Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-30
District Attorneys Office
Files 8 Paddock Injunction
Suits in Supreme Court.
600 PROPERTY OWNERS
ADVISED OF VIOLATIONS
Premises Involved Are Said to Be
Assessed for Taxation in Ex-
cess of $4,000.

The United States attorneys office
today took drastic action toward driv.
ing speakeasies out of Washington.
Coupled with the filing of eight pad
lock injunction suits in the District SUI
preme Court, United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover and John B. Williams, one
OF his assistants, announced that since
January more than 600 property own
erS had been warned that the prohibi.
ton law was being violated on their
premises.
In only one of the Injunction suits in-
stituted today. however, did the Gov
eminent attempt to show that the prop.
erty owner had been previously warned.
The eight proceedings started today
represent the most drastic action the
United States attorneys Office has ever
taken against prohibition law violators
in this city. The properties involved
are said to be assessed for taxation at
more than $150,000.
1.-THE great majority of the 900 prop
erty owners to whom we sent warnings
went the limit In cooperating with U.S."
MIR. Williams said, land most Of the
bootleggers were elected without it be-
coming necessary for this office to pro-
coed against the properties in court.
Law FIagrantIy Violated.
TN the cases where we have resorted
been flagrantly violated on the premises
over a period of many months. We
feel that the owners Of the properties
did, or should have known, what was
taking place.
"Our action today is not to be viewed
as a crusade, but merely as evidence
that the United States attorneys Of
flee does not propose to tolerate con-
tinued violations of the law after the
owners of the property have received
due notice. We realize the padlocking
is q most drastic proceeding, but 1t Is
also highly effective"
Immediately after the fling Of the
petitions, Justice Oscar r. Luhring
signed temporary restraining orders
against the use Of the properties ia
voIved for purposes Of violating the ma
tional prohibition act, and In two In
stances signed temporary orders re-
straining tenants Of two Of the prem
ises involved from violating the prohi-
bition law anywhere in the District.
It was pointed out that the restrain
would operate to send them to jail inn
mediately for contempt Of court should
they be apprehended in another liquor
law violation.
Properties Involved in Suits.
Premises involved in the eight suits
are the two-story frame building at As
F street, the two-story brick building
and basement at sos First street, the
two-story brick building and woodshed
at 236 Second street northeast, the two-A
story frame structure at 2450 Nichols
avenue southeast, the two-story brick
building and basement at 131 # street,
the two-story brick building at rs Ding.
mans place, the two-story brick build.
ing at 1928 Seventeenth street and 10l7
Seventh street southeast.
Defendants named are: Howard Rob-
inson and Nancy Wheeler as tenants OF
1928 Seventeenth street and william
Hannah as owner, Lawrence Edward
White and Cora White as tenants Of
26 Dingman's place and William p.
Lockwood as owner, Anna Simrel, Ale
bert Gaylord Smith, Wilhelmenia Mon
tague and George Wooten as tenants
of 131 F street and Zelda Klatz-
kin as owner, David WeatherS,
George Patrick Harley and Ada r.
Proctor as tenants of 2450 Nichols ave-
nue. southeast and Harry B. Sporting as
owner, Abraham zimberg, Fred Haw-
kins and Louis Katz as tenants of 236
Second street northeast and Francis p.
Sheehy as owner; Winnie Darlington
and Emma Hollivee as tenants of SOC
First street and Charles S. Quincy and
William A. Bowie as owners, Samuel
Contee and Elizabeth Contee as tenants
of As F street and John A. Dore and
Margaret M. Dore as owners, Jesse Rob-
ert Spriggs as tenant of 1917 Seventh
street southeast and Robert Levin, A.
Wallace Levin. Maurice j. Teitelbaum
and Mary Stoddart as owners.
Each of the petitions was accom-
panied by affidavits from police and
prohibition agents that the prohibition
law had been violated numerous times
at the premises.