Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-08
AXES. CROWBARS,
USED IN RA|D|NG
County Attorney and Army Of
Constables Rush Upon Dealers,
Customers and Telegraph oper-
ators in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. May 5.-Probably
the most sensational bucket shop raid in
the history of the city was made by
County Prosecuting Attorney Hunt and
score of constables Saturday morning
on the Consolidated Stock and Grain
company office, fourth floor of the Her
schede building. on Fourth street be-
tween Walnut and Vine streets.
The equipment of the alleged bucket
shop was demolished. two wagon loads
OF papers and paraphernalia were carted
away as evidence, and these six men
were arrested: Louis Foster, w. d.
Klausman. w. E. Mooser. C. b. Fox, B.
II. Morehead and c. A. Acton The Of
ficers also had warrants for the arrest
of Sam Foster and ]. Clark, but they
were not located. The men were charged
with operating a bucket shop.
AXES AND CROWBARS.
The raiding party made a formidable
appearance. They carried axes and crow
bars and swooped down on the bucket
shop so suddenly that there was no
chance for escape. Hunt and one of
his assistants. Arthur .Frick, were in
charge They sent one section OF their
invading army up the elevator to the
fourth floor front, when the othe half
climbed the stairs to the rear door of
the Consolidated Stock and Grain COM
pany.
At a given signal both divisions went
to work. One constable started the OPP
erations at the thin rear door by de-
molishing the lock with a ponderous blow
from his axe. As the lock fell on. the
floor ten constables rushed into the huge
trading rooms" of the Consolidated,
where the business deals" were being
marked up by a score of clerks and OPP
orators. -...--.- s.r.
SEIZED THE SAFE. .. s.
The safe OF the company was open and
one constable who had been appointed
specifically, TO take care of the safe and
thow the combination so as to
pevent its being closed, rushed to
it, But the constable had a race
with one OF the bucket shop operators
for the safe. The constable got there
first and threatened to use force If neces-
sary to keep the excited employee from
the iron box. rf
1t was the duty of another constable
TO rush up with a big sack I'm 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 Ii in carriage that was wait
ing very conveniently outside. Two men
from the prosecutors VnIce rested COM
fortably in the carriage, guarded the
bagful OF evidence and waited until At
torney Fricke came down with more
Now hurry to the court house with this
stuff and don't let any one dare to stop
you, - cried Fricke as he slammed the
carriage door and hurried back to the
fourth floor. .s.5
I'VE want that blackboard for evil
dence"(
CHot PED DOWN THE BOARD.
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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
1t contained the New York quotations.
1he miscellaneous quotation board
and the grain market board were left
untouched Lou Foster and Morehead
protested vigorously against the use of
axes on their property, but without
avail The NOISE of the chopplng,
coupled with the shouted protest of the
Consolidated officers and employees; the
snrieks of the girl stenographers, the
almost plaintive ringing of telephone
bells. the ticking of telegraph instru-
ments, the shouts of Fricke and Cap
tain Barley, mingled in making a
strange turmoil of sound and scene.
Whether IT was that the situation
became too exciting or from accident
is not known, but the clock stopped as
the raid was at it's height. This was
at 1913. Fricke had just led the as
sault on the telegraph and telephone
wires. -.
WIRES WE'RE sILENCED.
1t was said that among the consta-
bles were a. number Of telegraph oper-
ators who had intended to record the
quotations coming 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 festivities, every
thing electrical ceased working, -