The advocate., 1894-10-24
NIP AND TUCK.
When Thieves Rob Zach Other Honest Mem
Are Sometimes Accused.

The republican managers have arrived
ak point where they depend wholly on the
efforts Of the lottery gamblers and their
lawyers 10 elect the Morrill, ticket, and they
have employed several Kansas City papers
10 help circulate the vile stuff they geb from
this source. The following ''speOiRP 10 the
Times is a sample Of the dOSpiOable work.
ED.l
WASHINGTON, October 16.-"Peter w.
Kline's statement that we agreed to pay
100000 to the governor and attorney
general Of Kansas to suppress lotteries
in that state 10 true, every word of it,"
said William T. Henderson, general
counsel for the Honduras National Lot
terry company Gate Louisiana State Lot
terry company to the Times correspond
emit tonight. Mr.. Henderson was for
many years postal inspector In the gov
srnment employ, until he entered the
more lucrative service Of the lottery
company. He now lives In Baltimore,
but is travelling constantly in the inter-
est Of his company, and is q very hard
man to find whom you want him. Efforts
have been made by the Times corr0-
spondsnt ever since Pete Kline's start
ling expose Of the boodling methods OF
the Populist administration Of Kansas,
to get corroborative testimony from Me-.
Henderson. Letters addressed to him
in Baltimore failed to reach him because
OF his absence In New York and other
Eastern cities. His unexpected arrival
in Washington to-day offered the oppOr-
tunity long sought.
Mr.. Henderson did not seem at all
unwilling to talk. The Honduras Lot
terry company was apparently quite anx-
ious to pay the Kansas state officials
$4,000 for doing their duty, and was
only sorry because the Kansas lotteries
evidently raised 9 larger sum, which had
persuaded the officials not to do their
duty. Mr.. Henderson made q complete
statement OF his business relations with
Kline in regard to the Kansas lotteries,
which, while it Is merely OorroborRtive
Of Kline's story, has in it many psrtiou-
lars that will make interesting reading
to people in Kansas and Missouri
The Honduras National Lottery COM
psny pays me-" continued Mr.. Hender.
SON to investigate all cases Of fraud
against the company ,snd the frauds con-
sist OF raising tickets, counterfeiting
tickets and false statements against its
methods and false representations Of
those devising lottery schemes that they
are q part Of the old Louisiana company
or supplemental thereto. All Of which
representations are false. These parties
intend nothing but q Wholesale fraud
from the beginning. They are totally
irresponsible and never pay prizes il any
occur. In most cases no drawings oc-
cur, and those which publish the fact
that all prizes are divided by the draw
ings Of the Honduras National Lottery
company will not pay prizes amounting
to more than q few dollars, and resort to
all kinds Of devices to avoid payment.
All these things have q tendency TO in-
jure the old company, and to protect itS
patrons 1t tries to run down and expose
al frauds and shsms. OF course the
Honduras National Lottery company has
no interest in any other lottery and ell
statements to the contrary are false.
'The lotteries Of Kansas are 90 numeI-
ona and thAip Voakhoda m hold and Vidio.