Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
SHOOTING,
UNCOVER RESORT
Police Break Into Fourteenth
Street Establishment, But
Find Nobody Shot.

A telephone call to the second pre-
cinct that man had been shot at 1910
Fourteenth street about o'clock this
morning resulted in detail of police
breaking in a suite on the second floor,
heavily barricaded as are gambling
establishments, where they found IT
men and l woman. but nobody shot.
Apparently some one with grudge had
taken this means of betraying the re-
sort to police.
When the police gained entrance sew
eral men were in the act of lowering a
box containing five adding machines,
several hundred dollars and a quantity
of numbers" slips down chute to the
first floor of the building which Is oc-
cupied by an automobile sales concern.
Tom Moore Questioned.
In the Salesroom, Headquarters Detec-
tives Joseph Waldron and John Fla
herty, who responded to the call, found
Tom Moore, known in local sporting
circles, whom they took TO the second
precinct for questioning. A few min
utes later. Bertrand Emerson, jr.,
Moore's attorney, appeared at the po-
lice station and Moore was released in
his custody on the lawyers promise
to produce him f police wanted him to
further their investigation. Moore de-
ment on the second floor of the Four
tenth street address.
Meanwhile four white men. 13 colored
men and a colored woman taken to
the second precinct were released except
John Stewart, white, aged rs. who was
charged with permitting gaming. Po-
lice, however, do not think they will
be able to lodge any charge against
them since there was no gambling
going on when the officers arrived
About o'clock this morning a call
was received at the precinct in mas
culine voice.
There's q man shot on the second
floor of 1910 Fourteenth street." it
said, and down clashed the receiver, as
the station clerk began to ask for more
particulars.
Officers Dispatched to Scene.
Motor Cycle Policeman ]. D. Martin
and Patrolman G. B. Cannon were dis
patched to the scene. AS they rushed.
through the door opening on the street
they found themselves confronted with
another door. 3 inches thick and COW
cred with a sheet iron plate. Through
a small aperture they could see an
other similar door. with a peep hole. at
the top of the stairs. Both doors were
later found to be electrically operated
from the second floor.
After hammering on the doors, the
two officers entered the building next
door and Martin climbed out a window
on the second floor and edged across
ledge to the front window Of the
place where they sought entrance. The
window was covered with heavy boards
on the inside, which Martin kicked In.
He entered through the opening he
had made, with Cannon at his heels.
Just as he reached the rear of the place.
where a section of the large room is
boarded of to resemble a cashiers
cage, the adding machines and other
gambling parapfiernalia were being low
cred down the chute.
Two Trips to Station House.
A few minutes later the car from
headquarters arrived with Waldron and
Flanerty, who summoned the second
precinct patrol. It was necessary to
make two trips to convey all the pris-
oners to the station house.
Moore was the owner of the $4,000
in cash which was stolen from a safe
of downtown hotel about O year ago.
It was In the same block of Four
tenth street that John Grady, reputed
to have been an iron worker" met
his death by falling through sky
light over an air shaft while attending
a party.