The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-27

The fight which has beer going OF for
sgnss time in the Htsie world % ,arordoxn
ger the carrying on Of suit clahs or lot
seriez e. some og the knights o. the sheara
ard goose are wont to call them. Vas be-
gan ia real earnest before fae courts yes
terd4y and VII be carried On unff1 ere
ssas Or the other leaves the fed s'a-ergx-
IT." Louis De.ia, the tailor who anti re-
Gently had store next 10 the s. A c. lH
ne man against whom IL might De sad
tee tesf case was brought
Della Vas tried before Jngttes A.ssflu
on two charges. selling lottery tickets ard
corductlng z lottery he was found
guilty on the hrat charge and fined s. and
costs, bat the case against hlns OF. the Sec
ord charge Was dismissed. a. the state
failed 90 make out a case Della gave
notice % appeal In the frst case ard fled
rs bond with the justice Attorney WI
Z. Humphrey. WHO Ia handling the case
sor Della. ssyH o. vii nght the case up
kal ard down dsle Ia the superior court
And Gains 20 have evidence that viii
clear his client beyond the presdveutare
Of doubt. A. schaossmachev sad George
A. Smith. the bwo tallors who have beer
hghfing suits clubs and lotteries More
tran anyone else. and who seem 70 be
leading the fight for the twenty taiors
vho banded together sometime ago for
he suppression OF Theses clubs. wiH stay
With the battle 10 the death and sndeavor
70 collect additional evidence when the
case i called up IN the superior court
4 To the frst charge yesterday the defense
dd not offer any testimony. The state.
however. which was represented hy
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Hart. in
tr0duced as evidence a ticket or blank on
which was printed an agreement that a
person 50 ssgnify7ng would bay from L.
Della one suit o. clothes Of TIE value 81
81. payment 10 made In iustaUmants 81 81
week for thirtv-five weeks unIesa suk-
gended by mutual agreement IN case
OF failure 10 pay lnstalinents when due
the suit was 10 be forfeited The stale IN
trodgced one OF these blanks with fas
name Of a subscriber. and a number which
corresp0uded with The CUB nHmber was
also introduced in evidence. with this
evidence on the part OF the state and moth
Ing introduced BY thu defense there VAS
nothing Tor the court 10 do ouf TO End the
defendant guilty. which ne dld and fined
him -. the minimum for such an ofYense.
The statute provision against the selling
Of lottery tickets IL explicit and very
broad In iz Interpretation. II SAYS.
Every person who shall seIl any lottery
tickets. or shares In any lottery. for the
division Of property 10 be determined b.
chance. or shah make or draw any lottery
ANt @ah4AsA -NNs " tsAHs On N0AsACAAOI tAefE~
OF SHAH be fined In any sum uot exceeding
go. provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall apply 10 lottery for charii-
able purposes"
On the second charge. conducting 9 lott
terry. the state failed completely TO make
out a case. In the first place Il failed TO
show that Della conducted such a thing
= lottery or that he was ever present
az a drawing. Della takes MS conviction
nh I'D m IA =
beat the case Ia the higher court. He at
tributes the cause OF the men agatlnE the
proposition 20 sour grapes. The tailorz
hghtlng thu case claim that these clubs
are nothing more or loss than lotteries,
and as such are IN violation OF the law.