The Washington herald., 1918-12-12
65 MORE HELD,
And Ais QUARTS
TAKEN IN RAID
Fifteen Gallons Of Whisky
Suddenly Orphaned on
Bootley Special.
ALL HELD FOR BOND
Total of 40 Arrests Made
Since Tuesday; Police
Keep Strict Vigil.

Fifteen gallons of whisky or
phaned.
Four hundred and fifty quarts
confiscated.
Sixty-fiye persons arrested,
This was the result of another
raid by the police last night when
the bootleg special pulled into
Washington.
Coming on top of the rs arrests
Tuesday night this makes 14O per-
sons taken in two days. all of whom
VIII try to explain in court what
they consider is the meaning of per
4 sonal and medicinal use"
In the raid last night fifteen gal
Ions of perfectly good liquor sud
denly became separated from their
owners. In fact they weren't even
treated as good as stepchildren. No
body seemed to know who owned
these fifteen gallons of perfectly
good liquor-in fact no one wanted
1 to know. except the police
! Those questioned as to the owner
ship of this liquor were Just as To-
quacious as a deaf and dumb boy
with the mumps. All they could
do was shake their heads-east and
west. Nobody had time to confine
that much evidence"
Vigilance was kept by the police
throughout the night and early
morning for another special booze
train" as they had been tipped of
that a delegation was expected tc
try TO run the gauntlet.
Held for Bond.
The sixtyfive persons arrested OF
the charge of violating the zone Law
by bringing liquor within five mile.
OF military encampment were al
taken to the Ninth Precinct station
and held for bond. One was an Italiar
and the rest were negroes
The majority had six quarts eacr
and they said that they had been TOLD
in Baltimore that they might safely
bring six quarts into the District. II
connection with this popularity fol
six-quart packages, Maj. Pullman
superintendent of police. issued &
bulletin yesterday declaring that man,
I are being rnisfed by statemert ap.
pearing in a local newspaper othe,
than The Washington Herald, som,
| days ago.
/ Somewhat unfortunately for a I'M
| Der of persons" said Maj. Pullman
there was a recent publication to the
effect that arrests would be made only
when more than six quarts of liquor
were brought in, implying that all per.
sons could bring in six quarts or less
THE District attorneys office anC
the Police Department have learned
that this erroneous statement has Civ
en- many bootleggers the idea ina
they could bring in six quarts OF LIQUOR
without efar of arrest
Not Even Six Drops.
There has been no authority giver
from the Police Department for per
sons to bring n six quarts or six drops
of liquor into the District military zone
unless they could prove that it is fol
their own personal use in their owr
home"
:. Maj. Pullman warned the Polio.
Department not TO allow this ide;
to prevail.
!. 1T is the view Of the District At
torney," says the bulletin. "tha
every person bringing or shippin,
liquor into the District is subjec
TO arrest under the dry zone Law
and it Is necessary for persons ap
parently violating the order to prov,
that it is being brought into tn,
city for their own use.
'Thispo int should be clearly un
derstood so that persons with a wron;
idea of the law will not be embar
rassed by being arrested while car
rying liquor into the military zone