Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-06
ENDS FAMOUS CASE
Judge Wallis Decision Reg rding
Distribution Of Board Of Trade
Quotations.
Suit Was Begun BY United States
District Attorney Fullen, Of
Iowa.
Became Famous as Contest Against
Bucket Shops-It Will Be
Appealed.

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Judge Vail handed
down his decision yesterday granting
a perpetual injunction restraining the
board of trade from Withholding its
quotations from the Central Stock and
Grain Exchange, an alleged bucket
lshor. Thus was ended one of the most
hotiy contested Of the bucket-sllop
eases.
c. d. F'ulllen, ex-United States dis
strict attorney at Des Moines, Iowa,
the mails, two years ago, against the
Chicago. The jury was out forty-eight
hours, and failed to agree because OF
one juror who held out for acqulttal
During the term of Office OF Jacob
KERR as states attorney the grand
Jury of Cook county indicted the Cen-,
trail Stock and Grain Exchange Off
Gals, charging Illegal operations. Ja-
cob Kern noilc prosA,i the case be-
fore it came on trial. In the case ended
! by the decision yesterday Jacob Kern
land c. D. Fullen Were attorneys for the
Central concern.
The interest in the decision is further
isenhanced by certain Developments in
1.-The progress Of the trial. Some days
l.ago Judge Vail read from the bench a
letter which he said had been adj
ldressed TO him By certain members Of
| the board .of trade. The letter stated
THAT friends of the judge regretted to
note that he was laying himself open
TO unfaSorable criticism by associating
| with persons supposed to be Interested
in the settlement of the case The
Judge Indignantly repealed the insinu-
Ilatien ard declared his position as an
Ian impartial Judge.
That the members of the board sus-
pected that peculiar methods were be-
Ling adopted by the Central is shown by
a declaration in court made by II enry-
| S. Robbins. attorney for the board. He
| accused the opposition of employing
/ counsei that appeared in the court room
| hut took no part in the proceedings.
! The counsel referred 10 was Hugh
lsGrea, OF Decatur, the home of Judge
| Vail. Jacob Kern denies that Mr..
| Crca had any connec tion with the case,
| but gossips on the board yesterday
lwere discussing the coincidence.
Hugh Crea is an eminent la wyer and
prominen. republican OF Macon county,
and Benjamin Taylor, eX-mayor of De-
catur. has charge % the Centrai's of
| flee at Decatur. Both have been foffow-
ling the case closely and both are said ia
8Ihave locked after the entertainment OF
Judge Vail during his sojourn in Chi
cago II is said that these associations
gave rise To the rurlors Of undue in
Ehuence that the judge answered from
the bench.
rendering .til- decision the judge
,iheld that the auotations OF the hoarc
| We're Of sucn general pubic inieres1
3.that they could not be Withheld from
4 any one demandlng them. He further
Iheid that il was not within the PROV;
3iince Of the board 10 decide that All a p
.Ipiican; for the quotations was intend
ling 10 put them 10 unlawful uses. Tn
4 court left the question of the legalit.
s8of the central's operations in statu
sloiio fol. the action of a criminal court
lgiving il as his opinion that al leas
l3pa It OF III. operations Of the exchang'
!. We're bona fide.
= Sidmun Mobile, president Of the Cen
4 trail exchange: j. f. Southland AMI VII
4 liam Nellie, directors Of the exchange
appeared in court. rha case Will b
taken TO the appellate court.