New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-04
LOTTERY GANG BROKEN UP
Secret Service Hen Make Successful
Raids in Many Cities.
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Washington Nav BY the arrest Of w. s.
Roberts in Chicago YESTERDAY Secret Service
officials believe they have finally rounded up the
gang of lottery agents which for the last year
more has been flooding the country with
tickets and robbing the gullible by wholesale.
Acting Chief Moran of the Secret Service re-
ceived information of the arrest of Roberts to-
day. Mark H. Morris, another of the principals,
arrested in New-York Saturday as he
about TO sail for Europe, and Henry Morris,
Abe" and A. c. Karsky, the three remaining
partners in the concern were gathered in at
San Francisco a few days ago when Secret
Service operatives made a raid on the Co
lumbar Building and seized more than ten
thousand tickets and a barrel full of literature.
The pursuit of the lottery men which the
Secret Service detectives made from city to
city all the United States sounds like a
romance. The trail was struck in San Fran
cisco about the middle of last month. Agent
Mofett, of the Secret Service at that place.
was asked by the United States District At
torney to go to the Columbian Building and
arrest two lottery agents he believed to be To-
Gated there under the names of d. W. Hanford
and A s. Elkins Mr. Moffett went to the place
asked for Mr.. Hanford" and applied for lot
terry ticket agency for Nevada Morris and
Marks who were sailing under the aliases of
Hanford and Elkins, unsuspectingly entered
into negotiations with the detective and in half
an hour Moffett had secured all the facts he
wanted. While he in the office A. Z. karSky
came in. Acting under instructions from the
District Attorney. Moffett made a raid on the
lottery headquarters and captured Morris,
Karskv and Marks Besides the tickets and
literature captured the detectives discovered the
books of the concern in which record of all
transactions had been kept. Among the rec
ords was a long list of local agents and dealers
throughout the country, many Of whom had
recently ordered tickets. Mr.. Moffett telegraphed
this evidence 10 Acting Chief Moran at wash
ington and the latter instructed his agents at
the points named to be on the watch for pack
ages of tickets. AS a result of these instruc-
tiOns raids were made at Tacoma, Wash; CleVe-
land Springfield and Dayton, Ohio; Macon ana
Savannah. Ga; Wilmington. Dell NeW-HayeEl,
Conn: Boston. Rochester, Philadelphia and Fort
Panama Lottery companies were the concerns
REPRESENTED by the San Francisco operators.
At many of the places named big seizures OF
tickets and literature were made ana at some
OF them agents were arrested. But although
they ran across his tracks often, the Secret SER
vice men were unable to find w. S. Roberts, the
chief distributor Of the lottery goods. He had
| 1.suelly Just left the place where the raid was
made or was expected soon" Once they
| thought they had him in Providence. but he
fed to Boston. Here he eluded them again
| informed Of this, and he Instructed his agents
| in Chicago TO watch incoming trains. When
| Roberts left the last evening he found a
| Secret Service awaiting him. He will be
| sent 10 San Francisco for trial on a charge
| of conspiracy TO violate the law which prohibits
| the sending Of lottery matter from one State to
| another. number of the captured in
| the raids VIII be used by the government as
| witnesses TO convict the others.