The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-14
Boeus PRIZES.
How the Lottery Swindle is Ad-
vertised.

How the Lottery Swindle is Ad-
vertised.
Every little while those papers in
Oakland and San Francisco which
advertise the Louisiana lottery swim
die, says the Oakland (Cal. En-
quirer, come out with stories that
some local parsonage has won $751;
900 in the big lottery. 1t is shrewd
advertisement-bait for more gud-
geons-and the following from the
New York World shows how the
game is worked:
PAYING FOR THE USE OF A NAME.
Mortimer J. Lyons is a retired
plumber. He lives in comfort in a
quaint little frame house at 161
Fifth avenue, Brooklyn. The house
is at least fifty years old and it's
owner and occupant is older than
that, though his hair is just turn
ing gray.
A young man with a dark brown
mustache, dark eyes and sallow
complexion, called at the frame
house the other day and asked for
Mr.. Lyons. Mr.. Lyons had never
seen his visitor before, and knew he
didn't live in that neighborhood.
But he did not think to ask him
where he came from, and he did not
get the strangers card. He thinks
the name was "Daniels" or some
thing which sounded like that. He
was of medium height and well
dressed.
"My business is-quite peculiar" "
he said. He seemed to be a little
backward about stating it, and Mr..
Lyons uttered an encouraging
"Well?"
"In fact, am connected with the
lottery business"
There has been deal of talk
about the lottery around South
Brooklyn, but Mr.. Lyons wondered
what on earth could lead anybody
to bother him about the business.
Mr.. Lyons is very well known
and very highly respected. He is
staunch churchman of the Cath
olic faith, and his name is associ-
ated with the attributes and the
influences that make for right
eousness." @sse
When Seth Low was Mayor of
Brooklyn he made Mr.. Lyons a
member of the Board of Education.
It was not a political appointment.
Mr.. Lyons is a democrat and is
proud of it. But he is not active
in local politics.
Mr.. Daniels, if that was his name,
amazed Mr.. Lyons by his knowl-
edge of all these things. He showed
thorough acquaintance with the
old gentleman's antecedents and
position.
"Why, I am not so we'll known
as all that" said Mr.. Lyons, "who
told you about me?"
"Oh, friends Of yours. Now, what
| want of you is just this. Here
on this slip of paper you will see
the prizes of the lottery in question.
There's one of $4,000. Now, you
don't need to buy ticket, but one
third of that, $4,000, is yours if you
give out to your friends that you
have won $4,000. You must make
little 'splurge' over it, you know,
and if you talk it up it may get
into the papers, and we'll see that
it gets into some Of them anyway.
You are very well known man in
this neighborhood, Mr.. Lyons.
You are very popular, and if you
will do this it will help the sale of
lottery tickets here wonderfully" !"
"You have not money enough" :"
said Mr.. Lyons, "and your old
lottery company hasn't got money
enough to induce me to sign that. !"
"But $5,O00," began Daniels.
"No!"
swell, now, look here. This clip
ping is from Chicago paper. 1t
tells how a popular insurance clerk
drew $4,000 prize, and how his
friends are congratulating him, and
what nice time he is going to have
with the money"
well, suppose you mean that
this fellow took the same offer you
are making me?"
Precisely. Now, $1,000
"No; not for me, said Mr.. Lyons.
"Dear me! l am surprised" said
the lottery man. "There are very
few men who would refuse the offer.
You are the first man I ever met
that wouldn't accept"
Then he went away.
The Small Boy Need Not Despair.
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