Bisbee Daily Review/1917/04/03/Anonymous Writer Pesters Officials At Lowell Court

ANONYMOUS WRITER PESTERS OFFICIALS AT LOWELL COURT

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In spite of the fact that Lowell officers are establishing a record for that place in their war on bootlegging and gambling, some citizen has taken upon himself the task of crticizing them and warning them that they "are watched." Yesterday Constable Joel Hodges received the following letter, written on stationary from the correspondence table of the local Y. M. C. A:

"You probably are not aware that there is bootlegging and gambling going on every night at the — — — Hotel, Room — — — and adjoining. I have known this for some time. 'Get busy!' We are watching you."

With the same mail delivery Judge J. L. Winters also received a communication, the writer signing his name as "Citizen," a nom de plume commonly adopted by self-appointed sleuths. The letter read:

"Dear Sir: Beg to advise you that there is gambling going on constantly at the — — — Hotel."

Several other letters have been received from the unidentified "citizen" demanding that certain houses in Lowell be raided.

"We believe that we have the bootlegging and gambling situatins will under control in Lowell," said JJudge Winters and Constable Hodges yesterday. "And we don't intend to raid any houses or hotels on the advice of any one who is not willing to sign his name to a letter. A raid is a dangerous thing for an officer, for if he cannot prove his actions as being justified, he has violated the rights of some person, for which he alone is responsible. If Mr. 'Citizen' knows of any law violations he will himself avoid violating the law if he comes and tells us of them."

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