Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
NINETEEN CAUGHT
IN HANDBOOK RAID.
Men Rounded Up by Police as
Result of Recent !nves-
tigation.
ELEVEN ARRESTED BEFORE

Nineteen defendants were registered
at police headquarters yesterday after
noon as a result of the raid on al
legged violators of the handbook law.
They reached headquarters from time
to time during an hour or more, and
were lined up in the squad room. where
they gave their names and addresses
and were searched. Maj. Raymond
W. Pullman, superintendent OF police,
was on hand to greet them as they
came in. He recognized many Of them,
while with others an introduction was
necessary.
Clerk Phillips recorded the names of
the defendants. their ages and callings
as follows:
Fred H. vogt, fifty-two years. clerk.
Bellevue HOTEL Louis Roth. flfty-four
years. 923 9Th street, poolroom proprietor;
William H Frishkorn, thirty-seven
years, real estate, Stag Hotel; Harry
Turner. forty-three years, 1921 Column
bia road. broker; Frank Mccormick,
twenty-nine years, SAT r street, clerk;
Zeb T. Goldsmith, twenty-eight years,
1909 G street. poolroom proprietor;
Simon Flegman. sixty-three years. 917
street northeast. baker: Louis J.
Meyers, forty years, 111s 18th street
bartender; John F. Gerhold, flfty-six
years, 1919 New York avenue, barber:
Jacob Schieck. forty-two years, 1919
New York avenue. bartender: Peter
Shore, thirty-four years. 922 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, machinist; William Lee
Hammersly. forty three years. 921 D
street, clerk: Samuel Rappaport,
twenty-nine years. 512 5th street.
butcher; Julian E. Doty, ffty-eight
years. 1922 L street. matchmaker;
Julian Reed. twenty-nine years. 512
5th street. clerk: Samuel Sondheimer.
thirty-three years, 251S 18th street;
Stanley G. Johnson, thirty-four years,
Stag Hotel. manager; William Norris.
thirty years. 1915 Wisconsin ave-
nue.. clerk, and Louis Young thirty
five years, 913 9Th street, merchant.
Some Wanted Not Found.
1t was explained by police officials that
several persons for whom warrants were
issued were not found about their usual
haunts yesterday and they, therefore,
escaped arrest temporarily. When the
nineteen men were lined up in the squad
room Maj. Pullman called his detectives.
ieutenants, sergeants and privates who
had participated in the raid to take
good look at them. Some of them had
been arrested before, he stated. and he
wanted members of his command to get
acquainted with them.
"You men who have bsen ARRESTED be-
fore on handbook chargcs'' said Tho sta-
peHntendent OF police. will raise your
hands, and eleven OF the nineteen re-
sponded. Bond for your appearance has
been f1xed at $4,000, while in case of
those who are under arrest for the first
time the district attorney has liked the
bond at 1900"
Lawyers and bondsmen were on hand
before all the defendants had been
brought In. A delay was experienced be-
cause Police Court was closed for the
day and there was no clerk on hand to
accept bond. Clerk Sebring was soon
found. however. and accepted bond as
fast as bondsmen appeared, until very
few were left in custody Of the police.
Investigation Lasted Three Months.
The raid was brought about through
an investigation that was started fully
three months ago by Mai. Pullman and
A. Bruce Bielaski. chief OF the bureau of
Investigations, Department of Justice.
and a personal investigation by Special
Agent George W. Lillard of the federal
bureau. Persons familiar with the hand
book business. it Is stated, are able to
recall visits paid certain of them by the
special agent
Following his investigation more than
two dozen warrants were issued by di-
rection of United States Attorney
Laskey, who displayed an active inter-
est in the handbook situation. Maj.
Pullman arranged to have his men make
the raid without the assistance of agents
of the Department of Justice, as was
the case some months ago. and yester-
day afternoon at o'clock forty mem
bers of the force met at the house Of
detention.
Clifford /. Grant, chief of detectives.
and Capt. C. f. e Flather Of the first
precinct were in charge of the raid, Mai.
Pullman remaining at headquarters to
greet them as they were brought in. In
cluded in the rafding party were several
iieutenants many me .nbers of the detec-
tive force, and sergeants and privates
from the first. third, fifth and seventh
precincts.
Nineteen Arrested in Two Hours.
Members of the party boarded street
cars and started in different directions.
goiisg to saloons. poolroons and other
places where they expected to find the
persons named in the warrants. and
two hours later they had the nineteen
men registered at headquarters. Capt.
FIather and Detective O'Brien were
first to report at headquarters. They
had Turner i'll custody. He was found
in 18th street saloon, the officers
stated, but had nothing on him that
could be construed to have any bear
ing on the bookmaking game.
Lieut. Headley and Policeman Leo
Murray of the first precinct experienced
brief delay and a little excitement
when they met Louis Rotn In 9th
street saloon and informed him he was
under arrest. Roth. the officers stated,
made an effort to swallow papers
which. they claim. contained entries
concerning horse races, one of them
being Miss Fox--2 to l."
Il had fairly to choke the papers out
of his mouth said the Lieutenant
Peter Shore Vas another one Of the
nineteen who offered a strenuous OBJ
lection to being arrested. He was In a
7th street saloon. standing in front
of the bar. it is stated, when Detective
Burlingame and Precinct Detective
Gildoyle entered and placed him under
arrest.