Evening star., 1923-02-17

i1S the reveiatlon that phantoHl
worker" getting instructions exclu-
sively from Lieut.. Davis has been
working hero for some time only in
icheck-up work. He nits from one
place to another and acted as sort
Of sightseein,s I,s,, grid. hdnsso .or the raid
Lieut. Davis admitted his existence.
But he refused to divulge his identity.
We've got him working here and
we don't want any publicity about
ing to tell who he Is or what he
does. but he deserves a lot OF the
credit in the work today,
! Among Those Arrested.
| Among the early arrests at the sec
| ond precinct were: Curtis mcdowell
70 Fenton street northeast, ota sS.rgss 1n.s'S Sf
! selling against him..
| Frances Anderson. same ADDRESS as
! above, tflirty-nine. colored, one cnasse
, of selling against her.
| Robert Mcdowell, Z2o e street
feur, charged with Illegal possession
ana ANNIE nfsiihs Mercer. ~ Fen.en stree.
| northeast, forty y-nine. colored, charged
Raymond Forrest. I26 Stanton road
| southeast, thirty-five. colored' chaFgeo
| with illegal possession.
Grace Coleman. IS Fenton street
northeast thirty ,5.s, thrss: nss.ess,on s9loFeo'
| Malinda Crawford. No. L Fenton
| street northeast, thirty-fiye, colorea,
| charged with selling; ,
Walter Burton. 70 Il street morn
west colored, charged with 1nanuIac-
! Sam Delisi. twenty-three. iosl
| North Capitol street, shoemaker,
] charged twice with selling and once
| with Illegal possession
El.ze Tune. e5 Fenton street north
east, twenty-nine. colored, a huckster.
George Johnson. 1925 Marion street,
| colored. a chauffeur. charged with
selling and illegal possession.
Ernest ,t Wtnnsld; lei to5 r,,b Franhnn ss1linn
l and Illegal possession.
Mary Cardone. % L street north
| east. thirty-nine years old, charged
! with selling and illegal possession
Louise Randall. 24o Parker stree:
northeast. twenty-nine, colored,
| Illegal posse ssion.
| The third precinct this morning was
| working with whirlwind speed to
| clean up the liquor cases assigned To
the garage at s:30 this morning and
| had not stopped making trips early
| this afternoon.
| Among the early arrests on charges
| OF violation OF the prohibition act
! BEATRICE Payton. colored. $50 24.h
| street.
William Henry Blackwell. colored,
500 26th street.
Lawrence Hall. colored, $40 21st
| street
Edward K. Blackwell, 500 eSth
street.
Edward x. Blackwell, colored. 500
26th street.
| silas Jefferson, colored. 900 27th
Joseph Jones, colored. sos 9Th
| street.
! Alice Jackson. coiored, e1s eth
| street.
Pearl Fells, coiored, scl New Hamp-
| Elsie Mitchell, colored. 4si o6th
| street.
Elizabeth Mitchell, also colorsd. OF
/ the saline address
Arthur Mason, colored, 2127 L street
William H Handy. 1855 22d street
Plans Made Last Night.
Plans for the raids were drawn up
last night at the vice squad room of
! the second precinct. Lieut. 0. I.
Davis Of the vice squad. who was IN
charge Of the raids, presided at the
meeting Of the raiders.
! Edgar N Read. divisional director
| OF prohibition agents, was present TO
aid in arranging the details. Ralph
Ruby, assistant divisional director OF
! the prohibition forces, and other
agents besieged the Office OF United
States Commissioner George H. Mac
donald 20 obtain the warrants. Sergt.
McQuade acted as liaison officer for
Davis and Ruby.
! Start Out With Fifty Warrants.
!; With everything set. the police and
agents started out between g. and 10
o'clock this morning to round up the
first group. Almost fifty warrants
iwere in their possession. Seven OF
these warrants called for action by
police of the third precinct and nine
LOT them were assigned the eighth
precinct. All others were being
| handled at the second precinct
| Southwest, northeast and sections OF
northwest Washington are the scenes
Iof the operations OF the raiding
SQUADS 1t is expected that hundreds
! OF gallons of liquor will be seized
before the end of the day.
! Harry Bauer, private OF the vice
lsauad. used these raids TO-DAY as .he
vehicle to climb to a perch pesioe o.
IL Asher as a sleutn.
! Posed n Fish Pedaiers.
Bauer and Asher worked hand in
hand obtaining the evidence. They
went around as fish and oyster
peddlers yesterday. They combed the
southwest and northwest sections.
giving indications Of a terrible thirst
wherever they encountered suspicious
looking dwellings. Their role as hsh
men gained them easy access to
houses. ,,
men Of plaster OF paris statues.
making sure to go into neighborhoods
where they would encounter no
! Greeks who might wish to converse
with them in the native tongue.
| $1,000 Spent for Evidence.
| During more than week of
preparation for these raids, during
which evidence was bought and col
Iected. approximately $1,000 was ex-
pended for the purchase Of evidence
for hire of wagons and horses. They
used a different colored horse every
day to make disguise complete.
| To test his disguise as a huckster.
Lieut.. Davis sent Bauer to his own
neirhborhood in southeast, where, on
the corner of 18th and e streets. the
| detective sold his own mother apples
without her recognising him..
In Role Of Italian Hucksters.
On another occasion Asher and Bauer
donned the disguise OF Italian huck-
sters to obtain evidence that resulted
IN other cases made in these raids
| Again they travelled around Washing
| ton a. wandering minstrels.' one with
! a violin and the other with. harp.
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