Evening star., 1918-06-23
HIS WAGES SMALL;
LIQUOR BILL BIG
Colored Man, Making SIS a
Week, Says $172 Worth of
Intoxicants Is for Own Use.

One hundred and seventy-one dollars
and thirty cents worth of whisky
was purchased in Baltimore. Md.
yesterday afternoon by orpheus Will
liams. colored. 400 4th street south
east. He told police of the ninth
precinct he earns SIS q week.
Il bought the liquor for my personal
USE" he asserted when taken to the
ninth precinct police station by Motor
Cycle Policemen Marks and Little.
Williams, who gave his age as
twenty-seven years. said he supported
4 family of fve on his salary Of SIS
a week and was able to purchase the
liquor found in the automobile in
which he made the trip from Balti-
more.
Forty Minutes Over Time.
Unfortunately for williams, he had
reached the District line at $40
o'clock. forty minutes after the time
liquor is permitted to be brought in
under certain conditions. A charge
OF bringing 1t in after hours was pre-
ferred
p" hidh oIoohS, Also cOlOfeQ,
twenty-eight years old. ISL Hickman
street southeast. who accompanied
Villains. but who denied ownership
OF any liquor. was similarly charged
and locked up.
Arriving at the District line about
the time Williams and Brooks
Ieachea there was an automobile
twenty-four years old, 1851 1st street
southwest. and Joseph Lawrence. col.
ored, thtrty-two years old, 1882 10th
street. were riding. In the car with
them were five cases containing 24O
half pints of whisky, for which. 1t
$12250.
Ownership Not Clear.
ownership Of part Of the liquor and
said they had purchased it for per-
sonal use. according to the police.
and later Johnson. they stated,
claimed it all belonged to him.
What were you going to do with
so much liauor?" Johnson was asked.
II expect to enter the Army short
1y." he responded, and I got the
whisky to give my friends blowout
before going across
Both men were held for bringing
liquor into the District between 5
v ClOCh p.I1. ana o AIM
Liquor in Two Autos.
Only a short distance from the two
cars containing the liquor was an
automobile in which two young men
of wine. They were escorted to the
police station and questioned. Capt.
Hartley. Lieut.. Hodges and the two
motor cycle policemen were told that
the young men were employed in the
navy yard and that they had gone to
Il always have case of beer in
the house." one Of them stated, adding
that the wine was for his mothers
use in case Of sickness.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ring
dicated the truthfulness Of the state
ments made to the police and directed
that they. should not be detained.
About the time the motor cycle po-
licemen were active on Bladensburg
road, sergt. Davis and Detective Wa
a raid at 5s2 sth street south u
east. where there was prosperous
saloon before the days Of dry Wash
tngton. John Dennis Mclaughlin,
thirty-two years old. who conducts a
so-cal1ed near-beer saloon there. was
u.
Marked Money Used.
Following statements that Nc
dry residents Of southeast Washing
ton, Sergt. Davis and Detective Wat
ers last night sent two persons there
with marked money to make pur-
chases Of liquor. The two persons re-
ported purchases Of half-pint TASKS
Of whisky for which, they stated, they
paid 81. ana when the proprietor was
marked bills were found in his place.
Mrs. Mclaughlin, wife of the pro-
prietor, went upstairs about the time
her husband was arrested. Sergt.
Davis followed and, he stated. found
her hiding a supply Of half-pint TASKS
OF liquor similar to those her husband
is charged to have sold. The sergeant
got the whisky and is holding it as
evidence.
Mclaughlin. who denied the sales
to him. was locked up.
Members Of the Anti-Saloon League
are deeply interested in the "clean-up''
week Of "bootlegging" cases in Police
in the police work that 10 being done,
but also In the sentences imposed.
Praises Publicity.
'sThe Stars publicity given the ar
rests and trials Of prohibition law
cases Is accomplishing much good"
was the comment Of Albert e. Shoe
maker, counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League, last night.
Mr.. Shoemaker contends that the
public has been given ample notice of
the enforcement Of the prohibition
law. and he thinks it Is the duty of
the courts to impose maximum PEN
alties in practically all the cases. Per-
sons who violate the law, he stated,
do not do so asa result of thought
plan to get money from persons who
are willing to pay all sorts Of prices.
'In other words" he stated, "vio-
lators Of the law take a gamblers
chance. and If they get caught they
should expect . full dose Of the laws
medicine. think 1t IL the duty Of the
courts to do their best to relieve the
and remedy conditions"
Mr.. Shoemaker said the Anti-Saloon
League is keeping watch on the trend
Of liquor affairs. The league, he stat
ID, has forwarded many complaints
to Maj. Pullman. giving locations Of
suspected places, some Of them hotels,
some near beer places and other
places in which the liquor business
formerly was conducted.
1t is the intention Of the Antf-Sa-
loon League to appeal to the Pennsyl-
Of the Washington. Bal
timore and Annapolis electric line to
ssue an order to prevent passengers
trom carrying liquor on their trains.
5uch an order has been issued by the
and Ohio Railroad Con,