Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-15
LOTTERY rnrev,..

\ northern paper says. ~
laws and regulations forbid y pase +
o. o., lottery schemes; through tb,s.
ton the nciarious business ~ ,h WIZ y.
resident IN the United Ststas wa
largely suppressed. But the q. w
sought another channel. ana H','e
operated with great succoss ~
illustration: Driven from neisk
States by prosecutor, bsn s
swindlerS located In st. ~
New brunswick; from tb,, 'N'a
they sent flaming lotterv -; =
by the million, all over ~ u1.g &
States, but were careful ia man
the citizens of the country ,vna w
had locatcdi thus they violated w,
New Brunswick or the Doml.
Canada, and for their stealIngr (,
liens OF the United States conia
eNtradited and punished. II was h
open and shut steal. and there ~,
a drawing OF prizes ut all: no ~
received a prize, and millions ~ "
were sent them from the United M \
These protected thieves are milios.
and live In the greatest luxury.
About year ago one of tho s,, +
and richest swindlers in New yoH
to Europe to look the ground oyor :,
view to finding a point of pro, 8
there, and flooding the United Sts,o H
lottery circulars ON the plan of !, t.
stephens, New Brunswick, steal Il
time thereafter an associate of this
Ter began to take measures for seen,,.
names and addresses OF all the NJ
and laboring men and women n II
United States; this they have don,
Il fair degree of thoroughness IA h
millions of names they propose a.
the autumn and winter to mail thor
terry schemes in sealed envelopes X
will never be drawing, and never M
prize be sent to any one; 1t is slmO1 1
straight steal.
Their location may be in one mart
may be in another, and they mas M.
often, but the scheme win always n y
same--a straight steal. Their Grt N,
ton will doubtles be Paris, France 4
they will claim to have license N,
the French government lie, OF cor,.
Very likely their circulars will be wsa
from United States postofllce, by M,
ling agents, on account of the sayins 4
postage thus to be made. Ten milo.
of circulars mailed from United Su,
po>tollicc 70 points in the United Sui.
would cost for postage S200,Oe0 gEG
the same mailed from France 10 /.
United States would cost for ro,A.
$5u0,O0u
The postoficc law, and regulation,
not seem to be properly operative Ii q
lottery business; the swindlers are s.
of the country, and protected alra
and scaled letters must be FORWARDED
deposited in amy United States postolit
or if received from abroad
We are of the opinion, however, d
the secretary of state and the postmasl
general, should give the matter their 81
cial attention, and if nothing can be 10
under the law existing to-day, the alii
ton of congress should be called 70
matter. Doubtless should the secretary
state request 1t France, or any OF
Europ an government, would inye zig
and break up the business OF the ihler
Don't gamble; but in any event
lottery tickets alone. In lottery llck
you have the smallest chance OF vim
that exists in any gambling game
! doubt If ever there existed LOTTERY 7
was conducted according to the
given out. In the scheme alluded
above no one cycr has or eyeTNlll
ceiyc priIG-it Is II straight stea! l'
| ing more, nothing less.
Several millions Of dollars wlll.
abroad from the luboring people o.
/ United States to enrich these thieves
I less the law can nip the steal 10 The
or the newspaper press of America
tcct their readers by vcntilating tlel
ter freely. The thieves have plenll
capital aud will operate on the laf
scale, cndcayoring to do the wholc
ness up quickly for various and c0s
reasons. It the public press OF AIac
give the above information the ioo
can be stopped short.