The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-29
DRY AGENTS WHO RAID WRONG HOUSE
 HELD SHAMELESS
All That is Necessary is the Exercise of Usual Care, According to CommiS-
 sioner Haynes
By Associated Press

Washington, November 2S.-Prohi- bition agents who raid the wrong house after exercising the usual care cannot be held to blame, Prohibition Commissioner Haynes in effect held today in exonorating E. B. Henson. special agent, from charges preferred by Mayor stewart of savannah. Ga.
 Henson was charged by Mayor Stewart in protests sent to President Harding and the Georgia senators with having entered the home of Miss Bessie Garden of that city without Justification and apparently without warrant"
 Commissioner Haynes instituted an inquiry and was advised by Henson that the Garden home was raided by mistake, the entrance having been made by the raiding party which had warrant for house nearby. The explanation was considered as satis- factory by MT. Haynes. it was an nounced today at prohibition head quarters.
 The report of Henson, detailing the circumstances of the raid, was made public today by prohibition headquar- ters.
 HensOn's Report
 Replying to your telegram" the report said, beg to advise that under date of the twenty-second, Officer Me- Cord stated that he had been in the vicinity of Whitaker street and Perry lane and had seen a man he knew to be Thomas, who is part owner in place in Jefferson street that we raided, seizing a large quantity of liquor. go into Perry lane and that he waited around to see what took place. The car Thomas was in stopped in the lane about half way in the block and in a short while a man came out of one of the exits and put what ap- peared to be two cases of liquor into the car; that he watched Thomas drive away; that he knew the man who placed the liquor in the ear.
 T went with Mccord to Ascertain which exit was used. I found a num- Der of exits and garages in row. McCord felt confident that the loca- tion was the exit from ac garage that was locked in rear of house facing on Perry street, which later 1 found to be a rooming or boarding house.,
 Secured Warrant
 T went before United States Com missioner Richter and secured a search warrant for the buildings at the rear of Ia Perry street. Return ing l could not enter the building from the alley (Perry lane), and went around to the front, rang the bell, negro woman servant coming to the door. l told her l had a warrant to inspect the rear building,, She asked me in and moved in direction the hall to the rear. I had three men with me; had instructed two to remain in the alley and left the other on the curb. l asked the servant what time the people would be back and. she replied that they would not return before o'clock. l told her I could not wait until then, asked if she didn't have the keys to the outbuiding. She answered No but her attitude was very elusive. By this time l was in the. rear yard and was away from the place within 30 minutes within the time I first came to the door.
 "I did not have search warrant f0 the house because l had no inter- est in the house and was not in the house other than walking through the hall to the rear after having been admitted to the house by the negro servant
 Liquor Removed
 II had also secured search war rant at 21 and did discover that the liquor had been moved from this ad- dress; from reliable sources that there were 20 cases at number 2l, but that they had moved it ahead of us and further discovered that Jack Murphy admitted that he was liquor seller. lived at number 2f. and was identi- fled as a man who brought two cases of liquor out to the car in the alley
 AS a result of our activities John Gallagher moved 1S2 sacks of liquor to 1701h Whitaker that night. which I seized next day.
 "Everything was conducted orderly and quietly. Respectfully.
 ''E. B. HENSON. General Prohibition Agent"
 Prohibition headquarters also made public telegram from Mrs. M. A.
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