Evening star., 1923-12-08
OPEN
FIRE ON POLICEMEN
Efforts to Lay Down Christ
mas Rum Blockade Brings
Gun Play.

! ton. a daybreak Check-uD disclosed
three speed -chases, much gun play.
| one person shot, three arrests ana th4.
confiscation of considerable YuIetide
spirits and automobiles in which rn.y
were being conveyed
Four well directed shots from m
automatic pistol in the hands OF
Revenue Agent King. fired at am
automobile which Agent King ana
officers Of the ninth precinct were
chasing in another automobile at $50
I this morning, punctured the gas
tank Of the car being pursued and
ended wild chase that had covered
more than three miles over the north
east section of the city. the cars
at times making more than eighty
miles an hour.
After the chase had been well
started some of the occupants of the
. front car opened fire on the police
car.
Chase Through Northeast.
The pursuit started in BladcnsburE
road and through the viaduct IL
Rhode island avenue and then over
Circuitous route through the north
east. ending in front of 1905 18th
street northwest. where it collideG
with a car owned by William T. Lee
parked in front OF the house
One of the occupants Of the car.
supposed to have been the C1an who
fired the shots at the pole car made
| better known is Big Boy, giving
his address as coz / street northwest,
was captured in the disabled car and
charged with reckless driving. oper-
t.1ff fr,yr y, ic "a h.. NJ
the street. collidiHE. illegal posses
sion and transpOrtatipnE WHISKY IL
violation OF tie national pIchiD-t4tn
. law.
The arresting officers say they tool
fifty-four gallons OF contrabanG
, whisky from the car which had bee A
operated by Winfield. The officers
making the arrest We're Lieut.. Bur
lingaine, Sergt. Kuehling. Scrgt. =. A.
Davis. all Of the ninth precinct. ana
Agent King Of the revenue service
Lieut. BurlinE .me operated thv pg4ice
ear and one Of his associate oiiicerS
sa ia today that il was the most spec
tacular chaSes that the police had
been connected with since the enact
ment OF the NolStead act.
Former Policeman Arrested.
The second notable skirmish of the
night was the arrest of Robert X.
Robertson. thirty-one. Of &c G stree
southwest and Alvin c. 0gle, former
! policeman. Of 80 & street southwest,
I in South WASHINGTON. Prohibition
| Agent George w. Hawkins reported
| that his revolver was accidentall.
! discharged when the arrests Were
! being made. resulting in the shgh.
! woundng of Robertson. The arrest
Were made at South Capitol and I"
streets, when Robertson IS alleged u
have appeared with eighteen gallon
OF corn whisky to deliver to poli"'
agent, who had arranged the pu!-
chase. After the encounter Robert
son was charged with Illegal pos
session. transporting and sale of in
toxicants, while charges OF violating
the dry act Were also preferred
against ogle. Robertson was given
first aid at Emergen Hospital
Alvin Byron Ogle, sixteen, son o.
the former policeman. and Vernon +.
Zirkle. the latter residing at - q
street southwest, also were arrested
on dry law violation charges.
shoots at VermflIion.
| Detective w. II Termillion OF the
tenth precinct narrowly escaped in
/ jury in a shooting encounted a.
! Michigan avenue and North Capitol
street about 1890 am. today when Il
supposed rum running automobile
with a white man at the wheel and q,
colored man as passenger came scoot-
ing past. Vcrmillion in Il roadster
sighted the machine heading west on
Michigan avenue. NeImillIOn ordered
2 the drive 70 pull TO the curb and the
latter slowed down. Upon nearing
the curb the driver slammed his foot
we'll down on the gas and the ma
chine sped away one OF the oCGu Z
pants started shooting 1t Ne'liiaon,
one bullet passing through the front
I and door OF his machine. The al
legged whisky car speedily outdis-
tanccd the police machine ana disap-
Bullets formed the feature of an
/ other meeting about $50 am. today
, in jackson alley. between Pennsy--
street and John Marshal place Police
man Fling OF the sixth precinct was
the blue coat in the case. His attea-
ton was attracted to an 5utomobile
in the alley. 1t was deserted. Films
/ suspected the driver was dc!iVerIns
! whisky.
! Presently a colored man appeared
Fling walked toward him to place him
under arrest on suspicion OF bootleg
ginS, whereupon the latter ran through
the alley toward Pennsylvania avenue,
stopping near the mouth of the alley 10
send two shots toward his pursUtr
! Fling returned fire, but the colored nl.l.s
got away. The automobile contained
/ cohol the other with synthetic gin Au-
! tomobilc and liquor We're seized. TIE
owner of the automobile will be ia
! vited to explain.
Negro Is Arrested.
Detectives Mansfield and Berry ana
a revenue officer later accompanied Po-
liceman Fling to 44S 1st street south
west. where they arrested Philip Bundy,
colored. 429 I'd street southwest, as
filings alleged assailant. He also was
charged with transporting liquor.
Following the finding Of seventy-five
gallons of intoxlcants in the Ist street
! house, the officers arrested Walter
Johnson, colored occupant of the prem
iSes, and Walter Ross, also coiored, 22l
n street northwest. on charges of illegal
possession.
Explosion Of a boiler in the base
ment of new house at 1850 4th
street northeast, started an inyesti-
! lingame, with a view of arrestir J..
several persons on charges of rig
ging up an apparatus to convert 6e-
natured alcohol to a commercial
bootleg fluid. Police started the in
quiry following the explosion of tho
boiler and the subsequent burning OF
man giving his name as John
Chamberlain OF Bailey's Cross Roads.
Va. yesterday. Occupants of a neigh
boring house told police of the CX-
plosion.
Treated at Hospital
Shortly afterward it was learned
that Chamberlain was treated at
Casualty Hospital for severe burns
! and police also were told that sew
| eral men were on the premises at
! the time of the blow-up. Chamber
| lain was placed under police guard
! at Casualty Hospital and his name
/ appears on the ninth precinct blotter
as being held for investigation.