Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-10
KEPT BUCKET SHOPS.
The Charge Made Against F. A.
Widrick and Thomas Larner.
Both Men Arrested and Placed Under
Bonds of $500 For Hearings This
Week Indirect Result of Knott
g. Closson Failure.

Warrants were issued Thursday after
noon by States Attorney II. r.. Brown
charging the keeping and maintenance or
bucket shops by Ford a. Widrick and
Thomas Larner, who have been conduct
ing stock and brokerage offices in this
city. MIR Widrick is located in the Peck
block on Main street opposite the police
Office and Mr.. Larnor in the American
House block further down the street. Ihc
two offices were opened shortly after that
OF Knott x Closson was closed on account
of their failure. Mr.. Widrich was en-
plOycd in Knott n Blossoms Office ana Mr..
LaIner came 10 this city from St Adams.
Both men were arrested by Shcriff
Reeves and brought before Justice george
W. Dchcrvillc at his office. Their bail was
fixed at 500 in each case. James a. Brown
became surety for Mr.. Widrlck and james
T.. Burke for Mr.. Larner
Ford \. Widrick is the correspondent OF
Price, Mccormick & CO., and Thomas
Larncr is the correspondent of j. ). Bache
d co.
The complaint is based on section 512s
of the Vermont statutes The penalty Is
a fine of not more than $1,000 or less than
800 for the first offence with the addition
OF Sly months Imprisonment for second
offence The statute says that no person
shall keep IA bucket shop, office, store or
other place in which the pretended buy
ing or selling of stocks, etc, is conducted
without any intention of receiving or pay
ing tor the same.
The arrests are no doubt due indirectly
or otherwise to the recent agitation re-
suiting from the Knott q CIosSOn affair
The complaints are as follows, the one
not reprinted being Identical with that OF
Ford A. Widrick. except In the name ana
place of business set up.
And thence continually until the date
of filing this complaint at Burlington In
vi. .p.,. Il
unlawfully keep and maintain and cause
to be kept and maintained a certain
bucket shop and office in a certain build
ing situated on the southcrly side of Main
st in said Burlington and commonly
known and designed as 'Peck's block in
which said bucket shop and office saic
Ford A. Widrick did then and there viii
fully and unlawfully conduct and permit
to be conducted between the said Ford A
Widrick and divers other persons whose
names arc to the States Attorney at pre-
sent unknown, the pretended buying anc
selling of stocks and bonds of corpora
tons and the pretended buying and sell
ing of petroleum, cotton. grain, PORK. pro-
visions and other produce on margins ant
otherwise without any intention on the
part of the said Ford A. Widrck or o.
said other persons so engaged in such pre-
tended buying and selling of receiving anC
paying for the property so bought or o
delivering the property so sold: and II
which said bucket-shop and office of tn
said Ford A. Widrick did then and there
wilfully and unlawfully conduct and per
init to be conducted the pretended buy
ing and selling of said property on mar
gins and in which said bucket shop ant
office the parties then and there buylni
and Offering to buy such property did no
hen and there intend actually to receiv
he same when purchased or to deliver tn
anne when sold"