The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-10-14
The $500

Has Not Been Paid to Mr.. Fellows Of
Bunalo-It Cost Him $50 to send .
Ticket to Kansas Ctty-Lawyer stone
Of t. Paul " Ill Try and Get the Money
for Him = Schroeder. the Man Who
sold the Ticket to Fellows, IL Indix-
nAnt.
"NoI a cent" said Joseph B. Fellows OF Pros
pect avenue, when asked by a Tiusss represen Ia
tive whether he had received the s. 500 n By
HIM last Mas from lottery concern run by I.
Fox & Co. OF Kansas City, called the Little Loa.
isiana lottery, but which has no connection " IN
the louisiana state Lottery proper. when they
saw was persistent and after the pu ol,ca ton
OF the TsGles article giving the particulars oil
my holding winning ticket and their failure
TO pay, they telegrapned me that they were en-
joined from paying oy the court. Since then
have heard nothing from them"
'OI course yoa expect to, said rhe Times man
wen, doht know, replied Mr.. Fellows
There Is lawyer at -. PAU Who wrote mt
that he represented a man who had won d Slo,-
~ prize and named conditions under which he
would undertake TO get my s. 500 AT the same
time. told E,m 10 20 ahead, but | seem to D.
As lar away now as was before. II cost M 81
10 send my ticket u Kansas City, and think
they might AZ least return that amount to me,
as had TO pay 1t to the express company"
~ hat does schroeder, the man from whom
you bought the ticket, think of iIF'
he Was as badly taxen in as I Was"
DOS he sell tickets for Tnem sliIlF'
NO, indeed; they had the aUdacity TO send
him some and req uest that he 20 on and do
business Tor them Is before"
schroeder Is 4 barber on Niagara street and
knew nothing OF tine character of the concern
which he represented. When he learned IL
through the ItH,s aud his experience in the
Fellows matter ne dropped them qai-k, and As
warned a.! those who formerly purchased tick
cts 0i him not TO 90 any more business with
them or tneIr represen taIiyes.
MI. Fellows Is an honest, industrious citizen,
VINO mas night 10 b !Ieve thai ne shosld re-
ceiSe what they acknowledged was his. There
are lho-e, however, " no are OF the opinion that,
a. thls Ia the same com lany that svlndled the
late Jalius Haas out Of ike amount, Mr.. Fel
1o"' Stands a very small cnance of ever getting
penny from II.
Just what success Lawyer Stone will have for
MS cIiSn Mr.. Fellows, of course, cannot tell
OUT ne hopes for the best. People who have
been Investing their money IN this concern are
OF the opinion that, If Inis company Is the fraud
u seems 10 DC, Lhey .Louid De exposed In all
sections of the country. Their game, like that
OF the greeu-SOods mau and the DuLco man, is
one Ui iraId
Ia the nrst account of the fraud practiced on
DINER elites The same GAM had been played on
the unsuspeeIing. some pc ,. lie think there
may Ue compromise through Lawyer Stone,
bIt those who nave read ami heard more of
TINS con, ern than they, say that he (fel ossJ =
out The 81 he pIId sea rOeIcr fyr the ticket out
OF the ~ = paid to send II 10 Kansas CITY and
out u, %, wnIc,. ms ticket Called for as u half
winner vi d capital pr ze.
Ihr re are l1tIeries which are said 10 pay and
pay promptly, but II Is plain TO be seen that MS
the IL tie LUIislaIa-=O called-run by T. Fox
q Co, Kansas City, Is NOT one of them.-BuTqLO
". ~ Ttnses, sept. L.