The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-11
WESTERN UNION
MADE DEFENDANT
Indicted on Forty-two Counts
by Grand
Jury.
BROKERS ALSO ARE HELD
Telegraph Company Is Charged
With Aiding Bucket
Shops.
BROKERS ALSO ARE HELD

Washington, d. c.. June 10.--An In
Allotment charging forty-two violations
OF the anti-bucket-s shop section OF the
District Code was returned by the
grand jury this morning against the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
The claim Is made that the company.
by means OF a telegraph wire and
ticker, aided and Allotted the conduct
OF bucket -shop In the District OF
Columbia at 1920 New York Avenue.
There are fortywo counts in the in
dictment, varying only in the date on
which the alleged violation is said to
have occurred. The first count assigns
January IA, 1910, as the first date of
zach succeeding day, excepting Sundays
and holidays. furnishes the basis for
an additional count. March last Is
the date on which the forty-second
count is based.
An additional Indictment charging
the conduct OF q bucket-shop in the
District was filed against William B.
Price. Virgil P. Randolph, Henry NJ.
Randolph, Charles r. Moorhead. Ed
ward Weldon, James A. Anderson. all
of Baltimore, Md, Thomas II. Camp
hell. of philadelphia Joseph F. Ga
tins of New York. and Edward Eve
rett TAYLOR and John p. Altberger, OF
this city.
Corrective Indictment Returned.
A corrective conspiracy Indictment
was returned against the same indi-
yiduals. in which Joseph F. Gatins is
indicted in his proper name. A pre-
vious Indictment filed April : had CALI
ed him Joseph F. Gatkins. and he filed
a plea in abatement, to Offset which
the corrected indictment was filed
Gatins also tried to have the court
instruct the grand jury in hope OF
forestalling this new Indictment, but
was unsuccessful. The court held
that such proceeding would open UP
an undesirable practice in this juris-
diction,
ne also declared that the court was
bound to suppose the government Off
cial In charge of the grand jury would
properly expound the law to that body.
The Western Union Indictment
charges that on the various dates men
TONED the company with intent TO aid
Edward Altemus. Louis Celia, Angelo
Celia, Samuel Adler. c. A. Tillis. Hen
ry C. stump. William Fox. Robert Hall.
Samuel Raymond, oscar ]. Rappel. f.
" Browning. Henry r. Durfee and
Charles Alley. who are said to be in
terested in or agents o, the Standard
stock and Grain Dealers OF Jersey
CITY in making and Offering to make
divers contracts prohibited by the
bucket shop act of March /. 1908. did
unlawfuliy communicate to said keep
ers of said bucket shops by means of a
telegraph wire and an instrume nj
known as a ticker large number, to-
wit. 1000 quotations and prices OF div
ers securities"
Appended is a list of a number of
the securities on the New York Stock
Exchange.
Witnesses Before Grand Jury.
The testimony on which the indict.
nent was secured was furnished tn,
grand jury by former employees OF
the company and by several of it.
officials, who were subpoenaed by tn,
government.
Among the witnesses whose name,
appear on the back of the indictmen
are: Frank E. Coyle. Ashton G. Say
Tor William a Sawyer, Edward NJ
Mulford, Harry A. Ki;chin. Edward F
Dougherty. Frank Maier. John P. AIT
berger, Charles II. Bedeau, John c
Barclay, Bernard C. Barclay. Bernar,
II. Reynolds. George f. Miller, William
j. Dealy. William H. Jackson Georg
V. E. Atkins and Henry F. Taft