The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
(Rv the Associated Prass.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. d. c., April 2.-The
Government Of the United States to-
d4y made it's first but vigorous on
slaught upon stock gambling which
an scope practically overs the coun-
try from the Missouri River to the
Atlantic.
Brokers offices in New York,
philadelphia, Jersey City, Baltimore.
Cincinnati and st. Louis were raided
simultaneously at II o'clock, Eastern
time. today by special agents Of the
Department OF Justice, who were
armed with bench warrants issued by
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia.
Conspiracy indictments in which 80
persons are named-five Of them SAID
t. be milliOnaires, and all interested
in brokers' offices in large cities
the United States, were returned late
yesterday by the Federal grand jury
of the District of Columbia upon
evidence which agents of the De
paTtment of Justice had been gather
ing for more than a ear. The in
dittments were withheld so hat the
Department of Justice detectives
might make the raids simultaneously
upon the places suspected of being
'bucket shops" The men indicted
are said to be those financially inter
ested in the corporations known as
T.. =. BOggS & Co, which has offices
in New York and Philadelphia;
Price and Company, which has Of
fees in Baltimore and New York,
and the Standard Stock and Grain
Dealers which has offices in Jersey
city, Philadelphia Cincinnati and st.
Louis.
As being interested in Boggs &
Company. the following are indicted:
Richard +. Preusser, Lee Mayer,
George Turner, William II. Lillis,
Oliver J. Robinson, Edward S. Boggs.
Harry Owens. Robert A. Gay, all of
New York, and A. [. Ford and Mar
sinai +, Parish. of Philadelphia
Named in connection with them as
alleged co-conspirators are Edward
Everett Taylor, Of Washington, d. G.,
ard his telegraph OPERATOR, Harry
Johnson.
In the indictments against Price 6,
%, the following are Named: William
- Prce, Virgil 2. Randolph, Harry
IN. randolph, Charles I. Morehead,
Fd"drd Weldon, Joseph Gasi1ins, and
lanes A. Anderson, all OF Baltimore;
Ihomas II. Campbell and EdnTd b.
Taylor Of Philadelphia.
IN the Standard Stock n Grain
dealers are named: Edward Altemus,
9an'uel RAYMOND, Oscar J. Rappel and
1tobert Hall, of Jersey City, N. J.;
LOUIS Celia, of st. Louis; Henry G.
ntNmpf. Of Philadelphia, and Henry
X Durise and his telegraph operator
Charles r. Alley.
The three concerns indicted main
tam more than $50 Offices and branch
Offices, located from New England tC
Oklahoma.
With the aid Of United States At
tofhey Baker, of the District Of Co
i4InbIa, special assistant attorney
General A. Bruce Bielaski and Chiei
fihch, of Acknowledgement Wicker
Shains Bureau of investigation, have
neeh presenting the evidence to the
grand jury for several days.
me theory of the conspiracy in
oittIIlents is that every man who was
'phIfeCted IN any way with the opera
t'oIi 81 the three firms which did bust
ness IN the district had entered into
II conspiracy to relieve people Of then
money. The government maintain:
mat every alleged bucketing transac
ION OF the local brokers named wa:
the act Of each and every person
charged in the Indictment.
III d repair statement, ISIS ued to
"dy' Attorney-General Wickershan
Expresses the belief that the return
~ these indictments and the prosecu
1''h OF the defendants therein will dt
d great deal towards destroying tn
operations of buclet-ShopS Throughout
the country
Inc governments sleuths went a
t5e enemy with his own fire and, i
~ SAID, did not hesitate to do a littl
IRE tapping now and then to ge
tF evidence. Taking for granite
,'idt the charge often made tina
Iucket shops secured quotations b
"pPihS wires which carry them t