Evening star., 1937-04-04
$4,000 IN BONDS
ORDERED FOR IS
IN GAMBLING RAIDS
Charges Filed After Quizzing
140 Arrested in Four
Round-ups.
DRIVES ON 9th STREET
MADE SINFUL ULTANEOUSLY
Police Steadily Advance Amount
of Bond to $4,000 a Count.
Fees to Be Considerable.

boiicSo CotdlIlS SOS,UUU were OrCere1
early today against l6 men booked on
gambling charges following four simul-
taneous raids on Ninth street estab-
hshmentS which netted 140 prisoners
yesterday afternoon.
The tedious process of interroga-
ton continued far into the night at
headquarters as investigators sought
to separate suspected proprietors Of
gambling places and assistants from
men and women patrons arrested on
the premises.
1t was after midnight before the
final suspect was booked Meanwhile,
the wives, friends, relatives and
bondsmen Of the prisoners thronged
headquarters ante rooms and lounged
in the corridors.
$4,000 Bonds Assessed.
Police boosted the bond ante to
$4,000 a charge Four defendants
had two charges placed against them,
and one had four, for a total of
$4,000 At least half dozen bonds.
men we're on hand to take care Of
the rush.
Even if the cases against the SIS
poets are dismissed, the raiders last
night threw the alleged gamblers for
a considerable loss in bonding fees.
When the mass raids began on March
10, only $1,000 bond was asked for
each charge. The amount since has
been boosted by $500 increases.
Led by Lieut. o. J. Letterman and
United States Deputy M1rshal Clay
ton Gasqua, raiders converged on the
pool room of Isaac Nicholson. ST. at
Gil Ninth street, and took 81 mea
INTO custody.
More than so were arrested at the
Mount Vernon Pool Room 937 Ninth
street, operated by Melvin O. Zirkle.
Lieut.. j. E. Fondahl led the raid.
Phone Outfit Seized.
Sixteen prisoners, including three
women. were taken at the Orchard
Fountain Service, 903 Ninth street. A
telephone outfit, numbers slips and
racing charts were reported seized
by Lieut. w. j. Cunningham aId
United States Deputy Marshal J. B"
Upperman.
The fourth raid, on pool room and
barber shop at 6l0 Ninth street, re-
suited in arrest of IA men and two
women Thirty pin-ball machines and
"a claw machines were confscated.
Lieut.. Thomas Mason directed this
raid.
The first to be booked was zirklc,
who gave his age as SO and residence
in the 1900 block of Thirteenth street.
Three others arrested with him also
were charged with setting up gam
ing table. They were: Herman
Edwin Roach. 38, of the 900 block of
Eighth street; Thomas Wesley Bean,
40, of the 500 block of L street, and
James Walter Campo, 36, of the 900
block of H street.
The police war on gambling has
resulted in 43 raids.
Hundreds Struggle to Watch.
Hundreds of shoppers on Ninth
street struggled for places of vantage
to watch while the raiders herded
their prisoners into patrol wagons
yesterday afternoon.
Michaelson and his son, Howard.
of the 1900 block Of Fourth street,
were held under $4,000 bonds each
on two charges of setting up gaming
table and conspiracy to violate the
gambling laws. The bonds totaled
$4,000.
Others arrested on the same prem
ises were Vincent Marino. 900 block
of Fifth street, held under $4,000
bond on four charges; Arthur Edward
Williams, 500 block of Ninth street,
held under $4,000 bond on two charges
and George D. Craig, 500 block of
Morton place northeast, held under
$4,000 bond on one charge.
Police said they booked Marlno
on the two additional charges be-
cause they had missed him when
they raided another place in the 900
block of Ninth street on March 10.
Marino was charged twice with set
ting up a gaming table. and twice
with conspiracy to violate the gamb-
ling laws.
Conspiracy Is Charged.
Craig was charged WIN SetJlng up
a gaming table and Williams with
setting up gaming table and con-
spiracy.
At 9O3 Ninth street, George H.
Lilley of that address and Clark
Stockstill, 800 block of Seventh
street southwest, we're arrested and
charged with setting up a gaming
table
Similar charges were placed against
John Dunlea, 800 block of Sixth
street: Nanny Kline, 900 block Of
H street; Frank LaBarr, Poughkeep.
sic, N. Y, and Nick Koury, 900 block
of H street, all of whom were ar
rested at 610 Ninth street.
The raiders picked up Bernard
Newyhar, 1900 block of N street, on
old charges of setting up gaming
table and conspiracy. VI
Police said NeWyhar was out when
they raided a place in the 900 block