The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-27


the pubic remain, sir, yours respectfully,
JoRG MADRILLEY, Consul of Spain.
2. CROWLEY Esq, Chief of Police, San Fran
cisco.
Yesterday c. P. Reynolds, the local pro-
prietor of this fake Spanish American
Company, appeared in Judge Joachimsen's
police court and pleaded guilty to having
sold lottery tickets. His fine will be i'm
posed to-day
Mr.. REYNOLDS used to be an honest
barber, and the chances are that he will
soon return to that useful vocation, if not
from choice alone, then from necessity.
His market for fake tickets has been ruined
by these disclosures and publications, and
he has promised Officer Wright, who made
the arrest, that he would close up his Office
in the Flood building and go out of the
lottery business entirely And if Mr..
Reynolds does not keep his word he will
probably be made to cease his operations
here. This can be done by repeated arrests
and fines, and if Officer Wright continues
in his present determination it probably
will be done. Reynolds has operated in
this City for quite number of years now,
and it is time that the Spanish American
fake died natural death in order to avoid
violent taking Off
Another man who has promised the
police to GO out of the business of selling,
in one hand counterfeit and in the other
a genuine lottery ticket-and none but a
skilled expert able to tell the differences
John Cullen, alias Starky.
He is IA pal of John r. Fritz-and
worse thing could be SAID of no man-and
lieutenant of the villain Epson, the
unterfeiter-in-general for this City and
State. Mr.. Cullen is now under bail on
charge Of having lottery tickets in his
possession. To-day he will plead guilty
and pay his fine. He was bad one to
catch, but Wright got him last Saturday
evening.
During his Investigations that day De-
| tective Wright found man who had pur-
| chased tickets from Cullen, alias Starky.
Wright asked to see the tickets. Of course,
they were produced only under such con-
ditions as would give the officer no techni-
cal ground upon which to arrest the pur-
chaser of the tickets. Indeed Wright was
laying for bigger game at the time, so it
was not very unsafe proceeding at best.
When the officer saw the tickets he at
once recognized them as some of the Epson
| forgeries. Of course, the purchaser was
ready enough to help catch the peddler
who had robbed him, and the end of it was
that in few hours John Cullen was try
ing to sell lottery tickets to no less a per-
son than Officer Wright himself.
You have been pointed out to me as
safe man, who wants to buy lottery tick
cts" said Cullen, approaching the officer.
And what he said was true enough.
Also Officer Wright told no untruth
when he replied: Eyes, do want to buy
some lottery tickets from you. Pm safe
enough; never fear for that
Then Cullen pulled out the tickets.
''You are my prisoner" said Wright.
Indeed the thing was quite as dramatic,
in small way, as any scene from penny
dreadful"
The man frost, who prints and circu-
lates the E. Fox & Co. s fake lottery tick
ets was caught the other day at the ex-
press company's office by Officer Wright.
frost went to the express office to get his
package of lottery tickets. Unfortunately
they turned out to be the return tickets for
drawing" (save the mark lust
passed. And so defective is the law, or so
defective is the general official interpreta-
ton of it, whichever it is, that a convic-
ton can only be secured upon evidence of
tickets that are still good, or were still
good upon the day of arrest.
However, these attentions of the police
annoy Mr.. frost a great deal, if nothing
more, and he has likewise promised to
quit the business. He has made state
ment to that effect to Chief Crowley.
"The truth of all this business is that
since the CALL began to give the public