New-York tribune., 1882-09-27
SEVENTY LOTTERY MEN INDICTED.


The Grand Jury found indictments for violation
of the lottery law against seventy persons yeslSHt
day. and they are to he arragneo nelore
The chief clerk of the District Attorney Oilce
stated that indictments had been found against an
the policy-dealers who ha9 oc,m ",dVH,U - f;v0e
and held to await the action OF the Eranu
Jury Among some OF the persons indicted were
acke OF tine poSi6epa c6onga r@ aso of of Barcays
and Mcguire. Clark, Adams aud Redmond, VINO were
arrested IN the alleged pollcy-place OF Ueorge ~
ington at No. 900 Broadway. Neither John Slnl-
mons nor Bernstein the men arrested two months
ago on the charge of beng the managers oil lhe
policy headquarters III the BoWeIy near
was indicted. 1t was stated that the present poc9
law Is sufficient to enable lho "iInt ,hat
Jury to indict the small dea lers, but tnat tnat
it has thus far been utterly nnposSioio
TO procure evidence to convict u manager OF Il
backer Of the business II is claimed by the lIlfnds
of simmons that the evidence III the hands OF DIS
trict-Attorney MckeOn has been 1uiished oy Il
rival dealer IN the policy business, ana Is ohy par
tally correct Ii Is stated by The policy men that
a book had been written up ana placed III the
headquarters at No. 599 BoWery lor ine purPosc oi
throwing doubt upon book seized by District
Attorney McKeons men in the headquarters
at tho Bowery and Houston-st. In this
hook we're found the OF all those
nolire caplain III whose dist rcts and precincts the
policy business has touTiShcd, and the amounts OF
money PAID from time 10 time to secure immunity
from arrest and tne dates on Wlhch these payhen's
DIstrict- Attorney McKeon is in nowiSe relaxing
his efforts IL break up the lottery and policy Dusl-
ness Even admitting that the conviction OF lhc
hackers of the policy business and of the managers
OF lotteries" sad a prominent lawyer III speaking
OF the District-Attorney YESTERDAY IS hnpo9-
slble, these cannot do any lucrative trade
unless their branches are protected IL inc
police keep arresting the slaI ry, as they
are termed, men alter while Will become so illnlI
that they Will lear TO engage III lhc Ousllc>s hlNu
hackers compete 10 secure as agents as many OF the
owners of small cigar stores ana places 0i tfat kld
as possible, as they make The best men LOT d9His
l.. has bee
carried to such an extent that some OF me plans
which some managers would use to convince the
small dealers that they had more police protection
than any one else nave been truly ludIcIONs' well
known hacker and manager went 10 man
kecping a small cigar store uptown, VINO pc Knew
had been engaged for some time dealing In pOHcy
ellps backed by Zacharian l.. Summons. When the
Simmons managers were arrested, thIS dealer hau
10 give up his business. lhe rval backer went TO
hlm ana iOld HIM that Simmons could not protect
INN. lie had not squared himself properly W'th the
police. he SAID, and as soon as superintendent
Nallmg got home, he would put MS 1905 on lhspec-
tor Muuays arrangements lor PIUlIctIVn'. iho
manager lurther tod tins dealer thal Assistant
Distrlct-At orncy Alien and Mallmg were Worhing
tnis new plan together, and as soon as theN had
driven The simmons men out OF the business every
thing would move on smoothly. Inc manager
told the dealer tnat he dd not want him 10 take MS
word, out would give him ample PROOF OF the truth
of his statement, if he would accompany him. hey
went 10 the DistIlct-AttOrueys oince where the
manager and his fnehd assembled to tue
third floor, which Mr. Aliens Once
is situated. The manager nodded TO
the colored man stationed at the door AT the end Of
the long passage, and went on toward MI. Aliens
otiice " hen they reached the door, the dealer re-
fused TO 90 IN, tcarug Arrest or something that he
dld not wish To encounter. The manager went III
boldly and this had tremendous eject on his com
panion The manager talked with MI Allen for
ten or fifteen minutes, who assented 10 what had
been said, speaking loud enough 10 he heard by the
dealer waiting at the door Then he capped the
climax by coming out with smiling lace, siapplnS
the dealer the back ana aSsuI-
ING HIM that Mr.. Alien had Deen
SO fixed that he could sell policy slips I'D iUtmtam
as long as they were not of the Simmons KIND.
Ihis dealer thoroughly believed tnat the protection
OF the Disnct-AttOmey Office had been
accorded him, and he spread the
story of how 1t had been secured. lie Is
so thoroughly assured of his safety that he viii not
be undeccyed until he is arrested for yiOiatlng the
lottery law. Probably the manager talked 10 Mr.
Allen about some business OF q character entirely
toreian % lotteries Nevertheless his actions and
the ba .kci's apparent tamarlty with the DSt trlci-
AtolucyS office. where every DOdy seemed TO know
HIM. were very convincing, and had the desired et-
Iect.N
To-day the Grand Jury are to take up some new
cases.