Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
UNCLE SAN OPENS
ATTACK ON BROKERS
FIRST FEDERAL RAID ON STOCK
GAMBLING MADE FROM
WASHINGTON.
EXTENSIVE OPERATORS
AMONG THOSE INDICTED
Eastern Brokers' Offices and Branches
In Several Cities Raided by Special
Asents-Five MiIiionairss Said to Be
Included Among Those in the Net
New England to Oklahoma.

Washington, April 2.-Armed with
bench warrants issued by the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, spe-
cial agents Of the department Of JUS
tice this morning simultaneously raid
ed brokers' offices in New York, Phila-
delphia, Jersey City, Baltimore, Gin
cinnati and ST. Louis. Conspiracy in
dictments in which twenty-nine per-
sons are named--five of them said to be
millionaires, and all financially inter-
ested in brokers' offices in large cities
Of the United States-were returned
late yesterday by the federal grand
jury OF the District of Columbia.
The firms indicted are: Boggs & Co..
of New York; Price & Co, of Balti-
more; The Standard Stock and Grain
Dealers, of Cincinnati and st. Louis.
First Attack on Stock Gambling.
This, the governments first attack
upon stock gambling, has been thor
oughly prepared with the greatest Sc
crecy. It's scope practically covers the
United States from the Missouri river
to the Atlantic. The concerns indicted
maintain more than 250 offices and
branch offices located from New Eng
land to Oklahoma.
The theory of conspiracy indict-
ments is that every man connected in
any way with the operation of the three
firms, which did business in the dis
trict has entered into conspiracy to re-
lieve the people of their money. The
government maintains that every all
legged bucketing transaction of the
brokers named was the act of each and
every person charged in the indictment
= Individuals Indicted.
The men indicted are said to be
financially interested in corporations
known as E.. s. Boggs & Co., which has
offices in New York and Philadelphia:
Price & Co, which has offices in Bal
timore and New York, and the Stand
ard Stock and Grain Dealers, which has
offices in Jersey City. Philadelphia
Cincinnati and st. Louis, as being in
terested in Boggs & Co. Following are
the indicted: Richard E. Preusser, Lee
Mayer, George Turner, William III. Lil-
lis, Oliver j. Robinson. Edward s.
Boggs, Harry Owens. Robert A. Guy,
all Of New York; and AL Ford and
Marshall r. Parish, of Philadelphia.
Named in connection with them as
alleged oo-conspiratOrs are Edward
Everett Taylor. of Washington, d. c..
and his telegraph operator, Harry
Johnson. In the indictments against
Price & Co., the following are named:
William B. Price. Virgil P. Randolph
Harry NJ. Randolph. Charles T. More
head. Edward Weldon, Joseph Gaskins
and James A. Anderson, all of Baiti-
more, and Thomas H. Campbell and
Edward B. Taylor, Of Philadelphia.
In the Standard Stock and Grain
Dealers are named: Edward Altenus,
Samuel Raymond, Oscar j. Rappel and
Robert Hall, of Jersey City, N. j.;
Louis Celia, of st. Louis; Henry
Stumpf, of Philadelphia. and Henry r.
Duryee and his telegraph operator,
Charles r. Alley.
Penalties Are Severe.
Violation of the law. upon convic-
ton, entails a maximum penalty of
$4,000 fine and two years iInprison-
ment. The government sleuths went at
the enemy with his own fire and, it is
said, did not hesitate to do a little wire
tapping now and then to get their evil
dence. Taking for granted the charge
often made that bucketshops secured
quotations by tapping wires which
carry them to legitimate customers is
true, the detectives tapped more than
one communication being sent between
those indicted. The employees of some
Of the shops were served with sub
poenas and called before the grand iruy
to tell what they knew about the
methods of operation.