The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-06
AXES AND CROWBARy ARE
 USED WITH GREAT EFFECT
Wagon Loads of Papers and Equip ment Are Hauled Away to Be Used By the Prosecuting At-
 torney Before Grand Jury.

the history of the city was made by Coun- ty Prosecuting Attorney Hunt and score of constables this morning on the Con solidated Stock and Grain company off, fees, fourth floor of the Herschede build ing on Fourth street, between Walnut and Vine streets.
 The equipment of the alleged bucketshop was demolished. two wagon loads of papers and paraphernalia was carted away as evidence, and these six men were arrested:
 Louis Foster w. D. Klausman, w E. Mooser, c. B. Fox, B. M. Morehead and C. A. Action.
 The officers also had warrants for the arrest of Sam Foster and J. Clark, but they were not located. The men were charged with operating bucketshop.
 The raiding party made formidable ap- pearance. They carried axs and crowbars and swooped down on the bucketship so suddenly that there was no chance for escape. Hunt and one of his assistants, Arthur Prick, were In charge. They sent one section of their invading army up the elevator tc the fourth floor front, while the other half climbed the stairs to the rear door of the Consolidated Stock and Grain company.
 Door Is Demolished.
 Al a given signal both divisions went to work one constable started the opera ttopa-a1 the thin rear door by demolishing sf ffth ponderous blow from his .e lock fell on the floor ten eon- A,..-apias Pushed Into the huge trading fooinSn of the Consolidated, where the '.business deals" were being marked up b, 6 score of clerks and operators.
 Tlie safe of the company was open and one constable who had been appointed specially to take charge of the safe and throw the combinatio so as to prevent it's being closed rushed to 1t. But the constable had a race with one of the hucketship operators for the safe. The constab bIcs got there first and threatened to use force, if necessary, kept the excited employe from the iron box.
 It was the duty of another constable to rush lip with a big sack in his arms and seize the contents of the safe. The papers and documents were promptly emptied into the sack, and the constable rushed down the stairs with his load and deposited 1t in a carriage that was wait ing very conveniently outside. Two men from the prosecutors office rested com fortably in the carriage, guarded the bag full of evidence and waited until Attor- ney Prick came down with more.
 Now, hurry to the courthouse with this stuff and don't let any one dare to stop you" cried Prick as he slammed the carriage door and hurried back to the fourth floor of the building.
 We want that blackboard for evil dence!'
 Board Chopped Down.
 A crew of husky constables laid-to at once with their axes and chopped down the quotation board that stretched from one end of the room to the other and from floor to ceiling. It contained the New York quotations.
 The miscellaneous quotation board and the grain market board were left ui- touched Lou Foster and Morehead pro- tested vigorously against the use of axes on their property but without avail. The noise of the chopping coupled with the shouted protest of the Consolidated of ficers and employees the shrieks of the girl stenographers, the almost plaintiye ringing of telephone bells, the ticking of telegraph instruments the shouts Of Prick and Captain Bartley, mingled in making strange turmoil of sound and scene.
 Whether it was that the situation be- came too exciting from accident is not known, but the clock stopped as the raid was at its height. This was at 1915 a. m. Prick had just led the assault on the telegraph and telephone wires. It was said that among the constables were a number~of telegraph operators who had intended to record the quotations com ing over the wire for use as evidence, but in the furore every wire in the place was torn into shreds and except one telephone bell that kept on ringing for help through the din of the entire fes- tivities, everything electrical ceased working.
 Search For Evidence.
 group of constables armed with crow bars, after ripping out telegraph instru- ments and cutting off other methods of communication to prevent the spread of the news of the raid. pried open. one after another, long row of drawers in search of evidence.
 wagon was lined up in front of the Herschede building and filled with papers and apparatus from the business room' of the company. A long desk runs down ' the middle of this room This desk was covered with what seemed to be deals They were held by long series of rub Der bands on the desk.
 The men said to have been customers were in the place but they were permit ted to depart. A stenographer had the most exciting time of her life. The var ious desks over which she presided were turned upside down. all the drawers were emptied and the contents went into bags and then into the wagon. The stenog- rapher seemed on the verge of faint ing and was gently informed that the officers would not further inconvenience her. She was permitted to go home.
 Wanted Their Wages.
 large group of telegraph operators were ordered to quit their desks and to line up in one corner of the room. The operators obeyed orders to the extent of gathering in the corner, but there they mutinIed They had not received their wages and insisted on having them. Prick handed over $N from his pock cts. "Divide this money among you,' he declared.
 All the clerks and telegraphers were al- lowed to ge Foster. Morehead and oth-