Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-03-22

ing terrible havoc 1t has great
field. and the authorities are doing
whatever to stop its ravages.
The marauders in Chicago are divided
into two camps equally bad. James Z.
Moore was the first agent in the field but
finding that he was doing too well the
divided the feast. Charles
Bush, a well-known gambler, came mp
to operate the other branch, and his
are Massage" Hogan and
Mike Lawler. This gang has its head
quarters on Monroe street, while the
Moore gang has headquarters on Wash
ington street.
THE EAGLE has obtained lists of the
different sub-agents, all of whom are
liable to indictment under the laws of
Illinois.
There are over fifty of these, and
when the names of some of them come
out people will be astonished
Some of the gentlemen who have
been exposing lottery tickets for sale
in their cigar cases and elsewhere will
not feel so gay after week or two.
THE EAGLE is going at this task
leisurely and in good order.
1t recognizes that it is herculean
one, but after the records of Moore,
Bush, Gore, Hogan, ct al, are pub
lished the public will possibly feel a
greater interest in the matter
THE EAGLE is the first paper to
tackle these alligators. 1t has already
proven its fighting ability, and will
add zest to the battle against the lot
teries by showing up every man in
Chicago who handles lottery tickets.
When the facts are properly present
ed much may be expected from that
grand body of men, the Citizens As
sociation.
A glance at the members Of the EX-
ecutive Committee shows what the as
sociation is made up of. Here it is;
John J. Glessner, Pres. E. Nelson Blake, V, 7.
Francis B. Peabody, John G. ShortaH,
o. S. A. Sprague, James H. McVick er,
Edison Keith, j. Y. Farwell Jr.,
Edwin Lee Brown Christoph HOtz,
Henry Field ]. Harley Bradley,
VIM. A. Fuller, Louis Wampold,
Murry Nelson.
Geo. Schneider, Treas j. G. Amber Sec.
Now, read what this Executive Com
mittee has to say about lotteries in It's
recently published report.
Here it is:
THE report of our Committee on
Lotteries, published in January last
had the effect of calling the temporary
attention of the authorities to these
abominable frauds; but the efforts
made to suppress them were SO feebly
followed up that no permanent re
suits were obtained. In early summer
the announcement, evidently as an ad
vertisement, of legal difficulties over
the collection of an alleged prize in
duced us to procure the interference o.
the States Attorney on behalf of the
State, in accordance with the statutes
the suit is now pending. Recently the
city authorities have taken more ac
tive measures to close the places
where lottery tickets We're sold, and tC
suppress the sale of papers advertis
ing them. Raids are occasionally made
on the policy shops which infest va
rious quarters of the city, generally
the poorest, but that they are ineffect-
i've is shown by the fact that the dene
flourish and increase in number"
And what was the report to which
the Executive Committed makes refer
ence?
1t was as follows, and is well wortl
reading:
CITIZENS ASSOCIATIONS :oP CHICAGO,
COMMITTEE on CORRECTIONS, Jan, - 1889.
10 the Executive Committee
beg leave to report on behalf Of the
Committee on Corrections that the at
tention of that committee has beer
confined mainly, for the past year, tC
observations of lottery dealers an i'm