The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
Government MakesF' 'irst
Attack on Stock
Gambling.
BENCH w ARRANTS
FOR OPERATORS
Twcnty-ninc Persons, Including
Five Millionaircs, Are Indicted
by Federal Grand Jury-of-
fices Affiliated With E. S.
Boggs & Co. Arc
Raidcd.


with bench warrants issued by the
Supreme Court of the District OF Co.
lumbia, special agents OF the Depart
1nent of Justice this morning at II
o'clock simultaneously raided brokers'
Offices in New York. Philadelphia, Jcr-
sey city. baltimore, Cincinnati and
ST. Louis
Conspiracy indictments, in which
twenty nine persons are named, Ave
OF them said TO be millionaires. and all
interested in brokers Offices In large
cities OF the United stfaes. were re-
turned late yesterday BY tho Federal
grand jury of the District OF Column
bla Upon evidence which agents OF the
Department OF Justice had been gath
ering for more than a year. The in
dictments were withheld yesterday on
the request OF Attorney General Wick
erGham. so that the Department OF JUS
tice detectives might make the raid
simultaneously upon places suspected
OF being bucket shops"
branches In Many cities.
The men indicted are said to be ,hoso
financially interested In the corpora
tions known as Il. S. Boggs & Co.
which has Offices in New York and
philadelphia: Price g. Co, which has
offices in Baltimore ant New York, and
the STANDARD stock and Grain Dealers,
with Offices in Jersey City. Philadel-
phia, Cincinnati and ST. Louis. AS
being interested in Boggs & Co, the
following are indicted: Richard u
Pruesser. Lee Mayer. George Turner.
william II. Lilifs. Oliver ] Robinson,
Edward : EogBs. Harry Owens, Rob-
ort a. Guy. all OF New York, and NJ
Ford and Marshall 4. Parrish, OF Phil-
adclphia. Named in connection as al
legged conspratorS arc Edward Everett
Taylor. OF Washington D. c, and his
telegraph operator. Harry Johnson
In tho Indictment against Price &
Co the following are named: William
Il. Price, Virgil p. Randolph Harry ~
Rardo(ph, Charles T. Moorchead, Ed
ward Weldon, Joseph Gaskins and
James a. Anderson. all OF Baltimore
Thomas H. Campbell and Edward u.
Taylor. of Philadelphia.
In the Standard Stock and Grain
Dealers are named Edward Atemus,
samuel Raymond. Oscar J. Rappel ana
Robert Hall, OF Jersey CITY. y. ~ LOUIS
Celia. of ST Louis; Henry c. Stunpf. OF
Philadelphia and Henry r. Duryee and
his telegraph operator. Charles X, Al
ley.
Governments First Attack.
This, tho United states governments
first attack on stock gambling, has
been thoroughly prepared with greatest
secrecy Its scope practically covers
the United States from the Missouri
River to the Atlantic. The three con-
cerns indicted maintain more than 25o
offices and branch offices located from
New England TO Oklahoma WITH the
Aid of United States Attorney Baker,
Of the District OF Columbia: Special
fs,, y.ll 4 RrIirn
R,oIaski. and Chief Finch, of Attorney
General Wickershams bureau of In
ycstiration, have been presenting the
evidence to the grand jury for several
days. -
The theory of the conspiracy indict-
mcnts is that every man who was
connected In any way with the opera
tion of the three firms which did bus
iness in the District had entered INTO
a. conspiracy TO relieve people OF their
money. Tho government MAINTAINS
that every alleged bucketins transac-
tion of the local brokers named was
Tho act of each and every person
charged in the Indictment.
Attorney General Wickersham did
not comment on the raids to-day fur
ther than to issue prepared state
mcnt OF which the following is the
substance:
In the first Indictment against
.pruesser, Mayer, Turner, etc. the dSj
PENDANTS arc charged With conspiracy
to commit an oncnsc against the
United States in violation of section
644o Of the Revised Statutes, which
makes unlawful the keepns OF bucket
shops in the District of Columbia, Ed
ward IL. Tayker, mentioned in the in
dictment maintained two offices in
Washington and was correspondent
fos Boggs & Co, of AZ Broadway, New
York
"This nrm,'' the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
statement says, "as Well as those
involved in the other two indictments
alleges that 1t buys and sells securi-
ties through the Consolidated stock
Exchange, OF Philadelphia, and that
%Ford and Parrish arc their representa-
tves on that exchange.
'"rhe evidence before the grand jury
tended to show that this exchange was
simply a cover mainlalned to enable
operators, of bucketshopS to conceal
the real nature OF their operations
Notorious Gambler.
"Preusser is reported to be a motor
ious-E Eamhler. who was convicted of
murder of ono AINles Mcdonald some
yoars ago, as a result OF which he was
confined year in an institution for
insane convcts,
Mayer is a we'll known bookmaker.
and Turner Is said to have been en-
relled from the New York Stock EN-
change. and Will Lillis has been con.
nected with some of the most notorious
bucket shop concerns In the country.
A number of the. men named III this
indictment are we'll known as bucket
shop operators These indictments has
two counts. one count covering each
a ut pf,,t.. .t,,,S u uN.
In Washington.
I'm the second Indictment, against
Altemus, Celia, Raymond, ct. al, 1t is
alleged that Duryee maintained an Of
flee in Washington with Alley as an
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