The Washington times., 1922-08-23
8 STILL HOUNDS
GUARD CELLAR
IN LIQUOR RAID
Revenue Agents Rout Canine
Sentries and Seize ceIIfuI
Of Drinks.

Battling with three large and
vicious "still hounds" officers of the
Eighth precinct and revenue agents
last night broke up what they de-
clare was one OF the most extensive
headquarters in the city for the de-
posit and circulation OF LIQUOR Of
many varieties.
The raid. staged on the premises
l4lO Florida avenue, and resulting in
the arrest of two alleged PRINCIPALS
In the traffic and one man the
police describe as rum runner from
Nawth Gina, was easy to start.
but difficult to finish. Acting Capt.
j. e. Wilson. of No. s, Acting
Lieutenant Sullivan. Revenue Agent
Hines and bluecoats. armed with a
smelling warrant" walked non.
chalantlys in sthe front door, where
a vista of Hauor was disclosed, &C.
cording to them, that would have
giaddened the heart OF Bacchus.
II was when they descended to the
cellar, where two fifty-gallon stills
are said to have been In full blast,
that their troubles began. Sullivan
was attacked by three dogs, evident
ly set to guard the factory" He
drove them off and they bounded up
stairs, almost bowling over the
startled captain. Valiantly employ.
ing his regulation boots, however,
Wilson finally drove the brutes out
of the house.
A Traveller Arrives. ...
The occupants of 141o arrested
gave their names as Joseph Johnson
and his wife, Margaret johnson.
Police say. their real names are VIII
liam Alonzo Reed and Martha Clara
Reed. They covered alleged liquor
transactions by employing the name
of the woman's father. for years a
man, now out OF the city, according
to officers.
While a crowd surged outside,
crying "the Johnsons are pinchsd. -
the officers were surprised to gee
the house, carrying two baskets.
Asked why he was interfering with
the august proceedings Of de law"
he said he Thought somebody must
have been killed" and was inter.
ested In affairs of the kind. Before
he could make an exit, his baskets
were seized and found to contain
two dozen apples, one dozen pairs,
four old shoes--and a dozen bottles
OF bonded rye whiskey.
Closely Questioned. this man gave
his name as Luke Blackwell, OF Ivy
City and North Carolina. He was
given the whiskey In Florida for
delivery to the Johnsons. he said.
and the apples were donated by his
aged mother when he stopped off
to see her in the Tar Heel State en-
route to the Capital. :
All Released on Bond.
The Johnsons, or Reeds, were re.
leased on furnishing bond OF $500
each, charged with Illegal manu-.
facture and possession Of intoxicants
and failing to make proper excise
returns to the Bureau OF Internal
Revenue. Blackwell was let out for
$500, charged with transportation.
In the diningroom Of the dwelling,
Wilson says. were found forty bot
ties of whiskey. carelessly distributed
and evidently just received. In ad-
dition, there We're discovered in other
rooms quantities Of corn. cham
pagnes and cordials. The whole
array filled two cells in the precinct
station, with the remains Of the
two stills.
Efficiency" must have been the
Johnson's motto. There were a
typewriter, an adding machine and
extensive filing cases, employed to
keep check on a heavy business, ac'
cording to the officers.
The Johnson woman's father. the
expressman. left Washington several
years ago. II is said. Not only his
express business. but his name were
taken over by Mr.. and Mrs. Reed,
declare the police, as a blind to their
alleged illegal activities.