Evening journal., 1905-05-23
DICKEY HELD
IN $1,000 BAIL
One Of Two Charges in Lot
terry Case Against Him
Was Dropped
TOBE TRIEBIN JUHtTERN OF COURT

Charged with accepting a package
containing advertisements showing the
distribution Of prizes offered by the
Mexican State Lottery, John T. Dickey,
a we'll known local business man, was
arraigned before United States Com
missioner William C. Mahaffy yester-
day afternoon and held in $1,000 bail
for the June term of United States
District Court.
Among the witnesses called by the
government were Secret Service Op-
eratives Matthew f. Griffin. of Phila-
delphla and Thomas 3. Foster, Of san
Francisco. Cal, and Joseph Tuttle,
forwarding clerk in the Office OF the
Wells Fargo Company in that city.
The evidence was in effect that
package found in Mr.. Dickey's pos
session by Operative Griffin when the
former was. placed under arrest, was
sent from San Francisco to Mr.. Dickey
I'm this city. The package contained
advertisements showing list of prizes
and prize winners in the Mexican State
Lottery.
Operative Griffin testified that the
defendant failed to call for the pack
age in the Market street office Of the
Adams Express Company here and
through the former, the package was
sent to the office of the express COM
panv at the French street station OF
the p. B. & w. railroad, where Mr.
Dickey called for and signed for 1t.
Gilbert w. Ruth, a clerk in the
employ Of the express company, testi-
fed that he handed the package in
evidence to Mr.. Dickey and the latter
signed for it.
INVESTIGATED LOTTERY CASE.
Bperatice Foster testified that he
made an Investigation Of the Next
can State Lottery and as result foun6
in that concerns office in San Fran.
cisco. Cal. about $4,000 lottery tickets
and also sheets showing a list of prizes
and of prize winners for the months
Of January. February, March an'
April. He also found several commu'
nications supposed to be from the de-
fendant.
Postal Inspector William G. Maxwell
Identified the handwriting of thes'
notes as that of John T. Dickey. Their
were three of these letters, the first o
which read: Dull; no business thi
month" The second read: You hal
better not send many this time the
are on to the game here and we bet
ter keep quiet until the Legislature ad
iourns.' The third was dated Marc
is and read: Don't ship any more a
present. Watching too close an
seem to know all about it around tn
town. A law has been passed a
Washington prohibiting even tn
handling Of them
The defendant was represented b
William S. Hilles and Salisbury Pom
der and Curtis. Mr.. Hilles asked 70
the discharge of his client on IN
ground that the government, had fail
ed TO show that the defendant ha
caused the package to be sent to hiI
and pointed to the three notes foun
in the San Francisco office as evidenc
favoring his client as they plainl
showed that Mr. Dickey did not war
the lottery concern to send any MOI
packages to him.
Commissioner Mahaffy howeve
thought that there had been sufficieI
evidence offered by the government
hold the defendant and accordingl
held him in $1,000 bail for the Jur
term of United States Circuit Court.
There were two counts charge
against the defendant. but the firi
was dropped by District Attorne
Nields.