Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-09
WARRANTS PROCURED
BUT NO RAID WAS MADE AT
KENILWoRTH.
Citizens Expect Papers to Be Served
and Court Asked to Reconvene
Grand Jury.

'on at Gravesend'' by the operator at the
henilworth pool room yesterday afternoon
would be followed by a general raid upon
the establishment, but the members Of the
citizens associations who are pushing the
matter had not made all the necessary con-
nections, and nothing was done. 1t was late
in the day when Magistrate Elon Behrend
reached the vicinity of the pool room, but there
was no constable there, and all that was
accomplished was the issuance Of warrants
The magistrate said he wanted everybody
connected with the place taken out War
rants were issued for the president Of the
maryland Telegraph Company and owner
OF the building, and MAGISTRATE Behrend
said the employees should be put under bond
TO appear as witnesses. He announced that
he would give the warrants to q constable
Tor service today. Anticipating that ar
rests would be made, attorneys and bonds
men were in waiting at the pool room They
returned to the city late in the afternoon
when 1t became certain that nothing was to
be done.
Thomas N. Mohler, Allen w. Mallery and
Francis s. Carmody, representing the sew
eral citizens associations are working in
dustriously in the matter Of procuring sig
natures to the petition addressed to Judge
Merr1ck. They are canvassing several sec
lions OF the county and expect to obtain
several hundred signatures. Some of the
lead1ng members of the Prince George coun-
" par have already attached their names
to the petition, and II Is expected almost
every member Of the bar will fall in line
Most of those who have attached their
names to the petition are property owners
ana represent the best element Of the
county.
Citizens Association Meets.
There was a meeting of the Kenilworth
Citizens Association held last night in the
Episcopal chapel at Kenilworth at which
the pool room question was further dis
cussed. President Mallery called the meet
ing to order. and said he wanted the as
ISOLATION to take action upon q petition
which he read, as follows:
we, the undersigned citizens and prop
efty owners OF Prince George county, Nd,
respectfully represent that from informa-
tlon received by from many reliable
sources there is being kept and operated
pool room, and as such a gambling estab-
lishment, at Kenilworth, in said county in
violation of the laws of Maryland, where
unlawful betting is being carried on, as
shown by the evidence taken by the state
in two cases brought before Elon Behrend
justice of the peace of said state and
sons engaged in said betting were held for
the action of the grand jury, which, how
ever. Will not ordinarily be held before the
October term of said court
I'VE believe the interests of many resi-
dents and property owners of the vicinity
require, and the interests of the state and
county itself requires, an immediate inves-
tgation into the operations of the alleged
pool room or gambling establishment as
such and a prompt and rigid enforcement
of the gambling laws of the common
wealth, and that 1t would be to the inter-
est of every law-abiding citizen to have
your honor reconvene the April term of
said court that the grand jury may at once
hear evidence upon the alleged offense.
Wherefore we pray your honor to call
the grand jury in special session.
People Willing to Bear Expense.
Mr.. Mallory stated that he wanted the as
ISOLATION to give the petition its indorse-
ment, as 1t had been stated by an interested
person that the matter was being agitated
by him to help him in the sale of Kenil-
worth property. He spoke of the matter
of expense of reconvenng the April term of
the court, and said there was no reason
why 1t should be so great as suggested
by the states attorney in his letter. So far
as he had been advised, he stated, the peo-
pie of the county are perfectly willing to
bear the expense in order to close the pool
room.
Mr.. voorhees, brought up the matter Of at
lacking the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany upon the question of getting rid of
the wires, and said that the removal of the
wires would solve the problem.
Mr.. Mallery told of what had been done
in the matter of the wires, and said he had
made personal inquiries at the offices of the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Com
panies. At the former office he was unab e
to ascertain anything, but at the latter Of
flee he was given a flat-footed answer that
the Maryland Telegraph Company had no
connection with that company.
The question was further discussed and
the association voted an Endorsement of the
petition 1t is likely that a mass meeting
of the citizens will be held in Hyattsville