Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-07-02

It has developed that the chief of
police and the detective chief have
elashed. On one occasion when the
/ chief of police was wiring to q Florida
point trying to get confidence man
the chief of detectives was wiring that
the man was not wanted in Atlanta,
although he was under Indictment at
that time. 1t was also charged that a
detective for several years had received
5000 week 10 allow notorious blind
tiger to operate unmolested.
The raids started as result Of the
fleeing Of Holley of Ailkin out of SILL
900. He and a companion made a noise
that all Atlanta heard officers were
| sent to see him. and he and his COM
| panion laid trap for Abe Powers, the
| alleged steeref In the game. The detec-
tives told them to go on out and meet
Powers and they would follow That
was about the last they heard of the
| detectives, but they met P6wers by
agreement ana seiz,id him. A passing
policeman was hailed finally and
Powers went TO Jail.
Then started a search for the head
| quarters of the gang. The detectives
! the next day were piloted to the build
! ing In a downtown locality, where the
| South Carolinians said they had been
robbed. But search as they might, the
| officers could not find the room.
Raid Reveals Brokers Office.
The next day they appealed to the
| solicitor and he led Il personal raid of
! the building. The room was found al
once and he seized all the parBpher-
MALTA. The place was fitted UP with all
the elnborHteness Of stock brokers'
! office IN New York. There were black
| boards, fake telegraph Instruments,
fake money. and everything else
needed It looked like there was all
the money in the world there, But ih-
vcstigation revealed that only the
cover bills were good. The rest was
| green paper.
That was the beginning. Within the
next few days the solicitor raIded three
| places operated by the gang, in one
case using axes to break in. In this
! place were found all the Instruments
needed for marking cards, crooking
| dice; fake money, several hundred dol
lars Of real money in the safe; crap
| tubles; and before the night was out
| many visitors, who had been taken
into custody had to tell what they
knew or 90 to jail.
| The rRids wee followed by many
| prosecutions The gang had seen that
the Jig was up and most Of them had
disappeared. Gradually they are being
rounded up and brought back r. Allan
ia. Abe Powers and eight IF his con-
freres have been sent to the penitenti-
airy, but carelesshess at the prison farm
was utilized by Abe Powers and he is
at large again, Many othefs are under
arrest and some have given bond.
Among those indicted and soon to stand
trial will be Ira Fort, who was mixed
up, 1t Is said in the Madeira swindle.
A feature Of this prosecution is found
In the fact that the solicitor himself
| has offered big rewards for the cap
ture of the various "con'' men, and
+, paid some of them.
The search continues the country
over for Floyd p Woodward He Is
held up as the master Mind" Of the
gang. Since his escape he has written
a letter back TO Atlanta in which he
charges that he had paid out $1,000
as n bribe at one time to Solicitor
Boykln; had paid large sums at other
times, cut in of his receipts to
Joseph Ewing. lawyer formerly con-
nected with Boykin's Office before he
became solicitor, and who, according
J to Woodward was the go=between for
Boyhin,
These charges by Woodward, the hail
fellow, who was friendly with every
| body in town, went hunting with Chief
Poole, gave diamond rings and phono-
graphs to counciimen and dispensed
money with d liberal hand, have given
the police a club to hit B6ykih. SO
they charge that Boykin knew as much
Of the operations of the gang as they
did, or more.
One feature of the investigation has
been the charge made by Joe Ewing,
lawyer that Councilman Al Martin and
Floyd p. Woodward ran one of the
"dens" together; Martin for whisley
and Woodward for gaming; and that
ut this place hundreds of gallons Of
liquor had been delivered by a young
man now in Birmingham. Another
allegation was that Aldine Chambers,
who led the campaign in Georgia for
Palmer when he was seeking the presi-
dental nomination, had worked to re-
cruit the gang by getting men out Of
the federal penitentiary for this
| purpose.
Texas Victim Gets Angry.
There is the case of young Mr.. Man
ming of Texas, who started out In his
| testimony before the committee very
bravely, but wilted toward the end
under rapid fire cross-examination.
Manning had told his story. He had