The Washington herald., 1915-01-18
RAID ILLEGAL,
ATTORNEYS SAY
Arrest of Washington Men by
Baltimore Police Without
Proper Authority.
NO WARRANTS ISSUED
Prisoners Routed from Cells in Early
Morning and Removed to
Annapolis.
NO WARRANTS ISSUED
BY GEORGE B. MORRIS.

Srecial to The Washington Herald.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. l7.-Fifteen of the
l4S Washingtonians arrested in the raid
by Baltimore police on Patuxent Rod and
Gun Club, at Myers Station, Md, were
admitted to bail by Judge J. r. Brash-
ears at a special term of court this aft
ernoon. Six of the men put up $1,000 each
and the others $500 each. A hearing will
be given tomorrow to the 133 still held.
One of the men caught in the raid says
that results of the third race at New
Orleans were coming in at the club when
a bull dog in the year started to bark.
Then the doors were opened, and the
police appeared in citizens clothes each
holding a revolver. Men i'm the club
thought they were being held up.
IF you move, except to put up your
hands well shoot" said Police Marshal
Carter. Of Baltimore. in charge Of the
raiders
Say Police Got SI.2OO.
The police crowded the Ren in cor
ner and went for the till" where. ac-
cording to the cashier. they found 81. 200.
After the police collected all evidence 8"
the prisoners were put on trains bound
for Baltimore. They reached the city at
o'clock at night and were removed to
the Central police station.
According to some of the alleged gam
blers. the cells were overheated. over
crowded. and dirty. Some allege they
were ill-treated. The police station was
built to accommodate only thirty persons
comfortably. the prisoners say.
Shortly before o'clock in the morning
the prisoners were removed to the rail-
road station. where they boarded special
trains. They were taken TO Annapolis
and put in the Jail there in charge of
Sheriff John Z. Potee.
POtre Good Samaritan.
Sheriff Potee permitted the prisoners
the run of the Jail while he made pre-
paratiOns 10 feed them. 1t was impossi-
bic to feed more than ten at a time
The food was good and Sheriff Potee
handed around cigars
Early in the morning relatives and
friends Of the prisoners began telephon-
in= to the Jail. All asked how to help.
One woman carried an egg sandwich
from Washington.
y seventy-year-old man caught in the
raid became i'll and was put to bed by
Sheriff POtee and given medical atten-
ton.
William VI. MaIoy Harry B. Wolf
Ridgely p. Melvin, Of Baltimore, were re-
tanned counsel for the prisoners
They persuaded Judge Brashears to hold
the first Sabbath session of court in the
memory Of the oldest inhabitant.
TIL" raid. according to attorneys. was
rough stuff. They charge that the
baltimore police had no Jurisdiction and
no warrants. There was no authority
for The raid except the order of Gov.
GOldsborOugh, the attorneys declare.
The prisoners were removed from the
Baltimore police station to Annapolis
Jail because Annapolis is in Anne Arun-
del County. the Jurisdiction in which the
men were arrested.
Many Cannot Raise Bail.
Many Of the men still held here are
government clerks. and few of them.
even il given weeks notice. could
raise $500 to bail themselves out. Tn
less Judge Brashears decides at the
h"arinE tomorrow, to lower the price of
liberty, many will he absent from work
for an indefinite time and many will
lose their positions.
The men whom the police should
care to hold are at liberty on bail, and
have obtained bail for as maUS others
as they can. Those still held are mem
bcrs of the club who simply provided
themselves when they left Washing
ton for a days amusement, and most
Of them have no means to raise $500.
Most Of the men caught have become
~cconciled to their confinement. They are
vii treated in the Annapolis jail. and
lack for little but their freedom. 1t was
; remarkable change from the Baltimore
.clis, where the prisoners took turns sit
ting down.
Their. was some doubt during the morn
ing that any of the men would be al
lowed bail Attorney General Poe. of
Maryland, however. decided it would be
legal to accept bail on the Sabbath. and
a.,
question. apparently. as to the Legality of
sSuinr Warrants nearly tMentN-flur |