El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-25
q MEN TAKEN
IN NIGHT RAID
Liquor, Cards and Poker
Tables Found; In House
on San Jacinto Street.

A raid by city and county officers
at PA san Jacinto street. at T. o'clock
Wednesday night resulted in the ap-
prehension Of q men, the capture
OF a truck load Of liquor and a con-
siderable quantity Of paraphernalia,
! thought TO have been used in
{ gambling.
/ The men arrested gave their names
I as W p. Glover, 6. 2. Duncan, Jack
{ Bargeu. a. Long, 3. Sanders. A. A.
Molke, C. Fishback, W. Wilson and
( A. Epstein, all Of whom were released
without bond; L. B. Murrian, Ralph
Long, j. L. Goodlaw, ". l. Echelber-
ger, A. Philips, J. Elliott. l. r. Cox,
Henry Phelan. Jim Taliaferro. s. Co
hen. W. T. Edwards and Lem Reeves.
released on bond OF SIS. The house in
which the arrests were made is said
10 be owned by Bob Glenn. Vagrancy
was the charge placed against the p
Room We'll Equipped.
The room in which the main raid
was made is large basement room,
equipped with only one door, and 1T
ted with two large round Ia bles, pad
ded and covered with canvas. one Of
sters were arrested, was loaded with
articles which the raiding officers
found in various parts Of the ROOM "A
desk near the table was smashed IN
and its drawers emptied on the floor
a small unpainted pine cabinet on
the waH had the door torn from its
hinges and was hanging by the lock
An account Of red. white and blue
chips had been kept on the door. Half
a dozen pistols Of various callbers and
makes were dumped on the table,
which was covered with revolver
Shells rifle shells and shot gun
shells.
Find Cards, no Chips.
About IS packs Of cards with the
seals broken were piled on one side
Of the table. There were no poker
chips in sight The floor was Uttered
with cigaret stumps and empty to-
bacco sacks On the mantel piece
over a fireplace. half a dozen euameled
cups were piled. with an empty
quart can About Is chairs, equipped
with quilted or felt pads were scat
tered about the room, which was wen
supplied with cuspidors- a police Of
ficer and county officer were
guarding the room Thursday morning.
Arrest Men in House.
After the men in the large base l
ment room had been placed under 3
arrest. the officers went all through 1
the upper portion Of the house. which ]
was used as a roOming house All Z
inmates Of all rooms in the house ]
were arrested. No women were l
taken.
After the raid Capt y. n. weyand. |
provost marshal was asked TO fur !
nish men TO be used in guarding the /
place and four provost guards, with /
a county and city officer, guarded the I
place until they were relieved Thurs j
GAY morning at 9 o'clock
Lieut. Ray Porter. assistant provost /
marshal and three soldiers, SergL
James Jones. Corp. William Thomp- 4
son and Corp. John Ford took part
Ia the raid
Cleanup Officials Help.
Information leading TO the raid was
furnished by special officers en-
Dloved by the committee Of 25 re-
emily appointed TO aid the city and I
county officials in their work OF
-1eaninc up FL Paso- Little informa-
ton as TO details OF the raid could be
cleaned from city officers Thursday.
The matter was referred to county
attorney ". Fl. Fryer Thursday
morning for investigation OF alleged
-iolations Of the gaming law ana
were to be signed by dep
Ity g. n. T Jeffries. Police insDec-
or Walter Reese and deputy Jeffries
made the arrests for the city