The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-14
Members of Raiding Party
Greatly Handicapped by Lack
of Search Warrant.
DRINKS COVER THE FLOOR
One Man at Door Pleads With
Officers To Save Wife
From Ruin.

rants and rorClDle entry Oy ohSieis
obstructs the latter in the perform
ance of their duty. and just how much
OF a premium II places on open and
glaring defiance of all laws and MI
decency. was shown In a startling
fashion early Sunday morning. at
Verniers road house. No. 1850 Mt
Eiiiottave., and again. Sunday night
at August Kuhn's place. No. 1866
Fort-st. west, where officers were
forced TO stand idly by, knowing that
the law was being glaringly violated
but unable TO enter either of the
places until such time as the pro
prietors saw III 10 let them in.
Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowski
County Detective Churchill, Clerk AS,
hurst. OF the prosecutors office, and
Detectives High and Larkins from the
central police station, formed rnia
ing party which secured the outskirts
OF the city and the suburbs, Saturday
afternoon. evening and Sunday night.
They secured IL slot machines, and
six card machines. In WyandottC,
Ecorse. Trenton, River Rouge and
Hamtramck. and broke up a poker
game in a Wyandotte pool room, bat
in the two biggest instances or Law
violation which they found. they were
rendered dHetpiess by their#iack of
search warrants.
A veritable saternalia was in prog
ress In Vernier's place when the Of
ficers reached there. in the pouring
rain. at . o clock Sunday morning. Mr..
Jasnowski says that the conditions
were the most terrible imaginable and
that he believes there is nothing worse
in this part OF the country, not barring
the notorious dives of Chicago.
They met young women and their
escorts struggling away from the place
In various stages of intoXication, but
as the officers approached. the lights
were all turned out.
Detective High and Assistant Prose
cutor Jasnowsk. Went to the back door.
leaving the others to guard the front.
and heard womens voices within
bartender came TO the door, and was
ordered TO open IT, or II would be
broken in. He told them 10 go TO the
front and he would let them in. AT
the front door they found a man who
begged them to take his wife out of
the place. as she was in there. and
had left her babe OF FIVE months at
home. He was in tears as he talked
10 the officers and said that his
brothers wife had gone the same path.
and was now in n brothel
Al the front door the bartender. who
gave his name as Lachance. declared
that he could not let them I'm as Mr..
Vernier was on a hunting trip. but he
agreed 10 bring out the slot machines
which the officers demanded. They
waited three-quarters OF an hour in
the rain. when the bartender finally
lsi-them in. Meanwhile they had
heard the women being sent upstairs
oIt OF the dance hall, and had heard
the noise o. machines being moved.
They had no search warrants. and
were powerler5 TO enter but they
again threatened, and the bartender
said he woulu ask Vernier. who was
not hunting b. was sick In bed
They were finally admitted the bar
tender turning over a penny slot ma
chine to them. They went through a
long, dark hall 10 the dance hall.
where they saw a scene which Detec.
tive Larkins said was the worst he
had witnessed in 20 years experience
as a police ofilcer. The floor was
flooded with stale beer and wine, and
bottles were scattered about. Men in
drunken stupor lay-about the floor
like corpses. while others leaned
against the walls. stupid drunk and
hardly able TO stand The women had
Eeen hustled upstairs but the officers
could hear their maudin talk. and
enc woman's hat lay in the middle
OF the floor, so hurried had been the
departure. Just what the conditions
were before those In the Tlace spent
three.quarters OF an hour cleaning II
up, is predetermined.
While the officers were being
stalled by the bartender, the ma
chimes had been moved away and
hid. and the bar had been closed.
Sunday night. Ja5nowski received a
tip that August Kuhn, No. I i66 Fort
st. west had been selling liquor and
running slot machines all day. and
that the machines were full OF money
The raiders got there at Q o'clock
They had been told where the en-
trance was through a pool room by q
devious path. but the door was locked
NlNIOui StdltH wal lbHlS lhtN hdu "
wait
THE judges won't give us search
warrants unless we have evidence
hat gaming room Is run on the
premises said Iasnowski and We
could not use the evidence of tho
man who was our secret inforner.
They waited three-quarters OF ar
hour. when two men came out, and
the officers brushed in before the
door could close. But they were con
fronted by locked door at the stairs
and the bartender at the peep hol,
said there was nothing doing: thai
there were private apartments up
stairs. and that they didn't dare enter
without search warrant Meanwhile
the officers heard the machines whlrl
and stop. time afid again. FINAL!
they induced the bartender TO cal
Kuhn. promising hat they would no
try TO force their way in IL he would
come down and see them. Kuhn cam,
and Jasnowski argued with him e
surrender the machines, and avoic
trouble. He agreed to saying thai
they did not belong to him. He re
fused TO say TO whom they belonged
lie went TO get the machines. ant
was gone an hour The officers heard
them moving heavy bodies upstairs
They had the front and back doors
guarded and also had n man on the