Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-05-07
LOTTERY ECHOES.

For some weeks past the authori-
ties of San Francisco have been en-
deavoring to prevent the newspapers
of that city from publishing lottery
advertisements. They keep right
along however doing so, aud circulat-
ing them in Nevada These adver-
tis>ments are worth $50, 900 year to
each paper, and they are in no hurry
to give them up. There is never any
mention made in the San Francisco
papers of these cases. The Stockton
Evening Mail, however. keeps the
farmers OF the San Joaquin posted
The Chroicle, Call, Examiner, and |
even tie highly respectable Bulletin,
publish lottery advertisements. They |
are circulated all over Nevada. and it |
is in Nevada that the lottery conf |
panies gather their. greatest harvest
OF victims.
Most of the companies gay no big
prizes anywhere. They scatter the
small prizes of S. IS and So so. but
the big capital prizes never go to any
one except the confederates Of the
company. and the man who receipts
for large prize gets about ten per
cent of it.
1t is common thing for the COM
panies to keep about one hundred
numbers out of the wheel when the
drawing takes place, and these num-
bers are duplicated and sent all over
the country. OF course they draw
nothing. Some of these bogus com
panies have no drawings, no head
quarters, no responsibility.
Here is an item from the Bulletin.
1t throws strange light on the lot
terry question:
That the 800 lottery tickets found
in the possession of George Epson. a
notorious character arrested yesterday
by Captain Whitman. were bogus,
was the bold defense made by him
this morning before Police Judge Ca
baniss. He hopes to escape on that
ground, although he was willing to
plead guilty to the ofense charged il
he could have been assured OF NOM
inal fine.
Epson has served many terms in
the county Jail ior manufacturing
bogus lottery tickets. 1t in his method
of making living, and SO clever is
his handiwork that it is next to i'm
possible for any one but an expert t
distinguish it from the genuine tick
cts. His place of business is at Il,
Montgomery street. He is a photo
grapher by occupation, and he EN-
ploys the camera in making his frau
dulent certificates.
Now the above item is cunningl,
worded affair. to make the public be
leve that the defendant was counter
feiting lottery tickets. He was NOR
likely selling bogus tickets with tn
full consent of some swindling com
pany who prints two kinds of tickets
selling the bogus ones to the publ
and reserviug the genuine ores 70
the police when they make thei
periodical raids. The APPEAL, see
none of the moral papers of this Stat
lifting voice against these swipdle
which are robing the citizens Of NJ
vada out of $50, 900 a year. None
the Gazette immortal "roll of honor
made an attempt in the last Legisls
ture to legislate against this mise
able gang Of thieves who are runnin
the swindling lotteries of San Frar
cisco.
There is stringent law again
newspaper circulating lottery adve
tisements, and the authorities of n
vada should see that it is enforce
and the San Francisco new par
publishers who are violating it ma
to understand that the law as far
this State is concerned, is not de
letter.