Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-15
POLICE START
CLEANUP RAID
TO BAN CROOKS
152 Men and 20 Women Ar
rested Over Weekend
Craps Game Stopped.

From Saturday morning until Monday
morning the police arrested 152 men and
twenty women The accusations varied
from the minor charge Of parking on the
wrong side of the street to vehicle taking
or operating a blind tiger or keeping a
. gambling house. There were fifty for
brea kfast IN the mems cellroOm today.
Sixty five of those arrested were released
on bond, the majority of the bonds being
signed by professional boDdsmen who
operate in and around police headquar-
ters. The remainder who were not in the
cellroom were not required to give bond
as they were charged With a minor Of
fense and were Just ordered 10 appear in
court.
While the charges against the de-
PENDANTS were Of all kinds there was
evidence that the police had suddenly
changed their policy OF keeping one eye
shut and had started to clean up the
city and put the lid back on. Sergeant
Marren raided the craps game that has
been conducted almost every night for
weeks in the street at Court and Liberty
streets. This is the same place where a
cutting affair occurred few nights ago
as the result Of a craps game. Most OF
the craps shooters escaped during the
raid, but Patrolman Wenning seized the
dice and a small amount Of money. The
four men arrested gave their names as
VIII Brown, e14 North Senate avenue, ,
Joe Aiauoy, 124 North Liberty street !;
Walker wharton 612 East Court street
aud Carl johnson, 9l5 North California
street.
Tom Harris, negro, 40 North Senate
avenue. was arrested on the charge Of
keeping a gambling house. and six men
and three women, all negroes, also were
caught in the place. Sergeant Hudson
seized a set Of dice and % cents The
men were charged with gaming and
visiting n gambling house. and the wom-
en- we're charged with visiting. Harris
and the men pleaded guilty to charges Of
gaming and were fined s. and costs in
city court today. TIE women. who said
they had Just dropped in out OF the
rain" we're discharged.
Joe Hines, BIB Chesapeake street, and
eight other negroes were caught in raid
on an alleged craps game in q garage in
the rear Of 43S Indiana avenue Hines
was charged with keeping a gambling
house Lieutenant winkler and his squad
obtained $40, but the dice disappeared.
A report that there was a fight at 800
North Blackfprd street last night re
suited in the police arresting Henry Del
mar, on the charge Of operating a blind
tiger. The fighters had disappeared but
Mrs. Delmsr was angry and told Motor
policemen Wilson and Mas that they
could find an ice box under the floor of
the bedroom. They found three half
pints Of white mule whisky, and forty
nine quarters OF beer. Delmar also was
charged with assault and battery on his
wife
In raid on an alleged resort at 435
Madison avenue early yesterday morning,
| Lieutenant Houston and Sergeant Hud-
son arrested two women and two men.
Ed Giles. S14 South State avenue and
Frank Sparks, pa West Ray street were
charged with associating. The women.
who gave their names as Nell Mitchell
and Iva Aggers, were charged with stat
utOry offenses
Two women and three men were ar
rested by the same officers at 1879
Madison avenue. They are charged with
contributing to the neglect Of a child
and the men are charged with drunken
ness. The men gave their names as
George burst, IS, 1876 North East street
Dean Jones. 3S, 3l415 South East street.
and David Summerville. 90 2114 Barth
avenue.
A man and woman were arrested in a
downtown rooming house on statutory
charges early today. The woman was
Marie Mullen, 80, 222 North Liberty
street. and the man gave his name as
/ Herbert Lloyd, %. 126 East Pratt street,