Evening star., 1907-08-26
NO HALT IN FIGHT
ON BUCKET SHOPS
Baker Wires Assistants "Let
There Be No Let-Up."
DETECTIVES ON THE WATCH
Will Be Stationed at Brokers Offices
to Get Evidence.
GOOD RESULTS ANTICIPATED
District Attorney Offers to Curtail Va
cation and Take Personal Charge
Of the Campaign.
DETECTIVES ON THE WATCH
Will Be Stationed at Brokers' Offices
to Get Evidence.
GOOD RESULTS ANTICIPATED

"Close up all bucket shops, and if
any one tries to do business after
arrest issue another warrant for
him. No one will be permitted to
run a bucket shop in the District of
Columbia until some court says
they are lawful. Refuse all requests
to remain open and continue to ar
rest violators. I will return, if
necessary. Let the work you have
commenced go on. You have
started right. Let there be no let
up."-District Attorney D. W..
Baker.
In this positive language the district at
torney sent by wire today instruction to
his assistants here to keep up the fight on
bucket shops Mr.. Baker also offered to
curtail his vacation and return to Washing
ton if needed to take hand in the cam
paign.
In a second telegram received this after
noon United States Attorney Baker adds:
DO what the situation Nrmands and will
stand by you in the matte
Detectives on the Watch.
After the receipt of the kilograms AS
sistant District Attorney Given decided
that. beginning tomorrow. he will place
every place suspected of doing a bucket
shop business in the District under the o5-
servation of the police A detective or Sc
cIet service man viii be stationed in every
one of the offices. according to an an
do INV
evidence is obtained to show that the offices
are doing a bucket-snop business, warrants
will follow.
The name of every customer in a bucket
shop will be taken by the detectives. and
these customers will be summoned before
the grand jury to tell what they know OF
the business transactions of the brokerage
offices which they visited. Results will
follow in the opinion of the assistant dis
tr.ct attorney. Either customers will stop
going to the bucket shops and the business
will shrink to nothing or ample evidence
will be obtained with which to prosecute
the shccs in the courts. In either event
. the assistant district attorneys believe the
bucket shops will be closed
May Be Raided Again.
The brokerage offices which were raidedi
last week and against whom charges Of.
setting up gaming table have been filed,
VIII be raided again or their proprietors ar
rested on other warrants if they continue
In business and transact what the authori-
ties regard as bucket shop business, ac-
cording to further announcement made
by Mr. Given this morning. Today De-
tective Helan and Secret Service Officer
Otto Klinke have been visiting the shops
that were raided and others which are un-
der suspicion, obtaining evidence for pres
entation to the grand jury: and this after
noon MIR. Given SO visited several of the
alleged bucket shops.
Grand Jury Investigation.
At IL o'slock this morning the grand Jury
began its further investigation of the busi-
ness transactions of several alleged busket
shops in the city. Witnesses were exam
ined who were summoned as the result of
the raids on Chesley & Spence, Wade &
Hedges, Allison C. Jenkins and Frank Zane
last week Sheets and books were also
given to the Jury as gathered in the raids.
Some indictments are expected tomorrow,
but against whom Is not known at this
time. The authorities who have had charge
OF the presentation of the cases. however
express themselves as Well satisfied with
the showing and evidence which they pro-
Tomorrow the grand jury Will meet again
to consider more ev.uence against other
bucket shop proprietors, ard it is expected
that the jury will be kept busy for the
greater part of the week with these invesri-
gatfons. The evidence gathered Saturday
and today, 1t is expected, will be in shape
to be presented tomorrow, and it is not re-
garded as unlikely that other arrests will
follow shortly.
Will Await Court Decision.
representative of the office of Allison
G. Jenkins, 14ol F street northwest, which
was raided Friday. conferred with Assistant
United States Attorney Given this after
noon regarding the closing up of that office
and 1t was stated that Mr.. Jenkins had re-
fused TO take on any new business and
had his orfice open today simply to close
up old accounts
BY the end of the week. it is stated, the
proprietor hoped to be able to close for
sood, according TO Mr.. Given. He awaits n
court decision vi the legality OF his busi-
ness.
Outside of Mr.. Jenkins none of the offices
raiced last week have made any efforts to
close, and they are running as usual TODAY
II Is declared. They claim that they are
running lawful brokerage business and
therefore nave right to keep open.