New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11
THE BUCKET-sHOP CRUSADE.
RAID ON THE open BOARD OF
BROKERS"
SUCCESSFUL CARRYING OUT VI


PLANNED DESCENT ON THE PLACE
The rajdlng by the police yesterday OF the open
Board Of Brokers'" an extensive Ducket-shop a'
No. 3s Newest commonly spoken OF as Todd's. was
well arranged. and was great surprise 10 'he
norsons who ran the concern. The rald was
MANNED by the Legal Aid Society which furnished
a complainant In the person or an eHpio!e, ma" ,,
H. WhiteIing OF No 1856 De kalb-ave'' Broohy"'
who procured the evidence by specuathg !" '''s
place. - III,
Detective Sergeant Wade and Roundsman Het-
fsron from Police Headquarters conducted the
raid which took place shortly after ii O'CLOCK III
the me rning. The place. which Is large one o'
the ground floor. was quite CROWDED at 'he ,,'''''
but only those persons found behind the ra'i'"e'
we're arrested. The raid was made and the prison-
ers were taken away within five minutes time NY
a dozen detectives In plain clothes. The hrst move
was made when Roundsman Heficron startled the
"sreculators" by vauting over several ratings ~
reach the private Offices. In his night ne khocheu
down a chandelier The spectators thoush' io' "
moment that they were being held up IN true
Western style but soon realized that 1t was some
thing entirely different. In the mean 'ii"e' De
tective Sergeant Wade made rush for the sare.
IN hich he found so Oo In cash and the records OF
the business .
The men arrested were Charles n. Garland, the
manager fifty-three years old, OF NO oo5 greene
ave Brooklyn; Wilbur +. Hubbell. clerk. 1orty-
three years old. OF No. t9S Ninth-st. BROOKLYN ana
Edward F. Hibbard. a clerk. thirty-hve years DID,
of No I79 Carlton-ave., Brooklyn. the ponce
wanted to get hold OF T.. J. Ludwig. who they said
was largely Interested In the place. but ne was not
to be found.
Tho nrIsoners were taken to Centre Street Court
and arraigned before Magistrate Mott They peau-
cd not guilty and held in 500 for examlna-
ton Pending the securing Of bail they were locked
up In the Tombs.
whose
the warrants were issued. alleged that on April
no mad so to the open Board OF Brokers FOR
sneculation in wheat and that he had not received
any return
Assistant District Attorney Earring who was
nressnt at the raid said It was skilfuy carried
out The detectives entered the place singy ana
mingled with the crowd In the room. reading news
papers and watching the quotations displayed on
the blackboard Shortly before II o'clock. at sig
nal from Wade the men rushed for the several op-
iective poInts previously agreed upon. Wade put
his knee in the safe thus preventing the door from
being closed and enabling the police 10 secure var
liable evidence in the shape OF books ana papers
Another Of the detectives prevented Manager Gar
land from closing his desk The detectives took 10
Police Headquarters a wasonload OF books papers
and other paraphernaia as evidence.
chief ConlIn was pleased at the success OF the
raid He said that many complaints about "bucket-
shops In the vicinity OF the scene OF the rad ha"
reached Headquarters. and he detailed the oetec-
tiyes 10 get evidence against the places. Inc
charge made by the police was violation OF Secuon
Isl OF the Penal code. which prohibits the mamie
nance Of gambling places OF any description
There is an entrance to the quarters OF the open
BOARD of Brokers" from New-st. as well as from
Broad st. and both New and Broad SIS IN inc I'M
mediate neighborhood were packed with people
soon after the raid. The detectives took their pr's
oners I'D Rroad-st and were followed by crown
OF ~ or so. To escape the crowd the detectives
took their prisoners through the Sub-Treasury'
u.h,cb oxci,ed the ire OF Assistant United States
Treasurer Jordan who wrote a complaint 10 the
Police Commissioner against the use OF inc SUD
Treasury as thoroughfare by detectives Win prs
oners and with mob at their heels
The "Open Board OF Brokers" was incorporated
a few wears ago. after raid to avoid repetition
Todds because 1t was formerly ron by LOUIS a.
Todd He retired r In i Sy Ths W rodd Who IS
now dead # bucket-shop pure ana simple me-
5,scretionary orders and dealt in stocks only IL
charged commission an ei6nth OF lee per ebsn *
which was equal to a margin. less commission vi
| per cent on five shares. IL was SAID 10 ha.e po
tween 1900 and 500 regular customers IL en-
nIoyed brokers to collect orders TO whom 1t PAID
three share for the work me vor re
ceived The customers were generally people VITA
small means. -. A.. ,ronro,ors
and hackers concerned In the discretionary otaer
and blind pool business would be arrested III
judgment was taken by default yesterday for Or
1895 against the p Dean I9n TSoSpson on
the attachment, obansd BY him THc m se by
s sssSn the nea S St the soS os
carpets ss sdd ysseTday ha the
mitec Of the Stock Exchange had insutdted an
Mysrs CO. Oh nn md the Dean COMPANY f.
Myers OF the firm said eourted me iuie er he
The pean haa npaf IN the regular
course .,se orders, having been ,sued by the Wash
,nyton authorities as the result of the recent ex-
nosures and Investigations as to the manner IN
% dhs Ssnea tSe mail Of the
not delivered Yesterday morning. i saSoo No az
Broadway Arthur Gosln 10 80 BF9adw DIVA; San sam
sroadway John De Wolf Co No %.. . BroaSw'EE;
10 o 10 Waii-st; C. F. Van Winkle. No 10 Wallis:
metropolitan Collecting AgenGy No ~ B ESwN
F FSirrand No s. broadway.
NJ the instructions contained in the fraud orders
which have been issued against them.
Washington April 1O.--The Postofce Department
IS making vigorous crusade on the so-ca"eu
"b,lckct- shops" Of New-York. and a number OF the
concerns operatIng there are under investigation
I'm all the cases which the postolhce inspectors
at work there are SPECIFIC compaln,s Of VIC os
nee and the reve atoms made In the prosecutor o,
the f. g. Dean Company are expected 10 brlns OUT
more complaints against similar concerns Inc
nostal authorities are not yet through WIN the
Dean case and the mail directed to them alreodv
has been barred in NewYork. Indianapolis, VIM
cenncs and Salt Lake CITY. and to-day another
fraud order was issued against the r. y. Dean
Company and e S. Dean Co.. at Cleveland. ONO
LOTOS CLUB WANTS 4 BIGGER HOt Sc.
At the annual meeting Of the l<otos Club on April
Il in connection with the statement In the repor.
OF Chester 9. Lord, the secretary. that there had
been gain in membership in the last year of more
than one hundred. the subject mooted OF en-
,arging the clubhouse and providing for the In
creased attendance at the dinners and entertain
ments OF the club. President Lawrence said that
while the average attendance at the Lotos dinners
I'm the old clubhouse at Twenty-rst-st. and Fifth
ave was little above one hundred. In the present
81. mine N attendance eyceeded