The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
SCORESARRESTED
AS POLICE STAGE
SERIES Of RAIDS
Three Stills Found - Alleged
Gambling Houses Are
Visited,

During the weekend police and
Federal officers were busy in an near
Indianapolis As result, three
whisky stills were found, thirteen
persons were arrested on a charge of
operating a blind tiger, twenty-four
were scheduled to appear in city court
today to answer a charge of violating
the gambling laws, three women and
four men were arrested in a raid on
an alleged resort and a number Of
persons were arrested on vagrancy
charges.
Capt. Herbert Fletcher led a series
of raids on alleged gambling places.
A raid was made on the Appomatox
Club, 551 Indiana Ave, where William
Slash" Howard, 50, colored, was ar
rested on a charge Of keeping a
gambling house and four other colored
men were arrested on charges OF
gaming and visiting.
Vernon Fat" Holden, 81, colored,
proprietor of a shoe shining parlor,
s23h Indiana Ave, was arrested on
a charge of keeping a gambling
house
IOOiIOOul DdAucu
BurIey Roszell, 40, of 74s n. Noble
St, was scheduled to appear in city
court today TO answer a charge Of
keeping a gambling house. He is the
proprietor of a poOlroom raided by
Lieutenant MCGEE, who arrested
seven men in the place on charges Of
gaming and visiting a gambling house
Katie Bastick was arrested on
charge Of operating a blind tiger and
Curt Adkins, 6S. Of 10 Emerson Pl..
was charged with vagrancy. when
CUMMINGS raided 430 ". Pearl St,
Sunday.
The same officer arrested Lula
Strieb, Is, of 3O7 W. New York St,
on a charge of keeping a resort Edna
Hall, IS, of 444 n. Capitol, and Mamie
Lee McGlen, 20, of 265 Minerva St,
we're arrested on statutory charges
and four men were charged with aSsO-
ciatlng.
FISHERMEN" Arrested
The police fshed five men out of the
In and Out Fisherman's Club, 213 z.
Maryland St. Sunday. Lieutenant Cox
said he found forty gallons of home
brew and almost a gallon Of white
mule whisky. All were charged with
operating a blind tiger. They gave
their names as Douglas Clarey. 81. of
446 s. Alabama St; John Mastery, 40,
TO2 E. Georgia St; Paul Johnson, %,
70S \. Capitol Ave: John Maish, so,
Clinton Hotel, and Frank Mastery.
$50 y. New Jersey st.
Six men and four women were ar
rested when Lieutenant MCGEE and
squad raided the building of the old
Indianap polls Canoe Club, Thirtieth St.
and White river. The police broke in
the door Of the house occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Turner, caretakers Of
the cIbhouse, whose home adjoins the
larger building
Club Caretal7ers Held
The officers aIIege they found
twelve quarts Of home brew in an
automobile owned by Fred Poole, 524
Iowa St, and they also say that Mrs.
Turner was pouring out whisky when
they entered the house. The Turner'S
and Poole were charged with oper-
ating a blind tiger. The automobile
was confiscated. Persons found in
the place were arrested on a vagrancy
charge. They gave their names as
LYMAN Cohen, 639 Union St; Mart
Lewis and Joe Carson, both of 135 n.
Delaware ST.; Guy Randall. 1920 S.
Meridian St; May Merrill, 1874 Ash
land Ave; Ruth Seely. PAP Ethel Ave.
and leila Harris, 1910 Z. Tenth st.
All were released on bonds signed by
Harry Schof1eld. 32S Indiana Ave
Nine coIored men were arrested on
charges Of gaming and visiting a
gambling house when the police raided
q poolroom at 410 n. Senate Ave.
Walter Larl1in, colored, 639 Johnson
St, was charged with keeping a
gambling house.
Sheriff Snider and Lieutenant Stod-
dsrd, who raided a house on the Van
sickle farm on z. Thirty Eighth St,
and said they found a ffty-gallon
whisky still, no gallons of mash and
two gallons of thule" whisky. The
owner OF the still was not found
Man UnIuclzy
The summer cottage of c. G. Har-
ris, 420 n. Delaware St, was de,
stroyed by fire. 1t was located at
Seventy-F'ifth ST., near keystone Ave
A moonshine still was discovered in
the ruins.
Harris convinced the police that he
had not been living at the place since
early last fall. Evidence indicated
a bootlegger, finding the cottage va.
cant, had started a whisky-making
business in the building. Four bar,
rels Of mash were found Harris est.
mated MS loss at g 900. Another cot.
tage adjoining Harris place was de-
stroyed and the loss was estimated al
$2,7O0.
A 500-ga1lon still and ninety gal
Ions Of mule" were seized in an old
log cabin on Lucas Yohlar farm In
Franklin County by Federal prohibit
ton agents. The operator Of the
still escaped. Bert c. Morgan, Fed.
eral prohibition director for Indiana
turned the still over TO Sheriff Van
Camp at BroOkville-