The New York herald., 1877-09-07
NEW LOTTERY SWINDLE.

CONFIDENCE OPERATORS AT woRK-FLY1Nd
FROM NEW YORK TO NEW BRUNSWICK AND
FLOODING THE STATES WITH THEIR CIRcu-
LARS.
You may say what you will. said Special Agent B. X.
sharsts of tho Post ONCE to HERALD reporter yes.
terday these swindlng gift lottery fellows must hnd
their business profitable or they would not run the
risks they do or course they have been suppressed
several times; but they are like asparagus, you have
seen asparagus haven't your Well, tho more you cut
II, the moro IL grows That's the way with these ie-
lows; if you suppress them in New York, they will
turn up in an adjacent city. But Anthony Comstock
put an extinguisher on them last spring He bagged
them sir and Commissioner Shields put tho finishing
toucnes on them. They saw that this city was too
warm for them, and they took UP their Deds bundled
I'M their corn and went in search OIL"
"Fresh fields and pastures new" suggested the res
porter.
.rhst's lust what have been getting at. They dis.
appeared; like the Arabs you know, they-what's
that they dd?"
.Foided their tents, of course"
80 yes just SO, and our lottery friends also 'sl.
lently stole away Their whereabouts was mystery
until recently That they had cleared out OF tho city
and shut up shop was a we'll known fact, and the au.
thorles were thankful that the public was rid Of such
a rascally crew. | know w0 here in the Post once
were glad that public nuisance Was nbatod but
we rsckoned without our host These fellows are
possessed Of wonderful resources Wnere 90 you
think they have fed to?"
The reporter could not guess
1Well can't help laughing at tho joke " said Spcs
ca, Agent Snarctts alt the Blue Noses right
they were strictly virtuous Il mean the Do,ninion
written to our department, complaining that these
lottery ticket swndlers, who had their headquarters
IN this city, were flooding the Dominion with circu-
lars inviting attention 10 their bogus concerts. II was
y public swindle which could not oxist Tor day IN
Canada. 80 the inspectors claimed. But these self
huvA tain thn nj EuU nd
thew now ISSUE their circulars from Now Brunswick
wont wo pay those vrtuous Canadian Post Ofice in.
spectors back In their own coin II Will be good fun
when this department enters protest to the COM
planning inspectors calling or the suppression OF these
lottery swndlers who have made Canada their head
quarters, and from thence prey upon American ctl-
"Bu. what proof have you that they have resumed
"sImply this, . said Mr. sharetts. showing bundle
OF circulars handbils as we'll as OF tho lottery
tickets to the reporter. ''Severa such documents
these have passed through the mails recently and
is asserted that these lottery companies mean to food
tho country with circulars OF this nature You can
see for YOURSELF
The nsndbills contained a flaming announcement Of
the benefits to bc derived from the .Royal Dominion
Gift Concert $3.50 900 IN prizos." To take place Mo-
vember 30 81
blessings to follow this grand git enterprise One OF
these circulars with hando and one dollar lottery
ticket afe in0loscd, ''in conhdence 10 their intended
victim. AS spur TO his ambition he Is informed that
If Dyou make UP a club and remit IS Tor i've
tickets, the ncosed ticket will bo presented TO you
miitng Sln The circular enjons confidence and
silence ana winds up by saying, 1--WE trust our conf
dence in selecting you has not Doen misplaced,
know nohing but the impartial award OF large gift
in your locality will secure confidence in our future
concerts" -
"But, Mr.. Sharetts,' said the reporter. 'there IS
nothing new in this dodge 1t stale that even the
most ignorant cannot be deceived by it,"
"Wcl one would naturally think so; but our expo
rience is different You would bc surprised TO know
what intelligent class OF people, and church members
nj that, who guled by these swindlers. Did you
mover hear of mnster up in ST. Lawrcnco county,
In this State who received despatch purporting 10
come from lottery firm in John street, informing him
that his ticket drawn 5000 and requesting him TO
appear in person 10 receive the money?
SWELL he told his congregation that near and dear
relative in Michigan had LETT him large legacy and
that hc would be away from his brethren for a lew
weeks TO receive it, but that his return with the leg
acy there should bc such thing poor box 10 the
church for the future. He appeared At tho oice in
John street. paid his $500 commission and received in
return $1,000 in resh crspy greenbacks, which turned
out to be counteroita These confidence swinders,
said at the beginning, plenty OF money or they
would not run the risk State Prison the Penten
tary. wish you would expose them in the HERALD"
The reporter DEPARTED thanking MT. Shares Tor his
iofnr finn