San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-04
TECHN|CAL|T|ES
PUT CR|MP IN
~Y|CE CRUSADE
Failure to Fellow Law Re-
suits in Release of
Women.
LEAVE OUT ADDRESS
Outgoing Trains, However,
Are Carrying Some
Undesirables.
LEAVE OUT ADDRESS

Failure to follow the law in draw
ing mp complaints and affidavlts may
result in turning San Antonio's war
on vice. which was inaugurated the
early part of this week. into a Joke.
This was the declaration made We'd
nesday by Detective Jensen. member
of the vice squad who has been prose-
cutting a vigorous campaign, under the
direction of Chief of Police y. ..
Van Ripper. in an effort to rid the city
of undesirables.
1T seems as though our work in
trying to rid San Antonio of this UNI
desirable element will avail little, i
anything. as far rs permanent results
are concerned" Detective Jensen said.
after two of the three women it re-
CURED all night TO capture, had been
released on technicalities.
If actual prosecution is desired.
under the circumstances. we should
have some one TO supervise the draw
ing up of the affidavits to see that the
is are dotted and the is are crossed
Otherwise it's a joke-this vice war.
Assistant City Attorney Herbert
Oliver Wednesday afternoon declared
~'sspt the complaints had been drawn
from information furnished by the Of
ficers and that they contained all OF
the information supplied. He said that
in the cases dismissed the officers did
not turn in the proper information
He also said that the officers re-
ported finding the women on one
street, but testified in the trial that
the arrests had been made on another
street.
Detective Jenf rs statement was
given out after an all-night campaign
which resulted in the capture of but
seven women, four Of whom were tax
on into custody on health warrants,
Compared with 10I ,rrests made since
the crusade was launched Saturday
midnight. the sudden decrease has sur
N prised police officials. Release of q
number of those arrested. primarily on
technicalitcs. also is discouraging to
the police and vice squad detectives.
Court Dismisses Charges.
Three women, arrested Tuesday
night. were hailed in Judge Rochester S
Court Wednesday. charged with viola
ton of sections and { the anti
vice law. Two were acquitted on
technicalities, the affidayits drawn
against them being held faulty b. the
court. The complaints, counsel for the
defendants pointed out. failed to spe-
officially give the addresses where the
alleged offenses are said TO have beer
committed.
Comparatively few fines have been
paid by fema' defendants since the
launching of the campaign against i'm
morality Those taken INFO custody
on health warrants being placed in the
hospital ward for clinic treatment
while those arraigned before the court
in an effort TO avoid paying the pen
atty assessed against them give notice
of appeal. thus lodging the settlement
pending hearing in the future in the
county criminal. court. Counsel fol
the women, too. have taken advantage
Aalthe slightest error made in drawing
lIp o. affidayits against their clients
to free them.
Campaign Has Effect.
The campaign, seemingly, has the
members of the underworld on the run
Notwithstanding the Technical loop
hope through which some are enabled
to escape. Officers report the out-go
ing trains continue to thin the popu
lation of undesirables.
Resorts. too, that heretofore blazed
nightly to the accompaniment of merry
song and the pounding OF electric
pianos continue dark and quiet. Down
town thoroughfares. as far as anti
vice detectives are able to ascertain
r are free from the solicitor type of fe
male yagrant.