Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02
OFFICERS RAID
BROKERS' OFFICES
Made Simultaneous Descent in
New York. and Five Other
Leading Cities.
CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED
Indictments Are Had Under 4. ). Re-
viscd Statutcs--lir~t Mtack ON
stock Gambling.

Washington. April ARMED with
bench warrants issued by the supreme
court of the District OF Columbia. spe-
eial agents Of the department of JUS
tce this morning at n O'Clock (eastern
time) simultaneously raided brokers
offices IN New York. Philadelphia. Jer-
sey city, Baltimore. Cincinnati and
ST. Louis
Conspiracy indictments In which %
persons are named-hye Of them said Co
De millionaires and an interested in
brokers offices in large cities of the
United States were returned late yes
terday by the federal grand jury of the
District of Columbia ON evidence which
agents OF the department of Justice
had been gathering for more than a
year.
The indictments were withheld yes
terday ON the request of Atty.-Gcn
Wickersham, SO that department of
justice detectives might make the raids
simultaneously on the places suspected
OF being bucket shops"
The men indicted are said to be those
financially interested in the corpora
tons known as =. :. Boggs d Co.
which has offices IN New York and
Philadelphia, Price a. Co. with Of
fees in Baltimore and New York. and
the STANDARD stock q Grain Dealers.
which has offices in Jersey city, In
Philadelphia and St Louis.
MEN INDICTED.
As being interested in Boggs & Co.
the following are indicted
Richard h. Preusser. Leo Mayer. Geo.
Turner william II. Lilns. oliver J.
Robinson. Edw. S. Boggs. Harry owens.
Robert a. Guy, all OF New York and
Afford and Marshal +. Parrish of Phil
adelphia. Named IN connection with
them as alleged co-conspirators are
Edward Everett Taylor OF Washington,
ID c.. and his telegraph operator, Har-
ry Johnson.
In the indictments against Price s.
Co., the following are named:
William b. Price Virgil y. Randolph.
Harry NJ. Randolph Chrrles l.. Moore
head. Edward Weldon. Joseph Garlons
and James A Anderson. all OF Balti-
more. Thomas IL. Campbell and Ed
ward b. Taylor Of Philadelphia
In the standard Stock q Grain Deal
ers are named
Edw. Altemus. Samuel Raymond, Os-
car j. Rlphel and Robert Hail Of Jer-
sey city, y. j.: Louis Celia Of 81. Louis.
Henry c. Stump Of Philadelphia and
Henry n. Duryee and his telegraph op-
orator. Charles r.. Alley
This. the governments first attack
on stock gambling. has been prepared
with the greatest secrecy. Its scope
practically covers the United States
from the Missouri river 10 the Allan
tic. The three concerns indicted main
tain more than $50 offices and branch
offices located from New England to
Oklahoma.
The government maintains every al
legged buckcting transaction of the local
brokers named was the act OF each
and every person charged In the in
dictment.
WICKERsHAM's STATEMENT
Atty. Gen. Wickersham did not COM
ment on the raids further than TO issue
a prepared statement OF which the
following Is the substance:
In the first indictment against
Preusser Mayer. Turner etc. etc. The
defendants are charged with conspiracy
to commit an offensc against the United
States in violation of section 54i0 OF the
revised statutes, which makes unlaw-
full the keeping of bucket shops lu the
District OF Columbia. Edward n. Tay-
Tor, mentioned IN the indictment. main
tanned two offices in Washington and
was correspondent for Boggs & CO.,
A. Broadway, New York.
This firm" the attoney-gencral's
statement continues. "as well as those
involved In the other two Indictments.
alleges that it buys ana sells securi-
ties through the consolidated stock eN-
change OF Philadelphia, and that Ford
and Parrish are their representatives,
on that exchange.
The evidence before the grand jury
tended To show that this legislation was
simply "a cover maintained 90 enable
operators of bucket shops 10 conceal
the real nature Of their operations
"Prcusser Is reported to be no.
torious gambler who was convicted OF
murder OF one Miles Mcdonald. some
years ago as a result OF which he was
confined for "a year in an asylum for
insane convicts.
Mayor Is "a well known bOokmaiCcr
and Turner is said 90 have been OK
PEELED from the New York stock OK
change and with Lillis. has been con-
nected with some OF the most notori-
Gus bucket shop concerns I'M the coun-
try. A number Of the men named I'm
this Indictment arc well known as
bucket shop operators