Evening star., 1923-11-11
BIG RAIDS D|SPR0vE
FRICTION HAMPERS
DRY ENFORCEMENT
Local Police and U. S. Agents
Take II Prisoners in City,
Wide Cleanup.

Police raids yesterday, in which
seventy-one prisoner and 400 gal
Ions of liquor were taken, were cited
by District and prohibition enforce
ment officials last night as practical
evidence that the seeming clouds OF
friction gathering over prohibition
enforcement in Washington a few
weeks ago-when police were accus-
ing certain dry agents of laxity In
enforcing prohibition and the agents
were reciprocating with similar
charges of irregularities-had Vapor-
ized into thin air.
Under direction Of Lieut. o. I.
Davis of the vice squad, who was
exonerated only few days ago by
the police trial board hearing charges
preferred against him and fellow
members Of the vice squad by prohi-
bition agents. bluecoats and dry
agents worked shoulder to shoulder
in swift. decisive raids throughout
the early morning and late into the
afternoon, with the result that five
police precincts were jammed with
prisoners and confiscated liquor at
the end of the day.
Harmony Again Prevails.
Only a few weeks ago Washington
was wondering IL the sensational
charges against three prohibition
agents and the reciprocal charges
against the vice squad would not
cause a breach between the forces of
Commissioner Oyster and those Of
Commissioner Haynes. Both of these
men announced at the time that har-
mony prevailed, but the public was
dubiouA
"This is our answer to reports that
any friction ever existed between the
police and the prohibition agents on
the whole" Commissioner Oyster
stated last night. I'VE realize that
the prohibition act is on the statute
books and we will enforce it to the
last letter of the law. / am gratified
at the manner in which the raids
worked out and appreciate the CO.
operative assistance afforded by the
prohibition agents who worked with
Lieut.. Davis on the raids"
Dry Head Satisfied.
Acting Commissioner James E.
Jones of the prohibition bureau was
not loath to express similar senti-
ments.
I'VE are very glad to have been able
to extend the cooperation we did in
the raids today and appreciate the
work the police initiated and exc
NFr oddo1 ho c
satisfied the Washington police force
would continue the same cooperative
assistance in enforcing prohibition in
the future as 1t had in the past.
Early yesterday morning Lieut..
Davis marshaled his forces. Into
each precinct he sent his instructions
for raids and handed out the final
orders for the raids to be executed.
Out of the second, sixth, ninth,
eighth and fourth precinct on the
stroke of s O'Clock went the raiders.
They hurried to the various raid
scenes in automobiles. Within an
hour a steady stream of prisoners
was trickling into each precinct, with
the result that seventy-one were
taken throughout Washington in the
following allotments:
Fourth precinct, Is, of which two
were charged with investigation and
two with destroying evidence; sixth
precinct. prisoners; eighth precinct
10: second precinct, "a. and ninth
precinct, Is.
All told. about sixty policemen and
six prohibition agents participated in
the raids. The policemen were di-
vided into squads in the five precincts
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