Evening star., 1932-04-24
Ceiling Chopped When Door
at 915 Ninth st. DefieS
Battering Crew.
SLEDGES USED IN TWO
STREET ONSLAUGHTS
Glassford Heads Simultaneous
Visits and Patrols Are
Kept Busy.

Striking simultaneously at three
downtown gambling establishments yes
terday afternoon, squads of picked
police battered their way through
heavily barricaded doors and arrested
more than 300 alleged gamblers.
A majority of those arrested were
booked as witnesses and released under
Sl00 bond each. The others were
charged as principals.
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford,
superintendent of police, personally
directed the raids. This, his first big
offensive against the gamblers, was
planned and executed with military
precision.
Chops Through Ceiling.
At 915 Ninth street the door was SO
strongly barricaded that police could
not break through, so they went up
stairs and chopped an entrance through
the ceiling. Doors we're smashed in
the other raids at 713 street and 1902
street.
In each place police found an assort-
ment OF gaming tables and race track
betting paraphernalia. The Ninth street
establishment was equipped with radio
set capable of receiving broadcastS from
the Police Department Short Wave
Station.
All persons found in the three places
were rounded up and taken to precinct
stations in patrol wagons. Gambling
tables, charts and other equipment was
conflscated for later use as evidence.
Gaming Charges Preferred.
Eight alleged proprietors of the estab-
hshments were charged with setting up
gaming table.
Clifford Voorhes, 80. OF the 800 block
OF l street; Fred j. Fillah, %. of the
HOO block Of Tenth street; George Drew
Craig. 81, of the 1900 block of N street:
Joseph Ruppel 33, Of the 900 block of
Fifth street, were arrested at the raid
staged in the 900 block of Ninth street.
One hundred and thirty-six persons
were arrested in this raid. Thirteen
separate patrol loads were brought from
this address.
In the raid on a place in the 1400
block Of street, Percy C. Jones, Al, of
the l400 block of street, was charged
with setting up a gaming table. Sixty
eight persons were arrested there.
In the raid on an alleged establish
ment in the 700 block of street, police
arrested and charged Joseph H. Lin
kinS, 80. of the 5000 block Of o street;
John A. Mahoney, 26, 900 block of
Eleventh street; Herman E. Roach, SO,
of the 800 block of K street. Police ar
rested 48 patrons in that raid.
The eight alleged proprietors posted
50, 900 bond each. OF the witnesses, PIG
furnished 500 bond each and IS were
released upon posting s25 cash COL
lateral.
The raids were carefully planned by
Gen. Glassford and Inspector James F.
Beckett at conferences beginning weeks
ago with vice squad officials.
Nine men were set to gathering evi-
dence at the three places, and care
fully prepared the groundwork of the
case. When the offensive was set for
yesterday afternoon, all was in readi-
ness. Warrants were in hand Forty
picked men assembled at No. 1 pre-
clnct, and were met by Gen. GlaSsford
and Inspector Beckett. Final instruc-
tions were gone over carefully again,
and the men were divided into three
flying SquadronS.
To avoid suspicion, police cars were
left behind and the men took to taxi
cabs, arriving simultaneously at the
three places at the prearranged time
Of 1920 O'Clock.
So carefully were plans laid, SO well
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