Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-07

AN INTERVIEW WITH A MAN WHO WON $1,000
IN TIE LOUISIANA LOTTERY DRAwIH6-sfN-
GULAR COMBINATION or CrRCUNsTaNCRs

AN INTERVIEW WITH NAN WHO WON 5000
| IN TIE LOUISIANA LOTTERY DRAwIsG-sIS-
! GULAR COMBINATION or CIRCUMSTANCES.
Fortunes favors are not confined to any par
| tcular locality. SO thought Mr.. =. NJ Spinelli,
! or Brownsyflle. Texas. when he invested his
money money In ticket which drew $4,000 In the
and NJ may interest our readers TO be Informed
OF tie circumstances under which he added
$4,000 TO his cash account.
representative OF the Psooyane called last
evening upon this gentleman, who was found
at the City Hotel. The reporter was usheref
into the presence OF handsome man. with the
dark hair and complexion OF the Italian type.
excellent health
eIeetlng was the reception which the reporter
encountered, which encouraged him TO inquire
as 10 the antecedents OF the favorite OF fortune
Nice S and stared that he was native or
conserving the reporters particular Inquiries
as 10 us age, nativity, &C, MIR. Spinelli said
combination or numbers 20 correspond with
the winning number. Well, that Is simple
CROUCH. The number which drew the capital
prize this month was 41,57s I am ~ years OF
age, and this is the 9Th month OF the year '1e.'
There you have the ngures-97. S, 20. Con.
tinuing his narration ia response TO the inter-
sentative, Mr.. Spinelli said he was q man OF
family, aud by occupation commission mer.
chant.
In 1874 he went to California. returning To
BrownsTille five or six months ago. In Califor-
MIA he speculated considerably, but did not
strike any bonanzas like the Louisiana Lottery.
To use his own words: "Have always been a
prosperous man and made some good specula-
tons in California, but struck no such bonanzas
as the Louisiana Lottery, which puts $4,000
Mr. s. said that he had taken a ticket fn the
lottery drawing last November, but did not win
ANYTHING, but he was amply repaid by his SUBJ
Being pressed to relate how came to invest
In the last drawing, he said: i came across o
two.dollar bill in Mexican currency, which is at
discount OF twenty per cent / thought 1
would not go to the trouble OF changing IL, ana
happening TO notice In New Orleans paper an
advertisement OF the drawing OF the Louisiana
Lottery, wrote TO the company enclosing the
81 bill: The mail boat having gone, concluded
10 wait for the next steamer, and laid the letter
On Only, 10y taple among lot Of papers. had for.
steamer was about TO leave
gentleman who wished to send by the boat
certain papers that had, asked me II they were
ready. In searching for them noticed the let
ter had written six or seven days before TO the
lottery company. 1 picked up the letter and
by the return steamer did not get an an
swer. and TO tell you the truth, thought the
money was gobbled by some postmaster. But
this turned out 10 be entirely Incorrect.
On May IL, In the afternoon about O'CLOCK
telegram was received In Brownsville stating
.nau certain number had won the $4,000
prize i remarked loosely that had won the
pIlze i was standing in front OF the Post once
when The mall wagon arrived
AS soon as the mall was distributed I went to
my box and found letter containing two half
tickets. returned TO my residence and looked
az the tickets Ia my room, after which 1 put
them Ia my pocket and went down stairs
AS was leaving the house friend OF mine
stopped me and said that the number tele-
graphed was not the correct one. He showed
me No 1853 written on his shirt Gun, which
he said was the correct number winning the
capital prize.
looked at my ticket and saw had won, but
DID not let everybody know it. / kept mum,
m II cfa fod for -N-o~r-
leans 1 arrived here yesterday. and to day
went to the office or the Lottery Company.
They gave me a check for $4,000 as soon as
presented my ticket. and tomorrow morning L
return to BROWNSVILLE richer by that amount
As have TO get up early In the morning I
VIII bid you good night, and hope that you may
have as good luck as have had.
With these words Mr.. Spineln withdrew to
prepare for an early start this morning][E o.
Pfcayune, May %.
For Information relating to the semi annual
drawing, 18th inst, under the sole personal
management OF Generals G. T. Beauregard and
Jubal A. Early, address M A. DAUPHIN,
T. o. Box 692, New Orleans La.