New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-09

DESCENT BY PINkERTONS DETECTIVES
THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BUSINESS IN THIS
CITY B.OKEN INTO AND SEVERAL MEN TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
descent was made yesterday by PInkertons de-
tectives on several OF the places concerned III the
lottery business Arrests have frequently been
made heretofore OF persons VINO so.d policy sips
but II has been sand that .lle those VINO were con-
cerned only l the sale Of the slips were
molested the who were at the
head Of tine business and received the
Larger part OF the pr0n were not nterlered with.
DIsIict-Attorney Mckeon decided several weeks
ago To eudeavOT to arrest the principals Pnker-
toms Detective Agency was requested To secure the
evidence desired, and = b. Deal, one oi the de &c
tIyes employed by the agency, made a complaint on
which warrants were issued by recorder omyth
The affidavit reclted that pony slips had
been purchased at various shops III East
Houston, Last Sixteenth ana DINER streets
Alter an Inyesuga. ION OF sew raj weeks
the detective found mat the business OF dear
ing III these policy sips was almost eutreIy con-
tr0.led by ZacharIah l.. Simmons, VINO established
the SINAI dealers IN The business ana received "a
large share oil tue money taken IN payment Tor the
were at NJ. z0J Bo"ery, where reports
were received from the dealers aud the
accounts settled Mr. simmons manager.
wuo had the oversight OF the whole
bnsiues, in the city, was DAM j. Bernstein. John
f. SIumOns, the brother Ol H. q. Summon, WAC " as
al. ed - the personal repiesen ative or his
I'm. management. Ihere were also a large nunOer
of CLERKS against wnom COMPLAINT was made III
va tound that the rep rs OF the draw
ms held at Louisville, by, were re-
ceIved IN this city by telegraph from
sT,ctnnatl and were theu senC 10 pruning Offices
amen Ihey were printed On slips Tor distribution
among the policy shops. - -. . }
About twenty detectives were sworn I'd as special
d,nutv shetts and warrants were gwen to them lof
f.e afresf al tuosr against whom complaints were
mac search warrant, were also sccur,u IOr lhe
Ices where the busIn 30 Wac carried On. no
,t,.t.cftv,s arranged 10 make the descent az the
fIme when tue leegiaphlc report hau Deeh =
c.Iv.d from Cincinnati anu sent OIt LOT
,,rruttug shortly before o'clock hODert fiiAtf-
ION win large force of detectives Visit d TIE mead
ot,ffer. iu tut uvper part oil No. 10 DO"eIy. Inc
,o ~. touud 10 be closed win only slhau open
,np len through winch inquiries were Liauo 1i'-
answered. IDr detectives asked 10 see MI IN,
ruou. mn were bOhl that was not III. Ah'J HAiu
that tnev haa "A warrant TO serve, buI lhcy McIc
suI n. used aIIniJtance. The doors "eio ,non
burst open and the detectives entereu. lhc4s
were ABOUT forty persons present. "a
whom several were Idenuncd anu aIIcs.0u- Il
large number OF slips ana otner papers noto se
cured AS well As the books showing tne eH'ii'
&C non. be- ween the principals ana the ueAluIs d
aInong the principals themselves. Inc persons al
rested were taken before Recorder nlnJ H. WV
sitting IN Inc Dislnct-AJtOrueys once. NJ
Mck con and his as is ant, Henry I. AlieH apPo'uu
the prosecution. Inc Pi - -,
their names As Daniel j. DciHn'ol'-'
OF No. 237 West Forty -seventh-st; Jonh l. o'ii
mons OF No l7G last seventy -nIth-SI;' 1So
Nathan. Of NO. 40 Peasant-aYo.; JusIus tIaue.,I
No 80 East EIgnty -secOnd-si.i george Oo"ii' ~
oi No. u PerrY-st; GustaYe SclnidS VI NE ~ -"