Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-04
8 DETECTIVE HEADS
SHOULD BE FIRED"
GRAND JURY SAYS
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upon a larger and more magnificent
scale.
IAN Soffice at 25 West Peachtree
street was thoroughly equipped with
all the modern paraphernalia and
devices for running the 'pay-ott
game, and club rooms were engaged
at 35 1-2 South Broad street, where
all the schemes and plans were con-
cocted, and where each one of these
crooks as he came to the city to
operate in connection with any of
Floyd Woodward's enterprises had to
go to be introduced and registered
with Floyd Woodward. The place at
occupied by one Slim Dunning as
a gambling place, but under Floyd
WoodWard'S management it was
transformed into most modern club
room, with such devices as were nee
essary to make it a con mans safe
woodward opened another place
at 40 IL Central avenue, where the
commoner and cheaper forms of gam
bling were conducted, to the end that
many victims were despoiled of their
money through card games, crap
games and various other games. rms
included a rendezvous for the Illicit
sale of liquor and narcotics. Some
of these places were 'raided by the
detective department, with no further
result than a cash deposit, ranging
from SIG to $26 for their appearance,
and, making no appearance, the cash
deposit was forfeited and the games
continued.
"Po11ce A1ibis"
cit appears that after Floyd Wood
ward succeeded Mark Tillery as the
III TO of
crooks, there was not single serl-
Gus arrest of a member of this gang
of crooks until victim, M. E. Hol-
ley, unaided, arrested Abe Powers,
the recently convicted criminal. This
syndicate's operations, headed by
Woodward, included the payroll
game, crap shooting, poker. book
on horse races, peddling dope
and selling liquor. These various &C
tivities were departmentalized.
"Floyd WoodWards power seemed
to be of such a character that after
killing one of his pals in the Ansley
hotel he was, in less than a week,
enjoying his freredonl;~ 1t is peril
nent at this point to ask the ques-
ton:
"From whence came Mr.. Wood
wards power? How did he rSanage
to conduct business in three promi-
nent, centrally located places and
make them the headquarters of
crooks with, national regulations,
with apparent immunity from police
killed a pal he was back on his JOB
as .industriously as ever. The amount
of money fleeced from the unwary
during the regime of Mark Tilery
and Floyd Woodward reaches i'm
mense figures. Some of these vic
tins were stripped of their money
and left the city without complaint
complained to the detective depart
ment without getting any results,
and yet these crooks continued their
operations.
ION November 10, 1920, Lieutenant
Shaw, whose special duty it seems
to be to look after this class of
accompanied by a party of
West Peachtree street, but the next
day men from the solicitors office
found it and hauled three wagon
loads of their paraphernalia away
from the place.
There is what is we'll known as
a police alibi,' which, being inter-
preted, is raid made by the police
upon known places occupied by
crooks without results. These raids
are made at times and under condi-
lions which are intended to insure
the protection of the police depart
ment without disturbing the crooks.
Whether the raid made on the 10Th
of November and previously report
ed raids belong in this class, the
sions. 1t is our opinion that these
raids were nothing more than police
alibis.'
ASK Offer of Rewards
Among the interesting. characters
developed by our inquiry is one
seems to have been the shadow of
Woodward. He has his porter, his
valet, his lookout man. and his
general factotum. which included the
prompt removal from one Of their
dens to another of paraphernalia
abouts and business of Floyd Wood
ward and his associates. in case some
victim should show a desire to pur-
sue his ravishers.
This man helped to equip and fix
up the San Souci hotel for the pur-
pose Of Floyd Woodward's schemes.
He was first doorkeeper and then
where all of their equipment was
employed in one place, Americas Lee
equipped 25 West Peachtree street,
35 IL South Broad street. and 40 IL
Central avenue. Americas knowle 1ge
of and acquaintance with this body
of gentry. their methods and plans
of operation is perhaps second to
none. Yet this negro was doorkeep-
er at 40 IL Central avenue
1T appears from the records that,
following every raid, accompanied by
the usual deposit and failures to APP
pear, this body of known crooks inn
mediately returned to their occupa-
tion at the same places, unmolested.
eve note with great pleasure the
fact that less than three weeks ago,
two new officers were assigned to
the plain clothes squad, directly I'M
and Night Chief Jett. These two
officers have in the very short time
they have been at work, captured.
with evidence to convict, several of
our most dangerous highwaymen
and liquor dealers (and have begun
on the bookmakers), who were oper-
ating boldly until these special Off
GERS were put on the job. One of the
results of their activity was the Of
fer to brib3 them to move out and
get busy elsewhere. All of these
facts will be developed at an early
date before the trial jury.
1--WE respectfully and very earnest.
ly urge that the governor of our
state, and our county commissioners
Immediately offer suitable rewards
for the apprehension and arrest of the
crooks who Immediately vanished
when they found that our solicitor in
the state court meant business, and
had the facts necessary to punish
them.
Operated Three Years at Least
The presentments go on to state
that the evidence adduced before the
grand jury showed that strons
organization of confidence men anC
gamblers has been operating sue
cessfully here for at least three
years, with practically no Interrupt