Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-13
THIRTY-ONE ARE
NABBED IN RAID.
u. s.. Marshal And His Deputies
With Annapolis Police Hold
Up Incoming Cars.
AFTER BOOZE ToTERS.
Automobiles Also Searched As
They Approached City On
Saturday Night. Much
D.. C.-Gar.@aI
Booze ConhScated


Tho determination of Uncle Sam to
have his wartime mandates observed
ana his plain intent to punish those
persona who try TO side-step the pro-
hibition of the importation OF liquor.
in no matter how small a quantity, in
t0 fhe fve-mile dry zone about An
napols. was startingly driven home
on Saturday night From about ten
o'cIocS until the last car arrived, L. s.
Marshal William J. Stockham, assist
I'D by the local police and a corps of
seven deputies, assisted by four mem
berB of the t. S. Vigilance Commit
tee from Baltimore, stopped and
searched returning travellers as they
stepped of the trains of both electric
railWays and also held up and
searched automobiles approaching the
town over the Baltimore boulevard
Whiie the search Of automobiles,
which was conducted from $50 until
II oclock. did not result in any
cafches." 81 persons were nabbed IN
the raids on the railway cars.
Fonrteen of those caught up to II
Of MARSHAL Stockham's deputies and
carried back to Baltimore on the
Short Line car leaving Bladen Street
Station at IL o'clock and at once
transferred to patrol wagons awaiting
them nj Camden Station These were
locked up in the Central District Po-
lice Station, while II were kept in
the annapolis lookup ON Gloucester
street until this morning, when I'M
der escort of Round Sergeant Rich
ard Holiday, and Patrolmen Edward
and Thomas Jacobs, William Curry,
William Beall, James Lowman, Henry
jackson and William H. Uranium they
were taken to Baltimore for trial
1wenty-fve quarts Of whiskey were
seized from the prisoners, besides a
large quantity in pint and half-pint
bottles. Several quarts of wine and
about % bottles of beer also were
selzen
The raid. which was the first con-
dacted since the order making it
dry by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels early last month, was an un-
usually Successtul one.
AIthough more than so automobiles
and y number of wagon We're stop
ped the authorities were unable to
find any liquor being carried in, and
diverted their efforts largely TO the
nassenger cars of the Washington.
nalssnore and Annapolis Electric
Raigroad and those of the Annapolis
short Line. The termini of both
railroads were covered, and all men
and women were stopped as they
alfghted from the-trains and a thor
oueh search of their effects was made.
In The early part of the evening sew
eral Republics were stationed at Cedar
park and there made the searches of
incoming W. b. and a. cars. After
one OF the raids at this point one of
the prisoners being brought to town
in An automobile jumped from the car
which was going about 25 miles an
hour Although the car was stopped
self fogether and was making of
and the negro. who had gathered him
lhr0ugh the bushes below the Ma
li0nal Cemetery. order to halt he kept
on and the Marshals fired an ineffect-
ual volley of shots after him.
III lhe party of prisoners sent up
On The IL o'clock car to Baltimore was
ono Who resisted and seemed to have
All idea he was not going along. How
ever by the time the officers had APP
piled their fists in no loving manner
10 his jaw he changed his mind and
went along very quietly.
Except for this difficulty the officials
mRAe their search in as quick and
hsiainess-like was as possible. While
s nnnaber of persons have since been
heard 30 express somewhat uncompli-
nentafy sentiments about The raid, the
xnNNensus of opinion in town is that il
WAS np more than was TO be expected
il view of the persistent outbreaks OF
n11iltgging which has been in pro-
3xess ever since the dry order went
into silect