Evening star., 1922-02-17
POLICE CLEANUP
Of D. c. PROMISED
BYNAI. SULLIVAN
New Superintendent Deter
mined to Break Up Hand
book Activities.
LIQUOR AND DRUG TRAFFIC
ALSO WILL BE RUN DOWN
Governmental Aid 0ffered-Pre-
cinct Captains Made Re.
sponsible,

1PSAoApASs
Maj. Daniel Sullivan, the new su.
perintendent of police, is determined
that the handbook activities in thfs
city shall be broken up, if such is a
possibility. Orders holding precinct
captains to strict accountability for
the gambling that goes on in their
precincts. have been sent out and
Maj. Sullivan has .also made it plain
that the same rule applies to the
bootleg traffic. The superintendent
Is planning to have members Of his
command exert every effort to appre-
bend vtolators Of these two laws.
AS a result Of the stand taken by
The Star and of the progress made
by the police department in wedding
out the handbook men, some of the
older ones in the game no longer are
willing to chance prison sentences
and have withdrawn from that type
of business. The police say that sew
eral have abandoned the promoting
end of the races.
Federal Aid offered.
Government aid in cleaning up dis.
orderly conditions and drug peddling
in the District was promised Maj. Sui
| livan today by the United States in
terdepartmental social hygiene board,
whose confidential investigators in
| the last six months have uncovered
evidence incriminating individuals in
i Illicit traffic.
The board is charged with the duty
| OF cleaning up various forms of vice
in civilian communities, to lower
| disease rates in the Army and Navy.
Washington, it was stated, has long
been a sore spot because of the
| inability of the police or health
departments to require medical exa-
limitations in suspected cases. as may
be done in Virginia or Maryland.
All our records, giving names.
| dates. locations and other evidence
are at the disposal of the police" said
| DR.. Valeria H. Parker, actively in
i, charge of the boards work. We will
be more than glad to aid in every
way possible in this cleanup. A vice
district, including drug peddling,
| bootlegging and gambling, is flourish
in within dyey blocks of the Capitol.
despite a raid last summer. The
number of soldiers and sailors sta
| toned here"
| Members of the board include
| Secretaries Mellon. Weeks and DENLY,
| Maj. Gen. NJ W. Ireland, Rear Admiral
| Stitt DR.. Hugh Cummings of the
Four Alleged "Bookies" Arrested.
Four alleged "bookies" were caught
in the police dragnet yesterday. two
| arrests having been made by police
| of the first precinct and two by the
| special investigation squad.
Capt E. w. Brown of the first pre-
cinct led two raids in his precinct,
| assisted by Lieut.. Holmes, Sergt.
Burke and Precinct Detectives Mans
| field, Lowrey and Wilson. Mansfield
and Lowrey, The captain said, con-
Quoted the preliminary investigations.
and. it was due to their efforts that
the arrests were made.
David Barnett Cohen, twenty-five
years old, proprietor of a cigar store
| at 14071s New York avenue, surprised
Capt Brown when placed under ar
rest as an alleged violator of the
handbook law. He requested that he
be permitted to get a copy of the
| names of persons who had made bets,
the captain said, saying he might be
swamped with claims today if he did
not have the list. The captain grant
ed his request
Eleven persons were in the store
| when the raid was made and. accord
ing to the police, most of them ad-
| mitted they were there to make bets
on the races. They will be called as
witnesses If Cohen is placed on trial.
| blackboard and more than a bushel
| Of racing records and paraphernalia.
Agent for Man Higher Up
| Nick Boulder, thirty-eight years
old, who conducts 4 barber shop at
| person arrested by the raiding squad
of the first precinct. Marked money
alleged to have been placed on the
races with Boulder and alleged racing
slips were taken from the barber shop
by the police. Boulder denied that he
\ was backing the game, and, accord
\ ing to the police, Claimed he was ac-
cepting the money for man who is
reputed to be one of the big operators
| of handbooks.
Lieut.. Davis. Sergt. Carlin and Po-
liceman Holmes of the special inyes-
LEGATIONS squad visited the sixth pre-
cinct late yesterday afternoon and ar
rested two alleged handbook VIOLA
tors. James Augustus Bailey. color
ed, in the barber business 1T IL III
street northeast, and Leon Joseph
Corridor, twenty years OLD, 500 North
Capitol street, were arrested.
| Following a rule adopted some time
ago, the police demanded bond IN the
sum of $4,000 for cash handbook de-
fendant Each of the four defendants
| ing the amount of bond has befn dis
cussed, but no definite action taFen.
Arrested ON Dry Charges.
| Members of the several precinct
| commands engaged in the investiga-
| tion of alleged prohibition enforce
ment law violations made several ar
| rests in the last twenty-four hours.
John Baranchunk, 626 Az street
southwest, was arrested by Revenue
| Agent Lipscomb, Lieut.. Pierson and
Detectives Berry and O'Donnell of the
l fourth precinct and charged with il
| legal possession of one-half gallon OF
| corn whisky and similar quantity of
cider.
| Charges of selling and illegal pos
session were filed against William
| WYATT 231 F street southwest, arrest
ed by police of the fourth precinct.
| Selling one pint of corn whisky and
having one-half pint of the intoxicant
| in his possession were the amounts
| involved in the charges.
Charles Hackley. 440 LIST street
southwest, arrested by the same po-
| licemen was alleged to have had one
half pint of whisky.
Police Of the second precinct arrest
| ed Harry F. Miller, 1887 Shepherd
| street, and North D. Mccormick, 4727
Georgia avenue, and charged them
| with Transporting one quart OF
| whisky They deposited collateral fos
their appearance.
| Revenue Agent Harman and Detec
tiyes Rome and Brodie of the sixth
precinct arrested James M. Owens,
colored. SO jackson street northeast.
and charged him with illegal possess
sion and selling. Seizure of one pint
of whisky was reported.