Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31

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Frank McCormack's SCI Thirteenth
street, on the second floor, an adding
machine. nine telephones, a consider
able sum of money and "a large box
full of alleged evidence were seized by
Capt. Burlingame's raiders.
From this place alone, three patrol
loads of witnesses and alleged EN-
ployes were taken into custody.
Six Are Accused.
Later, in connection with this raid
charges of violating the gambling sec.
ton of the District of Columbia code
were placed against the following six;
Frank Michael Mccormack of 2519
Twelfth street; James Joseph Noonan
of 624 Twenty-third street. Frank
Farrell of APO Fourteenth street, j.
Edmond Taylor of 121 Seventh street
northeast, j. A. Sullivan of 1928 L
street and Harry Rockelli of 1907
Four-and-a-half street southwest.
"Eddie's Place.. at 1909 + street,
yielded "a witnesses and three alleged
operators when the police struck. A
large crowd gathered around the place
when the police appeared on the
scene and watched one patrol load
precinct station. Much evidence was
also seized.
The three charged with handbook
making at ''Eddie's Place" were
Lester Manokey, Edward John Miller
and Glenn Peter Babt ock, all giving
the business address oil 1909 E street.
In addition to the nine charged
with bookmaking at Mccormack 8 and
"Eddies," the following seven were
arrested on similar charges: John L.
Frazier of PIG Seventh street and
Callie j. Timmons of 800 Maryland
avenue, northeast, following a raid
on Jacks Place at PIG Seventh
street; Edward Mcdonald of 715 o
street, following a raid at that ad-
dress; George Francis King of 2206
Lawrence street northeast and Ben
iamin Bodick of 531 Gresham place,
following a raid on Bodick's tailor
shop at 1926 G street: Frank Grant
Lynn of 1882 Fourteenth street, fol-
lowing a raid on the Gem Cigar store
at that address, and Adolph Johnson
of 1874 u street, in the raid at S07
D street.
. Those waving preliminary hearing
and held for the action of the grand
jury were: Frazier, Timmons, Rubin,
Johnson, Friedman and Lynn.
Those demanding preliminary hear
ing were: Somakow, Taylor. Sullivan,
Rockelli, Babcock and Manokey
I'VE just scratched the surface, "
Inspector Henry Pratt, chief of de-
tectives, said following the raids.
This is merely a start toward clean.
ing Washington up of handbooks.
We intend to keep right after hand.
booking with hammer and tongs,
making it emphatic that police will
not let up until there has been a
definite checking of this practice. :.
Several instances recently coming
to the attention of the police where
losses on the races resulted in the
commission of crime spurred the
officials of the Police Department to
decisive action. In the last three
months detectives have uncovered
thefts or embezzlements which they
claim were directly traceable to
losses In Washington handbooks, and
In addition to that, numerous letters
from wives and dependents of
habitues of local handbook establish :
ments were received by police off,
Gals telling of pinched domestic cir
cumstances as a result of gambling.
> There was lull in apparent Wig
lance on the part of the police dur
ing the last month and the "bookies. .
after specializing for time as to
whether il was I'm before storm.
bad settled down to a thriving bust
mars in the belief that police were
zamReN&aged about making handbook
@maA. 4 nd had relaxed along those
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