The Washington times., 1921-09-16
S100,000[|QU0R
Theft LAID To
MAN AND WIFE
DistilIery Raided by Couple Who
Threatened to Kill Night
Watchman.

BALTIMORE, Nd. Sept. ia
George Martin, thirty-five years old.
former automobile dealer, and his wife,
Mrs, Nettie II. Martin. twenty-four
years old, who formerly conducted q
hair dressing salon on North Liberty
street. yesterday were arrected and
charged with burglary in connection
with the 500. 900 bootleg raid last FRI
day night on the old Horsey Distillery,
Burkittsville, Nd.
BAH Not Granted.
| The Martins were arraigned before
Magistrate Stanford. Central district.
Immediately after their arrest. Mag
istrate Stanford held them without
bail on the burglary charge for the
| Frederick county authorities. They
will have another hearing today.
| The arrests were made AZ Martin
and his wife stepped from the post
office building. following q hearing
before United States Commissioner
Supplee for violating the Volstead act.
The commissioner released Martin un-
der 81 900 bail and his wife under $500
bail on this charge.
Mrs. Martin was identified by Harvey
Burial. Of Monrovia, Frederick coun-
ty, on whose property whiskey valued
at sec, 900 was stored after the robbery
OF the distillery. Mrs. Martin. he said.
checked off the cases Of stolen whis-
key as they were being stored in his
barn. working at this task from mid.
| night Friday until a. m.
Death Threatened.
Martin was identified by George D.
willing, a watchman at the distillery,
as the man who threatened him with
death when the bootleggers raided the
plant and tied him to a chair while
the whiskey was being removed.
Earlier in the afternoon. accord
ing to dispatch from Frederick,
Jesse Schell. a former guard at the
! distillery, was arrested and held on
suspicion Of implication in the rob-
berry. Victor Kreh and Carl Shook.
also former employees, were taken
before Justice Alban M. Wood by
prohibition agents, who wanted them
| comforting over the long distance tel
ephone with United States District
Attorney Robert r. Carman, Justice
Wood decided that he did not possess
the authority to hold the men.
More than $4,000 in cash was taken
from Martin by the police few
minutes after he had been arrested.
! Several attorneys, according to Cap
tain Hurley. Central district. hastened
to the police station when they heard
Of Martins arrest. Martin, however,
declined to engage them until he
could consult his regular attorney.
Both the raid and the liquor vio-
lation for which Martin and his wife
faced Commissioner Supplee are said
by the police to be the most daring
in which a woman has been impli.
Gated. It was testified at the hear.
ing before the commissioner by Pa
trolman Singer, Northwestern dis
trict, that at 1870 o'clock in the
morning of September 2. he stopped
an automobile at Madison avenue and
Dolphin street. In the machine were
the Martins and case Of whiskey.
Thrown From Auto.
With him on the running board,
the patrolman testified, the machine
was speeded up. At Dolphin street
and Linden avenue, when a speed
OF thirty-five miles had been attained,
Martin and his wife pushed him
off, together with the case of wbis-
Key. He fell, and the case landed
on top of him. Nevertheless, he
the car. The arrest of the Martins
followed.
The rearrest yesterday OF the Mar. |
tins was made by Round Sergeant
John Rusk and Sergeant John Roll.
man, as result OF information de. |
veloped by Captain Hurley following |
the arrest Wednesday Of Bernard c. |
Russell and William Hassan, whose |
truck. which broke down at Monu. |
ment and Constitution streets, was |
found to contain twenty.four cases Of |
whiskey stolen from the distillery. |
Russell yesterday was held by Com. |
missioner. Supplee under $500 bail for |
court and Hassan was released under |
$500 bail for a hearing Monday.