New-York tribune., 1904-10-24
RAID LOTTERY SHOPS.
Jerome's Men Say Fire Prisoners
Are Chief Wholesale Dealers.

In a series OF raids yesterday by District At
torney Jerome's officers, lottery tickets worth
over SlO1.o0 were seized and six men and one
woman al living on the lower East Side. were
arrested
TIE prisoners arrested are the alleged owners
ana managers OF different offices, and we're en-
Eaged. IL is charged. in the wholesale business
o. selling lottery tickets to pedIers Most OF
ms business is done on Sunday. and for that
reason yesterday was selected for the raid. All
Of lie places were filled with agents buying
nckets. an6 as ii happened. the foreign tickets
mad Just been delivered % the wholesalers.
The prisoners were Max Shulsby OF No Ga
Asster-st; Jacob Rusuok and Isaac Rusuck
'son)' Of No. Pike-st.; Asher l. Germansky.
Levy Mooiten, manager. Of No 30 Canal-st.. and
harris Bernstein and Ray Bernstein. his daugh-
Ter OF No. 90 Cana!-st. Bernsteia conducted
his Office under the guiss OF real estate Office.
Ehile shulsky ran his as q drygOods store
All OF the places. 1t is alleged. sold four kinds
q tickets, TWO being in German lotteries and
the others IN the Honduras and Mexican lot
teries
Complaints have reached the District Attor.
heys otice frequently that these places ex.
sIed bur yesterdays was the arst wholesale
fald Oficers Reardon. Shea and Brennon and
Deputy Assistant District Attorney Kresel first
went 10 the store in Hester-st.. where they say
lney found Shulsky at his desk surrounded by
pedlers waiting to bug tickets Tickets worth
szoeeo were seized. The conditions at No.
FiEe-sJ ana No 80 Canai-st were about the
sane
Al TO IS Canal-st Bernstein's wife and
daughter were selling tickets TO pedlers. Mrs.
Bernstein, when the officers took tickets worth
$4,000. threw herself on the floor, screaming
We are ruinedl"
Inc German lottery tickets are legal in Ger
many and Mr.. KreseI said are brought here by
me stewards OF the big steamship companies
ana sfnuggled 20 agents, who in turn deliver
mem 10 smaller agents The stewards have the
lcKets wrapped in canvas and fastened around
uler bodies under their coats. A confederate
soss 10 the steamer TO get the tickets The
-Es-i;.an companies sell their tickets TO the
s+'oeas-er IL 80 cents on the dollar and he sells
~ ne retailer al 30 cents on the dollar The
- mai al oi the tickets seized nave been paid
s, ~ mean financial disaster TO the agents
srs.sQ On Their conviction a lne OF $JOO or
r. s imprisonment or both may be imposed
ne tickets az the Honduras lottery are
b-ssnl obsal oy ship 10 southern ports. Tampa and
fi,-.e' ana sent North by freight, while the
49, -Lon Mexico are brought IN over the line
oo6h Texas. The drawings are held monthly
irin1e teie, those Ia Germany sending the list Of
ne drawing
throaetsI thCosIs Of prize tickets get their money
aroo-s--- '-c 0eaiefS VINO sold them. These men,
f,-l-.-'i'g 10 Sr kresel. have taken winning
-s-es' sent them TO the company received the
-s-tt.II = ana withheld the money from the
rs-lI4 winner. Complaints OF thls have been
e.t0't lately 81 the District Attorneys Of
- ~ OF the Offices were near the office OF
a. lisuict Attorney, one being about one hun
- 's-t from the entrance
49,. hresel said the prisoners we're the largest
! -IA ~ lottery tickets in the city There are
nenlDer ~ BrOo6lyn, but the largest pur-
17eis are tie East Side Hebrews