The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-03-13
LOTTERY FRAUDS.
BIG SWINDIES AND LITTLE SWIM
DLES---IIOW THEY DO 1T.
Hon. II. ID. Money Uncarthing and
Exposing the Sharpers.

: the Louisiana State Lottery VS.. Pos
master General Key, resulting in
legal triumph for the latter, has e
cited great interest. Gen. Key hs
issued an order forbidding the pa,
, ment, by postmasters generally,
money orders and registered lette
addressed to lottery managers of th'
and worse class of public false pr
tenders. Executive document No.
reveals some very interesting an
startling facts-facts which should |
made public through the press of tt
country. For the upheaval whic
has revealed the rottenness beneath
the people are indebted to Hon. H. L
Money. On December 16, last, on hi
motion, it was, in the House of Rer
resentatives, -a.
Resolved, That the Postmaster-G Generi
be requested to furnish to the House,
not incompatible with public interest, sue
evidence and information as the files an
records of his department may contain re
specting the extent to which lottery com
panies or agents make use of the mails 70
the conduct and circulation of their cores
pondence, and extent to which the mail
are used for the purpose of reply, tn
methods they employ, and the means takel
by the department to enforce the presen
statutes against the use of the mails b,
such companies or agents.
In response to this resolution, tn,
Postmas ter-General submits for the
consideration of Congress a repor
which embraces an outline of the va
rious methods employed to Obtain
money through the mails, together
with particular cases which are given
in illustration. He submits the fol.
lowing methods of the swindlers:
First. To those who advertise to distrib.
butte money, real estate, etc., by lot OF
chance, and who appropriate all remit.
tanccs without any pretensc of compli-
ance with their promises.
Second. Those who advertise to sell val
liable articles at sacrifice, and in response
to remittances send worthless articles hay-
ing no resemblance to the thing advertised,
except in mere name.
Third. Those who profess to deal in
stocks and bonds, or protesting to possess
superior facilities for the investment of
small amounts by means of combinations,
etc., in large speculations, receive large
remittances and make no returns therefor
Fourth. Those who, under fictitious adj
dresses, assume to act as agents for lottery
dealers.
Fifth. Lottery companies organized, or
protesting to have been organized, by
State authority.
Sixth. The extent to which the mails are
being used in the promotion of these en-
terprises.
Among one hundred and forty-eight
(only) of these swindling concerns
which he publishes, I find the Louisi-
ana State Lottery, managed by M. A.
at New Orleans. l propose
to give the facts as the Post
master-General presents them, sug-
gesting that the public would be
much pleased to hear from Monsieur
and also from Gems. Beau
regard and Early--since the two lat
ter, especially, owe some sort of an ex-
planation to the public for their con-
nection with, and endorsement Of, this
lottery.
The Postmaster at New Orleans
submits a report Showing that the
Of money orders paid to NJ.
A. Dauphin during the quarter ending
80, 1879, was 6,965, amount
ng to $23, ,542.O1, and the report of the
of mails, estimating
he number of letters mailed at this
,ffice by the Louisiana State Lottery
company after the monthly drawing
o be about 5000.
"The Louisiana State Lottery Com
)any has two or three hundred ticket
lgents in this city, and am informed
ully 5000 people are dependent upon
he sales of tickets for their support"
Also that the Louisiana State Lottery
eceived by the mails, weekly, up to
he time of Gen. Keys order in No
yember last, $50 registered, 1000 ordi-
lary and 800 money-order letters. Of
curse, the order stopped the delivery
f these; but still the drawings"
With immense prizes go on, all the
anne; the "three thousand in New
orleans alone, dependent on the sales
f tickets are (still) supported" and
including Gems. B. & E.,
rowing rich This Lottery seems to |
e showering fortunes around promis-
they sell tickets or
OF!
Then, again, out of this one-hundred |
nd forty-eight, we have the "Old /
,eliable Kentucky Lottery" Iwish
ou had space for more; but the " Old
,eliable" furnishes some rich and {
developments. Sim )
IONS & Dickinson run this firm, both I
t CovingtOn and Louisville. 1t is s
,gularly chartered, and said to be c
honestly conducted" Can they make I
BOD the claim? We shall see from j
xecutive Document No. %, above, t
,ferred to:
Arc Simmons & Dickinson's combination :,
tteries honestly conducted and worthy
public patronagey 4
READ! READ READi
Extracts from letters written by y. Z. =
mmons, Of the firm Of Simmons q Dick \
son. TO one Of his former associates
- DEAR BILL: Make il 81, IS. A.. II
- Yours. truly. II. f. :"
- Please change 81 and 20 to something T
else. Yours, truly. u. =. s."
Copv from drawing issued by Simmons Z
Dickinson. August .. 1873:
The subscribers, commissioners appoint !,
10 euperintend the drawing Of the Ken
Ickv State Lottery. for the benefit Of },
enrv Academy and Henry Female Col
ve. do hereby certify that the following
E the numbers which were this day
avn from the Is placed in the wheel, viz I
ass No. 50l. for 1879. 45. 30, So, ~, 81. "a.
Is. q, 81, Is, 81, a, and that said num- I