The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-08-08
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The sensational coup of M.
Farkas, who it will be remembered
recently won 100000 forms in the
''Small Lotto" promises to turn out,
il suspicious are confirmed, one OF
the greatest swindles on record.
III. Farkas. the env,ed and admired
of all lottery spectators. together
/ with two officials in the Temesvar
Lotto office, a woman and a boy,
are now under arrest. 1t appears
that the police have the grave st
reason to believe that a daring
swindle was perpetrated by these
five people.
In order tn make clear the modus
operandi, II is necessary to give Il
brief description OF the me:hod of
drawing the lottery nun bers.
These, from one to ninety, are
firmly fitted into as many sm II,
hollow bale, which are placed in
al urn with glass sides. The urn
is turned round and at each tnrn
one ball containing a number is
drawn out by boy, who is usual
~ an orphan and Is given coup
lie Of forms for his pains. Only
five OF the balls are drawn. The
numbers inside them are taken ont
by the officials, in the presence Of a
sort of commission and Of the
public. The numbers and balls
are carefully examined, and the
eighty-fiye ema ming IN the urn
are counted. The five drawn mum.
bers are Immediately made known
and whoever has backed these mum.
bcrs wins.
AT the Temesvar drawing, which
was so lucky for Farcas, pecul-
lar incident cured. When the
boy who was 10 act as drawer ap.
peared, the manager OF the Lotto, M
Puespoeky, Informed him that his
services were not needed, and sem
him home, giving him, however
the two forms. A second boy ap
peared, and was treated in precise
" the same manner, when /:
stra.ge lady suddenly came upor
the scene, bringing with her ,
young lad. The woman requcs,e,
the manager, as great favor, t
allow her companion to draw tn
numbers, as che herself had stakei
, money upon them, and felt sur
that that the boy would bring be
, luck. The request was granted
r M. Szubotits, another Lotto official
, put on the boy the official blous
worn by the drawer and the NUN
bers were extracted.
The inquiry which has been go
. ing on for the last eight days a
. Temesvar has established the fol
, lowing facts:
NJ. Farcas was seen In frequen
: conference. some days before til
t drawing and on the morning of til
!. day itself, with the woman and tn
a boy. and with the two Lotto off
q Gals already mentioned. At tn
< right time NJ. Farcas came to vi
enna to back at three ditferen
Lotto offices five numbers to b
g drawn at Temesvar, as it is allow
= ed To back numbers Ia Vienna TO
= the drawing at that place. TIL
= woman gave false name dun OF
e her stay at Temesvar, and lisap
peared with the boy immediaiel,
( after the successful coup. He
I, name is not yet known.
] Falkas, as we'll as the two Lot
officials, have undergone long ex
Q aminations AT the bands of Temes
:, var Police Commissioners. Al
three protested their innocence
Farkas said that he had invented
sp cial system, which made win
, nlng inevitable, and stated, in proc
: of his assertion, that he had woi
no less than four In 'ge sums since
5 Marcel last--namely, $4,000, 1S,00t
e SO 600, and now 100000 horins. /
, is rather curious that three o. thes,
, amounts, including the largest
/ were won at Temesvar. tits alsC
, remarkable that Farkas, who wa:
! in former years a lawyer, gave uI
I his profes sion, ana est .hl:saed a
Weischttz. In Hungary, Lott
/ Onice-maybe in order 20 learn his
} system. But he soon abandoned
the business, and settled III hand
some house at Pcsth. Among his
personal weakness is an excessive
, love of jewelry.
How he succeeded in getting al
the five numbers is not yet known
} Possibly it was some clever sligh'
of hand on the part of the boy
who is suspected IL be Farkas
son. A similar case occurred al
Genoa some years ago. it's to bt
hoped that this unpleasant affair
will assist the efforts of DR.. Roser
member of the Reichsrath, who
for quarter of century, has
pleaded for the abolition OF State
lott ries, and especially OF the
Small Loo in Austria. For the
present the permission to back IN
Vienna numbers which are drawn
in Hungary will be withheld. Lon
don Standard.