Evening star., 1912-11-21
HER RELEASE ON BAIL
PROBABLE LATE TODAY
Caught in Countrywide Raid by
Post Office Department.
SHE PROTESTS HER INNOCENCE
DR.. I. ]. Kemp Apprehended and
Taken Before United States Com
missioner Taylor-Furnishes
Bond of $4,000.

Mrs r. l.. Frazier of 13g Massachii.
setts avenue northeast one of the two
Washington persons involved i'm the coun-
try-wide raid yesterday. at the instance
of the Post Office Department, on persons
accused of using the mails to promote
illegal business, was this morning arrest
ed by Deputy United States Marshal
Jesse Roberts The warrant OF arrest
set forth that she has used the name
FraZuri in her business. 1t Is probable
she will be released on bond of s., 2,51
by Commissioner Isaac r. Hit late to-
day, as it is understood arrangements for
the bail have been made which are ac-
ceptable.
DIR. Thomas ]. Kemp OF 433 G street
northwest was arrested yesterday after
noon by Deputy Marshal Cusick on a
warrant obtained from United States
Commissioner Anson c. Taylor. He fur
nisned bond OF $500 for his appear
ance. So far as could be learned these
complete the list of Washington arrests in
connection with the raid.
Mrs. Frazier Protests Innocence.
Mrs. Frazier, it is said, conducts a ma
ternity hospital at her residence. She has
resided here only two years, coming from
Boston, where for twenty years she con-
Quoted similar hospital.
Both she and her counsel declare she
has violated no postal law.
1t was said today that the post office
inspectors have been eight months in
securing evidence to justify Mrs. Fra
zier's detention. 1t is claimed this evil
dence was secured after numerous test,
letters had been sent her, all of which
We're promptly answered, but it is ex-
planned. the replies were posted on the
| mail cars instead Of at a post Office sta
| ton.
| 1t is said the replies to the last two
| letters sent her were mailed at a letter
box at the Union station. which gave the
inspectors, they say. the link needed to
establish their case. This could not have
| been done. it is explained, with the let
| ters mailed on the cars.
Results compiled today by the division
of inspection of the Post Office Depart
ment inaicate that the raid made yester-
day on persons charged with misusiug
the mails was remarkably successful
kilograms are being received hourly OF
additional arrests, but not all of the
divisional officers have completed their
reports.
At noon today the names. addresses and
records Of 142 individuals arrested had
been compiled. OF these 30 We're men
and 43 women. Forty-two business con-
Germs, of more less CONNER rial inn
portance. were included in the Official re-
ports thus far received approximately Jo
representatives of the concerns having
been arrested. A large ma jority now have
indictments pending against them.
The tabulations show no returns thus
far as to the arrest of twenty persons in
dicted by federal grand juries in various
parts of the country Irior to the raid
The total roundup viii exceed probably
the total of 173 fixed yesterday by the H.
spectors, because arrests were made n
a few cases In Caicago and the far we.f
where the department did not know
cases were ready. In Very few insta:
ke ha
termined upon.
The operations yesterday practicauy
ended the activities of the post
Office inspectors on these cases. although
in the next few weeks hey will have to
appear before the grand juries and courts
as witnesses against the accused.
Success Due to Decoy Letters.
The success of the raid. il is said. was
due to the efficiency of the decoy letter
as a detective. Some of the attempts
failed at the outset. but persistent repeti-
tion finally brought the discriminating re-
plies that We're needed. The decoy letter
is favorite method of detection en-
ployed in the post office inspection service
and gratifying results, il is asserted, have
been accomplished with it for many
years.
PENNSYLVANIA postmaster. who il is
alleged had sent medicine to woman
living in West Virginia, in order TO shield
his son. was promptly nipped by the in
spectors. In another case, near Kansas
CITY Mo. 1t is said. an old farmer was
arrested who had some time ago invest
ed SlJyO in "A medical concern in Kan
sas City 1t failed and all he recovered
to show for his money was a large guam
tity of dangerous medicine.
Recently a c.erk of the defunct con-
Germ received an order by mail for some
of it, and he turned it over to the farmer.
who wrote that he would supply the goods
for S3. The money was sent him and his
arrest quickly followed. 1t is said the
letter was decoy sent by an inspector
who did not know that the Kansas City
concern had failed, and that the farmer
had made no attempt to dispose of the
medicine until he received the letter. when
he dug the stuff out of lot of rubbish
stored in his garret.