The morning times., 1896-04-29
WHOLESALE POLICY RAID
Nest of Eight Offenders Cap
tured in Georgetown.
ROUNDUP WAS PLANNED
Lieut.. SwindeiIs and His Squad Laid
Their Ropes and SwOOped Down at
the Right Moment-Whole Crowd
Came From Rossiyn, With Head
quarters in an Old Scow.

The police program for the suppression of
policy playing in the District is being
vigorously carried out, and every man on the
| force, from Chief Moore TO Tie humblest
patrolman Is contributing his best efforts
| TO the work.
As a result one of the biggest lolicy raids
| ever made in the District was successfully
carried out yesterday afternoon 10y Lieut..
| John A. SwindeilS and theme or the George
town precinct. Eight coiored policy runners
| with the evidence OF their guilt OH their
| person, were captured at the Georgetown
| entrance 10 the Aqueduct bridge as they
were trying TO reach Policy headquarters
near RoSSlyn.
The names OF tie prisoners are Charles
Jones, Benjamin Jackson, Isiah Taylor
Henry Washington, James Green, Abraham
Johnson, Charles Goodrich and Augustine
Lee. They We're all booked at the Seventh
precinct station house on the charge of pre-
noting policy, which carries with il a
fine and Imprisonment in Jail.
ONE WAS ARMED.
The additional charge OF carrying a con-
cealedand deadly wea pom was placedagaiust
Augustine Lee, loaded revolver haylHS
Deen found III has hip pocket.
since Une ponce nave been keeping such
il strict waUca on the bridges Mnicit cross
20 Virginia, the policy men resorted To
row boats, ana were tdkeu across UHe
river by Grustea IerryInen. Yesterday there
was some hItcn i'll Tie Ierry arrlugeL ent
and lumber OF the runners decided TO
run The gauntlet ana go acrosS tne Geor ese-
town bTIIge.
The ponce were on the alert, however
ana PaJrOineu Birkigt, j. NJ. Edwards and
IFuSSell, nOSefe.t about III CItIZeuS' CLOTHES.
The fiEst promoter To appear on the
lar
ored man, VINO was scurryius along TO
turn ia the pieces lie hau collected III
Jlmc for the afternoon drawing. The
police shadows fell athwart his dusky
folin ami be was taken prisoner dnd quietly
sent TO No. z.
li:eti tne otner meu cane alOng singly
ami III pairs. They were ali marrying 10
be III time Tor the ma VINO collects the
evening slips or pieces on the other
side, and none or tne.u escaped tie vigIant
Sieuths, VINO placed them under arrest
la one, two, three order.
At the conclusion OF the round up
Lieut.. SwinueilS, VINO was ouce Chief OF
/ Detectives here, remarked that a heavy
bow ndd beeu struck tAe unlawful game
ia thu District.
..-s- OLD RUNNERS CAUGHT.
Some OF The men arrested are known
10 be olu pulicy ruuneIs. UtEers were
new men In The business or "iIeaH tISh. ~
Lee, upon whose person The .oaueu pistol
was found, has been arrested Il humber
OF llmes by the Georgetown Lo.ICc Tor
assault and threats. Wien the iGeu were
| searched Tie station the ''p.e,,s were
IUund. CUlfc,aled III ali parts OI their at
ure' from the snoes To the Gowns of
their hats. They Will all lie ARA tgned
III The ponce court this morning.
IL 10 understood unat the runners cap
| turcd yesterday were working ior Ine
Frankfort, h entucky, company. Tie
Georgetown police say the hossiyn head
| qJdr.yrS or tnlS concern is IA 2pIud lei
old shed and leaky scow III Il faSIlie just
east OF The AqueuucL Bridge Tie shed
| Is concealed from view ia an cid Culyert,
| while The scow lies III Il mud ponG at Tie
| culYeTl entrance.
SentrIes posted in the vicinity SO
| that none but The truly faithful can get
within gunsAot Of the queer headquarters
| OF the 4-li-44 fraternity.
Tie policy i'aCKers regard Washington
as one OF tiieir most prolific fields, from
| which they have been rcap,ug Il harvest
| of coin semi-daily Ior some time past.
| Recently they have given the business
spring ard summer impetus and en-
| ployed i number OF runners who are not
| known as Such 10 the police.
Maj. Moore has pat the entire machinery
| OF the ponce department into service to
| check tie spread OF this lottery upaS
| tree, ana the result has been a number OF
arrests already. He Will continue the
| fight against the policy promoters unti!
the business is suppressed here IL such an
| extent as TO render the across-t he-river
| headquarters Improbable TO the hackers.
| AS patroInan expressed it last evening:
| The policy business is booming hut
| Maj Moore Is going to puncture that
| boom with the police prObe.''