Evening star., 1952-05-24

Charges. Poee A-24
said he was puzzled as to how
peddlerS here kept up their illegal
dope supplies.
Although metropolitan police
narcotics squad detectives joined
last nights raids on nearly a dozen
dope hangouts, Inspector Lutz in
dlcated his men had been con-
centrating on uncovering the big
wholesalers.
We've been making buys like
house afire," he said.
Roundup to Continue.
Detectives and Federal narcotics
agents famed out over the city
beginning about $50 pm. last
night. They arrested 46 persons,
II of whom were charged with
violation of the Harrison Narcotics
Act. These were arrested on war;
rants. Police said % persons are
still being sought on warrants and
predicted the roundup would con-
tinue throughout the day.
Persons seized at known dope
hangoutS were brought to head
quarters and were still being ques-
toned this morning. Some addicts
were caught taking "shots."
Those charged with narcotics
law violations were:
Alfred Bond, "a, of the 140O
block of w street NV; Matthew
Green, "a, of the 1900 block of
Marion court NV: Curtis T.
Gafford, "a. of the 1000 block of
M street NV: Andrew M. Tay-
lor. %, of the 1000 block of M
street NV; Florence C. Taylor,
%, OF the same address.
James Cannon, alias Tony Cam
non, %. of the 800 block of New
Jersey avenue NV, Robert Will
son, 38, of the 800 block of New
Jersey avenue NV. Harry Her.
bert, %, of the 2200s block of
Georgia avenue NV; Floyd Par
sons, %. of the 800 block of New
Jersey avenue NV; Calvin
Catcher. "a. of the first block of
o street NV.
Others Facing Charges.
Marie Saunders, %, of the 1900
block of Ninth street NV; James
Daniels, Is. of the 1400 block of
Ninth street NV; Roberta Vir-
ginia Wilson, no age listed, of the
first block of Fenton court NV;
Jesse Smith Williams, 25, of the
1000 block of Sixth street S.W.;
Evelyn Turner Lawson, %, of the
HOO block of Thirteenth street
NV.
Theodore r. Lawson, %, of the
same address, and Thomas w.
kenney, So, of the 210O block of
Ninth street NV. All are colored.
Inspector Lutz compared the
drug rings here to the pocket
bottleggers which his squad has
been corraling.
"You get one, and two more turn
up" he said. There are so many
addicts, they just float around
looking for the stuff"
Narcotics Commissioner Harry
AnSlinger recently said Washing
ton had the worst narcotics prob
lem in the country, considered on
per capita basis.
Some officials have thought that
dope was flown in here from New
York by courier, with different
messengers used every time.
The inspector said he didn't
know if last nights cleanup OF
the smaller fry would hurt his
campaign to get information on
the big operators.
Some Face Court Today.
Some of those arrested on COM
missioner'S warrants will appear
before United States Commission
er Cyril S. Lawrence Monday
Others were to appear in Munich
pal Court today.
The surprise raids were made
by 10 District detectives, 10 Mar
cotics Bureau agents and IL dep
uty United States marshals.
One of the first places hit was
an alley apartment in the 1900
block of Marion court NV. Raid
ers were looking for a man iden-
titled as Bull Leech. They said
he was connected with the mar
cotics operations of Randolph
Catfish" Turner, who was indict-
ed on drug charges yesterday.
Raiders failed to find Leech, but
they picked up six men and one
woman who said they were wait.
ing for heroin. The apartment
was infested with reaches" ane
pigeons were flying in and out o
open windows. Bond and Greer
were arrested there.