Evening star., 1923-02-17
40 SEIZED BY POLICE
in SECOND ROUNDUP
OF LIQUOR SELLERS

Other cases were made by the evidence
collectors IN disguise of organ grinders
| They worked quietly and smoothly
during the lftter part OF last week.
| struggling home to the second precinct
bearing with them under crates OF
oranges or baskets of apples, or among
kals and heads OF cabbage In theis
pies on which the cases are based.
True md Tried OF MaAa.
| Bauer is tall and thin. He appeared
in his disguise with q collar but M
necktis. q tanned face, q wide smile,
struggling shoulders and tattsrsd
clothes. Asher wore mackinaw and
leggings. HIS face was unshaven and
the bristling beard and shaggy eye.
brows comDed torwardly for effect
gave the appearance OF a true and
tried member OF the Malta
AS result Of their tours. finally
I the special vice squad room at the
! second precinct was literally Uttered
| with SAMPLES and evidence.
,o Last s night plans were drawn w
| 1or the sweeping series Of raids. Each
ponce precinct was assigned its
I quota or suspects to handle The
program worked perfectly.
sieuths Pass Unrecoxni.ed
1 why IS" or the VICE
tins OF the disguished Asher and
| Bauer recognized them when brought
into the precinct. Instead of dirty
| looking huoksters. they saw clean.
shaVen, neatly dressed, plain clothes
men.
- Durihs the evidence gathering
! had ,aIa,, asn, however, Bauer and Asher
ma tao pIentty Of trouble. At one tiyns
| IN the downtown section. wbiIa thaS
! ~ ere posing as hucksters, an Italia,
H!eHiber or the facisti approa ched ami
s.a ma ndlng out propaganda Ths
80 ana policeman then realized
"a tne only thing they had neglect.
60 about this disguise was TO Iearu
~ SPEAK italian. All they could do
was TO stand and shrug shoulders
fah,.x I look agreeable. 1t was quite 4
cast Hts "A a crowd collected. Asher
10 ieI nis eye over the huck ster waRop-
-, winch the samples and eyidenoe
we're hidden under oranges and cab.
Ssse % w.E He didn't know but that the
So he eIH cI;r getting ready to mob him.
ana s oimDed TO the drivers seal
'II M,. started on, yelling to the crowd
good foreigners, you! No snft
ME- Asn. Ne no understand Wop. R5tb
'-Nt ana me from Athens, Pfaa.'
Saves the Situation,
~ was a master stroke It saved
tae situation. But both thanked ,baf,
loeKy stars that no Greeks stepne,7
forward TO take up the debate
Again, down toward the sou.bsr,
, end of the city. the two q, t,ar,
| walked into the parlor OF co,oraG
: vendor Of Illicit spirits. Tbey bsa
some for a pint OF corn. Edgar. III
H. oooue. has gone to get IT, Ever
thing looked lovely.
Ihen Mrs. Edgar walked in. Edgar
was wrapping II up.
Mrs. Edgar Suspicious.
! Yo' orter have bettuh sense ,h.,,
TO sell folk yo' don know nunp
about that there Kicker" she nsped
sweetIy.
Asher thought Of poison and can
non, but smiled sweeuy.
Gavin, woman. Don go interim
TIN me with that foliishment / knows
what Ise doin'. Gawn," replied the
spouse. handing the half pint 10
| Asher. Asher sighed.
| How yo' know but this here mans
this Ashur, yo' been talkIn' so much
ABOUT? came back the wise M-s
hdgar laughed long and heartily
healthy.
Don mind her-you know how
women Is" Edgar apologised.
Who's dis here Asnur?" asked
Huh? Ain't yo' heard about this
revenoo mani countered Edgar
Hes hell cat.r
"Ah-but a. do ! look like the hcll
cat" murmured Asher, looking d
! Edsars spouse. Shortly after they
departed with the evidence, while
Edgar counted the marked money.
Wandering Minstrels Best.
Far
| declared Asher today. in his first IN.
| tervIew on this raid, "the wandering
mtrstrels had all other Disguise
beat, They are regular open sesame
| to hooch houses. The man who sings
| disarms suspicion naturally. The psy-
| chology OF this is apparent And yef
! the singer is the man who likes his
little nip. That's where we had them
| Doors new open before our harp and
violin It's lucky we knew how to
play a few pieces. Anyhow. We gavs
! them their moneys worth"
| As Hand-Orgnn Men.
| Regarding. the hand-organ and the
/ monkey, which was Bauer's creation
the inventor declared:
"I convinced Asher that this would
work because ! think that folks will
| Hop in real real life for the sam
things they fall for in fiction. Take
a detective story, with disguises and
all that bunk. They are regarded
az never happening in real life., Yet
folks can write convincingly aboul
such things and make you. believe 1t
while you're reading IL. How about
living such things and making peo-
| pie believe what they see? It worked
! out all right with the monkey and
hand organ. We collected all the evi-
dence we wanted with almost Grim
inal ease on the job.
Deceived Desk Sergeant.
So we'll were Bauer and Asher dis
guised during the evidence gathering
. that when the two returned with
Sergt McQuade one afternoon 1ast
| week after collecting about a score
! of samples Of evidence that he led
them to, the desk at the second pre-
cinct and told the station clerk to
. get their names.
whats your name" barked CleFS
Hendricks, motioning with upruised
i pom to Bauer, with. whom he had
"G;avonetti Lorenzo Calvarocetti-
! na," replied Bauer. ,
Huh ?'r came back the clerk.
The by-play was broken up by NC
| Quade when the sergeant announced
! that before booking" the Italians
| they would be taken upstairs for
| bit OF uuizzing. During the quiZZing
| the italians disappeared and Asher
and Bauer assumed their everyday
Feared Call ms witnesses.
Police and revenue men planning