Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-05-11
MYERS STATION RAID
COMMENDED BY JURY
Grand Inquest Of County Praises
Governor and Others.
SHERIFF POTEE EXONERATED.
Report States He Was Not Derelict in
= Duty---State's Care Of Poor Of
Counties, is Recommended.

rough. States Attorney Nicholas H
Green. Marshall Carter and the squad
of Baltimore city police officers for
their courageous action in bringing
about the successful raid on Myers
Station gambling joint last January,
for which six men now repose be-
hind the bars of the County Jail.
having entered a plea of guilty that
they operated the place. and were
sentenced to term of six months
by Judge Brashears, the grand jury
finished its labors late yesterday af-
ternon and filed its report with the
Court.
The comment on the Myers Station
affair forms the salient feature of the
report, although some important rec
concentrations, and comments along
other lines are included
Referring further to the raid on the
pool room joint, the jury states that it
examined number of witnesses. but
failed to find anything bearing upon
the alleged dereliction of duty on the
part of Sheriff John f. Potee in put
ting this place OUT of business; nor
that the Sheriff could be held respon-
sible for the escape of twenty-five OF
the men from the County Jail. when
the large number of 14S was brought
to Annapolis on the morning follow
ing the raid.
The report states that the jury
gathered evidence to the effect that
Sheriff Potee visited the gambling
joint on several occasions, but each
time found the building locked, and
there was nothing doing Bnt the
report adds to the commendation of
the inquisitors to the jealous efforts
the Governor, and the encouragement
given the Executive by States Attor-
ney Green. and the efficient manner in
which Marshall Carter and his force
of fifty Baltimore bluecoats CON
Quoted the raid
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almost continuously since April 10,
the day the April term of Court bgan.
During its Investigations the jury ex-
amined 222 witnesses. as a result of
which Sc presentments were made,
and 35 true bills found. Nine cases
were dismissed for want of sufi-
cient evidence.
Referring to the County Home at
South River ,insanitary conditions of
which were set forth by Miss Anne
Doyle, the District Nurse, who made a
personal investigation of the premises
and filed a comprehensive report, the
report of the jury states that atten-
tion of the County Commissioners was
directed to the matter, with the re-
commendation that proper action be
taken looking to relieving the existing
conditions.
The poor of the several counties
should be cared for by the State, in
the opinion of the jury. In this con-
nectlon IL is recommended that the
County Commissioners take the uec-
essary steps to have the next Legis-
lature pass a bill providing for the
building of two State Homes for the
poor, one TO be located on the East
ern Shore. and the other on the West
ern Shore, and the inmates to be
cared for by the State. the same as al
the State insane hospitals and other
institutions
Furthermore, the jury recommends
the sale of the County Home prop
erty by the County Commissioners
This, however. would probably be
dependent upon the State propo-
sition