New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-03
FEDERAL ATTACK IN
ALL QUARIERS.
Action FOllozcs T5centy-mne
Indictments Found IN
Washington.
fFrom The Tribune Bnrsau.l

tIOnal movement aimed al IHe ueSJTuc-
ton of the bucket shop business. this
being the first time such a movement
has been attempted by the federal gov
ernment.
Acting under the authority Of Section
;. 40 of the Revised Statutes prohibit
ing a conspiracy to commit an offence
against the laws of the United States.
Mr.. Wickersham procured from the fed
eraI grand jury three indictments. in
which twenty-nine persons were named,
several of whom are said to be worth
more than 81 100000
The Attorney General is determined
to put a stop to this form of gambling,
and will leave undone nothing which
will contribute to that end.
Armed with bench warrants issued by
the Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia. special agents of the Depart
ment of Justice this morning at II
o'clock, Eastern time. simultaneously
raided brokers' offices in New York,
Philadelphia, Jersey City. Baltimore.
Cincinnati and St Louis.
Sixteen Gathered In.
When the Department of Justice closed
for business to-day reports received
from various points showed there had
been sixteen arrests of persons named
III the indictments Five of these were
in New York City-Richard z. Preusser
Leo Mayo, Oliver F. Robinson. l. Celia
and Angelo Cella-all of whom were re
leased on $4,000 bail each. five in Balt-
mOre-Edward Weldon, James A. An
derson. Henry Fl. Randolph. William b
Price and Mr.. Moorehead-alsor released
in $4,000 bail each. and in Philadelphia
George Turner, Humphrey owen, Mar
shall +. Parrish, II. c. Stunt, Albert
Ford and T. II. Campbell. whose bail in
each case was fixed at s2.500.
An effort will be made to have the
trial fixed for all the defendants before
the District Supreme Court adjOurns for
the summer recess. the intention being
to arraign them i'm the several groups
in which they were indicted
The indictments were found against
+. S. Boggs & Co, Price & Co. and the
Standard Stock and Grain Dealers. and
all those supposed to be interested in
these concerns We're named in the in
dictments. Pursuant to these indict-
ments, special agents of the Department
of Justice, provided with bench warrants
issued by the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, made raids on all the
known offices of these concerns in Wash
ington, New York, Philadelphia. Jersey
City. Baltimore, Cincinnati and St
Louis.
The men named in the indictments
are as follows:
As being interested in Boggs & Co:
Richard +. Preusser. Leo Mayo, George
Turner. William H. Lillis. Oliver J. Rob
insOn, Edward 5. BOggs, Harry Owens.
Robert A Guy. all of New York, and Al
Ford and Marshall F. Parrish, of Phila-
deIphia. Named in connection with them
as alleged co-COnspirators are Edward
Everett Taylor. of Washington, and his
telegraph operator. Harry Johnson.
In the indictments against Price & Co.
the following are named: William
Price, Virgil p Randolph. Harry NJ. Ran
dolph. Charles T. MOrehead, Edward
Weldon. Joseph Gaskins and James \.
Anderson. all OF Baltimore; Thomas II
Campbell and Edward b. Taylor. of Phil
adeIphia.
In the Standard Stock and Grain Deal
ers are named: Edward AltemUs, Sam
Robert Hall. of Jersey City, n J.; Louis
Celia. of St. Louis; Henry c. Stumpf. of
Philadelphia, and Henry r. Duryee and
his telegraph operator. Charles r. Alley.
First Federal Step of Kind.
This. the United States governments
first attack upon stock gambling, has
been thoroughly prepared and with
the greatest secrecy Its scope prac-
ticaIIv covers the United States from
The Missouri River to the Atlantic. The
three concerns indicted maintain more
than two hundred and fifty offices and
branch offices. loated from New England
To- Oklahoma.
With the aid of United states Attor-
nev Baker of the District of Columbia.
4 Bruce Billask Special Assistant At
tornev General and Chief Finch of At
torney General WiCkersham's bureau of
Investigation have been presenting the
evidence to the grand jury for several
days.
The theory Of the conspiracy indict-
nents is that every man who was con-
nected in any way with the operation of
the three firms which did business iii
the District had entered into conspiracy
to defraud people of their money. The
government maintains that every al
legged bucket shop transaction of the
local brokers named was the act of each
and every person charged in the indict-
ment.
Much of the information on which the
indictments were procured is understood
IN have been obtained by tapping the
telegraph wires leading into the Offices
of the concerns named. as the Attorney
General became convinced that the only
effective method of lighting the evil was
to emplov it's own methods. \ number
of the employees of the concerns were
suhnoenaed and compelled 10 relate what
tbe% knew OF the methods of their en-
nlovers. 4 large amount of detective
work preceded the application for in
dictments. and the department is con-
vinced il has a strong case.
MiDsHlPMAN WILSON NEAR DEATH
.,nanolis. April Ills condition is
ahout the same as il was yesterday he IS
GRADUALLY sinking" was the announcement
I = a. frouo the Naval HoSpitaf regarding