The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11
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WASHINGTON June Iu The Grand
Jury ~ th" Distract ~ Columbia handed
down an Indictment aga nsl Inc Western
Union Telegraph COMPANY to-day Tor
alleged violation ~ the antl-burket shop
law II the District The indictment Of the
Telegraph company Tor the transm is-ion
at quotations o. hUyAut shops IN Washing
tOn 10 the latest aud one NJ The most ian
portani developments IN the Attorney
Generals war against this form OF gam
bling The technical chare. against the
company - that u Icing a party 10 "a
conspiracy against the United States
The indictment ~ against the Western
Union corporation aud not against snv
officers II d.
There are iOriv-tWO counts n the in
dictment. in each II which II ~ charged
that the company transmitted over its
wires New Work stock Exchange quota
tons 10 bucket zhOp here conducted
~ Henry Duryea who was the CORE
-pOndent VI The Standard Stock aud Gran
COMPANY Of New Jersey The indictment
charges that the W--r'rn Union trans
mltted ihe-- quotations with the intention
Of aiding The members Of the concern
~ their hue keting business The indict-
ment nan - list Of quotations that ih-
Western lu.un carried over us wires
sll Ut winch an. listed un the New York
StJcE exchange
The Indictment against the Western
Union wa- voted by tue Grand Jury ssy-
eral week. ago after they mad heard the
testimony Of many witnessss w bench
warrant was asked for and IL IL under
stood that the corporation Will appear
voluntarily later aud answer the ,ndict
ment
The Law under which the Western Union
Is indicted does not apply outside Of the
District Of Columbia 40 that rs actual
effect will he limited Indirectly. however
the Department Of Justice expects that
II will have a far reaching effect upon the
relations between telegraph and telephone
companies and bucket shops n the
Western Uniou company - found guilty
u can ne fined o. O1O ON each count or a
total Of So OOO The officials Of the De
partment Of Justice who have been work !
NC on the bucket shop cases are greatly I
pleased at the action ~ the Grand Jury
and are prepared To push the ease against
the Western Union company
The Grand Jury also returned indict-
ments to-day against " p Price Of Bal /
timorr and Joseph = Gstins Of New
York both " these men had been in
dicted before n connection with the I
bucket shop cases and the indictments .
to-day were merely Tor the purpose Of
correcting mistakes IN the previous find
ings against them.
The Government Will institute proceed .
lnRs in the Federal Court IN New York .
City IN Monday 10 compel the indicted
bucket shop men Of that city "a enter
the District Of Columbia for trial
The forty two indictments found bv
the Grand Jury la the supreme Court
iu the District ~ Columbia Yesterday .
against the Western Union Telegraph .
Company may h. regarded according "a 7
thOs- who have been watching develop
msntS ~ the first really big step n the .
Governments attack
Nothing has been -aid ~ far a. to what
the next step will b. but the investigators
already have declared that they believed .
themselves able - prove the congestion I
between the Postal Telegraph and the .
American Telephone and Telegraph Com 1
pany snd the bucket shop industry .
and also 10 prove that the governors "
the New York Stock Exchange itself
must have had some knowledge " what
was going on and In spite ~ the knoWl-
edge took no steps 90 stop ,t
Futher action ~ not unlikely The
indictments found yesterday were all
agalnst the Western Union a. a company
and not against any ofiiceT ~ director
The alleged offences named m the m
diCtments are punishable only by fine
II si.OO0 Tot each count Or Sa2 80 m all
Unless the warning ~ Needed action
may be taken against individuals Tho--
who are most likely 20 come under Gov
ernmental displeasIre II any 10 are tho
officers and directors II the Western
Union and the governors Oi the stock
Exchange
The Cellas business. the STANDARD
Stock and Gram Dealers IN Jersey City
vas raidsd and shut down on April
Within two or three dAys a new place
vas opened IN Baltimore room sIs
EQUITABLE Building under the name 81
Herford \ 90 The Federal agents
saw that this - none other than the same
Celia crowd. with The same wires the
same OperAtOrs. the same correspondents
and tho same partners The Government
considers this a defiance IN the part %
the Celia organization and al@o upon the
part Of those selling Information 10 them
Another incident which anRered the
Government authorities has "a do with
Frank Miner. who was convicted "
running a bucketshop IN - Louis six
weeks ago and who got a sentence 81 five
years He has appealed the caae The
agents say thar Miner had
been using American Telephone and
Telegraph wires. hut that this COMPANY
Cit Out these wires Immediately after
the conviction ~ thereupon the IN
vsstiRatOrs sav. went over tO the Western
Union ana got wires from them Miner
vas and - manager u the Merchants
Stock and Grain Dealers Of ~ Louis.
" hiCh ~ said 70 he the Western branch Of
he Celia outfit
The profits which have come 10 the ,
telegraph companies through this illegal |
business are large The Government has .
figured Il ont that the Western Union '
clears q OOO OoO year out Of the bucket 4
shop business.
An Official Of the Department 81 Justice
said Yesterday that there had been FIVE :
big bucket shop coBr-rns IN tho country =
VII irh Overtop the rest ~ amount % !
buslnss. done ~ these four already '
have teen closed up by the Government Z
one closing ~ Its own accord when ~
harmed that n was 20 te next on the lst b
and one ~ still running in this city This q
last mentioned house uaed n clear IT,
business through the Philadelphia Con
solidated stock Exchange. which the
Government has pat Out Of business. aud
now i said 10 get ita information through =
he PittsbuTg bucket shop exchange
This firm the Government has not vet 4
Deen able 10 touch because II has no wire !,
10 the District 81 Columbia