Evening star., 1929-11-17
81 Quarts of Whisky and Five
Gallons of Wine Are Con-
fiscated in Raids.
SQUAD FINDS PROPRIETOR
UNDER PILE OF CLOTHES
Vice and Precinct Details Active.
Search of Hour and Half Is
Rewarded.

Fourteen persons were arrested, one
Of them discovered under a clothespile
In q closet, and 81 quarts Of alleged
liquor and gallons Of wine seized In
series Of raids by the vice and pre-
cinct squads yesterday afternoon.
The seventh precinct squadron, raid
ing house In the 5000 block of Pros
pect avenue, searched nearly half an
hour for the proprietor, Nordan c.
Fairfax, coIored, 46, of the above ad-
dress before they found him huddled
under q pile of clothes in closet in
the rear of the house.
Police at first thought they had found
a dead man, but Fairfax became very
much alive. They charged him with
possession Of two quarts of whisky and
five gallons of wine. During the raid
two other men were arrested and
charged with possession. They are Ed
ward Harrison, colored, 26. and Clar-
ence A. Stewart, 20, both of the above
address. The squadron, under COM
mand Of Lieut.. H. r. Lohman, consist
ed of Precinct Detectives F. z. Stro-
man and N. S. Hodkison, and Pvts. ].
E. Burke, L. D. Phillips and G.. M.
Stewart.
OuSLOmct WAkkS IN.
A 7o-year-old farmer, Francis z. Ca
ton Of Fairfax Va, walked in during
the raid by the seventh precinct and
attempted to buy a pint of whisky from
Detective Stroman. Stroman refused
and Cation was held at the precinct as
a United States witness.
While scores OF people passed by, not
realizing anything unusual was taking
place, Sergt. o. j. Letterman conducted
a raid and search for more than an
hour and a half at 1928 New York
avenue this afternoon, and arrested
Frank Shore, 48, the proprietor of the
automobile and tire establishment at
that address and two women, in addi-
ton to confiscating more than Is quarts
Of alleged liquor.
Shore and one Of the women, Miss
Margaret Money, 40 years old, were
charged with illegal possession of liquor
and maintaining a nuisance, while the
other woman, Miss Ednor Money, said
to be sister Of the other, was held as
q Government witness.
Prescriptions Seized.
The search of the place began down.
stairs, where the police found a pint
Of liquor In the back of the tire estab-
lishment: three gills concealed in the
top of the cash register an dtwo gills
in safe. in addition to 10 liquor pre-
scriptions, 8 Of which we're signed by
the same doctor. The physician signing
the 8 resides In Virginia. The prescrip-
Revenue agents for further investiga-
tion.
Continuing their search on the sec
ond floor and then the third, Sergt
Letterman and his men found cedar
chest containing a number OF pints
of the liquor on the third floor, and q
box, bearing the name of an automobile
tire company, containing several other
bottles Of the alleged liquor.
Shore and the two women were taken
to No. police station. G. G. McCarran
of the liquor squad and r. J. Cox. pre-
cinct agent, aided Sergt. Letterman in
conducting the raid.
Shore was under temporary injunc-
ton for maintaining nuisance prior
TO the raid.
"Closed" Sign Displayed.
While the raid was In progress, Shore
walked calmly to the large glass door
of the establishment and turned around
a metal sign. marked CLOSED" to face
the street The three raiding ofncers
were busy conducting the search up
stairs at the time, while one ofhcer
had been left to watch downstairs.
During q SeCOnQ RAID Dy Jne pUllCc
vice squad on premises in the 800 block
OF Fourth street, Evelyn West, colored.
%, of the above address was arrested
and charged with sale and possession
of six quarts of liquor. The squad used
new policeman, working as an
under cover man. to make the buy"
Three other raids by the squad netted
nothing.
Chase Through Streets.
Following an exciting chase thruogh
downtown streets Detectives r. s. NC
Carly and Spottswood Gravelly OF the
third precinct squadron, overlook
whisky laden auto at Pennsylvania
avenue and Twentieth streets.
Alva Hunter, colored. 2l24 stephens
court, was arrested and charged with
transportation and possession and for
failing to have District driving license.
Four quarts of liquor we're seized.
-Four other occupants of the car were
arrested and charged with possession:
They are Mrs Anna Hunter, wife OF
the driver; John A. Miles and his wife,
Beatrice Miles, and Charles w. Ride
out, all colored. John Miles was later
released on $4,000 bond.
The fourth precinct squad visited
premises in Browns court and arrested
George Brown, colored, on charge OF
possession. Detectives N. G. Thayer
and r. j. Barrett conflscated "a quarts
of liquor.