Evening star., 1924-04-01
Sc INDICTED AS DRY
! ACT V|OLATORS.
Officers of Law, Women,
Pullman Porters, Caterer
h, Are Among Accused.

6ictmentS, the grand jury yesterday
paved the way for court action
against three patches of the most
spectacular and sensational cases of
conspiracy to violate the prohibition
amendment in the history of Wash
ington-
While numerically the cases are
fewer than those in the Savannah
liquor conspiracy which focused the
nations attention on the Georgia
city, the local cases have an out
standing Importance because of the
extent and ramifcations of the al
legged mechanism Systematically or
ganized for multiplying the prohibition
laws.
Ohhcers Are Included.
In the list of three dozen names are
those of federal and local officers of
the law, as well as one Army man.
The three patches include the
Scarborough Morris Lampson cases
that brought the Capitol Hill liquor
list, that was never found into the
1imelight, and had Washington guess
ing for months who would next have
the finger of suspicion pointed at them.
In the Scarborough batch, three
young women and fourteen men were
indicted for conspiracy to commit 100
ofenses against the United States
through alleged illegal transporta-
ton and sale of whisky.
Caterer Is Accused.
The second group contains indict-
mentS against IL local caterer to So
ciety functions, his wife, a waiter
and two others, while in the other
group three deputy, United States
marshals, lieutenant of police, a
sergeant of marines, two colored
Pullman porters and seven others
are listed as defendants.
All of the cases were made by
Agents Golding and Cox of the spe-
cia1 intelligence unit of the Internal
revenue bureau, cooperating with
local police and members OF the vice
squad.
The deputy marshals are Patrick
H. Barteman. Charles Marshall and
John B. Newman, who, with Ernest
". Weaver and John ]. Clarkson,
weeks ago by United States Marshal
charges. The Indictment does not
mention Weaver and Clarkson.
Lieut.. Joshua l.. Sprinkle of the
eleventh precinct is named as one of the
alleged conspirators. He has been un-
der suspension pending action by the
William Holler, member of the metro
politan police force assigned TO the
Union station from the sixth pre-
cinct who is said to have been
working with the alleged gang of boot
leggers, and Ralph Mccullough, said
to be the sergeant of marines involved
in the alleged Illegal transactions were
named as consprators with Jo-
eeph E. Boudwin, his son, Joseph Z.
Boudwin, jr. John j. Hickey, Wallace
Barcsdale, Claude McNcill James Hunt
er Bromley Hunter, James Arthur Will
hanson, Emil Krause and John j.
Lynch.
POrters Central Figures.
The alleged conspiracy was oper-
ated, it is charged, by the Pullman
porters bringing suit cases full of
liquor from points in Florida to the
Union station, where they were met
by others of the alleged gang" who
transported the whisky to the place
Of business of James Hunter at 919
d street northwest and elsewhere
whence it was distributed to pur-
chasers in varying quantities.
This Indictment alleged that Dup
uty Marshals Barteman and Marshall
May 1, 1928. transported thirty-siX
quarts of liquor from Union station to
the home of James Hunter, in Foxau
Heights. No overt act in connection
with the alleged conspiracy appears
to be charged in the Indictment
against Deputy Marshal Newman and
Lieut. Sprinkle, although both are
named as among the alleged conspir-
atOrS.
John ]. Hickey is said to have sold
James Hunter thirty-six quarts of
whisky October Is last. Hickey tes-
titled before the grand jury, it is un-
derstood, but that did not prevent
him being named in the Indictment
Three Girls Indicted.
Benjamin Morris, Milton Scarbor-
ough and H. Curtis Lamson, who are,
said to have conducted a large busi-
ness in the sale of intoxicants and to
have had mysterious list of proni-
nent people for customers, were in
dicted today with eleven other men
and their three young girl telephone
operators on charge of conspiracy
to commit 100 offenses against the
United States in connection with the
sale and possession of whisky. The
young woman employees are Marion
Adams, Naomi Middleton and Pearl
Bryant.
others named as consprators are
Bill Murphy. alias Joe Marks; John
C.. Mack, alias William Schellenberg;
Allen c. Witherite. Louis DeIane
John Foley, Roland Pennell, Jake
Yates, Harvey Pcss. John c. Schellen-
berg and John Warwick Birch.
Various places of business and
apartment houses, where the alleged
conSpiratorS had offices and rooms,
are set forth in the Indictment, and
would-be purchasers are declared to
have been furnished with code num-
bers to be used instead of their
names in ordering
The young women would receive the
orders over the telephone. il is al
legged, and would give them to some
of the alleged Conspirators, who
would deliver the whisky
William H. Simpson, caterer, of
nSf 70
Mrs. Helen Simpson; Ben Harris, Will
liam E. Swanson and Ernest Abt
are named in the third conspiracy
= indictment. 1t is claimed Simpson
would receive orders to furnish wet
goods" at dinners and other society
functions and Swanson and Abt
would furnish him with the intoxi
cants. Harris was a waiter in the
Simpson is said to have received $202
from prohibition agent as final
payment for supposed dinner at
which wet refreshments were to be
furnished
According to Assistant United
States Attorney Presmont who in
vestigated the case, a friend of pro-
hibition arranged with Simpson to
meet him at local hotel to discuss
plans for n dinner. A secret service
man was hidden in the closet of the
hotel room. The friend made all ar
rangements and gave Simpson $40 on
account, Presmont says. and stated
he would send his secretary to the
Simpson establishment to finish the
details. An agent impersonated the
secretary and is said to have paid
Mrs. Simpson the balance of the price
and received a receipt from her to
furnish the dinner with "wet trim
mings." The alleged dinner was to
take place early in January. When
the receipt had been obtained the
prohibition agents secured search
warrant and raided SIMPSONS place