The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
LOTTERY ENDS LIFE
Honduras National Promo
ters Surrender to Courts.
LEADERS FINED $4,000 EACH
Agree 20 Destroy Gambling PaTn-
phernnIia and Dispose of Printing
Plant In WilmingtOn-Ticke
sent Out of Washington as Per-
SOnaI Baggage to Evade Law.

Mobile, Ala, June 4.-The Honduras
National Lottery Company. successor Of
the famous Louisiana Lottery, went by
the board to-day, when some twenty-five
men Of various degrees Of prominence all
over the United States pleaded guilty IN
the District Court here to indictments
charging conspiracy 20 cause the car
riage Of interstate lottery advertise
meHts. Their fines aggregated a quarter
OF a million dollars
Among those who pleaded guilty were
Dave HenneE Morris and Albert Hennen
Morris. ef New York. They. along with
number Of others, were fined $1,000
each
Those who got the $1,000 fines were
Edward ]. Demarest, John Morris Rodgers
John N. Demarest. Paul Conrad. Chap
man Hyams. Albert Baldwin. sr., Frank
r. Howard, Albert Hennen Morris, Dave
Henncu Morris. James f. Moore. William
l.. Cabell, Edward l. Pinac, Louis :
Graham. Robert X. Thomson. Joseph J..
Shaw. William 2. Johnston, Henry J.
Schott. Henry l.. Plum, and \ b kauf-
man. Wallace Masterson, William e.
Henderson, William p. Farmhouse. Tom
Williams, Lester X. Baylis. and Francis
X Fitzpatrick were fined $500 each.
Harry W. Henderson was fined $3.50
Herman Bruner 800. Oscar Hanger 81, so.
and John Hoag 500.
Agreed TO Surrender Property.
In addition TO pleas Of guilty the de-
PENDANTS agreed TO surrender to the gov
eminent for destruction all lottery books.
plates, and other paraphernalia. and, in
addition, Immediately 20 dispose Of the
printing establishment belonging TO the
Honduras National Lottery Company, To-
Gated at Sixth and Orange streets, vii
mington. Del. and operated under the
name Of the John VI. Rodgers Press. where
the lottery tickets have been printed for
many years.
When. in 1894. after remarkable cam
paign ~ the polls. in the legislature. and
I'm the courts of Louisiana It became
clear that the old Louisiana State Lot
terry, which was earning 100000 per year.
could not get a renewal OF its charter.
the Honduras National Lottery was or
gac,zed.
Attempt In EyHde the Law.
In 1913 the Supreme Court Of the United
States handed down a decision IN the case
Of Champion vs.. Ames. upholding the con-
st.Jutionaiity Of the act Of 1885. which for
bids interstate carriage Of lottery tickets
or advertisements. Immediately there
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Of the parties interested at the Waldorf
Astoria In New York Eminent counsel
were consulted. and the lottery people
were advised that the sending Of lottery
tickets as personal baggage and thus
avoiding the transmission Of them by
means Of common carriers would not
constitute violation Of the law.
After that the business of the company
was carried on IN the following manner.
The tickets were printed NJ the establish
ment Of the lottery company. under the
management Of John NJ. Rogers. at Sixth
and Orange streets, Wilmington. Del
When printed the tickets were taken by
messengers from Wilmington 10 New
York. where they were stored In different
warehouses every month. Representa-
tivss Of the lottery company would with
draw the supply Of tickets for the ensu-
ing month from the warehouses and as
sort them into packages which would he
indorsed on the outside with the code
name Of the city for which they were
destined. Every officer and agent Of the
company had an assumed name. and the
company also made use Of a very COM
plete code After the tickets were as
sorted they were put into trunks and car
ried as personal baggage to Washington,
u. c., whore they were repaCked and
again taken by messengers TO the various
State agents throughout the United
States
The State agents, to whom the tickets
were delivered by the carriers. distributed
them TO their sub-agents, who disposed Of
them 10 the public. The drawings took
place az Puerto COrtez, Honduras.
Plants Raided; Men Arrested.
The attention of the Federal authorities
was finally called to the fact that the
printing establishment at Sixth and
Orange streets. Wilmington. Del, where
it was reported that a legitimate printing
business was being carried on, was in
reality used principally for the printing
of the lottery tickets and was also the
property of the lottery company. From
December I, 1905, to May. 1905, the estab-
lishment was watched by Secret Service
operatives. On May l. 1905, the plant In
Wilmington was raided and all the lottery
paraphernalia removed. The government,
however. was not able. because Of a tech
niCality. to secure indictments at that
time.
on January q, 1907. the printing plant in
Mobile was Taided and Edward L. Pinac
Louis s. Graham, and Robert X. Thom-
son and twenty-one printers and press
men were arrested. Plates from which
the lists were printed were seized. Tele-
grams were sent 10 various parts Of the