Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-06-08
Mr.. Edwards Again Hrrested
on Complaint Of Ford.
LIBERTY OF PRESS At STAKE
The Editor of the Evening Journal is Now Out on
$6,4OO Bail---Eight Charges Preferred By
Ford-Many Merchants Approve of the Course
of the Evening Journal.

should not be sent through the mails.
(See Section 33l, u. L. and RI
! assume by calling the attention OF
the Schilllng Dry Goods Company
and the publishers of the papers in
which this advertisement appeared
10 this opinion, the mails will not be
further used To advertise or promote
this scheme. If, however, this advcr-
tisemCnt, or any reference TO the
scheme should be published in papers
offered you for mailing (after so noti-
fying) you will be justified in cnfOrc-
Ing the provisions of the lottery law
(Section 33l, P H.. and R) by refus-
Ing to accept the papers containing
such Objectionable references, for
mailing.
Very respectfully.
JAAIIcS n. TYNER.
Assistant Attorney for tho
Post Office Department.
Section 3S1, Of the Postal Laws and
Regulations. to which the assistant at
touey-general refers in his letter, is as
follows:
No letter. postal card. or circular con-
cerning any lottery, so-called gft-con-
cert, or similar enterprise Offering prizes
dependent upon lot or chance, or con-
cerning schemes devised for the purpose
Of obtaining money by false pretenses.
and no list OF the drawings at any lot
terry or similar scheme, and no lottery
ticket or part thereof. and no check,
l
order. for the purchase Of any ticket.
| tickets. or part thereof. or of any share
or any chance In any such lottery or gltt
enterprise, shall be carried in The mail or
| delivered at or through amy post office
| or branch thereof. or by any letter-car-
| rier; nor shall any newspaper circular,
pamphlet OF publication Of any kind con-
, tanning any advertisement of any lottery
or gift enterprise Of any kind Offering
prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or
containing any list Of prizes awarded at
the drawings Of any such lottery or gift
enterprise, whether said list is OF any
or of all OF the drawing, be carried in
! the mail or delivered by any postmaster
or letter-carrier. Any person who snail
knowingly send or cause to be sent, any
thing to be conveyed or delivered by
mail I'm violation Of this section, or who
shall knowingly cause TO be delivered by
mail anything herein forbidden to be car
ried by mall shall be deemed guilty OF a
misdcmeanOr, and on conviction shall De
punished by "a fine of not more than 500
| or by Imprisonment for not more than
one year, or by both such line and lm-
prisoument for each offcnse. Any person
violating any OF the provisions OF this
section may be proceeded against by in
/ formation or Indictment and tried and
punished. either in the district at which
/ the unlawful publication was mailed or
! to which IL Is carried by mail Tor deliV-
/ cry according to the direction thereon or
at which II Is caused to be be delivered
| by mail TO the person TO whom IL Is ad-
| dressed.
The postmaster-general may. upon evi.
| dence satisfactory to him that any per
! son or company Is engaged In conducting
/ any lottery, gift enterprise or scheme lot
the distribution OF money, or OF any real
! or personal property by lot, chdhce OF
/ drawing of any kind, or That any person
or company Is conducting any other
| scheme or device for obtaining money or
property Of any kind through the mails,
! by means of false or fraudulent pre-
/ lenses. representations, or promises, IN
| struct pOstmasters at any post once. az
which registered letters arrive directed -
any such person or company, or 70 the
agent or representative of any such per
son or company, whether such agent or
/ representative is acting as an Individual
or as a firm, bank, corporation, or assoc
citation Of any kind. TO return all such
registered letters to the postmaster .at
the office at which they were orisinaily
mailed with the word Fraudulent
plainly written or stamped upon the out
side thereof; and all such letters so re-
| turned to such pOstmasters shall be by
them returned to the writers thereof, un-
der such regulations as the postmaster
general may prescribe. But nothing con-
taincd I'm this section shall be so con-
strued as TO authorize amy postmaster or
other person to open any letter not ad-
dressed TO himself. The public advertise
mpnt los such person or company so con-
Quoting such lottery. gift enterprise,
scheme, or device that remittances Tor
the same may be made by registered let
ters to amy other person, tirm bank, cor
DOratiOn. or association named therein,
shall be held to be prima facie evidence
of the existence Of said agency by all the
parties named therein; but the postmas-
ter-general shall not be precluded from
lascertaining the existence Of such agency
in any other legal way satisfactory 10
himself.
The acknowledgement may, upon evil
dence satisfactory to him that any per-
son or company is engaged in conducting
any lottery, gift enterprise or scheme TOT
! the distribution of money or Of any read
or personal property by lot. chance. or
drawing Of any kind. or that any person
or company Is conducting any other
| scheme for obtaining m0ncy or property
Of any kind through the mails by means
of false or fraudulent pretenses. repre-
sentations or promises. forbid the pay
ment by any postmaster to said person
or company cf any postal money orders
drawn to his or its order or In his or us
favor, or to Uho agent Of any such person
or company, whether such agent Is act
ing as an Individual or as "a firm, bank
corporation, or association of amy kind
and may provide by regulation for the re-
turn to the remitters OF the sums NAMED
I'm such money orders. But this shall
not authorize any person TO open any let
ter not addFessed.to himself. The publ,
advertisement by such person or com
pany so conducting any such lottery. glf
enterprise, scheme, or device. that remit
tances for the same may be made b,
means of postal money orders TO anl
other person, firm, bank corporation. o
association named therein shall be hel,
TO be prima facie evidence OF the eXis
tence Of said agency by all the partie
| named therein: but the pOstmaster-gen
tanning the existence Of such agency d
any other legal way.
(Secs. SS9i, 1929. and 40ii r. s.. as amend