Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
paddock CAMPAIGN
SEEN IN ORDER FOR
SPEAKEASY SURVEY
Bureau and Precinct Police
Heads Told to Find Where
Liquor Is Sold.
HESSE ASKS EVIDENCE
NEEDED FOR INJUNCTION
Examination of Records Of Dry
Arrests and Reports on Past
Cases Directed.

Wholesale padlocking of all known
"speakeasies" in Washington will be
resorted to in the near future by the
Police Department in further effort to
tighten enforcement of the prohibition
law, it was indicated today by Maj. Ed
win B. Hesse, retiring superintendent OF
police.
Mai. Hesse's intended move is pre-
saged in special order to precinct and
bureau commanders directing a COM
prehensive survey to determine the
places where liquor is sold and which
can be padlocked under the law. The
order requests the compilation OF all
essential evidence necessary for the Is
suance of paddock Injunction.
Paddock proceedings were contemplate
ed several months ago, Maj. Hesse
pointed out, but the plan was not car
ried out due to the lack OF information
as to the evidence required to procure
an injunction. Since the police super
intendent has had several conferences
with United States Attorney Leo a.
Rover, who recently furnished MIN WITH
ment in gathering evidence on which
Desires to Supply Data.
"It is the wish of the department to
furnish the United States attorney with
information on such places as may
properly be proceeded against In an
effort to secure paddock injunctions,'
the general order read.
THE United States attorney invites
attention to the fact that in such
&c show
such a continuity of violations as TO
establish the fact that the particular
premises are being used as a regular
course of business for the keeping or
possession or sale Of liquor and IN
submitting the reports herein called
for it is directed that you select such
places as are now being conducted as
a nuisance, and wherein the evidence
of such violations is within period
of time reasonably near to the institu-
ton of such proceedings.
Nature of Evidence Sought.
1.-THE general nature of the evidence
essential in such cases is as follows:
"(a)-A complete description of the
premises which are alleged to constitute
the nuisance.
"(b)-The names of the proprietor of
the place, together with his assistants,
clerks or employees.
"(c)-Kind of business which is be-
ing conducted in said premises-that is.
near-beer saloon, cigar store or what
ever the character OF the business
may be.
"(d)-The dates of each violation. to-
gether with the person who committed
the violation, and the amount of liquor
sold or possessed on each occasion,
and the person to whom the sales were
made with respect to each separate sale
or possession.
"(e)-The persons arrested and the
amounts of liquor seized on each par
ticular raid, with the names Of the ar
resting and Selling officers.
"f)-The owner of the real estate
upon which the premises in question
are located.
"(g)-Any other facts which bear
upon the proof of the existence of the
nuisance upon the particular premises
in question.
Reports Are Requested.
"It is, therefore, directed that you
personally make most thorough and
exhaustive examination of your records
of arrests for violation of the national
prohibition act and that you cause to
he prepared and forwarded to these
headquarters, over your signature, sep
arate and distinct reports on each
premises in your precinct where the
conditions which have existed in the
past with respect to violations of the
national prohibition act are such as to
justify paddock proceedings"
AS soon as the information is sub
mitted to police headquarters it will be
reviewed and turned over to the United
States attorneys Office for action.