The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-14
POLICE NAB
 LAWMAKERS Senator Leith Pays A
 Fine. WALKED WITH PROSTITUTE Prohibition Leaders Arrest Created a Mild Sensation. Chief Taylor Directs . Raid on Poker Game in which Representative X ". H. Long was Participate
 ing.

The police docket last night regis tered the names of two of Alabama's lawmakers. State Senator M. L. Leith. of Walker county, . prohibition lead or was held on a chafge of walking the streets in company of a prostitute. and Representative W. H. Long, IT,. of Morgan county was docketed on the charge of gaming, having been among those caught in a police raid.
 No arrest made in the city for some time occassioned the interest which was manifested In that of Senator Lefth,< The senator has been one of the staunchest friends of temperance In the making of stringent prohibition laws during the present session. His eagerness in the temperance measures was manifest last Tuesday. when he walked several miles after an auto mobile accident. to be able to cast his vote for the constitutional prohibition amendment The senator was arrest ed last night shortly after. il o'clock as he was crossing Commerce street in company with Louise H. Long, Commerce street woman said by the police to be prostitute. The senator was surprised at his arrest and stated later that he had been introduced to the woman and that he had been told that she was a widow. Patrolman Hill. who made the arrest. detected the couple at supper at the Clancy hotel and when they came from the building, he informed the lawmaker and his companion that they would have to accompany him to police headquarters.
 Senator Leith paid the fine cf SIS which is the rule when section 1112 of the city code Is violated. The law. under which the arrest was made. reads as follows: Any man who rides or walks through or along any street or sidewalk or other public place (not being an officer in the discharge of his duty). with any prostitute or wom- an of Ill fame, must on conviction. be fined not less than one, nor more than one hundred dollars And to estab- lish the character of such woman, 1t shall be sufficient to show that she re- sides in, or is in the habit of visiting @ bawdy house or house of i'll fame"
 Raid Poker Game.
 At the same hour that the Walker County Senator was being arrested. Chief of Police Taylor. Captain Miles liceman Sykes. unearthed e poker game. over what is known as 6 Wash ington Avenue. The room. in which the game was alleged to be conducted, the police say Is owned by Julius Dreyfus. who was one of the party ar- rested. l,s7Efs J-
 The police found that the game was being played in a barricaded room. It was watched from a shed in the rear. and after he had placed his men, Chief Taylor ordered the place fafded. Cap tain Smith kicked i1 a glass door and there wassa scramble in the room. Rep resentative Long made no effort to es- cape but when the~other men rushed to the front door, they found the offi- cers there awaiting them. Seven ar. rests were made.
 The patrol wagon. carrying an officer on the top. with big table and with its cargo of prisoners. made a unique spectacle. >and attracted much atten. tion as 1t made the return trip to the police barracks where all the prison CTS gave bond. A number of chips and cards were confiscated by the police.
 The docket shows that the following men were arrested: Julius Dreyfus. L.