Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-07
THE LOTTERY OF LIFE
As il was Found by a Lawyer In the
At Louis LoJterY-HOw ne was
DIsbarred Another Chap
ter OF the Gambling
Ring Scandal.

St. Louis special to the Cincinnati En-
quircY 4th: The court OF appeals to-day
gave Judgment IN the case Of Frank }. Bow
man, a prominent lawyer of this city, who
was in November, 1877, found guilty OF IN
professional conduct and dlsbarred. lie APP
pealeu the case, and this morning the de-
cision OF the court below was sustained, and
the bar of Missouri loses one OF Its most bril-
liant and INSCRIPTIONS members Last sum
mer DIR. J. c. Nideiet, one OF the board OF
police commissioners, who has recently
achieved notoriety as one OF the central
figures In the late gambling ring expose,
made great exertlons to have the members Of
the Missouri State lottery prosecuted. The
prosecution seemed to be an earnest one, and
over ninety parties engaged IN the lottery bus
mess were brought before the court of Grim
inal correction, charged with selling lottery
tickets. The cases were still pending until
In November, the parties arrested, who had
been released on bonds, entered INTO court
and pleaded guilty, with the understanding
thew should not: be troubled for ninety days,
by which time it was expected the court Of
appeals would pass upon the cases OF one or
two who had been convicted, and had carried
their cases up. 1t was understood that the
fate of these should be accepted as that of
the other ninety. The ninety days went by
and no effort was made to press Judgment
against the parties; but last Saturday the
wheels of prosecution were again set In mo-
ton, and the lawyers having it IN cnarge
moved for the passage of sentence upon the
ticket-sellers. 1t is now charged On good
authority that the prosecutions were lnstl-
gated in the first place by DR.. NIdelet. at the
suggestion of A. B. Wakefield and Warren
M'Chesncy with the object, which was sue
cessfully accomplished, Of forcing the lottery
company into parting with portion of their
profits for the purpose of securing immunity
from prosecution. 1t is understood that
the Nideiet- Wakefield Chesney com
of the profits Of the lottery business
since the arrangement was perfected, abJut
nine thousand dollars IN all. W. c. Trance,
manager of the lottery, states that the ar
rangement was entered into between him and
Wakefield last November, and that Wake
field claims to have disposed of the money,
after retaining a percentage himself, to DR..
Nidelet, NJ 'Chesney and M Carly, the lawyer
who prosecuted the lottery sellers. Becom-
ing fearful that the lottery management were
not going to pay them any money for Feb
ruary, the ring sent lawyer, Nat G. Ciai-
borne, prominent Democratic politician, to
promise them another continuance of the case
if the cash was forthcoming. 1t was not, and
hence the sudden development of activity IN
the prosecution last Saturday. The expose
has caused considerable stir, but the recently
discovered gamblers ring scandal has pre-
pared the public mind for almost anything
evil in connection with the present police de-
partment. Just how far the officials of the
court were parties to the affair remains to be
found out. "