Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-20
A POLICY CRUS ABE
Another Effort to Weed Out the Writers
and Backers.
A Raid That Failed-The Shops Were
Warned and Closed-Some
Arrests, However.

There's money in the policy business, and
there are many persons trying to get por-
tons Of the proceeds of the game. There
are six shops in Virginia, three at Jackson
City, two in Alexandria and one at Rosslyn.
1t is stated that there is firm in exist
ence in this city, and the latest news is
that a firm has opened in the vicinity of
HaSerstown, Md Under Instructions from
Assistant District Attorney MulioWny De-
tective Lacy has been conducting a quiet
investisat ton of the policy business in this
city. 1t took the officer but a short time to
ascertain something of the extent TO which
the writers of policy books had been car
rying on their business, although the ar
rests had not been very numerous. Those
VINO had been arrested and convicted had
been given sentences Of two or four months
f, In jail, but there were by far more writers
outside of prison than there We're behind the
bars. And so ne concluded to gather addi-
uonal evidence by arresting some OF the
writers and get them to give evidence, or
squeal, as the officers term it, Un the
hackers.
Mr.. Mullowny expresses desire to get at
the hackers OF the game, and he thinks If
he succeeds some OF them will go 10 Jail.
IT they do il viii be something different
from hackers heretofore arrested. A mum
Der of them have been in the tolls, but ii is
stated that none of them were ever SEN
/ fenced to jail. and that is. perhaps, the
reason why the officers have never sue
ceeied in wedding out the game.
In cases of hackers arrested in recent
years they seldom got into court after be-
ing arrested, and even now number of
old II dictmants are pending against some
OF the very persons whom the officers eX-
pect to arrest the result of the present
investigation. In these cases, however IL
Is stated that letter on file in the district
attorneys Office Shows that they We're
promised immunity for infol nation given
IN certain other cases, and that is the rea-
sol they have not been tried
Were Warned.
Saturday two alleged policy writer's We're
picked up. and they promptly 'squeaied''
in manner that induced the prosecutor
to accept them as witnesses. And just as
promptly as they "squealed' they conveyed
the Information to the policy firm and put
them on the alert
Last evening arrangements were made
ZOE "hoiesaie raid on the policy people,
Dut the police were not wholly successful.
The Jack son City shops closed down long
peiofe the regular hour, and there was not
the regular number OF writers found re-
turning across the bridge
during the evening, however George
Gdluhef' seventeen years old, and John
travis, son and son-in-law, respectively, of
George Gardner, who is alleged to conduct
one or the jackson City shops, were ar
rested and released on $500 collateral each.
several coiored men and one colored woman
We're also arrested. Some of the latter will be
/ used as witnesses. Today in the Police
court continuance was granted in the
case of the defendants named. and the
court fixed the bond at $1,000.
The Investigation is still in progress, and
the oincers expect to secure evidence
against the several firms before their worix
is finished.