New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
BAR LOTTERY TICKETS
POST4LINSPECTORS PL4N
F-eru Effort H7W Be Made to Stop
Big I'M pOrfGti0n.

r---asr drastic steps being planned by the
,osal inspectors To prevent the large importation
- German and otleT foreign lottery tickets into
+,fz .5urtry- While nearly a hundred foreign
,,--e-.- agents have been SUPPRESSED in the
- slx months and thirteen Of them placed
-.--e- a--es- since last August the importation Of
%. sets through this port IS stil formidable bus-
mss = Is estimated thai LOTTERY tickets selling
sr mis- country a. aggregate sum Of 5000 90
s-e imported yearly Ia the last six months, de-
-ire lie activity of PostofiCe Inspector H t Ein
snd -he agents working with him. the value Of the
,-kets seized does not amount 20 more than seven
,,-cdl -housaai dollar Adolph SchWab, or August
e--rEC- the latest cf the alleged agents 20 be
..ized vas held in 5000 bail yesterday 10y Com
ra.ss.o-e- Shields for examination May :. He
us released as soon as Max Brill furnished The
bal
Schwah. Who has used several names, denies that
fe ~eCiye5 any lottery tickets whatever. although
-,e officers making the arrest say that they found
n MS house No. ~ East l2sth street. more than
+Es thousand lo-ter1 tickets Of the Ducal Bruins
-zick-IJlnen5urg- Royal SaNony. Hamburg. Royal
Prusslau and Mexican National lottery companies.
Books containing names and addresses Of custom
rs and agents receiving lottery tickets for SchWab
also were found. il is alleged
Inspector Hiu began tie work Of ferretiug out
the agents q the German and other foreign lot
-e-ies summer. and the first important arrest
-hi,h he caused was that Of q wealthy German
las August IN this agents desk found r.es
Containing names and addresses Of those receiving,
Fickers from German companies and names of Gus
,rou.e-s. These proved invaluable in tracking down
many of The other agents While the postal inspec-
tors cannot open suspected mail. they can hold il
u End make the owner identify Many Of those
receiving tickets for the real agents had their mall
s-e-d uF, and, knowing the cause, kept away from
-he qostoiue. This has driven siNJy-fye II the
small fry out Of the business, and il Is likely hat
rran- C-Ecrs fearing detection, also have dropped
Ehs efforts 4 The Postoffice Department 70 punish
- offenders are lcsSened by The fact That
tney cannot punish these agents unless they can
prove they used The mails in this business. al
1no-Eh The Police Department has co-operated with
tie federal authorities whenever The latter gave
proof that the tickets being sold. The depart
rneu- receives aid from the foreign governments
IS lotteries the other side authorized by the
authorizes Seldom i -i- maximum prison sen
-ence Of years inflicted the agents. and as
he principal agents said clear from $4,000
% ss5 5|9 year they are ready take chances. Is
the usual punishment inflicted Is only fine Of
from E9o S5tf This city Is the clearing house
to- nearly all the agents this country
The tickets sold this country mostly
'ziEh-ts' tnat Is. tickets calling for one-tigh-h
a any r-;1e drawn Many devices TO deceive the
postal authorities are tried 10y the lotteries one
bunch OF tickets seized recently came in what ap-
pea-ed 20 be a music ro,l. Inside hard mailing
tu1e we're found several sheets Of music II false
inner lube. Between this and the outer tube were
wrapped some i've hundred tickets. Other tickets
sent over in newspapers. magazines and books