Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-05
THE LOTTERY BUSINESS.
The Committee Meets ana TaIks
Over.

The Committee Meets ana TaIks IL
Over.
At half.past 2 O'Clock yesterday after.
noon the Lottery Committee of the Board
OF Police commissioners met in the Office
ofthe Chief OF Police, Mr.. I. A. Lewis in the
chair and Messrs. Dexter and Knox pres-
ert. Mr.. Knox was elected as clerk and the
proceedings commenced with the reading
ofDetective Wallin's report with refer.
ence to the carrying on Of Chinese lot
tery in the rear of the Louvre saloon, on
Main street.
In reply to the queries of Mr.. Dexter,
Chief Glass stated that several of the
worst class OF saloon-keepers in various
psrts of the city had rented rooms in the
rear of their saloons to Cinnamon for
tie purposes of conducting lottery
s,hemes, but beyond that all had repu-
dated any connection with the business.
Ee stated that the officers had been
Instructed and were already arresting all
| tie Cinnamon connected with the lotter-
les, and that several of them were at that
moment upstairs in the Police Court,
awaiting trial.
At this juncture Detective Wallin
eatered, and on being questioned on the
stbject, made q statement to the follow.
ig effect: Hearing that Chinese lot
tey was being conducted in the rear OF
tb Louvre saloon, he visited the place
OF December -30th and 3lst and pur.
Chased ticket on each occasion. The
Olinaman at whose solicitation he
Purchased these tickets informed him
that if he bought 30.cent tickets instead
of10 cent ones, he would have q better
Glance of winning, as the more money
expended the greater the percentage ol
pizes. He visited the place again yes
teday morning, and finding it running
al on the former occasion, did not trouble
tt buy another ticket, but arrested the
Cinaman, and he was at that momen,
il the dock of the Police Court. The de-
tCtive stated that he did not know O.
aay other saloon at which the lottery
WAS conducted, but he had visited al
aency at No. Also street on Thursday
efening. Here he found five boys
whose ages ranged from II to 16 years
but as he was very busy at the time ht
wns unable to stop and arrest the China
nBn who were running the place.
Mr.. Lewis then questioned the de-
tective as to the Louisiana lottery. The
officer stated that as far as he knew the
ony authorized agent of the concern in
the city was Max Harris, whose offic,
! was in the Lanfranco block, but anon;
those who sold the tickets openly, anC
therefore might be classed as agents
we're j. w. Young, the proprietor of th'
cgar stands in the Bryson-B -B3nebrak
book and the Hollenbeck hotel; NJ
Gunst. the proprietor of the cigar stant
near the Nsdeau; j. Greenwaldt, ciga
dealer on Temple street; Mrs. Ferner,
pswnbroker on Commercial street; ant
a number of others whose names b
could not at the moment recall. In ad
dition to these, there were several per
sons who went round all the saloons an
public places soliciting for the sale {
tickets every month. The committe
instructed the Chief to obtai
more definite information relative to tn
number of agencies established in tn
city, the amounts realized monthly b
the sale of tickets, and full particulars {
both the Louisiana State and th
Chinese lotteries, for presentation to til
committee at O'Clock on Monday afte
noon next. He was also instructed
furnish q list of the newspapers VIII
publish the lottery lists. The committe
then adjourned, but before dispersin
the Chief asked for Instructions as to b
course of action in regard to the Louis
ana lottery agents, and Messrs. Kno
and Lewis instructed him to enfor,
w.