Evening star., 1923-03-30
NAB Z HOTEL BOYS
IN RUM CONSPIRACY
Higher-UpS Sought as Liquor
Is Seized and More Ar
rests Expected.

The first stroke in a campaign re-
Gently organized by prohibition en-
forcement authorities to hand men
higher up in the bootleg game stif
sentences and fines when convicted
Of using others as tools in distribut-
ing syndicates was delivered today
when police and revenue agents ar
rested two Raleigh Hotel "bell-hops'
on charges OF conspiracy to commit
an offense against the United States.
The climax is expected to be reached
IL others in an alleged combination
to supply hotel guests with liquor are
arrested. Revenue agents and police
were certain today that other arrests
would be made and the case OF con-
spiracy rounded out.
Specially detailed from prohibition
HEADQUARTERS. Linton Evans. agent.
with Precinct Detectives Worrell ana
Jackson of the first precinct and
Policeman ]. H. Hunt of the tenth
precinct arrested Philip John Camp
bell, twenty-five years old, of 40 New
York avenue northeast, and Raymond
Walter Cave, twenty-one, or $40
Massa achusetts avenue northeast, on
charges of selling and transportation
of LIQUOR and conspiracy IN SlolatioIi
of section 81, revised statues, of4u.
which stipulates a fine Of s1O.0OO, or
tu,o Years in prison, or both as maxi
mum sentences upon conviction.
Weeks Investigation.
Evans has been working on the
case for several weeks, with the
hotel MANAGEMENT cooperating with
the authorities in every manner
nlacinp conyeniences at the disposal
Of the officers.
Cave was arrested early today,
charged with an alleged sale to Pre-
cinct Detective worrell. Later this
morning Campbell was arrested.
I-pon a search of Campbells rooms,
under a warrant granted by Cnlteo
States Commissioner George h. Mac
Donald this morning, fourteen quarts
of LIQUOR were found in suit cases
The young man occupied a rear room
at the New York avenue address
with his wife. When the police and
revenue men entered the wife proke
into tears.
At the first precinct later the Of
ficers learned the identity of the man
from whom the boys are alleged 70
have been obtaining liquor for ped
ding purposes and a search Tor MN
was begun.
Dry Attorneys on Scene.
Attorneys from the prohibition en-
forcement unit were on the scene at
the precinct station. They reviewed
the case from every aspect in event
Of it becoming one involving the es-
tablishment of precedent in prohl-
bition enforcement procedure, and
finally decided that in addition to
other charges the criminal code, sec
ton 81, regarding conspiracy would
be the one on which the big fight
for a conviction would be made.
This action stipulates: III two or
more persons conspire either to COM
nit any offense against the united
States or to defraud the United States
one or more OF such parties do any
act to effect the object of conspiracy,
each of the parties shall be fined not
more than $4,000 or imprisoned not
more than two years or BOTH
Evidence Of Sale Unnecessary.
By invoking this section, Agent
Evans explained. sale does not nee
essarily have to be in evidence
against the WnOleSdle QlSlTlDulOT OIL
liquor to the retail peddler. The
simple establishment of the fact that
the distributor was a member Of the
CLIQUE which ultimately brought il
licit beverages to the lips of vio-
lators of the prohibition act is held
by attorneys Of the prohibition unit
sufficient to insure his conviction
under this section.
Police said today they obtained ad-
missions from Cave to the effect that
he had sold liquor at SIG quart, who
In turn is alleged to have stated that
he was supplied liquor at $120 a case
and peddled it at SIS quart.
This Is the first move in a general
campaign" Evans declared. What
has struck me so forcibly in the en-
tire business Is the fact that while the
wholesale distributor belongs to that
class of higher-ups who ride around
in large automobiles. the boy who
was working for him, it seems, has
been living in small rear room and
barely making living. We want the
men higher up. and this seems to be
the surest way Of getting them