The morning call., 1892-06-23
BOLD COUNTERFEITERS.
A Public Scare That Investigation
Proved GrOundleSS.
Crooks Who Tried to Work the Lotteries.
Their Scheme Foiled by the Little
Louisiana Company.

A bold counterfeiting scheme by num-
Der of crooks in this city has been exposed
by the Original Little Louisiana Company
of San Francisco. The gang has been OPP
Grating in this city about four months. The
object of their game has been to draw the
prizes offered by the Original Little LOuisi-
ana Company by manufacturing and pre-
senting counterfeit tickets of the winning
numbers to the officers of the company.
Fooled in their conspiracy, the crooks
have secured the columns Of q contemporary
to circulate false and malicious report
that the Original Little Louisiana people
have refused to cash the legitimate coupons
issued by them. The truth is that none of
these fraudulent tickets are put on the
market, and in consequence they are never
offered for sale by vendors Of the Original
Little Louisiana Company tickets The
crooks In question have been directing their
sHindlug operations at the Original Little
Louisiana Company alone. Their detec-
ton, however, has been so certain and
swift that they have been left without any
recourse save to maljgn and blackmail their
intended victims. the Original Little LOuisi-
ana Company.
These same crooks have been connected
also with the couuterfeiting Of Louisiana
State lottery tickets.
An investigation of their methods shows
that the crooks rely on their skill in first
producing a photographic fac simie of the
genuine coupons with the part left blank
where the hunters should be. AS soon as
the results of the drawing at New Orleans
are known the numbers OF the winning
tickets are hurrledly engraved and stamped
upon the blanks in the spurious coupons.
These are not put on the market, but are
by the crooks presented 10 the Office for
ha 10 or 10
cOnspiratOrS themselves raise the cry of
fraud in the hope that they will succeed in
intimldaliug the officers of the Original Lit
tie Louisiana Company into a recognition
of their claims as innocent purchasers.
Baffled at every turn, their last scheme
is to trump up charges of unfair dealing
against he managers Of the company,
whose vigilance IS kept constantly exercised
10 protect their patrons and detect the spu-
rOus tickets.
The Original Little Louisiana Company
yesterday paid through the London, Paris
and American Bank $500 on the one-balf
ticket So 6G6. which drew tile capital prize
IN the June drawing. 1t was collected for a
client in Galveston, Tex, and the books Of
the bank Will show the payment. After the
genuine coupon had been eashed n counter
felt ticket bearing the same number was
presented. It's spurious character was at
once detected and payment necessarily re-
fused.
No genuine ticket of the Original Little
Louisiana Company Of san Francisco has
ever been. nCr ever will be, refused pay
meut The company has In its possession
proofs OF the counterfeit blocks which the
crooks have offered for sale, thus showing
lie true character OF the nefariOus opera
ton.
Among others who drew prizes in the
June drawing OF the Original Little LOuisi-
ana, who have presented their tickets and
received their money, the following may be
named:
i. Dewey Of 537 Sacramento street held
whole ticket No. 59,094, costing 81. and re-
ceived $1,000 IN gold coin.
Fanny King tcolored), residing Mt 233
Stevenson street, held whole ticket NJ
sc, $50. costing 81, and received $3.50.
All the banks and express companies In
the United States receive the winning tick
cts Of the Original Little Louisiana Com.
pany of San Francisco for collection, and in
no instance has the payment Of the winning
tickets been refused.