The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

Ten ky0k. Albany. ever q @Amohng
TRANSACTION.
These prisoners were arraigned before
CORNERSTONE Shields On warrants charR-
ng them With conspiring 70 violsts tn
act Of March I. IO9--ths stringent anti
bucket shop Law for the District 90 Co
hmbia. Al " the indictments handed
down sgains' the member 81 the three
hrms make this charge. which IL ba@@d
y on the fact that all three Arms had branch
cfic-a N the DistriCf The Washington
oFses we're raided yesterday.
The principal members Of this firm in
addition Ia thoae mentioned a. under
arrest are Ueorge G.. Turner. Edward 4.
BoRgs the hglIrehsad - tho concern
and a nephew ~ Prsusser: Robert A. Guy.
and William ". LlliS. These men are
all under indictment and wers being
sought Lac, night. Commissioner Shields
held Robinson. Mayer and PreuHseF Ia
as.nCO haiI zach for examination on April n
Rail wa furnished. The prisoners were
rspres.Nty.d 10y Abc Gr,Ibsr. who COM
planned that ths arrests had been made
vsfhout warrant and that the outrage
~ the police was -anOthsr case for Gay
aor- Agent SCarhnro explained that
The bench warrants issued in Washington
had been delivered to Police Head
! quarters. He said also that IL any more
! of the men wanted were arrested they
, would he taken "a the nearest police sta
! ton ard locked up and no bail would he
| taken until thew could bs brought before
4 o United States Commissioner
INV CELLAs SURRENDER
While tho members OF Bosgs 90.
/ vere being arraigned the telephone he'll
1
/ called He said that SCarboro was the
heard . voice ask:
| you &C. to IL that we're not arrested before
~e get there'-
The msn who wanted 20 know wsrs
Louis 4 '.-ila ard Angs.n Celia h~Ads ~
the Standard Stock and Grain Dealers %
I Jersey City. the second of the three con-
! Germs for -hich the Government was
cunning. The Celia brothers were told
, that their presence would he welcome.
but that IL they wanted to surrender
without being arrested they'd have to
beat the police 10 IL.
The receiver at the other end Of the line
vent up with a snap and in a very short
time the brotherz. having successfully
lodged NcConville and Nelson were got
, ting hack their breath in Commissioner
Shieldes Once They were held in q. OOO
each on the conspiracy charge and their
examination Was set down for April r.
Howard Taylor. the lawyer retained by
ihe Celia brothsrs. said that his clients
we're innocent ana that the whole affair
vas "a terrible mistake
The other members of the Standard
Stock and Grain Dealers are Edward
Altemus. Opcar J. Raped and Samuel
Raymond They are an under Federal
Indictment
The news that Uncle sam vas going
rnsding leaked ont soue~here. aud when
the officers dropped IN at the headauar-
ters ~ tho STANDARD Stock and Grain
Dealers they found the place closed up
One ~ the agents Of the Department.
% Justice aid that he had learned that
the Celia h-others had transferred their
business 10 Baltimore and had opened
m the Equitable Building But they
happened 10 be IN New York and heard
promptly - the proceedings before
Commissioner shields
CELIA IN A KINS PIN
Louis A Celia hasn't been seen around
the ofbce- of the concern for many
months ~ far as could he learned yes
teYday. Heis one % the biggest bucket
shop Operators in the country and IL a
ulemter - the leila AdeT-1ille. com
binaucn. more generally known a. the
celia Commission company This com
rany operates q string of bucket hops
from us headquarters IN ~. LOUIS the
home OF the Celia brothers IN. wires
maintained Nv this outfit are thickest
N Illinois, Indiana ohio and Mis-
sour and throughout the cotton belt
u vas only W the last three years that
- thsy began 10 operate heavily IN the East
am S'ste- The stork transfer Law -
ssId - have been th. bar which KEEP,
them out ~ this state
Louis celia - ever more widely
.ac-n On ths raC@trdCks than in the
bucks'shor World Ne introduced syndi-
cate bookuaki INTO the Fast. operating.
9Th 'hs great smount ~ capital az his
dispossl ten or -fte~p books m a rtnE
And beng able ~ control the odds IN
ho-ses 20 . Considerable extent lie
rrscrcallv owns r~ver,sl rao-fracks m
the Wsst ard ~ a rich rnAn ~ 1877 ha
tried 20 ger INTO the Metropolitan Turf
Assccla'inu the a--oCla'ion - the biggest
bookn,akers ~ IN" country. but they
hIackhaller hun
me c-anfnes ~ me eva GpfnbirS ton.
If ~hich 'he STANDARD stock and Grain
Dealers IE rsid hv the police a. tr~ uns.
operate their local 'plant-- through
spurious boards - trade VI several Zig
zines 81 'he noun'-y They used fake
hoard ~ Eansas 'uv. another IN Phih-
dslphia and another ~ Minneapolis
The ZELDA branches havs frsouently
tsen n hot water With the authorities
Iu ,4lFsDdtpa . .Ytt I,rnupl,t IN a 4 4 ntt.d
Staf~s '"urt ~ arkansas against the
celia COMMISSION Company the outht
pleaded that " SaS a gambling concern
Tsuallv ~. Callar hav" met prosecution
~ plsss - legitimacy They have pointed
N thei- membership in boards - trade
The authorities ~ many ~ these Eases
sought ?" prove that the boards 1t
trade acre fn..rely auotItion = hops. a
hind o. the ynrna If Thinning naLckerr