Evening star., 1935-03-15
ILLICIT DISTILLERS,
SMUGGLERS CAUGHT
General Roundup of Alleged vio-
lators Ordered by Treasury
Department.
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BY HAROLD b. ROGERS,

harrison narcOtlcS act.
Reports from various quarters OF
the United States began coming into
Treasury headquarters shortly after
noon to indicate cleanup of dope
peddlers, illicit distillers. counterfeit
ers. smugglers, violators of the income
tax law and others.
The Washington dope raids, which
resulted in virtual roundup of all
alleged dope peddlers in the capital.
was an outstanding feature of the
narcotics drive. In addition to the
seven men and four women charged
here, another woman was held for in
veStigation
Many Arrests Made.
Alcohol tax agents. who have re-
ceiyed no pay since the first of last
December. turned in glowing reports
showing shortly afternoon a total of
1862 arrests in various parts of the
country and seizure of 81 automobiles
and 428 stills with capacity of l33.-
$50 gallons day Property valued
at s57,92l was confiscated by the al
cohol tax agents.
Simultaneous raids and arrests by
all Treasury enforcement agencies
we're being made. officials explained. to
test advantages of this kind of stimuli
taneous action.
Reports were flltering in to the head
quarters here and were to be made
public later in the day as further ar
rests and seizures were made.
"Rings" Overlap.
The advantages of such a stimuli
taneous drive were believed by Treas
ury officials to be effective because of
irterrelation between various phases of
crime. For instance. smuggling of
narcotics leads to peddling of mar
cotics. and smuggling of liquor often
times. officials said. had some kind of
a hook-up with Illicit distributors,
sometimes with illicit diStillers and
frequently with counterfeiting.
Among the agencies whose agents
were on the battle front today we're
the Customs. Coast Guard and Mar
cotics Bureaus. Alcohol Tax Unit.
Secret Service Division and the In
telligence Unit of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue
Plans for this particular drive have
been under way tor two weeks. officials
said, but the general policy of build
ing better system for correlation of
Treasury enforcement agencies has
been under way since last Sumer.
Among the early reports outside
Washington was one from Charles
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Ga. where "a cases had been made
by the arrest of 1T persons and
seizure of 307 illicit stills
In San Francisco the customs agent
in charge reported the arrest of 13
persons and seizure of several ounces
OF opium and heroin. At Los Angeles
a case Of jewelry valued at more
than $4,000 was seized by the GUS
toms unit, whose agents also confis-
Gated II ounces of morphine off the
japanese liner Tatsuta Maru.
Arrested in automobiles and apart
ment houses. local prisoners were
locked up in precincts last night. but
were brought to police headquarters
today for fingerprints and photo
graphs.
Several strange incidents featured
the raids, including the arrest of one
man with Sl00 bills Sewed into his
coat and necktie. One woman in an
automobile had a lap full of dope
Another woman prisoner l. an ex-
pectant mother.
Raids Began Yesterday.
The raids were started at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning and continued
during the day and through the night.
One officer said after the last arrest
1t was impossible to find any more
sources of supply.
The narcotics seized were said to
constitute the largest haul made in
the National Capital in many years.
The raids were conducted by De-
tectiVe SergtS. Dan H. Jone and C. E.
Mansfield of the police narcotic squad
The woman with her lap full of
dope was Dorothy Tanner. "a. of the
900 block of Hamilton street, who,
the officers said. was attempting to
make a getaway when the police
car forced them into the curb at
Thirteenth and l. streets. Her COM
panion, Russell Vaughan Claybourn.
alias White" jumped from the car
and attempted to pu. up battle
with the officers, but was subdued.
In the woman's lap they found a large
quantity of morphine This was con-
flscated and the pair was led by Clay
bourn to his apartment in the 900
block of Hamilton street where more
narcotics were found Claybourn had
the 500 bills sewed in his clothes.
Driver of Car Arrested.
Another car, driven by Carl Bullo,
80, of the 1900 block of Rhode Island
avenue, was seized in the 100 block
Of Seventeenth street. Bullo was
arrested and quantity of narcotics
IN the car was taken by the raiders.
In the lobby of a hotel near the
Capitol Building officers took into GUS
tody two more suspects, Kali Nader,
go, of the 800 block of Ninth street
northeast, and Julian Sanders, IS of
the 500 olock Of L street, but found no
narcotics. Nader is known as the
Kaiser" on account of his picturesque
mustachios.
Others arrested by the raiders in
cluded Mosbey Williams. 40, anG May
Lee, 46, If the 900 block of New York
avenue; Benjamin Henry Woolf. 43,
and Mrs. Lucille Woolf. 80, of the 17O0
block of Seventeenth street; Clay
Nichols, 80, Of the 21O0 block OF p
street, and Bessie Snow, so, of the 400