Evening star., 1923-12-08
$50 TAKEN IN RAID
|. ON OLD Dutch MILL
Charges Placed Against
Seven, Others Held as
Witnesses in Case.

The jazz came to crashing halt;
bottles went 10 crashing destruction;
the laughter died into silence and the
yells and screams: glass went crash
ing in the rear. while some celebrants
went through windows and the third
raid of the Old Dutch Mill a 1925 9TH
street, was on, at o'clock this morn
ing with Lieut.. O. T. Davis of the
vice squad. and Lieut.. Nina Van
Wrinkle of the women's bureau sur
veying the party.
All in all. smiled Lieut.. Davis today
at Police Court. 1t was a very nice
raid Some of the 230 who We're
taken got a bit obstreperous and a
few made some rather stringent pro-
tests against the enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment, but, all in all,
everything was nice and smooth.
Shortly before noon today a check
m showed six arrests on charges.
while the others of the party Were
listed as prisoners. About seven gal
Ions of alleged liquor were seized.
Seven Face Charges.
Those charged were: Thomas E.
Gardiner, 1925 7th street, proprietor;
possession of liquor and disorderly
house.
Hustler L. Deboe. disorderly con
duct.
James ]. Fitzpatrick. disorderly
conduct.
Paul SwettZer, transportation OF IL
Quor.
John Steele. sale of liquor
Earl b. Williams. sale of liquor.
About a dozen girls were taken to
the house of detention about o'clock
this morning for investigation.
Raid Follows Probe.
The raid was the result of several
weeks of investigation by Lieut.. Da-
Wis and other members of the vice
squad, assisted by a detail from the
women's bureau.
Night after night. so the story
goes. while the merriment went on
unrestrained at the old Dutch MIL, a
pompous- looking man with the ap-
pearance of an attorney, sat at Ia
BILE drinking and taking everything
in. He was there last night. 1t Is
whispered that he is new phantom
sieuth" whose identity is to be guard
ed by the police and prohibltlon men
for future work.
The raid was made despite the fact
that warning had been sounded sew
eral nights ago that police inter
vention was planned. So suddenly
did the automobiles bringing the
woman's bureau detail of dozen and
Lieut.. Davis augmented vice squad
drive up to the door that the attack
was a complete surprise.
A number of the patrons went
through the windows, some males de-
laying long enough at the high rear
fence to boost over some female COM
panions.
Ten patrol wagons transferred the
principals to the second preclnct.
Names were taken. Charges were en-
tered. Witnesses We're summoned
The third scene was at Police Court
this morning. In Judge McMahon's
court approximately zoo witnesses
were crowded Most of them were
we'll dressed. Judge Mcmahon, upon
being informed that Gardiner would
demand a jury trial on the disorderly
house charge, excused all witnesses.
They trooped out to await summons
for the continued case.
Then Ralph Given. assistant dis
trict attorney, appeared in the court
room. He looked around. He saw
no witnesses. He discovered they
had gone. He informed Judge Nc
Mahon that the papers in the case
house had not yet been drawn up
and he could not do so without in
terviewing witnesses.
The result is, Mr. Given said. the
case will not come up until Wednes-
day of next week.
Paddock Suggested.
1t was learned that movement to
obtain an injunction against the Old
Dutch Mill to close up the place under
the paddock" procedure is to be
made by Attorney Wallard of the
prohibition unit, who was present at
the raid last night.
Case Is Continued.
Gardiner was released last night
from the second precinct station on
$500 cash collateral on the disorderly
house charge. He-wa arraigned at
6 am. for preliminary hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
George H. Macdonald, who continued
the case until a later date. Macdonald
appeared at the door in answer to the
early morning ringing, clad in snowy
white pajamas.
Although he was reused from his
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