Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
POLICE RAIDERS
RENEW CAMPAIGN
Half a Dozen Alleged Gaming
and Bootleg Places Wis.,
tied in Day.

Striking IN nall dozen places, Tour
Of which were in the downtown sec
ton, yesterday afternoon and evening,
uniformed police and plain-clothes men
uncovered one reputed gambling estab-
lisment protected by electrically oper-
ated doors, raided a garage declared to
mask bar" seized large quantity Of
liquor, made more than score of arrests
and booked approximately so witnesses.
The gambling foray, the most spec
tacular of the operations, was staged
by the vice squad headed by Sergt. o. j.
Letterman, in the Chamberlain apart
mentS, at 1924 K street. working in
connection with Pvt. Rex Carroll and
II. @. Wanamaker of the first precinct,
who, it was said, obtained the informa-
ton which led to the raid.
Restaurant Is Raided.
Lettermans squad also tore their way
into one colored restaurant where sew
eral arrests were made and a quantity
Of liquor reported found.
Police of the third precinct were re-
sponsible for two raids, including that
On the garage.
Members of the Third precinct also
took into custody four men against
whom charges had been filed as the
result of the arrest of one OF the trio
Friday. Harry G. Bowers, %, of 1900
r street, previously charged with trans
portation. sale and illegal possession,
was charged also with conspiracy.
Others arrested were: Robert L. Parker,
40 years old of the F street address,
charged with sale, possession and con-
spiracy: Joseph C. Covington, A years
old, of 1924 Z street. southeast, charged
with possession and conspiracy; and AL
fred Cook, 20 years old, of a local hotel,
with fro 1SYNOrtinO I1OsSeSSiON
and conspiracy. Parker, Bowers and
Cook were released under $4,000 bond,
while Covington was released under
81 500 bond.
Five men were booked on charges of
setting up gaming table, and IL others
reported found grouped around board
containing racing results, and dice
table, were taken as witnesses, after the
Letterman raiders had succeeded in
effecting entrance to an apartment on
the second floor of the Chamberlain.
A pustbutton operated from the hall
way let the raiders into a small room
where another pushbutton released an
iron door that protected an inner room
where the men were found, according
to the police.
Chairs Overturned.
Chairs and divans were overturned
as the raiders appeared suddenly in this
inner room, but those trapped made no
effort to break for freedom.
The police Immediately cut the wires
leading from the place, and two patrol
wagons from the hrst precinct backed
up to the door and took the prisoners
away while the Saturday afternoon
crowd that was swelled by the excite
ment looked on.
ONLY four men were charged at first
They identified themselves as Gus A:
Reinhardt. 35 years old, living at local
hotel william Kappell. %, of the 1900
block of Morse street northeast; Henry
G. Abrams, ~. of the 400 block of Six
teenth street northeast, and James Mud
dock 20. Of the 1900 block of Nineteenth
street. Twelve other men found in the
apartment were listed as witnesses and
released.
Gaming Suspect Held.
A short while after the raid Carroll
took into custody Fred J. Meese. SO, also
on a gaming charge. Meese gave his &C.
cupation as q salesman and his address
as the 400 block of Third street.
The raid where the squad brought
sledge hammers into play to batter their
way through the barricaded door, was OF
a colored restaurant in the 1900 block
of u street. They made four arrests
there and IL witnesses were taken. All
are colored.
Those arrested were Walter L. Scott,
as, of the 100 block Of U street, charged
with illegal possession of one-half gal
lon Of whisky; Thomas A. Moore, IS, Of
the 1900 block of Eighteenth street,
charged with illegal possession Of one
half gallon Of whisky; James Carney.
%, and James Hamilton, %, of the
1900 block of B street, both of whom
are charged with disorderly conduct.
Earlier in the afternoon Sergt. Let
terman's squad arrested two men and
confiscated their automobile and so
gallons of alleged whisky, as they were
reported about to make a delivery i'll
the rear Of house In the 900 block
Of I street.
The men. Sidney Winchester. 80, of
the 1900 block of Thirteenth street, and
Leslie Higgins, 10, of the same address,
were charged with illegal possession at
the first precinct. They were released
under $500 bond pending arrangement.
Informed Of Delivery.
Letterman's squad had been tipped
OF" that a delivery was to be made in
the rear of the house on I street and
when a coupe entered the alley they
followed it, The machine drove into
garage and Winchester removed two
cases from q compartment behind his
seat, police say. The officers entered
the garage and arrested the men. Eight
more cases were found in the cache be-
hind the seat.
The garage where the bar was re-
ported is in rear of 1882 L street.
Daniel j. Noopan, IS years old, of 2420
Pennsylvania avenue, charged with sale
and possession; Paul L. Burriss, 80
years old, of Forest Glen. Md. sale and
possession, and Warrington Burns. 81
years old, colored, sale and possession.
Vsfar a~A~ a<a~ SN1 vat at
2439 Shows court. Those arrested we're
Beatrice Smith, colored. SO years old,
Of the Shows court address, charged
with sale and possession; Raymond
Nickens, colored. 19 years old, of the
same address, charged with sale and
possession, and Clarence Smith, col
ored. AZ years old, charged with pos