Alleged Sale of Bogus Sweepstake Tickets by Chinese We are informed that what appears to be a very unusual fraud has been uncovered by the students of the Chinan College at Chenju, 'a station along the Shanghai-Nanking Railway line between Shanghai and Nanziang, This involves large number of sweepstake tickets purporting to have been issued by the Shanghai Race Club, the International Recreation Club and the [Chinese Jockey Club, Our informant states that the lieged culprit, who posed as a [student of the institution, has been Jarrested and detained by the school authorities and the students.
From what we have been able to gather, this man came to China a couple of years ago. It is alleged that he used the mails to commit {the fraud. Through advertisements:
the press in Java, he is said to have stated that he was selling the tickets of the three clubs mentioned Jand the result was that he received quite a large number of applications—as well as a goodly sum of money—for them. He is stated to have received the money and to have sent
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