The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-20
NO MORE LOTTERIES.
The Bike Rattle Craze Brought
to q Sudden Stop.
POLICE SHUT THEM DOWN.
The Mania for "Drawing . WhceAf
Crowds Watched the Play.

TIE bicycle lottery. whlch has been -four
ishlng In all directions IN the business
portion os the city for four weeks, ran 12
against a snsg yesterday afternoon
ChIef OF Police Reed called DssecIiFe
Williams into his private office ana s@l1
few words 10 him. Then Detective VIII
iams walked down the street and stopper
a. George wirth's. corner Of Iesser way
and Second avenue
ssThe chief OF police has instructed ma
20 inform you" SAID Williams. that no
mors bicycles can be rafaed on
wirth took the sudden, but not unex-
peeted turn Of affairs without complaint.
and remarked that be was lucky 20 have
gotten rid OF eight before the crash came.
Then Williams went TO IeAIiisteTs cigar
store. on Second avenue. and delivered the
same message From there he vislied
Co5isntz's cigar store on the west side or
Second avenue. where Justice taidSeii
tried to win a wheel Hardy-Hah Arms
Co.'S store was visited At that place a
nsw loffery had Just been sprung. or per-
haps the old lottery with new furnishings
Ths sign said: Rattle. / cent 20 T.:
tickets with 0. free"
What Is this I see" murmure8 Will
Jams. as he approached Cohen's CIGAR
store, a. the corner OF Cherry street ana
First avenue. Can / believe my eyes
Why, ali the prominent men are here
What Is going ong' They are raining
the third or fourth wheel for today" re-
piled come man who had not won.
what Is that" said Williams. did
you say three wheels in one dayT
WHY, that Is nothing" replied the man,
they got rid Of 1--WE yesterday" This
gave Mr.. Williams a severe shock ard he
came near running in his haste TO deliver
the chiefs uitimatun. Numerous other
places were notified.
This order came from the chief or police.
because some one, or more than one, made
com plaiRrs about the way the lottery craze
IN the shape OF bicycle rafTles. was being
ridden. Chief OF Police Reed refuses 10
give the name or names OF the complain
ants. bat adds that from now on the bike
lottery must stop. IL the people who
have been pushing II along do not comply
with the order they VIII be taken into
court and prosecuted.
Those who have been watching the rise
and fall Of this craze have been deeply
interested. Tacoma, IL Is said. has been
the scene Of such lotteries for over a year.
but In that town moderation has prevailed.
-Four weeks ago yesterday wheel was put
up at McAllister's cigar store. II went
without trouble. Then another was put
up IN the same way. tickets cent 10 81.
That went. After that George wirth and
the Hardy-Hau Arms Company started in
Coblentz. the cigar dealer. tried his hand.
A few barber shops followed suit, and
then Cohen started in. He gave his Gus
toners the choice OF seven wheels. with
the result In less than TO time business
was rushing. In fact. the crowd about
the store made one think Of the times Just
after the fire or June c. 1883. Judge Strive
was walking down the street one day and
he got mixed up in the crowd. When he
got out with cigar he came TO the con-
ciusion be had struck modern Monte
Carlo. Day before yesterday five wheels
were disposed Of at Cohen's. and when
business opened up yesterday morning the
crowd was on hand ready TO take a flyer.
At the lowest calculation Twenty-Five
wheels have been rafTied of, and so far q
could be learned yesterday the only wheel
that was not up at some rarYis was a Co
lumoia- II would be interesting reading to
tell who won the wheels and all about
the different people that took shy at 10.
As a matter Of fact. all kinds OF people.
from all parts Of the city, went In to get
bicycle. Many Of them were successful,
but the old saying that Tuck win beat
shotgun" stu holds for in come eases
one man won twice. on four tickets. whiIs
those who plunged heavily lost