Evening star., 1936-03-24
BY JUNIUS B. WOOD.

TAMPA, Fla. March "a (N.AN.A).
An alleged anonymous telephone
message, Dangerous Communists are
meeting at 307 East Palm avenue" is
the justification the Tampa police
gave for the arrest of Joseph Shoe
maker and five companions without
warrants. The kidnapping indict-
ments in the Shoemaker second-degree
murder trial are based on two Of these
arrests.
The six prisoners were taken sep
arately into an Office at police head
quarters and questioned. Charles E.
Jensen, State secretary of the Socialist
party, engineering graduate Of the
University of Ohio and opponent Of
q member Of the Kloklan, or Klan
Membership Committee, in the Tampa
municipal election, and Walter Roush,
SO, member of the Socialist State
Executive Committee and president of
the Workers Alliance, were permitted
to leave together and went to their
homes.
John A. McCaskill, a city fireman,
who was later suspended, was per-
mitted to fade out of the picture. The
police later scratched his name from
the arrest book and wrote in 20. r.
Sauls."
Local newspapers did not find out
where the arrests were made, or by
whom, until q fortnight later. That
was after r. G. Ellsworth, chief of
police and now indicted as an ac-
cessory In the Shoemaker case, had
been removed from Office by Mayor
Chancey. Tittsworth's lodge connec-
tions also are under discussion.
Poulnot First to Go.
E. F. Poulnot, who had been fire.
uuently in trouble as result of labor
: disturbances, was led out first by a
uniformed policeman to an automobile
waiting in front of police headquar-
ters, in the center of the city. He
resisted and shouted and Saturday
night crowd quickly gathered. Taking
q crazy man to Chattahoochee Asy-
lum," policemen explained. Chief OF
Detectives Bush, later acting chief OF
police, who had come into the build
ing during the questioning, emerged
from his Office and asked what the
rumpus was about.
They're having trouble getting a
drunk into a car" policeman told
him.
After the struggle, John Riegel
police watchman, found Poulnot's
broken glasses and police star No. SO
on the sidewalk and put them in q
drawer Of the sergeant's desk. The
next morning the glasses were gone
as often happens with exhibits, ano
John e. Bridges, motor cycle oflcer
who had worn No. 80, was wearing
star No. 104. Bridges Is one Of the
10 men indicted.
Waited Until Crowd Left.
Other policemen started out with
Shoemaker, but took him back until
the uproar subsidized and the crowd
dispersed. DR.. Samuel G. Rogers, Sc
years old, and an alunnus of Loyola
Medical College, was next put into an
automobile waiting in the little area.
way, 1dCulS tllC otlCdcb bCGWCSh S4Vy
Hall and police headquarters. His
captors proceeded directly to the Sc
cluded place near Brandon, selected
for the fogging, which would indicate
that the Tampa police knew the spot
If they had not actually selected it
for their out-of- visitors, and
that all had been informed where to
meet.
Shoemaker was finally put into a
car in front Of police headquarters
and taken to where more cars, filled
with foggers, were waiting with Poul-
not.
Rogers and his escorting cars ar
rived first at the meeting place. His
hands were already bound and q sack
had been tied over his head. The
fogging experts now stripped him of
overcoat, coat and vest. The auto
mobiles were grouped in a circle so
their headlights could illuminate the
scene. Rogers shirt was pulled up