The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-10

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Victims-Warning Prom One
Who Has Suffered.
The following remarkable letter has
been addressed Ia the New York
Tribune, which after investigation.
finds that it i. "true in every essential
particular and the horrible experience
described is that Of thousands 10 this
city alone"
The policy Offices are. most Of them.
open rs early rs 6 a. m. aud cl"se
about 7:30 p. m. The books which
contain the PLAYS for the morning
lotteries claee about 1915, aud ihOse
for the evening lotteries Close ab"ut
5:l5 p. m. The unsold combination
tickets leave the vendors office about
1880 a. M, and 4:3O p. M, SD a. tn
he m the hands If the managers before
the drawing is announced. Should
any Of the vendors be delayed FIVE or
ten minutes beyond the epecitied time.
their hunks and tickets will not he re-
ceived BY the managers. but they will
have to run the risk themselves. The
drawings for the morning and evening
lotteries reach the vendors office about
2 p. m. aud Z p. m, respectively.
All the books from the downtown
Offices are delivered to q Mr.. Gallery,
in Benjamin Nathan's otiice on Broad
way at the time specified. The hooks
from the uptown Offices are delivered
to Joseph Burr. at the Gotham. and
to Mr.. Ship-ey. bnth in the Bowery.
before / p m. You will gee that the
managers have fully two hours in
which to lnok over the tickets. and
about an hour tn look over the hooks
before they send out the number Of
drawings. You may he sure that
they do not waste this time. hut nse il
f,r their own special benefit. You
will also see that every arrangement
rs the time is made to entice even the
p,or workman. who tolls ten hours =
day for a living. and who has To he At
his workshop at Z u. m.. TO spend his
few hard-earned cents.
This nefarious traffic is carried on in
broad daylight. and not secretly. II
anvbAy will take the trouble. by
keeping watch for single day. upon
any one Office. h. can see almost q
constant stream of deluaed men. and
even w"men. pass in aud "nt. until the
office il closed. Each IL them leaves
from l cent Ia hundred. Of dollars. ]
have seen men spend over 5000 u
FIR weeks ia succession. This
game ha- bs-.n the ruin Of hundre,l.,
ve>. IL thousands. cf vn'ng men. an!
Just about rs many old ones. And
will still ha the ruin az MANY, unis,, il
is completely iroken up
1When won begin Ia play policy. ~"
matter how smart sou may tn. IL will
take YOU al least three m'.n'h. to
understand il thoroughly. After
having PLAYED Year. "r even six
months. YOU Suspect tha, there mus,
b. something wrong. rs You always
pat down more money than you take
up. notwithstanding The prizes paid for
hits" lou begin to compute and
sec the overwhelming chances tina, are
against v.,u. anal you now find out.
that Wa, h-~. is-..n s...nsr'..'. dup.
AMI fol. aud probably conclude not tn
play any more. and consider the money
Won have thus far lost Is about equal
to the amount cf experience yuu have
gained. You NAV stick Your resulu-
ton tor about three ar four months.
until yoa have probably forgotten all
ainuI policy. or until yon have heen
misss-i by the vendor, xho will then
Ne on the l"okout for you. Rrfore
long he will espy you, and immediate
~ accost voa and ask kindly after
your welfare. You tell him Won have
mt TO PLAY any mare. He
then nii;.rs you cigar ar asks YOU tn
take u drink. and y"n. too p':iie tn ~
fuse. "a wilh him. lie. now tells YOU
AL about dream ne had last night.
and which he. by some mysterious
calculations. inferpre's Z" mean such
and such numbers. He then asks you
to take piece" If them: ,ha, is. To
nuy them for little something. and
before Won know il he has talked y"u
into buying piece" and vou go III
minus a couple If dollars. hut plus an
excited imagination.
Of cour~e you visit his office to see
the drawings. but Won look in vain
FIR your sure thing. IL the office you
meet half dozen ar mcre PLAYERS.
each of whom tells YOU sh"ut his ''sure
thi pg." and bow he came bv il. One
tells YOU how he Saw a row If cars
block..led ON his wav down. from
which he got his numbers. Another
'aw a pilot bat. Will. crossing the
river. which had big figure an its
spread out sail; another got his
iumber from a c"al ear, or charcoal
wagon another relates e dream, the |
of which means snch |
md such numbers. Thus you get 81 |
many "sure things" that you do not /
nav what tn play. and probably |
AVE not money enough to play all Of
hem, an to facilitate your ideas you
eize the vendors ruffling bottle ar
NIX. which contains seven:y-eight
frum which YOU draw rs
nany Numbers as YOU wish to play
o-sibly you draw some If the numbers
7hich we're mentioned BY some If the
Their PLAYERS. and then you think you
ave a dead certainty. which you
Immediately play. And thus again
IN are led to play regularly. until
ou have once more become infatuated.
gu keep on playing and playing. /
Though you know that all the
hances are in favor If the managers. K
ways with the hope that some dav /.