The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-08-05
CAME TO BAD END.
Prominent A. P, A. Rogue Imprisoned
For Running Fake Lottery.

For Running Fake Lottery.
| Catholic Columbian, Columbus, Ohio3
About twelve years ago one w A.
/ lnskeep was sworn as a juror with
! eleven other good and true CD men,
to render verdict under the law and
| the evidence of the real value in mon
| ey of certain farm lands belonging to
John thinner, lying northwest of this
| city, which We're then being condemn
ed for railroad purposes. Inskeep was
at that time an A. P A and John Zim-
mer was Catholic, and one of the
best Catholics as well as one of the
very best citizens Columbus ever had
Inskeep disregarded his lawful oath
on that trial and refused for many
| hours to consent to a verdict except
ing for very small sum. The other
jurors were agreed upon fair amount
but were unable to get Inskeep to dis
regard his villainous A. p A. oath
against Catholics. The result was
that the verdict finally agreed to by
Inskeep was $4,000 less than it should
have been in favor of Mr.. thinner.
Mr.. John A. Kuster, the fearless edi-
tor of the Catholic Columbian. pub
lished the facts and exposed the ma
licious conduct of Inskeep on that oc-
casion, and held him UP to public
scorn and condemnation. AT that
time lnskeep had much reason to be-
lieve that the A. P. AS would there
after be able to control the court
house, the courts and the juries. and
that it would be an easy matter to get
a verdict against any Catholic, es-
pecially so against the editor of
Catholic newspaper for exposing the
shortcomings of a brother A. P A. !:
and hence 1nskeep in July, 1898, filed
n6r1Tlnn hn
court against John A Kuster, swearing
therein that he had been damaged to
the sum of $4,000 because of the facts
published against him in the Columbian
IN the case referred to-
Before the case came on for trial
the decent, self-respecting. law-abid-
ing American citizens everywhere were
protesting against the menstrous meth
DDS advocated by the A. P A. minions
Tor the ostracism and determination of
all persons holding to the faith of their
foretathers. So loud were these pro-
tests that the cowardly crew of self
exploited patriots perceived that thew
had spent their force and were PLAYING
losing game, and no hole was too
small for them to crawl into TO hide
themselves from an outraged and in
dlgnant public opinion. Inskeep. there
lore, Gid not dare to press his case for
trial, and it was dismissed at his costs.
John thinner died a few years ago.
honored and respected by all who
knew him He has gone to reap the
reward of a well-spent life, while this
Fellow lnskeep has but recently gone
TO jan IN this city, and by his own
deserves to and probably
will go to the Ohio state penifentiary
He mas been arrested for obtaining
money by means of a fake lottery
scheme and, as stated, his own adnis-
slons convict him of the crime. The
lottery has been run for about three
years as the San Luis Loan and In
vestment Co., with advertised prizes
amounting to 100000 a month. No
however, are believed tn
have ever taken place. In the raid
mace by the police, great quantities of
lottery tickets, sheets showing alleged
monthly drawings, telegraph codes and
olahks and a printing plant We're con- |
lscated. The books and records indi- |
cate receipts Of, 81, 900 a month. Draw |
ngs, presumably were made at San
Luis Potoso, Mexico. It is the opinion |
1f the police that no drawings were |
ever conducted, that the business was !
1ne OF bold fraud with Inskeep as head !
ana front OF the swindle It is signifi- |
can't that he operated under the name |
lt Williams and was also the custo |
dian Of the mail of the anti-Catholic |
ecturer Of that name, while connected |
With the printing firm OF Ham & Adair |
IS it possible the notorious Pone-
oaiter is side partner in this gigantic
fraud? I
Time has told the tale on the mem
0ers of the defunct A. P. A. organi-
zation: that vast majority of them
were knaves and fools-mainly the
former.