Evening star., 1932-09-22
women DESCRIBE
LOTTERY WINNINGS
One Tells Davis Jury How g.
Year-OId Twin Won SIS, 900
in Moose Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

. technical aspects of the Governments
case to show that tickets which the
prosecution calls lottery tickets were
printed, that they were ordered by au-
thorized agents of the Moose. and that
they were delivered to such agents.
: Two women testified to buying such
! tickets, winning cash prizes and going
to Moose lodges to collect.
The Government charged in the
opening address to the jury, that Davis,
as lifelong director general OF the fra
ternal order, must know Of all activities
of the organization and the So-called
lotteries could not have been conducted
without his knowledge and approval.
Court Reporter Quizzed.
John I. Levine, an attorney and court
reporter, who was in charge OF report
ing the minutes for annual conventions
of the Moose, was the first witness
The Government sought to show
through Levine that the reports Of the
conventions were accurate. planning
later to introduce remarks by Senator
Davis through which. the prosecution
indicated It hopes to show that Davis
knew and approved Of alleged lotteries
conducted by the Moose in the guise of
charity balls"
The minutes. however. were gone over
by Charles J. Margiotti Of defense coun-
sci with the witness and he was ques
toned about the authenticity of several
items. Levine said he did not person.
= ally take notes at the convention and
the notes, in the ordinary course OF
events. were destroyed.
Broening Report Cited.
Margiotti paid close attention to
report to the Atlantic CitJ convention
in 1881, made by former Mayor Will
liam F. Broening Of Baltimore.
He brought from the witness infor-
nation that Broening may have added
orally to his written report the fol-
lowing paragraph:
During the past year a charity ball
was conducted by nearly all the lodges
of our order and the reports received
by the council from the various To-
calities indicate these affairs were
huge success In every way. In addition
to the wide publicity received by the
order therefrom and In addition to the
profits made by the local lodges, which
amounted to approximately a half mill
lion dollars, Sl50,000 was contributed as
the result of the entertainment as
donation to Mooseheart. The council
concurs in the plan developed for con-
ducting these charity balls and recon-
mends that the idea be continued this
year. and every effort be made to en-
list the cooperation and enthusiastic
support Of all the lodges"
Miss Bess M. Elgar was called next.
She is bookkeeper for a printing COM
pany in Philadelphia and identified
ledger sheets containing accounts of the
propagation department Of the Moose.
She was followed by Miss Gertrude
Sobel, another employe Of the company.
who identified other accounts.
James w. Reed, a solicitor for the
Eureka Printing Co. OF Scranton, Pa,
the next witness, identified alleged lot
terry tickets printed by his firm in 1881.
He testified the tickets were ordered
by Bernard c. MCGUIRE in New York.
MCGUIRE has been named. with Theo-
dore G. Miller. as one of the chief pro-
motors of the Moose charity balls.
Miller refused to testify yesterday.
Reed said his firm printed 609,684
books Of tickets dt had been previously
brought out that each book contained
40 tickets to sell at so cents each).
Not all of the books printed by Reeds
firm contained 40 tickets, however. He
said some of the books contained only
IL tickets.
Valued at S13,105,23O.
Reed said Mcclure instructed him
to send the printing bill to Loyal Order
of Moose, New York" He couldn't re-
call how the bill was paid, whether by
check or cash.
1t was brought out that the Eureka
Printing Co. printed ISL ,925 books OF
IL tickets each, in addition to the 6o9,-
ga books OF 40, making the total num-
Der Of tickets 262l0,460. with a total
sales value of $13,105230.
nd Misc Cnhe1
recalled by the defense and asked if
bills for printing were sent to the or
ganization department or the propaga-
ton department of the Moose. They
testified the bills went to the propaga-
ton department Davis is head Of the
Moses organization department.
A. E. Stecker of the shipping depart
ment of the Eureka Co. verified the
shipping of alleged lottery tickets to
New York. The tickets, he said, were
sent to the B. C. MCGUIRE Merchan-
disc Co.. 1856 West Fifty-second street,
New York City" One shipment was by
parcel post, he testified.
Louis M. Treadwell. Government
prosecutor, introduced several trucking
company receipts given to the Eureka
Co. for the tickets.
Woman Winner Testifies.
Wilfred Weiss of New York, a men,
Der Of the Moose, testified he bought
book of charity ball tickets in 1881 and
sold five tickets to Mrs. Catherine
Haffner.
Mrs Haffner a comely woman OF
about 25. dressed trinity in blue, testi-
fed she bought several tickets and won
prize Of 5000.
Where did you collect the money!"
Treadwel asked
"At the Moose Club on Broadway"
she said.
whom the Government attempted to
show that the tickets were distributed
to the public primarily as lottery tickets
be- She testified she did not attend the
charity ball and did not even know
when it was held. She Awas told she
had chance to win money, she said.
Tells of Twin Winning $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Mychelin testified she
bought two tickets for her twin s-year-
old daughters, and one Of them won
$1,000. She said she collected the
money at Astoria Lodge of the Moose.
She did not remember who signed the
check
William McLain, colored, shipper
for the Marcus Mayer Printing Co., tes-
titled he delivered tickets to the Loyal
Order of Moose at the Widener Building
in Philadelphia The receipt for the
delivery. he said. was destroyed in the
ordinary course of business.
An auburn haired girl, Miss Betty
Danvers, followed McLain. She testi-
fed she was employed at a sub post
ONCE in Scranton, Pa. and she identi-
fed receipt she had signed for a
parcel post shipment of the alleged lot
terry tickets.
Henry A. Burden, formerly employed
at the same post Office substation, iden-
titled other receipts of the same kind.
Paulo Shotto, formerly q truck driver
for a transportation company in Scran-
ton, identified receipts signed by him
for tickets loaded on his fr11ck for au