Evening star., 1907-08-24
ALL BUCKET SHOPS
TO Be WIPED OUT
No Place for Them Here, De-
clare Court Officials.
WATCHING LOCAL BROKERS
Detectives and Secret Service Men
After Evidence.
BAKER SAYS PUSH FIGHT
District Attorney Wires Assistant to
Continue Campaign-Grand Jury
Will Act Monday.
Detectives and Secret Service Men
After Evidence.
BAKER SAYS PUSH FIGHT

With renewed vim, due, the au-
thorities say, to the success of the
raids carried out yesterday, the CRU
SADIE against the alleged bucket
shops in the District was continued
today by the officials OF the United
States attorneys Office and the de-
teCtives and secret service men de-
tailed to the work.
After being notified by telegraph
OF the work done yesterday, Dis
trict Attorney Baker wired from
Michigan today to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Harvey Given to
push the campaign and close up
every bucket shop in the District
morning it will at once take up evil
dence against the alleged bucket shops in
the District. During the past week the
evidence gathered by Detective Helan and
Secret Service officer klinke, under the
supervision of Assistant United States At
torney Harvey Given, was presented to
that body. When the cases are taken up
Monday the evidence gathered in the
raids on the offices of Chesiey & Spence,
Wade x Hedges, Allison c. Jenkins and
Frank Kane & Co. yesterday will be pre-
sented. Not only will sheets be offered in
evidence, it is stated but it is expected that
witnesses identified from the sheets will be
summoned to tell of their transactions.
We secured just the evidence we wanted,
and all we wanted said one of the work
ers in the campaign this morning.
Keeping Baker Advised.
Although away from his Office on a trip
for his health, District Attorney D. w.
Baker is keeping in touch with develop
ments in Washington; and last night,
through both telegraph and telephone mes
sages. he was advised of the raids the
brokerage offices yesterday. of the evidence
obtained and was asked for further instruc-
tions.
District Attorney Baker telegraphei this
morning to Assistant United States Attor-
ney Given to continue the prosecutions Wig
orousy, and to do all in his power to stop
the operations of the bucket snops. Carry
ing out those instructions, Assistant United
States Attorneys Harvey Given and Frank
Perry, Detective He.an and Secret Service
officer Klink continued today to obtain
evidence, both against the brokers' VINO
We're raided yesterday and against others.
IF We find evidence that the persons
rahded yesterday doing a bucket shop
business today or any day in the future
We will take steps against them again,
stated Assistant District Attorney Given
early this morning. If they do a lagitl-
mate brokerage or stock business We will
not disturb them, but they will do a bucket
shop business at their peril
The men in charge OF the brokerage Of
fees which were raided by the police yes
terday appeared at the Police Court this
morning to give bond foT their future ap-
pearance in court when required Late
yesterday afternoon John 7. Chesley, a
brother of one of the firm, qualified as
surety for the firm of Chesley & Spence.
AS there are two defendants and two
cases against them the bonds furnished
by John T. Chesley amount to $4,000.
Frank Kane and Allison c. jenkins ap-
peared at the court about y O'Clock and
the United Su ETY. Company of Baltimore,
Md, was entered as surety IN the sum oi
81 eco for each of the men.
Percy Wade of the firm of Wade .
Hedges put up sl,VJO cash for his appear
ance with Financial Clerk Frank A. Sc
bring AS Mr.. Hedges is absent from the
city il is expected tnat there will be some
delay in furnishing bond for him.
Running to Cover.
Meanwhile proprietors of several offices
unde- investigation are on the run. Assist
ant District Attorney Given said this after
noon that several proprietors of alleged
bucket shops. who know that their opera
tions are being watched, called upon him
at the city hall tbs morning and asked
to BE- allowed TO get out OF business at
once, without pros scut!on.
send your detectives around to my office
and let them see Just how | do business. "
one of them said. Then, II they ind tnat
] am violating the law. l VIII close uD at
once.
we are making no promises" stated AS
s!stant D:st.iCt Attorney Given. We have
all the NLucket shops IN the District under
observation and We are trying to get the
evidence with which to bring prosecutions
against them. If you want To furnish us
the evidence of your methods of dong busi-
ness we Will take it, without having a
raid.
Others say that hey viii get out of the
business at once, according to information
which reached the district attorneys once
None of the men arrested yesterday. how
ever has made any statemcn; to me dis
trict attorney, the offers TO quit business
coming from Others
The offices which were the scenes of raids
Yesterday opened at the usual time today.
and they continued TO do business up tC
the close of the stock market in New York
at noon The patrons II is declared, how
ever were not as numerous as on previous
days and this is attributed to the action
of the police and district attorney in max
ing the raids.