Evening star., 1915-01-18
JAIL ST|LLF|LLED
WITH RAID VICTIMS
Ninety of Those Arrested by
Baltimore Police Remain
Behind Bars.
$500 AND 1000 BONDS
DEMANDED BY THE COURT
Annapolis "Lock-Up," Built to Ac.
commodate Forty Persons, Now
Contains 113 Prisoners.
Special From a staf Correspandcnt.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, January 1s.-
standing room only" literally de-
scribes the condition OF the new An
napolis jail today. 1t was built to hold
forty persons, but of the the 14s pris-
oners taken by the Baltimore police
Saturday night In a raid on the Patux-
ent Rod and Gun Club, at Myers sta:
ton. Anne Arundel county. ninety are
still in the lock- up" this afternoon.
Washington attorneys and bondsmen
as well as friends and relatives. ap-
peared here in numbers today to aid
the prisoners. many of whom are CIV
ing fictitious names. and even, in some
cases, the names of friends and rela-
tives in Washington.
The fifty-eight prisoners who have been
released have put up bonds Of $500 and
$1,000. the larger amount being de-
manded of those who are charged by
maintaining a poolroom for the placing
Of bets on horse races at Juarez and
Charleston, and the smaller amount be-
ing demanded of those who are accused
bets on the races. The bonds Of those
who have been released hold them for
the action of the grand jury of Anne
Arundel county the third Monday in
April.
Many Likely to Languish.
The ninety prisoners still in the 'lock-
hearings beginning Wednesday morn
ing before Justice of the Peace w. F.
Minnick. Many Of these will be unable
to procure the $500 bail demanded of
those charged with making bets and
l. A-s Id
fessional bondsmen here are demanding
and obtaining from $25 to $3.50 fees in
each case. Those who are still con-
fined express themselves as being ap-
preciative of the treatment received
from Sheriff John E. Potee of this coun-
ty. who. in addition to these ninety
prisoners. already had twenty-three
prisoners in the Jail charged with other
offenses. The presence OF the 113 pris-
oners now in the Jail. built to hold
The Telephone fro,a the jail has al
most been put out Of commission by
the demands upon 1t. The authorities
Of the House of Representatives, and
let them 60 upon Identification. but
from the nature Of the telephone calls
1t is evident that some of those ar
rested had friends in high places in
washington-such as a cabinet officer
and senator.
The police captured $1,000 during the
raid, which they declare was 1.-The bank
roll" The club was Incorporated un-
der the laws Of MARYLAND with three
incorporators. but, 1t is stated. none Of
the incorporators was found on the
clubs premises during the raid. and the
police are now said to be on the trail
Of those who actually owned the club.
The "higher-ups." in other words, are
said to have gotten away, and those
charged with maintaining a gambling
establishment at the club are said to
have occupied the positions Of opera
Some Have Forgotten Names.
The difficulty in regard to fictitious
names has been complicated by the
fact that many of the prisoners have
forgotten the names they originally
gave the police when they were taken
to Baltimore Saturday night, and some
of them are now giving their own
names or other fictitious names
1t is said that the Baltimore police. in
this instance. have made the first wholly
successful raid they have made in
years. and that the details were SO care
fully planned in advance that the fifty
Baltimore policemen who came down to
Myers station Saturday night on a spe-
cial car did not know before departing
where they were going. States Attorney
Nicholas H. Green of Anne Arundel
county was so careful in his planning
for the raid that he did not even con-
suit Gov. Goldsborough in the executive
mansion at Annapolis for fear of
leak" meeting the governor by appoint
ment at the Rennert Hotel in Baltimore
to talk it over.
When the prisoners were taken into
Baltimore Saturday night it was rea-
be made to liberate them on habeas
corpus proceedings. The whole crowd
of prisoners were therefore quietly
moved down to Annapolis Sunday
morning at o'clock. SO that they
Arundel. in which the alleged gambling
was committed. Some doubt was ex-
pressed here yesterday as to the legal
ity of accepting bail bonds Sunday. but
the judges finally ruled that the bail
bonds would be legal. to the satisfac-
ton Of many arrested.
Former Policemen Caught.
Four former policemen of Washington
were caught in the raid. A minor en-
ploye of the Raleigh Hotel in Wash
ington. who had merely been sent to
the Rod and Gun Club to find a man.
was among the victims A repre-
sentative of the Raleigh Hotel manage
ment was here today to arrange his re-
lease. II possible: George B. Morris
OF washing loi' tdhoH III tne RAID, wore
a press badge. and stated he was at
the club on a newspaper assignment.
but he was nevertheless arrested,
Sheriff Potee has arranged to supply
the men with cigars and cigarettes.
thronsh o0 Window of X. Tas ;a
by one of the friends of a prisoner.
Every car coming over to Annapolis
from Washington seems to be bringing
friends and relatives of the prisoners,
who are complaining loudly of the wav
they are being herded together, and
who are particularly bitter concern
ing the inconsiderate treatment they
declare they received Saturday night in