The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-20
SHERIFF RAIDS
DIVES POLICE
PERMIT TORUN
Two Grandi Places Yield
Nearly 100 Victims and
Much ParaphernaIia- Other
Joints Got Tip and Closed.

Sheriff o. II. Perry has opened
fight upon the gamblers bootleggers
and other law violators in the city OF
Memphis, that part of the county which
comes primarily under the jurisdiction
Of the city police under the direction
Of c. B. Quinn, commissioner of po-
lice.
Two or three days ago the police in
structed the gamblers and bootleggers
to get out their wares and go ahead.
Saturday night found the old joints in
full regalia, and business was flourish
ing in old-time style. 1t reminded one
OF the good old days when Joe Will
liams was mayor; the days that pro
duced the Haymarket and DeSoto
street riots and every form of lawless-
ness that flourishes when politicians
and lawbreakers join forces to run
city.
1.-THE town has never been so wide
open as it was on Saturday night since
Hadden invented the crap horn" said
Sheriff Perry Monday. There was
whisky, craps, the kitty box and the
gamekeeper"
The gamblers have run into an un-
expected dilemma. Perry took them
straight to jail-more than 100 in all.
The victims, the negroes and whites
who were lured into the places to be
relieved of their weeks wages, were
permitted to pay out in magistrate $
court. The keepers of the games had
a different experience. The sheriff Is
holding them to the grand jury and
with them he is holding their equip
ment, and there will be no difficulty
in securing true bills when the facts
are laid before the grand jury,
S. O.. Bates, states attorney, is pre-
pared to 60 the limit, and the courts
are without mercy for this form of per-
sistent law violation.
The first place visited by the sheriff
and his men was Nello Grandi's place
at Fourth street and Union avenue
When the sheriff entered the place ht
found game of craps m fun blast
1t booked like all of dark town wa:
engaged in the. ancient. and interest
ing game, A big kitty box, two had
uen horns and plenty of dice were con
flscated, and Gfandi, VINO was fount
nit the bottom of the steps behind ba
with a bottle OF whisky in his pocket
was taken into tow. Grandi is beint
Held for the grand jury on two charges
Violating the liquor law and feloniousl,
Operating a gaming house. Forty-fiv
negroes We're arrested.
From there the sheriff and his me-
went to Huling avenue and South Sec
Vnd street, where they arrested 4
Grandi and AS more negroes, Grand
WAS charged with feloniously operatin
a gaming house and the negroes, to
gether With those arrested at Nell
tirandfs place, We're taken before Jus
tice Maher and forced to pay $lO |
fines and costs each.
The sheriff and his deputies the
went to New South Memphis near tn
compress, which is beyond the cit
limits. He had heard that game wa
in full blast there John Cuneo whit
man, was arrested on charge
feloniously operating a gaming hous'
and 16 negroes were taken,
The sheriff then got tip that
game was on at Rags Anderson's 8 plae
at Florida street and Illinois avenu'
lHurrying to that place, the sheri
found everything dark. He said Nor
day that he believes the men WEI
tipped off Two patrolmen were stanc
ing about block away.
"Things are just as wide open no
as when old man Hadden invented II
Hadden's Horn" Sheriff Perry sa
Monday.
many places might have been raidt
Lr how many might have been arrestt
had not the police heard of the fir
Two raids and hurried around to spref
fle word that the sheriff was comm
At one place police officer, makir
fis round supposedly to collect his reg'
hr rake-off, found the sheriff had be-
there before him and left nothing +
tle proprietor to pay him off with al
he proceeded to shoot up the place .
but it was q grand and glorious. nigh
Supposedly upon the instructions
Police Commissioner Quinn every loir
every dive, every place Of Ill repute
the city where enough inmates can
corralled to make a disreputabe sho,
ing. has been opened for the remand
OF the campaign and until the Mover
her election. The understanding Is tn
the dives shall not be closed at all
j, j. Williams is elected.
The administration has boasted tn
il has 900 prostitutes registered q
will vote them for Williams, Accord
ia the reports on the street,