Evening star., 1922-02-18
EASY MONEY GANG
FACING D[RAGNET
Police Campaign Against
Bookies and Other GAM
blers Progresses.


precinct, assisted by Lieut.. Holmes.
Sergt. Burke and Detectives l.owrey.
Mansfield and Wilson. is conducting
clean-up campaign to rid the business
district of violators of law referred 10
as easy money SctteTs. Tie term HAS
special reference to bootleggers and
handbook men, although other law 'io-
lators may expect to get caught III the
meshes of the drasnet.
Norman Smith Bowles. under appear
from sentence in the Nicay Arnstem
bond case. arrested yesterday as an al
legged handbook violator, WAS released
on a $4,000 bond When arrested IN the
room of the United Racing Wires con-
Germ. second floor of 1345 T. street ne
vieorousIy denied he had made u hand-
book.
Marked Money Found ON Patron.
In a search conducted in the room IN
the T. street house the poice iaileo "
find marked money reported by po-
lice agent as having been pst W., III
Bowles only lew minutes si;c, sta
raid WAS made. but at the poilce SO sc,
riou. Cant. Brown stated. the money was
Io,nd in possession oI Cne or ihe AZ
legged patrons caught in the place.
The patron told the police ne nau
nlac.d a bet with Bowles Thursaas
i,fternoon- won Sl0I5, and was given
the marked bills in payment OIL We
het Several persons caught III the
raid. the police stated. told OF having
made bets there and furnished SWORN
statements TO such erect.
Carried search Warrant.
Cant. Brown and members OF ms
SQUAD were equipped with a searcn W.
rant and warrant or arrest ,n; 80
visited Itha f street establishment;
Knowing Bowies to be a memoer ~
The bar. the police felt certain ne
,ronld make a demand for All legal
documents necessary in making ralu'
He did make such request. the po
lice stated, and was pron,p,'s s"TMd ed =
the warrants. No time has oeeh 'iAsu
for a Police Court hearing OF the
Members of Capt. Browns prohlhi-
ton enforcement squad last night ar
rested James Griffin. colorcd. hil!
years old. at his home: l-' a,Iicc
only a short distance from the ponce
station, and seized a pint OF corn
whisky.
sold for sl.75 n Bottle.
Police agents. it is stated. had pur-
chased several one-haif pint bottles OF
corn whisky from Griffin. paying si.'o
a bottle and a sale is alleged To nave
been made shortly before the poiice
went to his house. Griffin is said TO
have told the police he bought the
IiCuor from an unidentified bootleEger
from Virginia.
Sers1. George II. Moran and Police
man Kane of the 1st precinct this
morning about } ociock VISIT" q
garage in rear OF 92b II street anu
interrupted a game of CRAPS. waiter
cole, twenty-five years old was ar
rested on a charge OF permittihs
gambling. and the police se,2eu d
small sum of morey and the "b"nes
used by the alleged crapshooters
On Trail Of Vice.
Sns,Isipe of the letter received yes
terday from the interdepartmenta
social hygiene board respecting wee
conditions in certain sections OF the
city. Mai Sullivan today toiu Stai
reporter that members OF ms CON.
maud are engaged in 4 vigorous el
fort to nut a stop to Such FiriatfohS.
And they will put i stop To them'
he declared.
the woman's bureau OF the poiice
dan.rtnent. deeply interested in vice
PROBLEMS has actual! performed pa
1rcl duty in certain sections. where,
she repGrtd. yics' c6iffftfons are said
to exist Houses have been pickete1
by members of her force. Shs saiu'
and coiored women. affected by the
picketinS have hurieu
them.
Violations Near Capitol.
Lieut., VanNinkle is heartily III IA
yor of the passage of the v,ce-repres
sion measure introduced by EepIt-
sentative Fitzgerald. believing 'he
Kenyon law is TOO difficult to enforce
The repressive>vice measure Is an ei
f,r,iye one the lieutenant Sta-ed ana
is in force in eighteen states. Pafts
of it are in force in thirty-six states.
1t is reported that certain houses
within a short distance of the Capitol
are conducted in violation of wee
laws, all of them by coiored women
Tbey are located in the fourth pre-,
cincr. where Capt ShfetZ. former heaa
of the vice squad. is in command MAJ.
sullivan says he knows Capt. SheetZ
will make a thorough cleanup OF OBJ
jectionabIe conditions.
Can't. Brown this afternoon led his
raiding squad to the delicateSSen OF
John Sheahiri. 1900 H street. and ar
rested the proprietor on charges OF
illegal possession and sale of liquor
containing more than one-half of 1
0er cent alcohol. The police seized a
dozen cases of the bitters to be used
as evidence Sheahin gave bond for
his appearance in court Monday.