The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-10
HEARST INDICTED.
CIRCULATING AN ALLEGED LOT
Terry AID. IN IDAHO.
The State Press Association Takes
Up the Case Against the Exam
liner, in Connection With the
Pnstofice Inspectors.

Boise, Ida. Dec. Especial 1.-The
United States grand jury today found
an indictment against w. R. Hearst,
proprietor of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer,s and 7. T. Williams. business
manager. The indictment is for vio-
lating the anti-lottery law which pro-
hibits the use of the mails to papers
containing lottery advertisements.
When James H. Wallis, of the Mont
pelier Post, was indicted on similar
charge, a great many papers through
out the state called attention TO the
fact that the Examiners weekly edi-
ton was advertising a scheme which
was practically similar to that which
caused Mr.. Wallis indictment, though
the value of the prizes offered by the
san Francisco paper was more than
100000. while those offered by Editor
Wallis were valued at less than 500.
1t was held that the law should be APP
piled to a great paper as strictly as 10
a little one in Idaho.
Wallis was sentenced at the opening
of The present term of court. The
,,o,1rt in passing the nominal sentence,
stated he presumed the defendant was
1nisled by the fact that larger papers
published elsewhere had resorted 10
similar methods for increasing their
circulation. On the heels of the vans
case a representative of the tiAaInlner
appeared in the city with naming az
vartisements of it's lottery scheme. he
rtood on the street corners and ex-
nlained that any man paying $l.oO TOR
the Weekly Examiner would nave
chance to draw a ranch of great value
or any one of the thousands OF otner
valuable presents, as they were styleo;
Postoffice Inspector Wyland cndnceQ
to be in the city at the same tlIne, anu
he and District Attorney Wood deter
mined TO make an investigation. and
see if he law laid down by Judge
Realty in the Wallis case did not APP
plv to the Examiner. They round d
weekly Examiner containing the ao-
vertisement of the scheme was COM
ing through the mails and they atso
found that an offending pupnsner couiu
he prosecuted in the district where the
naner was delivered as well as where
N was published. An investigation
nv the grand jury and the Indictment.
&c stated. followed. The punishment
for the offense charged is a, fine not
exceeding $500. or imprisonment not
exoeedhng zone year, or both- me
Idaho State Press association has taken
an active interest in the entire news
naner lottery scheme question since the
wallis case was decided against
the defendant on October Z. by
Judge Beatty in his ruling on the de-
murrer to the Indictment 1t is held
that if the Idaho papers could not re-
sort TO such schemes then papers else
where. and coming n competition,
should not be permitted to make use of
them. This feature of the subject was
discussed with the officers at different
times and the matter was laid before
the postoffice department by the asso-
citation.
The Examiner scheme was somewhat
different from the Posts, in that the
details of the manner of drawing were
not described, but its character was so
plainly identical with the association
held it should be governed by the same
rule under the clear definition of the
law laid down by Judge Beatty.