Evening star., 1935-03-27
Conspiracy in Untaxed
Liquor Alleged by Grand
Jury.
OPERATIONS NET SAID
TO INCLUDE 3 STATES
Ten Storeplaces and Central
Offices Purportedly 0per.
ated in City.

Thirty-four alleged bootleggers. said
to have smuggled more than 10000
gallons of untaxed liquor into Wash
ington last year at loss to the Gov
ernment of approximately S400, 900
were indicted on conspiracy charges
today by the special District grand
jury.
The alleged conspirators, according
to the testimony of the Government S
witnesses, reached out into three
nearby States for their supply Of IL
licit liquor and maintained an extern
sive fleet Of trucks and automobiles
for running 1t into Washington, where
at least 10 Storeplaces and two central
offices were conducted.
1t is charged approximately 500
gallons Of liquor have been smugeled
into the city each day and then ped
died through legitimate liquor stores
and host Of hip pocket" bootleg
gers. operating largely in the poorer
sections of Washington. The untaxed
liquor consisted principally. 1t is al
legged. of two grades of alcohol-good
and high moon"-and country" q
brand Of green, moonshine rye.
Surpasses Prohibition Era.
Assistant United States Attorney
Henry Schweinhaut, who presented
the case to the grand jury, said the
operations Of this ring were on a more
extensive scale than anything known
here during the prohibition era.
One Of the principals indicted il
Samuel S. Montgomery, alias Monty
Montgomery. who allegedly headed q
local organization, including 80 other
men and women. Indictments also
were returned against Arthur Bar
tolozzi, Trenton. N. j.: Basil E
Johnson. Ellicott City. Md, and John
Phillips. Petersburg, Va. all described
as key men" in the alleged con.
spiracy.
Others indicted are:
Albert H. Smith. Joseph Samuel
Bond. Earl G. Funk. John Manoi,
George F. Tear, Belford r. Long
necker, Leonard Smith. Lawrence ].
Swami. Wendell Smith, Charles E.
Hawkins, Clarence Eugene Ross. An
drew jackson, Cornelius Carter,
Charles Richardson. William Theo-
dore Gilstrap, Robert Jones. Henry
Landry, John Thomas, Frank Guy,
Carroll Thomas. Blanche Thomas,
Corlis Sims. Harold johnson, Julia
Beck. Upton Dorsey, Frank Calvin
Smith, Frank Newton. Henry Cor
nellius, Raymond Hawkins and Cor
man Wright. All of these are from
washington.
Alleged Payments Cited.
Schweinhaut said bench warrants
would be issued Immediately for the
arrest of all the defendants.
The indictment sets forth two
instances in which money allegedly
was sent Bartolozzi in payment for
liquor. One payment was sl.006 and
the other 1851. 1t is also alleged
Bartolozzi cashed a Western Union
money order for $3.50, which had
been sent him in payment for liquor
Longnecker. it is alleged. obtained
a set of Maryland tags for Montgomery
last August 3 in the name of Ralph
Jordan.
1t is alleged the defendants main
tanned Offices for soliciting and selling
liquor at 1927 P street and at 1929
P street.
Storeplaces set forth are 1443
Church street. 1906 Sixth street, 9
Aliens Court southwest. 1910 Sixth
street. 48 Pierce street, 1909 M street.
208 Seventh street, 1881 Sherman
avenue, near Fourteenth and P
streets, and at Beantown. Md.
The indictment charged all of the
defendants during the existence of the
conspiracy. committed 1000 addi-
tlonal overt acts in furtherance Of it.