Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
HUGE RUM SUPPLY
AND 10 PRISONERS
TAKEN BY RAIDERS
Police Activity in Every Sec
ton of City Nets $50
Gallons of Liquor.
SALES TO BRIDGE CREW
/ CHARGED TO BROTHERS
Officers Seize Car and Driver After
Thrilling Chase Through
Alleys.

Prohibition enforcement units Of the
Police Department swung into action In
every section of the city yesterday aft
ernoon and more than $50 gallons of
whisky was seized and 10 prisoners
taken in numerous raids and chases.
The most important seizures were
made by Sergt George M. Little's dry
squad, which during its activities con-
fiscated more than $50 gallons of
liquor and arrested five prisoners, in
Guiding two youths said to have been
Structing the Memorial Bridge.
In the most exciting chase Emerson
d. Ensley, 81. of the 1900 block OF
Talbot street southeast, was appre-
hended by Sergt. Little's detail and
charged with transportation and pos
session of "a gallons of whisky and
operating a machine without permit.
Taken After Exciting Chase.
Ensley was caught after a half-mile
pursuit in automobiles and on foot, dur
ing which a 6riverleSs fish wagon con-
tanning IA gallons of whisky was cap
tured and a garage believed to be the
storehouse of bootleg ring discovered:
Twenty-six gallons of whisky was found
in the garage.
The chase in which Ensley was in
volved began at Fourth and o streets
when the officers attention was at
tracted by EnSley speeding away as they
pulled alongside his automobile.
Giving chase the police vainly Strove
to overhaul the car, which they said
was driven reckleSsly through several
alleys In the vicinity before finally
halted by the fish wagon blocking one
end Of an alley in the rear Of the 400
block of Ridge street. Nabbing Ensley,
they then looked into the fish wagon
and discovered the nature of its cargo.
Believing the driver of the wagon
might he inside the private garage in
front of which the wagon was standing,
the police looked through an open door
into the structure and spicd a large
quantity of bottled whisky on. row
of shelves.
After booking Ensley at No. 2
precinct, Titles officers returned to the
vicinity of the garage and learned the
owners name. Police are on the look
out for him.
Claim Two Destroyed Liquor.
A short time before the same squad
raided . garage said to be operating
as speakeasy at the rear OF the 100
block of G street and arrested Charles
Kunowski, Al, Of HyattSville, Md, al
legged proprietor of the establishment,
and Leo Berwick, 81, of Hyattsville,
when they found IL gallons Of whisky
in the garage and a vacant house adj
joining connected to the garage by
passageway.
A large quantity of whisky was de-
stroyed by Kunowski and Berwick,
police say, before they could batter in
the strongly reinforced door leading
into the garage. Berwick saw police
approaching through the alley and
shouted warning to Kunowski, police
reported. They were emptying the last
of a lot of containers when police
rushed into the room, the raiders said.
The men were charged with possession
and maintaining q nuisance.
A small portion of the whisky was
scooped up while q subsequent search
of the premises led to. discovery of a
paSsageway leading to an adjoining
house in which IL gallons Of whisky
was found.
A Tip" that two youths were openly
selling whisky to workers on the Memo
rial Bridge let Sergt. Little and his
squad to the bridge at noon. After
waiting for short while the police
mems vigilance was rewarded when q
car containing the two suspects drove
UP.
Fleeing Youth Is Taken. \
The officers said they found is pints
of gin in the tonneau. Louis j. Man.
cuso, Is, of the 1900 block Of Tenth
street readily submitted to arrest, but
4700 block of Ninth street, wrenched
himself free and ran. Sergt. Little
overlook him after chase of. over
quarter of mile. The two were taken
to No. precinct and booked on charges
of transportation.
The police vice squad, minus the
leadership Of Sergt. Oscar j. Letter.
man by his transfer to the fist pre-
cinct as a result of d warrantless raid,
trance to an alleged Speakeasy in an
apartment house in the 14OO block of
w street. TTTo men escaped by way
Of a fire eScap just as the officers
: nRdRS thm0ugh the last door.
Among the tontraband taken from
the apartment vas SO quarts Of gin, ~
quarts of alcohol and one quart Of rye.
Julia Hayes colored, Of the 1900
block Of Ninth street, was arrested by
the vice squad for possession Of seven
quarts OF whyky, which were reported
found sewed hp in a number of over
coats scattered throughout her house.
She was BODIED at No. precinct.
A large quantity of alleged whisky was
dumped by he occupants of a home in
the 21O0 block of Ninth street, when
the police Vice squad broke into the
house. but jbne quart was saved by po-
lice and I$iah Shelton, 60, colored, was
arrested On charge of possession.
Second iprecinct detectives reported
Selzing three gallons of whisky at the
home Of Robert Gets, "a, colored, in
the first block of G street, and booked
him on possession charge.
Dog Killed in Raid.
A dos which bit Precinct Detective
william r. Latin during the raid In
the 21OO block of Flagler street, netting
two prisoners and one quart of "evi-
dence,H was killed by the officer.
Chasles Robinson, TO- and Frances
Vance, %, both colored, who live at the
Flaglef street address, were arrested on
q charge Of possession.
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