The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-03
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charged. frin,ed The entire monthly ise'Ie
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an nm Tickets. ahAuf 81 m nm ~or'h. svery
month
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shipment eorsisfs n m mn partly printed
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steel plates. M elec'ro'yT~ plates, types
and seala for printing lottery tickHts Thie
s'uT vns aeizsd Yesterday nv Chisf Willism
I FLYNN ~ rho secrr, Service a. The Termi.
nal Warphouses. NJ Eleventh svenue and
Twenfy " ssven'h street. II had heen sent
from Wilmington.
The seizure followed a raid by Secret
Service men on Rogers's big printing es'ab.
liahmant In Wilmington. where twn tone ot
lottery tickets. q pfnt ing press and other
printing material we're seized.
II has heen generally known thai since
the old Louisiana Lottery was cut on from
using the mails. decades ago, the company
has benn operating. When " csmY' out
openly under the name ~ the Honduras
National Lottery Company II disclosed the
place where the monthly dra wings we're
held. a splendid, half deserted old place
out in the Jungle near the town Of Puerto
Cortez. Honduras. II was known. too, thai
lottery tickets were sold without much
concealment all over this country.
Where the lottery tickets were printed.
however. no one knew And who the real
ow ners If the old gambling concern were,
and in what specific way the husiness Of
getting our the 400 mo tickets every month
to the dist rio, agents and Of gathering in
the millions Of dollars was carried on,
we're only limited az. It was impossible
for the Federal authorities 10 make any
arrests If mere agents so long as the stuff
was kept out If the mails and no one vas
discovered shipping it from one State TO
another.
About two months ago. however. a tip
came 10 the United States Secret Service
that il would be we'll 70 keep an eve on
Wilmington. There might be trouble IN
a certain big Printery there that would
force the men who turned out the lottery
tickets to ship a lot Of their stuff 70 another
State.
The Secret Service men watched Viii
mington. Chief William J. Flynn being sent
dosn as special investigator on account
Of the record he made in killing the counter
feIting traffic in New York.
Chief Flynn and the Government detec-
tives soon found every sign pointing to
the Rogers plant as the place where the
tickets we're made; Rogers, is also in The
Secret Service men learned that fifty printers,
almost the entire force, were kept busy
on the work of turning or the lottery
tickets. The tickets were printed on con-
tract, being then turned over to the mana
gers and owners, for distribution,
The trouble that might cause the ship
ment 70 another State was not long in SOM
ine Rogers's printers struck. The issue
for May had been banded over for dis
tribution. But the issues for June and
July were on the presses; Unless the
Of the company would be disorganized
for months. As a way out Of the difficulty
a shipment Of printing materials" was
made to l.. Dugan, rs seventh avenue.
New York city. That was early this week,
This was Just what the Secret Service
was waiting for. Il. Dugan' was found
to be a mild old Irish lady in the millinery
business, with no connection whatever
with lottery people. A watch was kept
on the consignment
When IL was dumped on a dock here by
the transit company to which II was con-
aided a man came up and presented APP
rqrently convincing credentials as a repre-
sentative Of Il, Dugsn." The stuff wae
handed over 10 him, he loaded 1t on a truck
and. followed by two Secret Service men,
carried it 10 the Terminal Warehouses at
Eleventh avenue and Twenty-seventh
street, where the Secret Service men
seized II.
The raid was made in Wilmington on
Chief Flynn's communication OF this news
and a warrant issued for Rogers's arrest,
The representative Of Il Dugan,' whose
name Chief Flynn will not disclose. can
be arrested when wanted
II il said that ONE big "a cling mon here
are among the real managers Of the lottery
The tickets give W J. Demorest
as the president of the Honduras SOM
psny and say that II Ia the old Louisiana
Safe Lottery.
WILMINGTON, Del, May John NJ.
Rogers WAS arraigned this afternoon before
United States Commissioned Mahah and
waived a hearing He was placed under
ST 500 bail to appear at the June term of
court. Willard Salisbury. counsel for Mr.,
RoCers, says his Client has not committed
any crime against the State or the United