AMAZING LOTTERY REVELATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 15 July 1914, Page 3

AMAZING LOTTERY REVELATION.

MILLIONS OF TICKETS PIiIXTICD.

London. .Tune 1

Some amazing figure* of the ramification of the .lohn Bull Derby Sweepstake for foO.(HK) were revealed at .Plymouth, when'three men were summoned at the direction oE the Public I'm-c----tulor for conspiracy to puhli-11 a proposed scheme lor lottery. The defendants were Henry Charles Houston and Wilfred Twyford" Dixon, of the Stork Hotel. Birmingham, and Charles .'Henry Towler, of Mizpuh street. Burnley. Mr Percy Pearce. who opened for the prosecution, described it as a "serious ►.windle on the British public.'' lionston superintended the distribution of tickets. Ticket - books of ten each were printed bv four firms — one. Mr K. Knight. Leeds, supplying J. 5110.000 books, which, if all were sold, would mean a sum of nearly £2.000,000. The printed matter supplied by Knight weighed live and tln'ee-quarter tons. Two motor-errs hired from Manchester at £ili ncr week, were employed to spread the j-osling over a wide ;ire:i, the. addi'c--ing being done by trained girls. A h'uuiicd and tony-two skips containing letters were consigned to Houston. Dixo'i and Towler at the principal towns in the 1 nited Kingdom, and the defendant then operated from I tlie-e centres with cai'3.

.DEEEXDA'NT'K .STATEMENTS,

This pros 'el t ion. continual counsel. 0(v-ni"n'(| us ilv rc-u!t of ;i consignment; bcin- fol'W.ll lli'il to I'! yltHM] | [l, iiiul here Towler wa-- ini (rvii'wcil by DetectiveSerjeant Martin. who was ni,:ikin-4 enonirics tut- direct ion of llir rv.ast er-t lenerak Tewh-v said. "(Mi yi»s tin' Mohn Hull' lottery. 1 posted those. T po>ted ;i hni,'- number yesterday, hut how" 'lid the Post OHioe people gel to know what was inside - ;" Later. De~ tee' : ''e-Serijeants Martin and Ikirnv*. of Li- : avha ill. had a loiiL!' -iitel'VieW Willi Hoi. ami i'lie latter made a. full statement of iiu w«.rk lie had h-en doin^ f , of which hj- said, so far as he knew. h< was the --mi r"pres!>ntal ivc in ihN coiniivy. Dtmhi al-o mail* l a. similar statement. MY. Peart' 1 asked that the defendants should he i-onmiitted for trial, j Mr I'ifkie i t'oi iiu- di'fenee) said til" ! point 1 hilt the s\veep>lake WW a let" [ tei'V W ( tl!d a i he hill oil the j fiiie-tion oi >; iti. lif -:i;.l thai ii only f!:nii-and :ei-"t~ wvv-- --dd. i,hi' prize-' i v t 'etv 'iiiai'anl' "ii i>\ a <!ej:-j-ii at ■' ;::M!ll<. ' i '1 11.- hej! > i;',;l- I»1 jo II::ed.