Evening star., 1918-07-24
b0NDSMEN GIVE UP
BOOTLEG TRAFFIC
Necessity Of Going to- Jail
F Pending Trial viii Deal
Heavy Blow.
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Supposed frienda Dc the bootleggers
have dealt them :. death blows Pros
fessionai bondsmen who make their
trysting place in Peliee Court and
have been going on the bonds OF the
allegsd liquor vendors while they
were awaiting trials have agreed tn
stop the practice.
Ono Of the bondsmen stated today
that in the future they would refuse
to go on the bonds; OF ninety-ntne out
Of every. one. hundred persons er-
rested for bootlegging. He added
that agreement was general among
them.
However, In cases where the bonds
men are personally, acquainted with
the persons arrested for bootlegging
or where they believe there has beer
q "put-up job" he said. there Is 9
possibility that they would go or
their bonds. All other cases VIII ps
refused.
Will Reduce Traffic.
There is. no doubt that the stsI
taken will have some enact toward
Iesssning the Illicit traffic in liquor
bootlegging in the future will have
to remain IN Jail while aweiting trial
It will also probably stop the prac-
tics Of awyers in haVng the liquor
cases continued from time to time
With tho hope of having them noiie
Police are still active In making
arrests Of alleged liquor peddlers
Three venders were taken IN raids
In various sections Of the city last
During q raid on q house at g
@ street northwest, Sergt. Ira. Sheets
and Detective Livingston o. the sec.
colored, and charged him with selling
iiouor. The officers say Bailey sole
a ANAL quantity of liquor to q police
ssent. When arraigned in court this
morning Bailey entered a plea OF nol
rutity and demanded a jury trial.
Demand Jury Trials.
Lillian Fairfax and Arthur Ford
both colored. were arraigned in c2ur.
iinuor. and entered pleas Of not guilty
demanding jury trials. Ford was ar
rested by Sergt J. L. Ktlmartin OF tht
fourth precinct. while the colores
woman was arrested py Policeman Y
The case Of William johnson, col
ored. charged with selling liquor, wal
called IN court this morning. but con
tinued until tomorrow. johnson wa,
arrested on July 13 by Sergt. Burke o'
the seventh precinct.
Two men accused by the police o.
being fabitual drunkards were sen
tenced to serve sixty days In jail b.
Imdre Hardison this morning. The,
we're Charles Lyles and William VoEel
Maximum Penalty for One.
the maximum penalty Of two years
imprisonment was imposed on 2 con
Poiice Court yesterday afternoon, whil
three others were given heavy sen
Richard Gray, alias Richard Bank.
coIored, 1l16 Chester court northwest
who was CHARGED Jointly with Rtchar'
Reed and Mary Cox with Illegally seliinl
LIQUOR, was sentenced to two years i'm
prisonnent. while Read was given elgh
wss uoile pressed, az she was used as ,
witness. The convicted liquor yender
and Mary Coz were arrested Monda,
NIGHT BY Ssrgt. William p. Holmes an,
Dstsctive J. A Sullivan OF the eight
Convicted Of Illicit liquor selling. Hsr
tina Lee Br1scoe. colored. 800 Quinn'
court was ssntsnced 70 aiH months im
Judge Hardison sha entered = plaa 9
not guilty. The woman was arreste'
Monday evening by two intaraal rsve
nue ofacers and 6ergt. J. l. kimarul
OF the fourth precinct.
A aAntsnce OF six mouths' amprtson
ment was imposed on Joseph Scott
convicted Of selling liquor. #