The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-27
WHITE CLOUD
HOTEL SCENE
Of BIC RAID
COUNTY AND CITY OFF iCERs
CLEAN OUT NEGRO DIVE
AT MIDNIGHT.
Proprietor to Face Serious Charges
Some Caught with Guns and OTks
-Twenty-three Loiterers.

The biggest raid that has taken
place in Wheeling in years was made
at 1880 o'clock last night when a
party of nearly a score OF city ana
county officers invaded the White
Cloud hotel, noted colored resort on
North Market street, and made TWEEN
| ty-eight arrests.
Cal Bartilis, negro proprietor of the
hotel, is in the county Jail on charge
of violating the Yost law. two other
men are charged with carrying revolt
vers, one with carrying a dirk and: an.
other razor. Ten women, three OF
arrested on city charges OF lettering
for immoral purposes.
Bartilis, the proprietor, will face at
least three other state charges. ACCORD
ing to brief statemen made by Pros
ecuting Attorney D. y. Mckee. VINO
had been furnished with information
which led him to swear out warrants
charging Bartilis with serious OIL
lenses. One charge. it is understood,
, will accuse Bartilis OF harboring
, white girls for purposes OF prostitu-
ton.
The authorities are still searching
; for one negro, who is wanted on a
charge Of pandering. 1t being alleged
that he has been keeping white glIl,
Ella Sanders. Of Barton. Ohio, IN the
hotel and taking from her the money
she secured from other men.
Careful plans had been made for the
raid, and late last night Night Lleuten-
! ant of Police Ed Birch called together
. squad of city police and detectives
while Prosecuting. Attorney Mchse Sc
cured assistance from the sheriffs Of
; flee, At 1870 the officers entered the
! White Cloud, and it was nearly TWO
o'clock before the raid had been com,
! pleted and the prisoners locked IN lne
city lookup and county ALL
Along with the prisoners the officers
succeeded in finding liquor. guns. dlrKs
and revolvers. which were conhscateu
; as evidence.
Those taken In the raid are:
State Prisoners.
! Cal 'sartilis. proprietor of the White
/ Cloud; violating Yost law.
Will Williams. carrying dirk.
Fred Van Dyke, carrying revolver.
! Dan Cook. carrying u revolver.
! George Brown. carrying razor.
! City Prisoners.
Margaret Jenkins. Sallie Black, Belle
Williams. Gertrude Johnson. Martha
; ellie Stovali. Sadie Cook viii Fuller.
, Joe Foreman, Will Perkins, Murray
Mitchell. Frank Smith. George White.
Harry Peck. Mel Smith. Jim Blackwell,
! Richard Black. Ernest kinkaid. Barney
! Jones and Charles Valentine. all charged
with lettering for immoral purposes.
Among the officers taking part In the
i raid we're City Detectives William West,
Fred Frazier. Ed Minard. Henry Walker
. and Dave Cleary: Policemen Ed NC
! CIatchey. Jesse Carter. Elmer fisher.
/ Henry bartholomew and George Buch-
; valid: Prosecuting Attorney d. y. Nc
, kee. Assistant Prosecutor Carl Rachman
! and Deputy Sherifts LATE Graner and
! Henry Frohme. go
| The State prisoners were committed
! 10 the county Jail by Squire R. G. Hobbs
! and the city prisoners were locked up to
await hearing before Judge Honecker
in police court this morning.
, The auto patrol had to make three
trips to haul the prisoners to the city
hull