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warrant has been obtained, Inspector
Shelby pointed out, is extremely Diff
f1cult.
Take bookmaking. for instance" he
said. THE law requires that the police
must be able to give the location of
the place in which bet was made,
the name of the person with whom 1t
was made, the name of the owner of
the establishment, the name or number
of the race and the track at which
1t was run, the name of the jockey and
the price.
This constitutes an insurmountable
obstacle. 1t also is very difficult to
find a jury OF IL men who will con-
Wet any one on gambling or liquor
charge
There's nearly always some one on
jury who likes to take drink or dc
bit of gambling"
Capt Burke also expressed doubt as
to result of the raids.
In the past" he pointed out, Mr.
Rover always has insisted such raids
be made only when the raiders carry
warrants.
why, there are a hundred places
we Guild raid II We could do it without
the formality of obtaining warrants
time"
Lieut.. Varney has made several war
rantless raids. Capt Burke continued
but all CT them failed to take
Those raids were made, Capt. Burke
said, when Lieut.. Varney CHANGED upon
evidence Of gambling or liquor selling
while investigating other cases. In a
few instances, the captain added, the
discovery of evidence got under Lieut.
Varney's policeman skin" with the re-
suit he raided the establishments, only
to learn later that the lack Of warrants
nullified his efforts.
OF the SO men arrested, faced
liquor or gambling charges while "a
were held as witnesses.
Many of the witnesses gave fictitious
names. it was said with the result that
there was considerable confusion when
they appeared in Police Court today
and could not recall the names they
had given.
Those against whom gambling
charges were placed identified them
selves as Stephen J. Nicholson. 50;
Thomas w. Simon, 81; Lewis Palumbo,
%; Morgan @. Wilson, as George
Dooly. IS. and Charles E. Crismond, 40.
uel Green, 30, were charged with pos
session of liquor.
Location Of Places.
The places raided are at BIS Ninth
street, 408 Ninth street, 702 Ninth
street and 1902 1 street.
The fact all the places are In the
f1rst precinct caused discussion of Harry
N. Douthitt's recent charges anent the
activities of gamblers in that precinct
Douthitt, 45-year-old editor of the
Bluecoat, unofficial organ of the Police
Department, asserted things are kept
cool for gamblers IN the first precinct
by a $50 ,000-a month lice bill"
That charge was made while Douthitt
was in Casualty Hospital. after an at
tack by two men who beat him into
Inconsistencies in his apartment at
the Portner, Fifteenth and U streets.
He has since been subpoenaed to APP
pear before the grand jury and tell what
he knows about gamblers in the first
precinct. At present, he is said to be
Ill in Philadelphia, where he went to
visit his daughter and son-in-law after
his discharge from the hospital.
At one of the places raided yester-
day, the vice squad had to use axes
and sledge hammers to break through
Two electrically operated doors, al
though the detectives in search of "a
couple of fellows" had bsen admitted
without argument.
The raids netted $50 bottles of al
legged beer, lis bottles of alleged ale,
several gaming tables and other para
phernalia, including racing charts.