Evening star., 1935-02-07
EIGHT IN GAMBLING
RA|DFREE ON BOND
Not Guilty Plea Is Entered
in Arraignment-Get
Hearing Feb. ri.

Eight men, taken in custody yes
terday in gambling raid almost
within the shadow of the Capitol,
we're released in $4,000 bond each
when arraigned today before United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage on charges of setting up
gaming table. They pleaded not
guilty and will be given a preliminary
hearing before Turnage at 10 am,
February 81.
Forty-eight others were seized in
the raid, but were released after hav-
ing their names listed by police. They
were warned to hold themselves in
readiness to appear as United States
witnesses.
List of Those Booked.
Those booked identified themselves
as follows:
Charles Turner. IS, of the 1900
block of East Capitol street; John NJ.
Cornell, 81, of the 900 block of East
Capitol street; Edgar j. Behrle, &c.
Of the 900 block of E street north
east; Fred A. Stillman, AZ, of the
100 block of P street; Kenneth T.
Humphrey, 90. of the 400 block of
Fifteenth street northeast; John E.
Goetz, 36, of the 1900 block of @
street; Wilmer u. Long, %, of the
700 block of Nineteenth street north
east, and Frank E. Lynn, 81. of the
500 block of Fifth street.
The raid followed charges several
days ago by Representative Blanton
Democrat. of Texas that gambling
establishment which everybody knows
about" is operating close to the Capt.
tol. The charges came during the
special District crime investigation
and there were veiled implications,
expressed "off the record" in the in
quiry, that the police were afraid to
raid the place because it was being
patronized by employees of the Capitol.
The heavily barricaded establish
ment was located on the third floor
of the building at 113 B street south
east, just across the street from the
Library of Congress and only half
a block from the old House Office
Building.
Sc Found in Place.
There were Sc men in the place
when police smashed their way in
at the height of the afternoon rush
hour. The raid attracted hundreds
of spectators including several men,
bers of Congress and the crowd be-
came so great police had difficulty
in clearing the thoroughfare for
traffic.
Under the new police policy every
one in the gambling rooms was given
a ride to police headquarters in a
patrol wagon. Two wagons were first
called into service, then, when it be-
came apparent these would not be
enough, Lieut.. George Little, raid
commander, summoned all available
wagons.
Several patrons ran up to the third
floor to hide as the raiders smashed
through a final barred door on the
third floor, but Lieut.. Little'S men fer
reted them out and herded them in
with the rest on the third floor. All
then were taken out one at a time
and loaded into the patrol wagons,
much to the amusement of spectators
and cameramen.
Equipment Seized.
Raiders seized a pool table. said to
have been used for dice games; a ra-
dio, several telephones, several loud
speakers, 1900 numbers books, two
barricaded doors and a quantity of
poker chips. Little reported finding
$2,127 on the eight men who were
charged.
Only a week ago a raid was made
on the building by fifth precinct
police, who reported the building
empty. New boards put in recently
led police to believe plans were under
way for operating the establishment
on a larger scale.
Heavy tImbers had been placed un-
der the ceiling between the second
and third floors. Police we're unde-
cided whether these were merely for
reinforcement TO enable the third floor
to withstand more weight or whether
it was to make it more difficult to
gain entrance.
Lieut.. Little said he had had the
place under surveillance for some time,
however, and was merely waiting until
sufficient information could be OBJ
tanned to warrant raid.
Several members of Congress, at
tracted to the scene Of the raid,
praised Little and members of his
squad for their activities. The squad
commander commenting on the raid