The herald., 1921-01-20
NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921
Police Raid
''CIubs" In AIgiers
NEW POLICE HEAD SHOWS NO
PARTIALLY BETWEEN EAST
AND WEST SIDE.

AND WEST SIDE.
The following is a write-up of the
police raid on some of the different
clubs" in Algiers Saturday, as was
published in the Daily States on
Monday:
Business was simply rotten in AL
giers Saturday night. The so
cial" Clubs closed early. The usual
lights that shine over the card tables
at the wee small hours were darken-
ed around midnight. Even at the
West Side Country Club the dusky
advocates of that game termed "Af-
rican Golf" of Mississippi Marbles"
were behaving in law abiding man
ner.
Raiding Captain Ray, special to
the superintendent, Corporal Harry
Duvalle, Patrolman John Torres and
few others discovered all this as
they toured the town over the river
between the hours of midnight and
3 o'clock Sunday morning.
The little party set out from Po-
lice Headquarters at 10 o'clock Sat-
urday night, a-raiding bound.
After one unsuccessful visit to one
of New Orleans social clubs, where
all appeared within the Higgins act,
the party headed for the Algiers
Ferry.
See That Crescent
That success did not crown dill the
efforts of the raiders can probably
be explained by the fact that in ad-
dition to the big police premier, sew
eral of Algiers' socially prominent
young gentlemen were on that same
ferry. They manifested a marked
interest in the little star and cres-
cent painted on the car and left the
ferry in post haste on landing.
1t is estimated that at least one
nickle was deposited in the box of
the nearest telephone pay station for
every social club in town.
The little rear room, table and
card-equipped- place of James ].
Foster was the scene of the first Wis
it.
A substantial door, locked within
barred entrance. Perhaps their line
had been busy when the young gen.
tlemen called.
A knock by the police and a query
from within, who's there?" cts
Tom came the reply of Captain
Ray. Evidently tom was not
well known in that vicinity for it
was several minutes before the door
opened
OF course, the place was duly char
tered, said charter was home in
Fosters safe. Foster and the char
ter were summoned to the scene.
Queries brought out the fact that
the players were not all certain of
their status in the organization,
didn't have membership cards or
anything like that and hadn't paid
dues for some time.
Club is Transferred.
Captain Ray transferred the club,
some twelve strong to the Algiers
police station. They were parolled
a few. hours later.
There ended success. One half of
the police force in Algiers on duty,
the corporal in charge of the sta
tion, Joined the raiders but the catch
ing was slim.
At the Washington Club all was
we'll. The shade of the Father of
Our Country winked one eye as one
by one, the members produced nice
shiny and newly issued membership
cards. Nowhere was there an evil
dence of banking.
A Negro social club was closing in
the most orderly of manners as the
squad entered.
The West Side Country Club con-
cluded the performance for the even
ing. Outside of a severe fright and
the discovery of 250-pound dusky
member hiding behind a Widowed
door in true ostrich style, little ex-
element marked the event.
"Yas sub, Use here and am boni-
fide club. Two bits month dues"
Thus announced the president. Some
forty dark brown hands slipped into
tattered coat pockets and emerged
with membership cards.
"Fishing's poor muttered Corpo-
raj Duvalle as Captain Ray sent the
car over those pavements that make
those on this side of the river appear
as country roads"