The Washington times., 1929-01-21
CHICAGO RAIDS.
NET $500
GUNNEN
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1g the weekend fight to check

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ing the weekend fight to check
Chicago crime.
Meanwhile, Chicago's half-world
that part OF II not already be-
hind bars-cringed and ran for
cover as the terrifying sirens Of
bureau cars echoed through the
streets.
As the unprecedented police
roundup gained momentum yes
terday and last night, a panicky
exodus from the city OF crooks.
racketeers and hoodlums tried TO
match its pace.
sporadic Raids
Although sporadic raids had
been made during the day, the
main offensive was not launched
until dusk last night when Com
missioner OF Detectives John Siege
gathered 500 men at headquarters.
Deputy Commissioner John Egan
acted as Stege's assistant.
supporting this central force,
each precinct captain had under
his command at 4he precinct sta
ton 20 men in plain clothes. AL
available men were pressed into
service. The men were allotted
places in automobiles.
With everything .'set" Commits
sioner Siege flashed the signal to
''go."
Every section OF the city was In.
vaded simultaneously. Downtown
hotels, speakeasies. dance halls,
cabarets. and even the fashionable
might clubs along the Gold Coast
swarIned with detectives and uni
formed police.
Gangland in Panic
Gangland was I'M a panic!
The prisoners ranged from un-
shaver. cap-adorned thugs to i'm
macuIately groomed men in evening
dress. Every recognized gangster
or racketeer and every person
found in possession of gun we're
taken into custody.
The respectable hotels yielded
their quota Of ''dressed-up' gun
men. Many others were seized In
theater Hobbies as the shows dis.
missed their throngs.
The doors of the Minerva Ath-
letic Club again felt the blows of
police axes despite an injunction
supposed to bar police. Axes we're
resorted to when the doorman
barred the entrance as the raiders
arrived.
George Choppns, manager Of the
club, refused to open the safe
when the police ordered and the.
combination was hammered off. ]
The safe yielded $600 in envelopes
ticketed as race bets and dice
money. The envelopes were
turned over to States Attorney
John Al. Swanson.
Fifty-two prisoners were taken ut
the Minerva Club.
Thus the raids progressed the
length and breadth OF the city. No
section escaped, and no known
rendezvous Of gangsters or racket
GERS was passed up.
Commissioners Russell proudly
boasted today that, although a few
minor characters slipped through
the police dTagnet. the main Of.
fensive accounted for the -four
hundred OF Chicago gangIand" all
Of whom are now ION the inside
looking ont. Z
Although he admitted the main
drive IL over, Commissioner Russell
declared other gangsters and
kh0WH UNDERWORLD characters would
be picked up as fast as they
dared expose themselves. He be.
lieves the few that escaped the
roundup" are now fast putting
distance between themselves and
Chicago.
The notorious Ralph and Frank
Buglio fell into the net when 4
squad raided the Sunset Cafe.
Ralph Buglio was arrested As
suspect in the Staying of Moss
Enright in 1920. 1t was proved his
automobile was used in the slavins.
but he was released when he proved
an alibi.
Commissioner Stege's desk TODAY
bore visible proof of the police
activity IT groaned under the
weight Of a hundred guns OF all
descriptions. Other guns were held
at the various precincts.
Housing capacity for prisoners
was taxed in every precinct as well
as at the main JAIL At the detec.
tive bureau the women's quarters
were pressed Into service to provide
cell room.
Commissioner siege stressed the
fsot that many OF the prisoners are
innocent men TAase