The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-07
GREAT SI4ACkER HUNT.

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Department. Of Justice Official Sa!,.s
MANY Men Drift 20 City TO Escape
Military Service
New York. Sept. 2.-Fcdcral OIL
ci;,ls estimated shortly before md
night thai more than 10000 suspected
,,aclscrs had been arrested today III
New YORK and nearby cities in the
e.Yeat roundup OF draft cv,lders ccil-
ductcd by $4,000 soldiers, sailors. po-
lice AMI government agents. Most OF
the prisoners, it was SAID. come from
other parts OF the country.
According to Charles r. Dewoody,
chief o.. the local bureau OF investisa-
ton OF the department Of justice, VINO
,:irectel the drive, from 10000 to
1900 men hal been taken to the
Sixty-nnth Regiment almory alone,
while police stations in Manhattan
were literally filled TO overflowlnS
so that prisoners had to be placed
under guard in school yards.
In Brooklyn and Queens another
10, 900 had been rounded While
the Bronx contributed more than .
200. About 5000 arrests had been
made in Jersey City. 1000 in Hobok-
en- and 1900 in P>ssaic.
Indeed, so many arrests had been
made ,ate tonight, after a conference
with til police and military authori-
ties, .Mr. Dewoody announced that q
change would be made in the conduct
! Of the crusade.
Examiners, he said, would tomor-
row make {. careful check Of all men
at police stations. Ito separate the
sheep from the goats" before the lat
ter We're taken to the armories.
Mr. Dewoody sale that after in
spectmg examiner records he has con-
Guided the percentage of slackers
living 81 this city would be lo7y and
that it would be found most of the
guilty persons came here from other
cities 20 evade the draft.
Certain it WIS that examiners kept
the telegraph wires husy far into the
night queryng places as far distant
as Detroit, Chicago and even Los An
geles ioi. information regarding sus-
poets. While many arrests were
made in the morning, at the noon
hour. and at the close Of the business
day, q great percentage Of them oc-
cured tonight when the theater
crowds or Broadway came in for an
almost microscopic inspection. Gaia
lrcts ;nl amusement places at Concy
Island also were raided.
1t was stated late tonight that
about coo prisoners had been turned
over to the military authorities for in-
Guction into the army. Less than f3re
per cent. OF those taken in the whola
district i was said. would be found
10 be "wilful slac! ers Or desertcrs.
The drive which started early to-
day in this city, will continue until
it is believed all draft evaders have
beer: oalgilt. according to Charles f.
Dewoody. chief Of the New York bu-
reau Of investigation Of the depart
me.t Of justice. Tonight hundreds
the .'cCrralS' In rnany instances
whore prisoners had imply left their
regiStr:.tIo and classification cards at
home, the women obtained the pieces
Of pastnboard which meant liberty for
tile suspects.
Tonight indications were that men
caught today would have to remain
II: the 'corrais" Tor two or three
Gays even If they We're innocent be-
fore tileil' examinations could be
completed.
It was estimated that from 1900
TO 20.O0U men between the ages O., =
and y We're stopped and questioned
during the day. Hundreds OF then!
were .oundcd UP 1t the entrances to
llcatcis and motion picture houses
$1,000 arrested We're from out Of
town.
This feature VAS examined by Capt.
David .:s@;2e. assistant to the director:
OF the craft il, t..;s district who ,:"-
Gl;.rct that New York is the great
css Stacker retreat =: America" and
that men who want 10 evade their
duty have come here IN droves from
;.ll parts OF the country
Women aided in TIE raids by driv-
;n@ many OF the hundreds of auto
anobil"s used in transporting prison.
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