Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26
PLAYING ONCE MORE.
The Police Make a New Move on Policy
Players.
Highlands the Headquarters for = WE'LL
Known Firm-Arrests Made-More
VIII Probably Follow.

A Wholesale raid has been made on the
policy people and the whole affair was ar.
ranged by Detectives Weldon and Lacey
and Assistant District Attorney Mullowney
Eleven arrests have already been made and
more are soon to follow.
When The Star called attention to the
fact that the policy business had been
nourishlng the officers were at work On the
case. They had received Information that
the firm Of Horbach & King had started ul
at Highlands. just this side OF Eladeasburg
but as 1t was outside of the District line
they could not make an arrest there That
part OF the affair they left for the sheriff
or Prince George county. Although cut.
side the line the house has been watched TO,
several days, as the officers wanted to gel
Horbach across the line and arrest him
Since Wednesday, however. they have not
had such an opportunity, us he has hot been
seen outside the jurisdiction of Prince
George county.
According to the information received by
the oficers this new concern started up
about four months ago and since that
time business has been suspended once or
twice for fear of being detected. Then an
enort was made on part Of persons in
terested in the game in some manner to
nix certain officers. Detectives Weedon
and Lacey were approached. but the policy
men soon found that in them they had
selected the wrong sort Of material This
Iact was communicated to the superior
officers of the force and Inspector Hoilin.
berger was interested in the affair to the
extent that he ordered thorough investi-
cation Of it and gave instructions to the
officers to bring in all persons found con-
hecteo with the game in any manner
How 1t Was Rum.
1t was soon learned how the game was
being operated. The result of the Frank
Tort, KY, drawings We're telegraphed here
In cipher and then the money and plays
that had been turned in to Headquarters
were examined. About ten writer's and two
runners were employed by the firm, so
1t Is alleged. and the new firm promised I'm
the near future to outdo what was being
done in Alexandria county, where arrests
am Th prosscutions are few and far between
OF Wfltipg was done within the Dounda ries
OF the second police precinct and much 10
tnelr surprise they also discovered that the
EriHShS was done at the house of a colored
woman named Mary Por,rr in Freeman's :
alley, between 9Th and 1th and y and @
streets northwest. about two squares from
the second police station.
Severa. of the alleged writer's were to he
found a. any time. but the two alleged run
ners. who. IT Is claimed. were really running
tne CITY end oi the business, George Bowie
and Albert Anderson. were not to be found
For that reason no arrests were made until
last night, when Bowie and Anderson were
arrested and locked up
The Arrests.
Mary Porter, in whose house the drawings
were printed. and another woman named
Nettie Ross were also arrested. Precinct
Detective Barnes made these arrests. Sergt.
ByrneS and Officers Carson and Laurence
son arrested Benjamin Carter. Geo. Dixon.
Peter Randall Harry Reed, Charles Cross.
Lem Thomas and James Adams. These de-
PENDANTS gave their bonls for their appear
ance, while the women were released in
court this morning on their personal bonds
to appear as witnesses.