The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-12
LOTTERY PARAPHERNALIA,
A Number Of Wheels. Etc, In the Police
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A visitor to the Police Court room yes
terday would have thought he was in an
extensive lottery establishment On the
left Of the bench from which His Honor
dispenses justice is large space The
most prominent object there TO greet the
eye was tall machine consisting of a
wheel, between two uprights, painted at
various distances apart with numbers
Above was an index pointer The wheel
is turned and the turner gets the price
which the number that stops under the
pointer indicates. This is the wheel
used at the recent fair at the Armory,
and which was originally captured from
| some fakir who had jumped bail
Near it was copper and glass wheel
in the shape of, and about half the size of,
base drum. gaudily painted In
this collection there was also a
sheet of tin plate and some carbon and
oil paper, the latter with many figuers on
it, The last entry made on the oil paper
is in these words: Richmond, June 9th,
1888, Davy Crockett has stopped these
drawings with Albin Burnett and Sam
Holdcraft." This wheel, book, and paper
an Distribution Company.
On the same table was that mysterious
machine called the Jug" 1t consists of
board somewhat similar to child's
bagatelle table, only this one had seventy
eight holes in it. Two uprights are placed
at one end, from the top Of which swings
the Jugs neck downward. In the neck
is spring which, when pushed, allows
one of the seventy-eight marbles, mum
bered from to ~, to come out. Thirteen
are allowed out and The betting il on
them. This machine once belonged to
Edo Chappell.
The first case called on the docket
was that of A. ]. Berry and George
did unlawfully sci up, promote, or
be concerned in the management or draw
ing OF a lottery or rattle for money or
other things of value"
Mr. Edgar Allan moved TO continue
until Wednesday, June Goth. He said
that the court had not only to hear evil
dcnce as TO imposing n penalty but also
to test the validity of the act charged
under the charter There would be a
meeting Of the company next Monday
night when they would take legal advice
and possibly abandon the enterprise. He
would pledge that the distribution
scheme would not be worked pending
the trial
The court said there was no special
hurry, and would continue the case as
asked to enable the defense to have
more time, and not in view Of any con-
templaled abandonment of the enterprise,
as to abandon it now would not prevent
the punishment OF viOlaters of the law.
Mr. Berry renewed his bail, Captain
4. \ Spitzor going surety. Mr.. Guver
natOr was bailed Saturday night by Judge
Richardson in anticipation of yesterdays
continuance, he wishing to leave town.
William Johnson, the ticket writer al
the main office, and one of the witnesses,
failed to- appear A rule for contempt
relurnable to-day was awarded against
him.
Edo Chappel jcolored) was tried next
sergeant Howard ascertained that Edo
was running the jug game at sweet
Home in an alley near Seventeenth, be
tween Broad and Marshall streets. He
swOre out warrant and Edo disappeared.
He returned Sunday night, and early yes
terday morning the officers arrested him
and captured the jury Witnesses testi-
tilted that they wrote tickets while Edo
pulled" the jug. One witness said that
once the room was so crowded, forty or
fifty being present, that he could not see.
The operations were carried on In a room
in which there were two beds, three
tables, and several chairs. The jug was
found in bag on the bed. The room
was rented from William Bibb. Edo
was sent on to the grand jury, and gave
bail in The sum OF $500.