New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-07
THE LOTTERY BUSINESS.
CASES WHICH NEED ATTENTION.
sCENKs AT THE OFFICES wHERE TICKETS A"h 'o'.

CASES WHICH NEED Al lENiiO
SEEMS AT THE OFFICES WHERE TICKETS ARE SOLD
COMPLAINS OF OTHER TENANTs-iNihNiioN'
OF SOME OF THE AUTHORITIES NOT CLEAR
covernor Corneps letter to Mayor Cooper. asking
that the State Lottery law be properly enforced,
has nowhere caused more apparent deJectlon 'i .a
at No. $40 Broadway. the N4ea u3k'eG Civ. The
feverish activity which has marked the employees VI
This place during the last few months as they re-
tailed their thousands and thousands Oh lo.rlS
tickets. has now given way to suiieh
demeanor All customers without eAccPtiVn'
who climb the narrow Hight OF stairs leahlns 10 W.
Dounhin,s office are politely sent about their DUST
ness with an invitation to return IN a lew uaS s =
when the horizon shall be clear OF the CLOUDS oi 'hc
Governors wrath -, -, . 81
Rroadway on week days can have failed TO notice !he
scenes that regularly occur tor hVe daNs piectoins
and following the second tuesday IN each month. w
that day the monthly drawing OF the Louisiana
State Lottery takes place, and expectant licke'-
holders IRON almost every quarter OF tne ciVy
gather around Dauphn's front entrance 10 ,ne elc.
ANNOYANCE of the other tenants OF the oulluIhk
NOT even in the lowest dens OF the BoWery anu
Chatham-st. are Misunderstanding lates auu
hang-d expressions to De met Win d. III III o go
rnsnpctable part of Broadway on the nVe c0nseCu-
tive DAYS in each month during which the LoViS ,
ana state Lottery fever asts. Men "uoSe "iio,o
existence appear to have been pasSel az ,no Eln
counter or In the PenteDtiary, make lucIuSeINos
cousoicnous in the struggling thr0ngs ny
their oaths and curses, WINE oln'Io, sun
under the effects OF nights , Ieo"T Tbs
noudIIon oI .mor among the crowd Is generally
of the veIy worst. But the adult p"pul3lon Is n.y.
alone r,prcSenled on DauphinS stOop Young eiIs
and bows of tender age can be seen III uio Cio", a.
cocor IT, scan the lists Of winning numbers as any
body else They too. have invested their ~
this Ime of fortune. ana their young Iui""' az
AT snsuppse and expectancy. Hardly does the hTSu
clerk appear with the Office KEYS az O'9'h I.i"I
he il nnnercliully beset by the ticker -hOders ana
finds It hard TO make his way 10 the once up'lats
IEIKI~NE reporter recently VISITED No. ol'
Broadway aud took look at Ddnphlh 5 Once IL Is
on the second foor OF the me a,o"o oun,r7 &
lhomaS-St and Broadway. ne, pdIil.i'ns HI va
closing he clerks AID tichei sellers uesh2 ~ "a
fine mahogany, and The FURNITURE ~, wen ~ a"
other objects in the Office, are OF elaborate W"ih.
A. tho tuTt her ex tremifv OF the apartment looking
out an to BroadwaV, sits /. Is. Moore. the manager
of The agency. Nh Dduphln beng. at the pie9tn,.
