Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-29
||AMDEN RUM RAIDS
|0PEN N.l.CAMPA|GN
vvo,yerton Announces Drive on
I Liquor Selling Following Ar
rest OF 400 Last Night
'seARCH SMALL TOWNS, TOO

wholesale raids in camden county
hiring the nlgn. NO, ue',n III ,ue ',hs Jan,.nas
a what prosecutor "oI'eI.on uec,sres ss
vii be declS!vt ., cap"s" ns",ns.
| hduof selling III V'o'a''o' VI '"e I'VE"
| Jersey Liquor Law
Not only the city of Camden, but nu-
.srous smaller towns as well came un-
~ tbe notice of the booze raiders, and
camden courthouse was jammed with
prisoners. - .,oo.u ,.a u..s
scores y. pro;doJ and il was esti =.
ncuses ~ =. iooot aoo nr;soncrs wore
mated tna. u. Ea,os - tbo Cr;m;no Il
hken' ouusn ,d IN Nc chambers oll
Bench, re,naIheu ~ f.o.h hatohos of
night, hoiding ,ou.. 40 '"'e"'' u
pfisoners were oroush' i"'
Nearly every saloon in camden was
v,sited and roadhouses and saloons in
| Asre of prisoners. Wagon loads or in :
Sricants were seized ard n crowd esti :
| roatcd at three thousand watched the
peoceedings around tne NaIIuen Gou.t
house as the prisoners were proueht III !.
The police swooped down on the nrst
phces at clocH t opera.Ihs unuer
the supervlsloR' usecu.or b,, Mo."e[
ton, and Chiei ol io''ce "f"'eho'' VI
Camden .. =,
Every person apprehcnded within all
d the places raided without exception
was placed under summary arrest:
Patrons were held as witnesses until
their statements were taken. Inc com :
plaints in many instances named not
enly the proprietor. but the barkeeper
and all Of the assistants.
nail stoOO in Some Coses
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..ses where only one or two complaints
had been lodged. ana at Slooo IN the
more fasrant cases;
N the h1ty ralds executed, police
bund the occupants not at nome In
enly eight. lnsse lat.er nad apparently
Sour. me eviueIce "s"ins. % tnese 'iaces
was eatneie" u 80, 50 PC f' Vi wv
non.ns " suo bob;tra,J,, ,,;n;,ns s'.tn an Ie
.e,,I,.'' ' l., tLa n,,iso os ,,,n,i, n' ~ ~
.traJ IN nroroIls w
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Inc Po.Ict Nelo IuinpIe.'ls cquiPped
e.u,y ," tLom, - CO. s.",um o,,n wul'ants , l'
@ @I. oa o..oss y" - tha 80, "ni kIN
ihs Inen' a," - oor,.oh.,J H. plehI-
p.oos ~ ware onictIv s,rrnupJoI n';th
,usrs @ ontIct g,arJsd bsforo tbo o,trn 49,,
,tra.t NOS ,i,,cr Wnrront. uorn ,or,.ay
an NH, the nroprietors barkeepcrs and their
oides md all persons at tables or
etherwisc within tho places We're nloccd
under ipmediate arrest and escorted 70
Whiting wagons without.
The warrants specifically charged un-
lawful possession of Intoxicating bev-
srages, maintenance Of places conducted
for the sale Of liquor.
Gil. So.,, .. U.;,, =.
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Most OF the women patrons taken en-
tered the waiting wagons without
disturbance and many appeared rather
to enjoy the experience, as driven
through the streets they alighted to pass
through gaping lines of men and boys
into the courthouse.
At the OUTLYING roadhouses many
parked automobiles testified 70 the in
creasinr patronage that has. been en-
loved Of latc by the resorts operntinp in
sosonea ", '" % ~ 'n ~. 80 TO-. som, -,
NAM pbiladoinbi wero taLen !, Tho
raids in Camdon mr. NJ tbo road inns
hss rot ,ot hoo, osti,,o.od
A, ~ ,;,,, IL. p,o,o,,,,r
ua,s ~ Wv, .a,' ',i ."Js St,.o-
moNer'on was s"ooplhg dowh op other
.ahueh county saioonS' Iwo ol nis
county detectives staged a raid on cares
IN gloucester. making twenty -nVc ar
rests four OF whom were saloonkeep-
ers and the rest witnesses. detectives
Dorm and Gribben. armed wlth seven
warrants and accompanied by six dep
uties armed with revolvers, drove into
Gloucester In cars bearing Pcnnsylva =
MIA license tags.
News of tho first raid spread quickly
and ten minutes after the detectives ar
rived not a saloon was open in the town
They managed to find four cafes which
we're tenantpd and said .aftcrward that
q small quantity of liquor was confis :
Gated In each place. A demijohn was
taken from one saloon. and small sam =
pies from the Others
DEN were ,U 'hOUnAefc Ja%as Hrfcbinson tIs u Frank