The Washington times., 1918-06-23
500. HALF PINTS
OF BOOZE FOUND
IN TWO AUTOS

SIX hundred half-pint bottles Of
whiskey were conhscated and four
negroes were arrested yesterday
while speeding into Washington in
automobiles from Baltimore and were
locked up At the Ninth precinct police
station on the charge of bringing
whlskey. into .'dry" Washington after
o'clock sas
The negroes. arrested By Policemen
Marks and Little, gave their names
as william Brooks, twenty-eight
years old. Isl Hickman street south
east: Walter johnson, twenty-four
years. q, 1851 First street southwest;
Joseph Lawrence, thirty-tWo years
old. 1882 Tenth street northwest; and
Alpheus Williams. twenty.seyen years
OLD 4eg Fourth street southeast
kgsst~fs Easily Of Five as ~
Brooks and williams were In one
Of the automobiles and johnson and
Lawrence were In the other car. WILL
Jams told the police that he had a
family OF Ave, and that his salary was
SIS week. He said he wanted the
whisky. valued by the police at
fl7l.So. for his family consumption.
The police believe he bought the
whiskey for. bootleggers
Johnson said he went to Baltimore
and bought the whiskey 10 enterla.I
his friends. He said he expected to
be drafted In = few days, and that be-
fore he went TO war" he wanted to
give his friends q farewell party"
Policemen Marks and Little have
been detailed to hold up automobiles
In which they suspect whiskey is
being brought into dry Washington
after 8 o'clock in the afternoon. When
the officers saw the two automobiles,
driven by the colored men. coming in
TO Washington at $40 O'Clock yestef-
day afternoon, they stopped the ma
chimes aud asked the occupants what
they had aboard"
Wanted to Give Party.
"Pve got some whiskey for my
personal use, boss" said Johnson.
'Pse going to give a party before
I 60 to war" Brooks and williams
came along a few minutes later with
their whiskey-laden automobile. The
officers got into the automobiles and
ordered the colored men to drive to
the Ninth precinct police station.
Fifty half-pint TASKS OF whlskey
were seized last night by police OF
the Fifth precinct in q raid on the
near-beer saloon OF John B. McLaugh-
street southeast WashIEglon-
SwoopinE down on the saloon at 8
o'clock after -informer8 had pur.
chased. the police say, two half pints
OF whiskey with marked dollar bills,
SerHt- o. P. Davis, Policeman B. G.
Abel, and Precinct Detective Joseph
l. Waters arrested Mclaughlin, and
after a search OF the premiess found
the whiskey and conhscated Il, to be
used as evidence against the saloon
keeper. The marked money, the DO
lice say, was also found In McLaugh-
Inns possession.
When Mrs. Mclaughlin saw the
officers, she Is alleged to have seized
box containing. the whiskey and
rushed upstairs. Sergeant Davis ran
after her to the bedroom where he
says she attempted to hide 1t under
a bed.
when I entered the room and at
tempted to take the whiskey from
Mrs. Mclaughlin she fought me and
endeavoTed to put me out OF the
room" said Sergeant Davis. The Of
fcer, however. succeeded In getting
possession of the whiskey and IL was
taken with Mclaughlin to the Fifth
precinct police station Mclaughlin
was held on the charge OF selling
whiskey in violation OF the Shepherd
law.
McLaughlin's establishment Is but a
short distance from the Marine Bar
racks and when Washington was
"wet" 1t was in a restricted zone.