Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-04

ton by our officers" 1t is said that
these crooks owned valuable real es-
tate in Atlanta, operated several fine
automobiles, dressed eXtravagantly
and operated on a grand scale. "One
| of them has had no honorable en-
pIoyment for twenty years." says the
grand jury.
The headquarters for the gam
bling syndicate" at various periods in
it's alleged operations are declared to
have been located in the following
places: The Normandie hotel at the
Junction of Peachtree and West
Peacttree streets, recently demolish-
ed; offices in the Flatiron building;
| Bachelors Domain" 25 West Peach
| tree street; 45 Carnegie way; SO IL
| Cone street; ,35 IL South Broad
street; 40 IL Central avenue; two
places on Auburn avenue within two
blocks of Peachtree street; one place
on Piedmont avenue; the Martinique
hotel; place on Ivy street near
Ellis.
In support of the charge that there
has been either connivance with
crl1A1nals or gross inefflciency on the
parry of the detective department, the
grand jury recites several incidents
connected with the operation of al
legged gambling establishments, as
follows:
1.-THE place at 35 IL South Broad
street had been used as a gambling
place for some time, but the owner
/ sold out to this gang and they evil
IDENTIFY, used it as their assembling
place in the form of club rooms. The
place was heavily secured, the locks
protected by steel. plates. 1t was
reported as gambling place by vari-
Gus citizens to the officer patrolling
the beat at the time, who in turn
reported it to his superior, but when
visited by the officers they reported
that nothing discriminating could be
found.
zone of the detective force was
told by a citizen on a street cal
that there was a gambling room in
operation at 1912 South, Broad
day and had not raided it, and as
far as this grand jury has been able
to ascertain he never reported il
to his superior officers, and the
place was not then raided, until So
licitor Boykin did 1t himself.
witnesses swore that certain OF
the detectives visited the place sew
eral times-on one visit remaining
there fifteen or twenty minutes-but
apparently never attempted at any
time to raid it or to break it up. This
place was well fortified guarded by
| three doors securely locked and
| barricaded. A citizen reported the
place as a gambling room to a uni
formed officer and this officer testi-
| fled to this grand jury that he had
| never raided it, but that he thought
he had made verbal report of ii
| to his superior officer.
"a citizen testified that twice he
| had reported this place by telephone
| to detective headquarters as a gam:
| bling room; he gave his name and
| address, but none Of the detectives
ever came to see him and as far as
he Snnu nothing done
Uniformed omfhcer Objects
at was shown that the place al
40 IL Central avenue was raided on
| September Is of this year. Infor-
nation reached a uniformed officer
that gambling was going on at this
place; he telephoned headquarters
for three or four men to help him
but did not say why he wanted them
he and the other officer seized tho
| negro porter or attendant at Inc
stairs and with the others forced the
door at the top of the stairs and
caught the crowd, some twenty three.
with the game in full blast, as testi-
1 fled by themselves. They were al
arrested and carried to police head
quarters.
while their names and addresses
were being entered on police records
certain of the officers suggested that
$26 cash collateral be required from
each one. The uniformed officer OBJ
| Jected and asked that larger bonds
l be required of the men operating the
place, and 500 each from the others
! he stating that the cases were all for
gaming,-they had all the evidence
\ necessary and all of them should be
| bound over to the state courts. :
was overruled and cash collateral OF
| the negro, whose amount was fixed al
| $51 and the two who operated the
place. at $500 each.
| Said officer objected, but it die
no good, and he then insisted tina,
| if they were going to handle theso
cases in that manner to take his ma ne
off the record of the cases. This
was done, and the police records dc
not show the name of this officer.
about 800 silver dollars which
az chips were seized and carried tC
headquarters, but according to he
evidence some fifty dollars of it dis.
appeared after reaching there. The
! operators of the gambling room put
Up cash collateral for, every one OF
three; they deposited their own cash
but We're, by their own testimony
within the next few days reimburse
by the men running the game.
| "All of these cases were docketeG
on police records as disorderly con.
! duct; the cases were supposed to be
| called in recorders court the next
| day, but for some reason-no one
seems to know why-they were post
! poned for another day. One Of the
at the time appointed for trial, but
none of the cases were called. Not
one of them has ever been called
except for the, forfeiture of collat.
eral 1t appears that the deposit OF
cash collateral of SIG finally anG
l on onln fol- h
| twenty-three arrested in this gam
bling room deposited about $500 ir
cash collateral, which was forfeited
| 1t would ppear to the grand jury
| that the methods followed by the
| detective department in this case
| license for operating a gambling
| room.
! Opened Again in Three Days
| 1--WE desire to call attention to an
other incident in connection witt
| these cases. The recorder stated thai
he did not authorize a reduction il
the cash collateral deposited for the
negro and the two men arrested who
operated the gambling room as, wheT
| the uniformed officer withdrew from
| the cases they were handled by the
| detective department; that depart
ment authorized the reduction in col
| lateral; it amounted to $24 for the
negro and STA each for the two white
men-a total of $172. Two days aftel
the arrests a lawyer went to police
headquarters and asked that thi:
money be handed over to him, tina
he represented all of the people ar
rested Ca number of them swore tina
he did not represent them; that they
had secured and in fact needed NJ
lawyer) and the money was handed
to him. He stated he had no trouble
and had to unwind no red tape tt
get it-just asked for it and it wa!
given to him.
room was again in full operation ant
continued in operation until Solicito