The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . Archie Donaldson. OF A DETECTIVE B85 so good at his His very front, his beaming eye, his long flowing-white beard and his monstrous bulk were enough to in-spire confidence, said Wooldridge. It almost seemedlike a shame to arrest him—he wasgame. Not always in or-der to beat the racesby holding up the re-sult until the conspir-ators can get theirmoney wagered dothe wire tappers ap-ply their talents. Oneof the most elaboratesystems of tappedwires ever found byWooldridge and hismen in their numer-ous raids was devisedto serve Board ofTrade
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . Archie Donaldson. OF A DETECTIVE B85 so good at his His very front, his beaming eye, his long flowing-white beard and his monstrous bulk were enough to in-spire confidence, said Wooldridge. It almost seemedlike a shame to arrest him—he wasgame. Not always in or-der to beat the racesby holding up the re-sult until the conspir-ators can get theirmoney wagered dothe wire tappers ap-ply their talents. Oneof the most elaboratesystems of tappedwires ever found byWooldridge and hismen in their numer-ous raids was devisedto serve Board ofTrade quotations tothe bucket shops. Itwas early in Novem-ber, 1903, that Woold-ridge got scent of the system, which he at once recognized as the work of Stone. Five offices were raided in one day and one of theprisoners held as an associate of this king of the wire tap-pers was a woman. The combination,- which was provedto be an extensive scheme to defraud the Western Union. E. B. Myers. / / 386 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK Telegraph Company, had been in operation for aboutthree weeks. Apparatus to the value of $10,000 wasconfiscated. Stone called his scheme the Independent TelegraphCompany and it certainly was independent to an ad-vanced degree. It was so terribly independent that itdidnt need wire to telegraph with and it wasnt in pos-session of wireless equipment, either. It was so inde-pendent that it just went along and helped itself to theservice of the greatest telegraph company in the world. A small army followed the detective when he swoopeddown on the wire tappers. With him on this particularday were thirteen other policemen, ten linemen and seventelegraph operators. The principal office of the sweetly independent Inde-pendent Company was found in Room 419. Imperialbuilding, 260 Clark street. Across the hall in Room 420was the workshop and central switchboard, and in 408was the private office of Stone and J. O. Lewis, one ofhis confederates. In a sma
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