Salt Lake Herald | 1891-10-24 | Page 1 | Louisiana Lottery Officials Indicted

I Louisiana Lottery Ollieinls Indicted I Sioux FALLS S D Oct 2aThe United States grand jury returned eighteen indictments I indict-ments against the officers and directors of the Louisiana lottery The evidence was all laid before the grand jury in the form of l i affidavits and kept with tho utmost secresy 1 i I The department at Washington brought S the charges before this court for the reason SS that their efforts in other states before S United States grand juries had been frustrated I i frus-trated The United States marshal andS S and-S deputies are leaving this evening for Now j Orleans to arrest the president vice i president secretary treasurer and drec I tors of tho lottery company The indict ments are for transmitting lottery adver I I tlsements trough the mails in violation of I the antllottery law passed by the last Congress Con-gress The extreme penalty is five years Imprisonment and 3000 fine