hook or by crook
about two thousand names OF persons,
who took chanches ut some time or other
in the Louisville lottery in vain. IL Is
now the main object of the swindlers to
iHpress these two thousand people with
the idea that they really did draw prizes.
either without knowing themselves, or
without its having been known to the
managers of the lottery until discovered
BIZ more chance at some recent period,
In order to succeed i'll this purpose the
organization Of New York humbugs have
printed splendid set OF circulars, giving
flll particulars of everything, explain
ing all matters, and Officially notifying
the recipient that he has drawn gold
watch worth $3.50, or something OF that
kind. So cleverly is the affair managed
that even very intelligent people may De
EASILY duped by it. Here is portion OF
the precious document:
OFFICE OF THE FINANCE Con-. OF THE
LoUIsvILL LOTTERY ASSOCIATION. J
DECISION AT LAsT-A LONG LITIGA-
TON ENDED-vIcroRY OF THE FL
NANCE COMMITTEE OVER THR MANA
GERS OF EHE LOUISVILLE LOTTERY
ASSOCIATION .-sUPPLEMENTARY DRAW
ING OF $4,000 IN UNCLAIMED PRIZES.
The managers of the Louisville Lot
tery Association found, after their vari-
Gus drawings were concluded, that there
remained In the hands of the Finance
committee $4,000 in unclaimed prizes.
Tue managers jointly brought suit to re-
cover the money, they claiming that all
unclaimed prizes belonged to them. The
Finance committee contended that the
money belonged jointly to the ticket
holders proportionately, according to
their Investments. After great
delay and long and tedious argu-
ments, the Supreme Court decided in
favor of the Finance Committee, and the
court ordered that the S94,O be in
vested in useful prizes, and that supple
men.ary drawing should take place, IN
which all The ticket holders in the vari-
OILS drawings OF the Association should
h ave An equal chance. The reason why
the Court ordered the $94 900 to be- in
vested in prizes was on account of the
laws being so amended that it made IT u
criminal offer c. TO have any drawings OF
numbers or for money without lottery
charter from the State OF kentuch y,
which this Association has not. The
charter they had expired three months
since. So the committee decided To- s"nd
=. L. Stanton, representing the Lottery
Association, and w. :. Waterman, repre-
senting the Finance Committee, to New
York, TO invest the 1000 in prizes.
They bought the following bill of prizes
Here follows tremendous enumers-
tiol of valuable watches, bracelets, &c
Now comes the cream of the cunning.
THE PLAN BY WHICH THE DRAWING
WAS CONDUCTED.
The name of every ticket holder in
the Louisville Lottery Association was
written from the register on n slip of pa
per and placed in lottery wheel, after
which the wheel was revolyed 80 Ms TO
thoroughly mix the names, then the draw
ing began.
The first 2i0 names drew one each of
the $40 gold watches and chains valued
a. $3.50. The next l75 names drew each
one of the one hundred dollar watches,
and 80 the drawing continued until it
was finished. The court expenses, attOr-
news fees, the expenses Of MIR. Stanton
and Mr.. Waterman 10 New York and
return, and the expense OF the supple
mentary drawing, including printing,
amount TO about 80, 400.
IL meet thls outlay the Finance Conn
qn,ttee ooted that the dralce7S Of prizes M
tie supplementary dral0img should be as
sessed ten per cent. on the UGite OF such
Drizes as thev dre,0. The committee fel.
satisfied that the lucky names that were
drawn from the wheel would not object
to paying the ten per cent. in order to
have the matter brought TO close. Mr..
Stanton and Mr.. Waterman arranged
with Messrs. Russell Il Co. TO forward
the prizes and collect the zen per cent.
due on them. Most of the ticket holders
in the Louisville Lottery Association re-
side East, so by shipping the prizes from
New York 1t will be a great saving To
them of express charges. Messrs Rus
sell X Go. agreed, when the abOve-men-
toned bill of goods was purchased, to
exchange asy prize that was drawn for
any other article in their stock of the
same value. We speak of this so that
ticket holders will have that advantage
when they have drawn articles that they
have no use for.
Italics are ours.
Then comes the final card, the con-
quering trump OF the scheme, in form of
the following:
OFFICIAL NOTICE.