Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-27
BATTER DOWN DOORS
IN RAID

Twenty-seven persons were arrested
for alleged liquor law violations during
the weekend, and early today the police
battered down a door at Roscoe Camp
bells poorloom, S25 West New York
street. and arrested ten men on charges
OF gaming and visiting a gambling house.
The police used a piece Of timber ten
feet long and AXIS inches in size to bat
ter down the poolrOom door. They
rammed the timber against the doors
with such force the heavy bar holding
the lock was knocked across the room
over the heads Of the card players seated
around the table. There was a wild
stampede as the police charged into the
room. The police obtained 10 cents and
seven decks Of cards as evidence.
Campbell was arrested charged with
keeping a gambling house and gaming.
The other nine men were charged with
visiting a gambling house and gaming.
They gave their names as Noah Smith,
Is; Joe Gslliger, 70; Ed Ferguson. 80;
August Gather, %; John Jones, 70; Eli
Pasha, %; Jake Pattova, 40; Clyde Da-
Wis, 70, all giving their address as 23+0
West Washington street, INC Harry
Campbell, 1925 West Ohio street. Harry
Campbell signed Roscoe C~ampben's bond
and also the bonds Of all other men ar
rested in the raid. Then Roscoe Camp
bell signed Harry CampbelIs bond.
TURNED TOO LATE TO
SAVE HIS TIMEPIECE.
Two men ran through another door
when the police broke in one OF the doors
of the poolroom. One Of these men was
arrested before he had gone far. The
other escaped from the police, but
dropped his watch from his pocket as
- n--H-A-E " ~ -A--a II.
turned to run back and pick up the
watch, but was IN time to see a street car
run over it. He ran before the police
could catch him.
4 man giving his name as Albert Fer
rel, 2441 Massachusetts, avenue was ar
rested Sunday when found in the sof-
drink parlor Of John Jones, 40 Indiana
avenue with eleven half plnts Of alleged
liquor in his clothes.
Other Sunday arrests in blind tiger
raids were as follows:
Dan Cotora. 426 West Maryland street ;
Charles Parker. 1928 East Sixteenth
street; Coleman Anderson, 1929 Alvord
street John Naper, 10 South West street
George Corceo, 80 West Maryland street +;
Albert Betchey, 121 North West str 'et
Sander Kotoe. 524 West Court str IT /;
David Mountjoy. and Frank Hardi :,
- 2 EaoL " dSuluRLOn street. ia Is
were made by Sergts. LOuden, ellis ie,
Niece and Winkler and squads Of pa
trolmen.
RAIDING CONTINUES
WITH GREAT RAPIDITY.
The rapid-fre series OF liquCc raids
began Saturday and kept up all day and
most OF the night. Among those taken
on liquor charges Saturday night were:
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. White, negro,
500 Hudson street; William T. Roberts,
SO Garfield avenue; Hattie Watkins, ne
gress. 419 Roanoke street; Andy Archer,
% years old, 722 Harrison street; Thomas
Morgan, % years old. 512 Blake street;
Joseph HIGHLAND, As years old, 045
Chadwick street; Arthur LOckman, 81
years old, 40 Fletcher avenue; Anna
kitley, A years old coIored. 7+4 Doug
lass street; Ernest Reumschussel, SO years
old 250 Caven street; Winona Bibbs. Il
years old, colored, 1873 Fayette street /;
Abbie Price, 81 years old, colOred. 1927
Lafayette street, and Della Wolf, 10
years old, 946 West Pearl street.