The Washington herald., 1919-02-26
BONE-DRY
DAY NETS POLICE
$4,000 IN RUM
Nineteen Men and Two
Women Arrested as
Carriers.
NINTH Is LOADED UP
Even Unoccupied Cell Is
Utilized to Store Captur-
ed Wet Goods.

Twenty-Five thousand dollars
worth OF wet" goods representing
the first bone dry days toll Of con-
traband liquor. rcposed at the Ninth
precinct last night. Nineteen men
and two women are being held OF
the four precinct stations. Ali men
at the Ninth precinct are employees
Of a Baltimore expires company.
Five fIve-ton motor trucks, all
belonging to Baltimore frs. were
parked in front OF the precinct
Their drivers were held inside.
Case. boxes. bottles and barrels
of liquor were stored upstairs, in
the cellar. in the witness room and
IN the stable Of the precinct. One
cell is filled with liquor. All other
cells were occupied BY the pris-
ouer. The precinct had the scent
Of saloon. it is the champion
''booze' getting precinct OF Wash
ingtOn.
kssas,its Arc Ignored.
Mohe than 400 cases OF booze we're
taken from trucks and vehicles on the
Baltimore pike. Police ignored the
personal use" afiidayits tackled to
cases 1t was estimated by Sergeant
" lAttltl AlldA AllOl = NlaaAA Fs'Fy AAul -
were taken from w. B. and A. trains
and from vehicles on roads entering
Washington yesterday. In spots the
contraband was piled fifteen feet high
Persons held were charged with
violating the Reed bone dry smend-
ment, which prohibits the bringing Of
any liquor into the District In all
cases $1,000 real estate bonds were re-
quired
One of the antiCipants OF the douEht.
Adolph II. Dunan. 6lO c street north
east. was taken Monday night with
seventy cases OF liquor and an affi-
davit that it was for personal use
This is the biggest amount captured
from one person heretofore
Faces Two Charges.
Dunan was charged with violation
Of section 6. Of the Shepherd law,
which prohibits bringing Of liquor into
the city after darkness. \ second
charge OF violating the military zone
law also was brought against him
He was released on T.pDo bonds.
Wife Ends Booze Dream.
One booze carrier told Capt.
Flathor. Of the First precinct. that he
had been paid 81 for bringing over
S"l worth Of Wet goods into the city
tn" other day. and when he reached
the given address the mistress OF the
house refused to let him deliver It.
My husband may order that stun. %
she told him, but refuse to let il
come into the house. You'll have to
TAX" il somc place else The liquor
finally landed at No. l.
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Shortly after midniGht yesterday
Erastus Charles GLADDEN. and
Charles Lathrop. OF Baltimore. were
arrested at Seventh and II streets
northwest with truck load OF
liquor OF assorted kinds. The truck
contained Sovonty-fOUT cases Of
whisky. two cases Of gin. Scvrn
cases OF wine. two cases "f bocr.
two barrels OF whisky. two barrels
Of beer and a case Of drugs. Tho
cargo was valued at over $4,000.
Roth men are being held at Number
One precinct house.
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Two women arrested and twelve Of
~ men are being held AT No. . pre-
house Those arrested are:
zee. = Smith. Lawrence Tack. Carroll
Lewis, Nllllam Irender, Herbert
I wis, Louis Conway. James PARTON.
l. W. Waters. Harvey Robinson.
Lewis Robinson. Anthony holland.
Herman Sellers, Marie Coats and
Addie LaCuy.
Suit Cases Left Fate.
When police stopped returning Wis
itors from Baltimore at the W. B. x
A. terminal at Fifteenth and II streets
northwest. suitCases and packages
were deserted by owners.
Who does that belong to-" was
asked time and time again. as police
men paused over valuable packages
and suitcases. And no answer came.
But several glum-lOokinE individuals
watched the packages being piled into
patrols for storage at the Ninth pre-
cinCt.