The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-11
BARE-FACED FRAUD.
!. Pony Lottery lompany's
New Methods Of SWInd-
ling the Gulls.
PRIZES TO AGENTS.
Jersey City Merchants Elk.
perience With a Western
Concern.

Prosecutor Winfield was yesterday visited
by a prosperous and well known business
man, who placed in his hands a bnnch OF
fifty tickets for the Little Louisiana Lottery
drawing, to take place on August Il. The
tickets had been sent to him through the
United States Express Company in al en-
velope stamped;-'.Eli Little q Co. Papers
Valued $1,000; charges paid" Upon the en-
velope was endorsed this curious ~instruc-
tion:-
"Notice to express agents.-Make quick
delivery. IF package cannot be delivered,
do not return it, but write your agent for
Instructions
Inclosed was a long, closely type written
communication on an artistically engraved
letter head, with the names of seven ma
tional banks and five express companies as
references. The letter is marked coniden-
tial and is a beautiful specimen of what can
De done by way of i~nsinuation. 1t SAYS
A SUBTLE DECOY.
We have decided to establish a perma-
nent agency in your locality and have Sc
lected you to represent US there. We fully
understand and appreciate the reason why
your people have, almost stopped buying lot
terry tickets; it is because there has been no
prize of value drawn there for years and
many have thus become discouraged and
ceased to patronize lotteries entirely. There
is only one way to revive the old time in
uerest and excitement, and that is for some
one to draw a prize largo enough in value to
stimulate n induce Others to start to buy
ing tickets again. X y = We will guaran-
tee that the sale of a few of our tickets will
result in someone's drawing a prize. If
well known man like yourself should draw
$4,000 500 600 or even 5000 it would be
means of selling thousands OF our tickets i'll
your part OF the couAtry.
Now We give YOU the enclosed SIS ticket
free, hoping it may win such a prize as the
above, fully believing that should YOU draw
either Of the above %sEnounts, the increased
sale of our tickets In your neigaborhood
during the coming year could more than re-
Jay us for the money thus expended"
THE NEGRO IN THE wooDYILE.
The letter then casually remarks that
fifty 81 tickets are enclosed, which the COM
pany wants the recipient to sell EVERY one
if you possibly can" Accompanying the
letter was q set of instructions watch minute
ly direct the agent how to conduct his trans
actions with the company. He is nevei.
under any consideration to use the United
States mail, las we strictly comply with the
United States Postal Law"
IN the midst Of the Instructions liirkes the
little negro in the wood pile in these words:
And you must certainly do some business
for us IL you expect us to pay the prize
drawn by the SIS ticket"
1t the sale OF q lew tickets is going to as
sure a man q largo prize, what is to hinder
hat man from buying them himself rather
than so to the trouble of trying to sell thems
There was also a number of slips in the
package which purported to be letters from
the cashiers of several banks stating that
company had ON deposit In each of the insti-
buttons sums of from $50, 900 to S50,01D. On
the back of these slips IN flaming red letters
are injunctions to the receiver to read these
Certificates of deposits and if SO minded to
write to these banks and ascertain for them
selves just how the company stands.
Prosecutor Winfield said he could not do
anything in the matter unless he could find
some person in this country engaged in this
%swlndling business.