Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-02
Numerous Raids and Arrests
Also Help to Check
Liquor Traffic.
PRICES ARE. ADVANCING:
ROADS CLOSELY WATCHED
Rum.Runners Are Experiencing
Difficulty in Making Deliveries
OF Inaugural Supplies.

raids and arrests, is confronted by
dual threat on inaugura ton eve. wit,
/ the Jones penalty bill signed by the
President. and District and Federal en-
forcement officers planning new attacks
on liquor strongholds.
Several swift blows we're dealt speak
eases and delivery agencies by the
| liquor squad yesterday, with the appar-
ent determination of making the city
bone-dry during the insugurati ton period
period.
1t Is known that number OF active
Washington bootleggers. threatened
| with heavy penalties of the Jones bill.
have gone out of business. for the time
being at least.
| Prices Swing Upward.
t Prices Of assorted liquors, wines and
beer are swinging upward. In some
quarters bootleg products are being
withheld from the trade, partly from
fear OF the more rigid enforcement
here and partly in anticipation of the
heavy demand when the Capital re-
ceives its full quota of visitors
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| and conflscation of two automobiles
was effected this week by Sergt George
M. Little and members of his road
squad-George C. Deyoe, Leo Murray
and T. o. Montgomery.
Numerous seizures also were made
by the vice squad. composed of Sergt
o. j. Letterman, George C., McCarrOn
and Richard Cox. reinforced by dry
forces of several police precincts.
Roads Closely Watched.
Local tratickers have not suffered
alone in the new enforcement drive
Those OF nearby States have been hard
hit during the past few weeks, losing
thousands OF gallons of whisky and
number of automobiles. A close watch
has been set up on roads leading from
areas known to contain moonshine
plants, and rum runners are experience
ing unusual dificulty in delivering their
cargoes.
Sergt Little and his squad captured
an automobile and 500 quarts of alleged
alcohol yesterday afternoon when the
| machine. fampered by the heavy traffic
at Fourteenth and @ streets was forced
to the curb. Their attention was called
to the vehicle by It's special construction
and sagging springs.
Solomon Paper, 20 years old. native
Of Poland. giving his address as 43l
Frankmore avenue. Baltimore. and Ben
ME Klein. % years old, of $50 South
Second street. Brooklyn. N. Y. were
arrested. They were held on charges of
illegal possession and transporting al
cohol.
Bonnie Klein denied having any con-
nection with the transportation of IL
quor. He said he merely "hitched"
ride in the car. not knowing the driver
or having any idea of the contents
of the vehicle.
Klein's explanation was heard by
Sergt. Little and members of the squad,
but 1t did not accomplish his release
pearance when wanted for trial
Reported by police to have been told
he had been warned to be on the alert
for the Black Ghost" as the car of
Sergt Lttle's liquor squad is known to
whisky runners, and admitting he spied
1t too late. Henry johnson, colored, "a
years old, residing at Seventh and N
streets. was arrested yesterday after his
car had crashed into a tree at Eleventh
and streets northeast.
johnson, stranger to- members of
the liquor squad. attracted attention Of
the latter by watching them closely as
they drove near him at Seventh and E
streets northeast. and it was not until
he stepped on the gas to hurry away
that they concluded he was hauling
contraband liquor.
The pursuit ended when the car
crashed into the tree. johnson was ar
! rested and his car and 80 quarts of
liquor seized. Charges of Illegal DOS
session. transporting and reckless driv-
Ing were preferred against Johnson.
A tip received over the telephone at
the first precinct station led detail of
police. headed by Detective Richard ]
Cox OF the vice squad, to the second
! floor hallway Of 1902 street last night
where they found 100 quarts of assorted
liquors but no owner
An anonymous informer called the
station house and inquired for Cox. He
told the officer the liquor had just been
delivered and he would have to hurry
| II he wanted 1t. Cox, accompanied by
Precinct Detectives A. D. Mansfield and
John LeFoe, left the station on the run
and found the liquor awaiting. them
They called the patrol and took 1t to
the precinct.
A top-f1oor apartment In the 900
block of Seventeenth street, guarded
about the entrance by inch steel plates.
was entered by police yesterday after
noon through skyiight and 80
quarts of assorted Whistles end more
than 100 bottles of beer were seized.
Raiding officers broke up what they
describe as one of the most completely
equipped speakeasies in the city.
Gerald Ripp and John S. Peyton
were arrested on charges of possession
OF liquor. They gave bond of $1,000
each at the third precinct station.
Armed with search warrant issued by
United States Commissioner Needham G.
Turnage. Federal prohibition agents
raided the LA Boheme Cafe" Ills
Fourteenth street, last night. Finding
quantity OF home brew beer and wine,
the agents arrested Nicholas Corsillo,
proprietor
Agent B. NJ Quinn. accompanied by
Henry l.. Doyle. made the raid. A
search of the premises revealed 81
bottles Of beer and two gallons of wine,
Quinn said. In a. garage In the rear,
Is cases OF beer were discovered. Cor
sillo admitting ownership.
Charges OF sale and possession will
be preferred. Quinn declared. although
at the police precinct only one count
was placed.
Raid Made on Home.
David Wise. IS. colored, of the 300
block Of Clark court southwest, was
charged with sale and possession fol-
lowing raid on his home. Agents B.
N. Quinn: l.. W.. York. d. M. Jackley.
T. v. Fleming and C. r. Mccartney are
alleged to have found two One-half-
gallon jars containing white liquor.
Charges of sale and possession were
lodged against Sarah Fost, IS, colored
900 block of Fourth street, at the sixth
precinct following a raid on her home
by Federal agents.
Agent Quinn declared that when
| notice optered the prernises tho uvoy,oa ',