The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-02

New Evidence Said to Have
Been Revealed Sustaining
Complaints.

The complaints of the police
vice squad against three prohobi-
tion agents furnish only the basis
Tor an investigation into their
other activities in the enforce
ment of prohibition in Washing
ton, it became known today.
Charges made against these
men, Il became known today, are
not backed by sufficient proof to
warrant the arrest of any Of.
them at this time.
One OF the three agents, ac-
/. cording to the vice squad, is
charged with immortality and is
suspected of having accepted
graft. Suspicion also rests on
the other two agents.
Claim More Evidence.
The complaints made against the
three men at a recent conference
between local police and Federal Of
ficials have resulted in the vice
squad securing additional informa-
ton aginst the enforcement agents.
In the conference, Lieut.. o. T.
Davis, head of the police vice squad,
is said to have declared that his
squad no longer wished to work
with these three men while they
were under suspicion.
Following a raid recently at the
home of Cecilia Cherry, 404 N
street, the Cherry woman complained
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had been stolen from her home.
{ With another persoI as witness,
she charged that she saw a prohi-
: bition agent take the money and
tewelry.
This agent turned up a few min
utes after the complaint was made
and asked it he was wanted.
Lieutenant Davis said he was pale
In the face when he made the
query. He was told ''No" and left
the police station.
Later in the morning Of the raid,
m automobile drew up in front OF
the Cherry woman's home. A white
man jumped out, ran to the steps
Of the house and left the money
and jewelry, then ran away. Neither
Of the persons are known.
Cites Another Charge.
In another instance, a prohibition
agent is said to have offered Lieu
tenant Davis a shady proposition to
catch big bootlegger. The persons
who were to furnish the police with
the information on which to con-
duct the raid offered, through one
Of the agents. to do 50 If the police
would permit him to escape from
this bootlegger's home through the
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five cases of whiskey.
~ The police also complained that
an automobile motormeter was
nrysteriously stolen on a recent
raid, and when isquiry was made
for 1t, was produced by one of the
prohibition agents.
Watching One Agent.
1t was also learned that the DO
lice recently have been watching
one OF the agents. This agent dis
covered he was being spied on and
In turn began to watch the police.
The police, it is said, were Feeking
information, to prove his alleged
immoral conduct.
Lieutenant Davis also charged
ne had received information that
one OF the agents had wrongcd a
woman and was paying ner ex.
penses in a hospital.
The police also charged that pro.
hibition agents were continually
seeking to create friction in the
police department.
Most of the complaints are lodged
against one man. Regarding one
agent, the police complained that
he seemed always to have plenty OF
money and roode around in taxicabs
all the time. They said they sus
pected he was getting money from
"a prominent bootlegger in Phila
delphia.
The charges Of graft are ALI in,
direct accusations, The police have
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