The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-17

IN the quotations. That there might be
no ioophol. anywhere, private telephones
We're ordered of me floor. ami grain firms
OF questionable reputc were compelled to
submit to closest espionage. not h"caHse
tfiey were suspected. but because the
chamhet had determined to look into eN-
cay Known avenue OF itlgress and cGress.
Mystery of the Wires.
1t was found that, by "a circuitous routs
quotations Went from the chamber floor
10 st. Paul and came back here to the
bucketshops. This was stopped and still
the quotations leaked, IT was discovered
that the figures were tclegraphed clear to
Chicago over a private wire line and came
back here again, delayed momentarily but
still fresh enough for ~bucketshop use
This was stopped. and sun the figures
We're up on the blackboards i'll the bucket
shops.
The chamber finally concluded that all
these roundabout lines of communication
We're but so many circumlocutory ar
engagements to cover up the permanent and
more direct line. That this line must be
founda ana cut off was the unanimous de-
cision OF the directors. and acting under
tdviSoincnt. James Marshall. then p,esi-
dent OF the chamber. and q. +. Eve.
chairman of the quotation committee. en-
tered into communicates with chicago
men who understood the detective bust
ness as applicable to this case.
Accordingly there came into Minneapolis
one day. quietly and without detection,
two of the most expert line and wire
service men in the country-A. T.. Tyler
and G. S. BALDWIN Silently and secretly
they Went TO work TO iind the wire that
carried the quotations from the Chamber
of Commerce to the Bank of Commerce
building. where the bucketshop head
quarters was thcn located. They worked
largely in the night. For ten days they
accomplished nothing. Then they struck
a lead and like bloodhounds they stuck
TO the scent.
The Sensation of January n, 1908.
on Saturday, January IL, Minneapolis
received the greatest commercial shock OF
a decade. a terrific fight occurred in the
corridor of the Bank of INNER build
ing. and out of the melee came Messrs.
Ty,cr and Baldwin. badly battered up.
They We're taken to police headquarters
and thrown into Jail. They had been cap
tured by George j. hammond, Amos c..
| Martin and an associate named Hoyt, who
pounccd upon them while, i was alleged.
they We're trying To burglariZe the office
of the Coe Commission company.
But if the shock attendant upon this
announce cnt Was great, 1t was as Moth
ing compared to that that followed. when.
upon searching the prisoners. there was
found upon them letters signed by MIR.
Marshall and Mr.. Eve of a nature 10 in
dictate from superficial reading that the
Minneapolis Chamber of had
hired chem to come here and break into
the Bank of Commerce. The Off
Gals We're able to show that there never
was such intent, but the cry of conspiracy
that the bucketshops then sent up looked
reasonable and hurt the chamber. while
advertising the shops very widely.
1t was now up to the chamber to stand
I"- t1@ 5000, lis l-., .N l;1 ~-,~, S,,rl, =,
and were arraiSred in court on Monday
morning, January 10. II. V. Mercer for
Tyler and General George z. Wilson for
the saw them through the legal
troubles that followed and after a time
got them clear.
This was the end of the period of aggrcs-
sion. The m learned that its an
tagonist could fight, too: that he was, IN
short. a Napoleon of bucketshoppers. and
a man not to be taken too lightly.