Evening star., 1928-11-25
40 MORE ARE HELD
IN GAMBLING RAIDS
WITHOUT WARRANT
Last Nights Arrests Lift
Total Made in HesSe's
Drive to SO.
POLICE GET REPORTS
EQUIPMENT WAS MOVED
Games on 1 and P Streets Were
Broken Up, Police
Report.

Making good his threats to raid sus-
oected gambling establishments with
out search warrants, Capt. Guy E.
Burlingame of the second precinct fast
night led detail of police into two
places where, he said, the gamblers had
set up new quarters following the pick
citing of their regular establishments.
broke up the games in progress there
and arrested 40 persons on charges of
conduct.
Last nights raids brought 10 AZ
the persons arrested yesterday and
last night in Maj. Hesse's intensive
campaign to break up gambling
Early in the afternoon police of the
first precinct, accompanying a fireman
on a regular tour of inspection of fire
escapes, raided 1914 H street and ar
rested the proprietor of the Radio
Social Club and AZ occupant of the
clubs two rooms.
The raids last night were conducted
on places in the 500 block on L street
and the 1400 block of P street. Thev
were followed by reports from the DC
licemen picketed before two known es.
adjustments in the 1900 block of -Four.
teenth street that shortly after mid
night all the gambling equipment had
been moved out of the places and car
ried away by the operators, who locked
the doors.
Liquor Raids Made. ,.-'
Capt. Burlingame did not confine his
cleanup last night to gambling. At
midnight $50 persons had been booked
at the second precinct station as the
result of dozen or more raids on lie
uor-selling establishments and dis
orderly houses.
In the l. street address, % men were
arrested and 1S we're arrested at the
2 street resort. According to Capt.
Burllngame, both places appear to have
been recently fitted up with teIephong
facilities for receiving racing i1forma-
ton. He said blackjack games were in
progress at each club operated by
the same dealers who formerly con-
Quoted the now closed establishment
on Fourteenth street. Many of the
patrons who were arrested are known
to have frequented several of the other
Fourteenth street houses of chance.
Twenty-four colored persons also were
taken into custody shortly before mid
night in series of liquor and gaming
raids staged by police of the eighth pre-
cinct.
Harry A. Bazmore, colored, 1911 Sev-
enth street, charged with sale and pos
session of liquor, and running a GAM
bling game, was arrested, and IL other
colored persons found in the house
were brought along on charges of dis
orderly conduct. Twelve were arrested
at the home of Ella Jackson, colored,
with sale and possession of liquor and
the others with disorderly conduct
Helen Coffee, 1904 Fourteenth street.
was taken in the third raid on charges
OF sale and possession Of liquor.
Maj. Hesse drew new hope in his
fight from a conference yesterday with
Chairman Gibson of the special sub
committee of the House District COM
mittee, in which Mr. Gibson promised
assistance in legislative proposals which
would provide for the immediate and
automatic padlocking of a club fol-
lowing a conviction on a gaming charge.
Action is Promised.
Mr.. Gibson assured the major that
if he will have his outline of suit
able law drawn up by the Office of the
corporation council and submitted
through proper channels, he will either
introduce it himself in the House or
some other member of the District COM
mittee will do so.
While unwilling to say that he IN
tended to resort to any further steps
not already taken to suppress gambling
in Washington. Maj. Hesse discussed at
length yesterday the adviSability of
resurrecting a law passed by Congress
In 1861, which empowers the Superin-
tendent of police to issue search war
rants upon the sworn statement by tvo
persons that they have knowledge and
belief that an offenSe against the
United States is being committed in
the premises.
Inactive Many Years.
For many years the law has not been
taken advantage of, although it never
has been removed from the statute
books. Within the last decade no such
warrant has been issued.
If again brought into use it would
prove a powerful weapon against the
houses, Maj. Hesse thinks.
since it would obviate the difficult pro-
cedure now necessary to obtain a war
rant necessary for raid. Under the
present system of law enforcement an
must swear that he had placed
a bet in the establishment before a
warrant will issue.
Another effective legal weapon which
lfcattcCArl
aw against conspiracy. Although he
mas not investigated the matter. 1t Is
possible. he said, that patrons, as well
rs proprietors, may be arrested and all
charged with conspiracy to violate the
aw.
Police Are Surprised.
When the police opened the door Of
one of the rooms on the second floor
at 1014 H street they were as surprised
as the roomful OF occupants, who we're
said to be indulging in games of black
Jack" and placing bets on race horses.
A hurried visit to another room on the
third floor resulted in general round
up of man, declared to be the pro-
orietor, and AZ witnesses.
Chester c. Burns, % years old, re-
outedly the proprietor, and the Wit
nesseS were loaded into five patrol
wagons, which responded to the call.
and taken to No. l station. Burns
posted a real estate bond of $4,000 for
mis- appearance in Police Court tonor-
'ow to answer to the charge of keeping
/ gaming house.
A number of racing sheets and slips
we're seized by the police as evidence.
In the meantime the lineup at the
,olice station lasted fully an hour bee
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