The Washington times., 1923-07-21
GOES
At FULL
TILT
$1,000 to $4,000 Daily Said
to Be Taken From Capital
Policy Players.

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nopolists
Crandal Mackey's campaign
against vice in Arlington county,
ending last fall with the raiding
and closing of an alleged gam
bling den, opened by an Ohio
man in the former Knights of
Columbus Country Clubhouse,
near Alexandria, has seemingly
come to naught. Keno and pol
icy, operated by heirs apparent
of the former gambling kings,
whose activities caused Arlington
county to be designated in State
publications as the Monte Carlo
Of Virginia." have resumed oper-
ations.
Agents Visit ID. G.
More than a dozen agents repre-
senting policy interests across the
river visit Washington daily. They
have reconstructed the old policy
players lists compiled by the late
policy king" who died following
the wrecking Of his alleged gambling
monopoly in Arlington county, and
are declared to be doing a land
office business"
Policy drawings take place twice
daily, it is declared, in Arlington
county and in Alexandria. The
Arlington county policy headquar-
tiers, according to information, is
located in a house formerly used
by the late John Nelson, situated
IN Brickhaven or "HelIs Bottom"
rs the district south of the Highway
bridge terminal on the Virginia side
OF the river, is known.
Policy headquarters in Alexandria
are established in a house In the
4oo block on Washington street.
Inc latter interests, it is said.
moved recently to the Alexandria
address when it became too hot in
the headquarters they maintained
IN house on + street northwest
IN the 500 block. The latter prop
erty Is rented by woman.
Bear "F. K" Mark.
Carrying out the fiction that they
represent Kentucky organization,
IN. .ne policy slips supplied patrons by
me agents bear the famous "F. K"
INITIALS. In the days when policy
t!Iourlshed all over the country
tnese initials were accepted as guar
snteeing the players against mis-
representations and the certainty
oI being able to collect all possible
winnings. These tickets. it is nm.
derstood, are printed daily on
Dresses owned by the policy inter
ests. There is no connection he.
tween any outside policy interests.
however, and the wildcat" games
operating, in Arlington county and
Alexandria. '~
Arlington county residents arc
aroused at the prospect of gam.
bling being re-establfshed in fho
county and are expressing their in.
oignation at the failure of The
county authorities TO break I'm tbs
newly organized gambling activI-
ties. In particular they declare the
naction in not learning what ia
e'ii6 OiI diIu bringing II to the
attention of Frank H. Ball. common.
wealth attorney, is difficult to IN.
derstand.
The raiding of "warland" nv
Mackey resulted in the seizure "a
several truckloads of gambling nara,
phernalia and the sentencing al
Warland to A Jail term and a fine
The latter jumped his $2,5OO bai
and fled TO Toledo, Ohio, where. !,
is said, he Is interested in seyeraI
gambling houses. Efforts to 90
cure his extradition have failed. q
Is understood, as the Ohio governor
has declined to recognize the
requisition of the Governor of Vir
ginia.
Ku KIux in Raid.
At the time Of the raid the war
rants issued by Commonwealth At
torney Ball were given to Howard
and Bruce Smoot, special Arlington
county officers, who, accompanies
by Mackey and three men suspected
OF being members of the Ku Klu1
Khan, supervised the seizures TIL,
. clubhouse property came into pos
session of Warland, 1t is understood
through the activities of a specia