Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-02-18
Winner Of the Original Little Louis
lana Prize.
Manager ketsgsr Promptly Pays
Him $500 in Coin.
Making $4,000 Discussed in Ne
vada in Three Months.
BEWARE OF BOGUS TICKETS

How to Detect Them-Descrip.
ton Of Genuine Coupons
Method OF Conducting the
Drayvings-W who the PrOprie.
tors are-Indubitable Evil
dence Of Their Financial
Standing and Integrity.
Louis Metzger, one of the mana
gers of the Original Little Louisiana
Company located in San Francisco,
arrived here by the v. & T. express
at 10 O'Clock A. N. Wednesday, for
the purpose of paying over to Mich
olas Mullins the sum of 81 500, the
capital prize won by the latter in
the February drawing with ticket
II, 1918. Mr.. Metzger had previous
" notified Mullins through his
agents that he would arrive here
simultaneously with the official list
containing the February drawing
of the Louisiana State Lottery, by
which the drawings of the Original
Little Louisiana are governed, and
requested Mullins to meet him at
the u, S, Saloon,
PROMPT PAYMENT OF THE CON.
Sure enough Mr.. Metzger APP
peared FIVE minutes after the ar
rival of the train at the appointed
place, met Mullins according to
agreement and accompanied by
James Breen and the lucky Mullins
proceed to the Wells Fargo Co.'S
office drew the coin and taking it to
the Bank of California there paid
it overall in twenty dollar pieces
to the winner. The transaction
was witnessed by the agent of the
bank and numerous others. Mr..
Metzger preferred to pay the amount
in coin rather than by certificate
although it cost him nearly 500
more to do SO than by certificate OF
deposit.
MULLINS MAKES AFFIDAVIT.
Nick Mullins, the lucky winner
of the prize, after receiving his coin
proceeded to Notary Public Shan
mons office and there male affi-
davit to having been paid $500,
the sum due him as the capital
prize won in the February drawing
of the Original Louisiana Lottery
by ticket No. II ,575.
THE WINNER OF THE PRIZE.
Nicholas Mullins, the winner OF
the prize, has been employed as
mule driver and stable boss by the
Sutro Tunnel Company for over
thirteen years. He has wife and
two children residing in Sutro.
He is about 40 years of age sober
and industrious. After receiving
his coin he drove Mr. Metzger and
some acquaintance to the viii
lage of Sutro. He announces his
Of immigrating to Califor-
mia Immediately and investing his
winnings in land in one of the num-
erous citrus belts in the Golden
State.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN THREE MONTHS
This is the second capital prize
paid by the Original Little Louis
ana proprietors to ticket investors
n Virginia City in three months,
Andrew Subotich having been paid
q 800 only, last November. The
prompt payment Of both capital
prizes won here, has made the
original Little Louisiana very pop.
liar in the Silver State, and the
ales Of tickets at each drawing will
10 doubt hereafter far exceed those
old by the Louisiana State Lot
cry agents.
THF COIN STAYS HERE.
The fact that no Original Little
Lottery tickets are sold -
kept on the Pacific c oast-making
ne investment in them more GER
lin of the purchaser winning a
rize than in the Louisiana State
ottery, where tickets in each draw
,g are sold mall parts of the United
tates and Territories. Every dol
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