The New York herald., 1921-03-28


he had sold the ticket. would pay tho
winning amount and in this way the
amount would be paid twice The mat
Ter was adjusted by the holders OF the
TWO portions being brought together
anu tne winning amount paid them. As
tney We're acquainted, they knew to
which one the money belonged.
This Is but one OF the many attempts
that are made from time TO time to coll
lect the prizes in an improper manner
IL IS only occasionally that we are inn
posed upon, as our many years expert
ence In this line OF work has taught US
to be on the lookout for such schemes.
Keeping your tickets carefully so
they Will be complete is the safest plan
to insure immediate payment of prizes
as a torn or pieced ticket is reasonably
subject 70 careful examination before
payment can be made.
1t has come TO our attention that
many OF last months prizes were paid
after the buyers had been thrown out
or work by the industrial depression
prevalent in some quarters. and thus
resulting in much benefit to the lucky
ones who when they purchased the
tickets had good prospects and no
thought Of how beneficial the good luck
would really be TO them. Hope the
prizes will reach those most needing
them"
This City Lucrative Field.
Information given 20 THE NEW YORK
HERALD by a man in this city who
claimed 10 be "sub-a gent" OF the Hon
duras 'Klondyke," said that in Harlem
there is a most lucrative field for the
sale Of lottery tickets.
I'm fact" he said. Il do my biggest
business with the colored race. and the
same is true of other agents in New
York city. Playing the lottery up Har-
lem way now ranks second to the roll
licking domino pastime The Official
Bulletin Of the New Louisiana Lottery,
with very few exceptions. is in the
hands of every agent ten days after
the drawing in South America.
Il am under ironclad instructions not
to divulge the means by which this
paper and the tickets reach us. as /
might get in bad with the Federal au-
thorities. I will say. however. that I
have few customers employed in GER
tain post Offices"
DO you have many agents doing
business in Industrial plants in and
about New York; he was asked.
Il cannot say for sure" he answered,
with a broad smile. II have heard.
however. that large agency In a city in
New Jersey does a land office business
in factories in New York city and en-
virons. or course. with industrial de-
preston rampant throughout the coun-
try. men employed in such plants or
not actually out of work will naturally
be good lottery ticket buyers. All busi-
ness is done on a strictly cash basis"
The March tickets are printed on
arfn ha har
twice on each ticket and are the same
as those OF February. 1921. Changes in
the tickets are always announced in the
monthly official Bulletin.
Post Office inspectors have been set
to work again on the New Louisiana
Lottery case, which keeps bobbing UP
from time to time in Federal circles.
despite the dilieent efforts to put It out
of business as far as the United States
is concerned Evidence, II develops at
the Post Office Department In Wash
ington last week. has come to the off,
cials that an effort Is being made to
carry out the prize scheme through the
United States mails.
SO FAR the evidence is meagre, but it
is expected the inform ton already coll
lected and now in the possession OF the
Post Office authorities will be yalu-
able In putting an end to this attempt
TO violate the law. The United States
Attorneys In several districts are also
conductin an investigation into the
activities in the United States of not
only the New Louisiana but other lot
teries with headquarters in foreign
lands.
Two Fraud Orders Issued.
In 1918 fraud order was issued
I
evidence that tickets were being sold in
New England territory. which had been
mailed in fact In Providence. r. l.. and
Boston.
In 1920. last year. certain circulars
came into the hands OF United States
officials concerning the same lottery
which resulted in fraud order being
issued against the New Louisiana Lot
terry and John B. Wallace. president,
and w. J. Carroll. treasurer.
In both Instances in which fraud
orders were issued they had the effect
OF barring the use OF the mails 70 the
in question and to the officials
listed as president and treasurer The
postmasters in all cities and towns were
instructed 70 return to the sender all
mail addressed to them and 20 refuse 10
issue post office money orders payable
to them. In instances where the sender
Of the mail did not place his return ad-
dress on the envelopes the mail was to
be forwarded 10 the dead letter office
a. Washington.
Unless the Federal authorities succeed
in plugging up the many sources OF sup
ply and demand for lottery tickets In
the United States within the next thirty
days. which at this time seems impos-
sible. the sale OF numbers for the April
% drawings OF the New Louisiana Lot