moment in Ncw-OIleans. The reporter was toiu' VIII
significant nod by one Oh the ci.ih tu1 we nS
ness would be quiet Tor a Whe. OthcI' liil"Il'cI
him that the tickets OF Tue September ,vt'cIN ga"
not vet arrived from NtW-Of "d"9' m "i'i
- moi fhc uuly norton of the agency ia t,.c buu
mo. The entire third floor ana fourth loo 5 are
also rented 10y II. iiat of the thIh moor mas now
ever been ,ubC to two or three lawyers VIII" VIC
other half constitutes of the deprtmon9 oil the
lottery The fourth floor - entirely devoted 10 tle
! ottcrv cucntar and aGvcrtiscuch t Cep4i 'hcu's;
Hcr. an e,nrIoye named " Harry" forwards several
thousand en- culars to all points IL the Stale az Tue
! beginning of each week. lie was away WhVh 'Ho
| reporter called and his interesting tepai tTi'u'
| r,, Il therefore not be thoroughly examined l1lS,
With the exception of the basement ana OF tle hrs'
! floor the whole building Is managed by ulc l-'o'S'
! Ntate Lottery company N-C'iN@'
| The few ncighbors these people have are anything
but satisfied with the atmosphere IN W9lch they are
living. Mr.. Hawiey, agent OF thc oa''. , a.,
| Freight Line. who occupies thc hIsl Hool' WYNN
! questioned Dy the reporter, eNcIal'hcu' 49,.
| {" All | know about the lottery company ups'aiTa
* hat II Is great nuisance TO the tenants III the
! hnr.e several DAYS IN the month we are literally
| mobhcA by people o! the lowest cllss-the scum oi
the pophlatIOm-Wh0 not only block mp inc ,'SSdsy'
bu' even intrude upon ms III me oilce' Ies S,'
dlsgn ting ia both appearance and manners beside,
hlnderlng our business We were so dnnoycu aIDdt II
| last wear tina. we threatened to 20 away. Many
tenants have lett the house SINCE .ne COMPANY Ia,
| Lecn here But if you want 10 hear more OF th'
| nuisance see Messr>. Armstrong Il Briggs mex
| door they can tell Won more th%n can. -,
| 80 saving, Nh fawley led III, vist0r mo INC
next apartment, where the peisous meaIohcd are
+" the thing is not ONLY n nuisance. sir" remarked
| Mr. Armstrong, but dine scandal. We are really
ashamed TO be seen entering this house. 80 low ant
| disgusting is the class winch now iiequohlS IL
| This place has become notorious. w ny ID ~
months ago, those people upstairs had even 'h
ondncitv TO most a man on the steps who SOLD ticket
| openly and attracted a huge crowd around IN
house. attempted 80 nave nm aIIestc' "uI H. ~
| zimmerman appealed 10 evaded my demand il'"
ever since that time tle company mas CONNIE
itself TO selling tickets IN the Once; Nnen Oh
thinks that TINS building is owned by tne Ne"
YORK Hospital Association II is lhcohCti'aoic III"
| sucn tenants should be tolerated -, ...
tnst month tAere were about hity comm tmcn'
made foc violation of the lottery Laws, but beside
these there are over 40 persons chalScu VII SIN
| i,r licences VINO have been admitted 10 bail slhc
January l, 1879, up TO August J. lSooi me
a,.,I's have nor been indicted. IN Iact the onl
Ioi,rry cases disposed of between the date
mcunoned SIX seven at the outside Wee , thos
, ia which the principals desired To pieau Bu'i'F WI
litrr rne cons .uueuces In every instance w1ere
rIr, has pcea acccpc ed a fine OF about $50 has bee
nup 'sed. D..:4 ,..,ro
A tribune reporter questioned DlslTct-Attorhe
pn.lr. Yesterday az to what disposition was 10 !
made OF he lottery cases. Mr.. Phelps was nc
! luclIurd 10 Ice communicative. ts Salu lh't
.,I,.osc tnat some of the would be tred D'
tl,at no spec.al arrangement La I been luade j
D dong so lie also supposed that the prison cas-
vonId first be disposed Of ,e
It.ticc Murray Thomas +. Drscoll, of NO. y hu
T,r..t charged Alexander Jones, az twen, y-iou
# Nc "a Nas>au-st.. with dealing IN LIt'io nav"
Lottery He was h ld III 500 bail
SUEARING IN THE GRAND july.