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Show WILL ARM WIRE -J I TAPPERS ON TUESDAY S s SALT LAKE. Sept. 3. DeWItt B. '; I Lowe, Ray M. Perkins, E. F. May, J. i f, F. McAllister and R. L. Scott arrested I g Friday on charges of stealing stock I quotations from the private wire of j Badger Brothers will be arraigned be- U fore Justice F. M. Bishop Tuesday j" forenoon. j M None of the accused snvs Mr. Lowe j jc would discuss their cases yesterday. I Mr. Lowe issued a statement in which " he declared that the lowe Brokerage I company had absolutely no connection J with any alleged theft or attempted theft of stock service, and In which ' ho avowed an Intention of bringing a A suit for damages against the Badgor 1 Brothers, who Instituted the prosecu- 1 tion. , No intimation of the line of defense to bo omployed has been hinted, hut It has been suggested that the accused men will either waive a preliminary hearing that the cases may come dl- ! rectly before the district court or clso I demur to the complaint on the ground j that no offense has been charged. Thoro is a ouggogtion thatvthc statute ' Is not genornl enough to govern caBes In which tho telegraph inatrument la ; overheard even though nn electric vl- brator may -be used to assist the i eavesdroppers. The San Francisco authorities aro ? Investigating the coast connections of ; the Lowe Brokerage company. Tho y charge has been made that coast '; Jj brokers profited from Information k stolen from the Badger Avire, and if so prosecutions may be made on the i( g coast Arrosts In San Francisco and R one or two othor local arrests mar ' J follow the Investigation. nn i I I |