Evening star., 1938-01-30
SIX POLICE RAIDS
NET 40 IN DRIVE
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Alleged big Shot" Numbers
Backer Among Over 20
Facing Charges.
FELLOWSHIP JAMMED
WITH CASH SEIZED
Carroll Bailey Caught With
Money and Lottery Stubs on
Roof, Officers Say.

Police, in major thrust at the
numbers racket yesterday afternoon,
raided an alleged headquarters in the
900 block of Second street NE, arrest
ing the alleged big shot" hacker of
the game and six other men and one
woman, while other raiding squads
were crashing into five other reported
gaming resorts in the Northwest Sec
ton.
In raid on an alleged bookmaking
resort in the 3l00 block .on Mount
Pleasant street NV Edwin S. Ford
Ball Ordway street NV. who told
the police he was dermatologist was
arrested and charged with conspiracy
to set up a gaming table. Similar
charges were booked against eight
others.
More than 40 persons were taken
Into custody in the series of simul-
taneous surprise raids. some of them
booked on lottery or gaming charges,
others later released
Charles E. Pinkney, 81, colored. Of
the 100 block of Adams street NV,
said by police to be well known in the
numbers and racing rackets, was
arrested on the street last night
several hours after the afternoon raids
He was charged with conspiracy to
set up gaming table. The basis for
the charge was not divulged.
The gambling forays, which al
1egedly netted the police two numbers
outfits and four bookmaking resorts.
were the most spectacular since the
"Jewboy" Dietz raids OF last spring.
Carroll Bailey Arrested.
Capt. George M. Little. who d.
1ected the raids. regarded as the most
important arrest that of Carroll
Bailey, "a, Of the 54OO block of North
Capitol street, who. according to the
raiders, was seized on the roof of the
Second street place after he had
climbed through a skylight with
FELLOWSHIP full Of money and numbers
slips.
Bailey and seven others were
charged with operating q lottery-a
felony punishable by penitentiary
sentence. Police said Bailey ran the
numbers business.
A bank statement found on Bailey
showed deposits Of $4,000 between
January and 20, according to De-
tective Sergt. George c. Deyoe, who
led the raid.
In the FELLOWSHIP were between 5000
and $700 in cash and numbers tickets
More than 5000 tickets were seized
during the raid.
So little warning had the asserted
numbers people of the impending raid
that runner arrived during the raid |
with SIP in cash and about 1000 |
numbers slips. the squad reported.
Three Colored Persons Held.
Three colored persons, described by
the police as small numbers opera
tors. were taken in raid at 807
Barry place NV.
The other raids, all on houses de-
scribed as bookmaking headquarters,
were staged in the $500 block of Mount
Pleasant street NV, the 1900 block
Sf Lamont street NV, the 1900 block
of Fifteenth street NV. and the HOO
block of Thirteenth street NV.
Sergt. Deyoe led II policemen and
swo deputy United States marshals
In the raid on the asserted numbers
headquarters on Second avenue NE.
Three search warrants had been OBJ
three adjoining struc-
tures-a restaurant at 901, pool hall
1t 903 and a residence at 905.
Mrs. Helen May Vogle, 81, of 905
Second street NE, was arrested in
the restaurant, where some numbers
slips were found on the floor, accord
ing to the raiders.
Barber Chair in Pool Hall.
A single barber chair was in the
pool hall, and attending the chair was
o man booked at headquarters as
Harry Clifton Brock, So, of the 1000
block of B street NE. Another taken
into custody was Francis T. Marrow,
B3, of the 800 block of D street NV,
who appeared as proprietor of the
pool tables.
In the pool room was sign, mo
Gambling Allowed"
The upstairs of the adjacent resi-
dence was the numbers headquarters,
6ergt. Deyoe reported.
When they climbed the stairs, the
police said, Bailey fled up a ladder
leading to the roof, carrying the pill
lowslip in which he had scooped up
(See RAIDS, Page A-5.)