El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-03

as he unceremOniouslT bumped him
toward the elevator. you're boiled
drunk. that's what You are You big
stiff you ought 10 be ashamed TO dis
grace your Uniform"
Two Inmates Sing.
In raucOus voice two blonde so
pranos sang Eva Tanguay's famous
Il Don't Care" while a federal agent
stood beside them unappreciatively.
open up Open up" came the harsh
voice OF an officer.
Room 20-something opened. Ten
army men and a couple OF civilians
had about them the equipment for
poker
The smoke made the place blue: the
odor Of stale liquor made it nauseat-
ing
The army gamesters went out in
custody OF the provost guards.
Up TO the roof mounted the officers
but the big game said to be partici-
Dated in by army officers exclusively
was not going. However, there is
much fear that an expose is coming
later. for Uncle sam is said to have
had the StOckmen's hotel planted with
sleuths under special authority from
Washington for the past month
Chips Pleads Innocence.
Along the hallway battered Joe
hotel Washing his hands with invis-
ihle soap, as gracious as Uriah Heep,
he muttered his innocence, reiterat-
ing;
I am charged with running a bawdy
house. Oh. it's terrible 1 am inno-
cent"
His plea was cut short as two paint
ed females were led down the hallway
and deposited on the bench in front
of the elevator and facing Chips II
was not hard TO gage their profession.
They were not, TO say the least, sun
day school teachers.
Black as a ton OF coal. white teeth
chattering like a pair Of castanets. a
negro bell hop. whose breath bore the
Odor OF something beside raspberry
soda, nervOusly twittered;
No. white folks, I don't been sell
in. booze Nobody can say been
sellin' booze"
She Is Innocent.
A tail female had just been snaked
through doorway Cold as the fee
that sunk the Titanic. she giared
about her and laughed the mirthless
laugh that cheers the underworld.
They've got nothing on me. I am
on the level"
Well, it seems they're all "on the
level But the Jails are full Of peo-
pie that are "on the level"
Down Below.
Up the elevator shaft was waited
the sensuous strains OF a waltz. The
crowd in the dining room was not
aware OF the transpiratiOns above
them Were not the municipal guar
dlans still sitting IN the lObby2 Surely
all was well in this temple OF joy.
Checking from a list. the officer in
charge Of the raid, would quietly give
room number and an assistant
would summon the inmate by knock
ing There was no confusion. There
was no unusual noise, for II a women
raised her voice above a normal tone
In .
ing have been through many a raid.
For efficiency and dispatch. FL
Paso's federal agents take the palm.
Round EN- up came the com
mand, and the suspects and the ones
against whom warrants stood were
started to the open, pure air Of the
early morning
Detectives Remain UndIsfurbed.
Still at the doorway sat the two
municipal detectives Possibly they
were surprised by the parade which
passed their vision Still they sat as
the hunters and their prey filtered
into the street
Up to the eighth floor Of an office
building the scene is shifted.
Two more members are added to
female.
The inquisitiou starts Stonily the
Officers question. Hesitatingly the
women parry and dodge Everyone
is innocent They always are.
And the third act shows the cor
ridors Of the county Jail with fits
barred doors-so different from "A
hotel room in file the suspects and
the prisoners. Locks rattle as safe
guarding portals open
"Clang- Clang, ClanEi Clang-"
So mingles the slam Of closing pris- l
on doors with the sainted Augelus /
bell of Sunday morn.
And they all we're innocent for they /
said So
Chips Recently Acquitted.
Joe Chips asserted his intention of I
putting uD 4 determined fight. He
was recently tried in the 34th dis I
trict court on a charge Of bringing I
liquor into the prohibited zone and /