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* I Page A12-The Chronicle, Thurs ? * i.,jmanwar:^-"" ? ?- ---_? Liquor hoi By ALBERT NICKERSON Chronicle Staff Writer Although they are called liquor visit them not to purchase illegal t; prostitutes, according to authoriti Lt. Harvey Tuttle of vice and Salem Police Department said the tinue to prosper despite the best ef the crime picture. "We seem to be just holding oi Tuttle said the complete picturi quor house business can't be paint quor house violations from genei 1983, police issued 305 warrants f to statistics provided by the plan ment. Doug Mason, chief law enf< "We seem to be just ho Id in Beverage and Control Commissioi arrests, confiscated about 1,358 g about 41 gallons of tax-paid liquo In addition, Mason said ABC pounds of marijuana, and a half p fiscate anv heroin dnrino thp raid Illegal drink houses are not pari ty. Although police get most of th quor houses are located all over about 260 liquor houses operating dollars for its owners. Tuttle said can earn about $500 to $600 each "The number of illegal e: significantly, but the nature of th< Joseph Masten, acting police chie Masten said there are generally ?FBI: Local By ALBERT NICKERSON Chronicle Staff Writer Federal investigators have lot O * - luuiivuvu u I^IUUC 1I11U OllCgailUUS that two Winston-Salem police officers illegally entered the home of members of the Socialist Workers Party, according to internal Federal Bureau of Investigation documents. According to a 1982 FBI document, the FBI was investigating whether officers Robert Spillman and Barry Owens entered the home of Betsy Soares, and three other members of the SWP, who lived on West Street, without a warrant. U.S. Attorney. Dan Bell, in the Civil Rights Unit of the Justice Department's Criminal Investigation Division, declined to comment on the alleged break-in. "I'm not in a position to comment on any of your questions," he said when asked whether investigators were probing the allegations." > Spillman, now assigned to the ..... detectives division^- declined to answer any questions. Owens was unavailable for comment. But a source familiar with the documents said the "investigation was still open." Public Safety Attorney Claire McNaught also declined to <Liscuss any police department issue with the press. ; "This doesn't really surprise us, because they have been conducting surveillance against ^blacks, women and worker ^groups for yearssaid Greg McjQulan, the SWF's local chair<nan in Greensboro. J McCartan said he hadn't met ^officially with SWP members to determine what measures the parity could take regarding the incir JOIN ' Y%\* PAI W^Hinkle's vol on Fall Pa B0 Invitations B0 Tables Covers 0* Plates 0* Cups 0* Napkins |||L^ iJJIII Y?Ur Pat r&IN BOOKSTORES OFFICE PRC BUSINESS FURNITURE A DESIQI DOWNTOWN REYNOLDS MANOR P 4 ;day, September 20, 1984 uses cause p houses by customers, most people ax-paid liquor but to buy drugs and es. narcotics division of the Winstonowners of illegal liquor houses conforts of police to remove them from jr ground," said Tuttle. e about the nature of the illegal lied, because police don't separate lial violations of the liquor law. In or liquor law violations, according ning division of the police departDrcement office for the Alcohol g our ground." - Lt. Harvey Tuttle i, said his office last year made 311 allons of non-tax paid liquor, and r while raiding illegal drink houses. 3 agents confiscated about 1,262 ound of cocaine. Agents didn't cons. icular to one distinct area of the cie complaints fr#m East Winston, Iithe city. Police estimate there are in the city, generating thousandTof the owner of a thriving drink house day. stablishments haven't decreased e business has changed," said Maj. f. a handful of owners who operate police broke i dent. He said the party currently has a 10-year-old civil suit filed in New York City against the federal government^ and otherpolice agencies for spying. The allegations could be linked with that civil suit. Federal agents started investigating the incident in 1980 as a result of their probe into a shootout between members of the Communist Workers Party and Ku Klux Klansmen and Nazis. During the confrontation at a "Death To The Klan" rally Nov. 3, 1979, five people were killed and 10 wounded. Killed were Bill Sampson, Jim Waller, Sandi Smith, Cesar Cauce, and Dr. Michael Nathan. Klansmen Virgil Griffin, David Wayne Matthews, Lawrence Gene Morgan, Coleman Blair Pridmore, and Jerry Paul Smith were found innocent in connection with the shooting incident. Nazis Roland Wayne Wood and Jack Wilson Fowler also were found innocent. The families of the slain political activists and survivors of the attack joined with black leaders in Greensboro to organize the Greensboro Civil Rights Fund. The fund is suina the federal government, the Greensboro Police Department, the FBI, and U.S. Justice Department in a $48-million suit. There are 88 defendants in the case. Through the Charlotte FBI probe into the Klan shooting, they discovered alienations of the break-in by officers - R.A*? Spillman and Barry Owens, who were then assigned to the Winston-Salem Police Department's intelligence unit. According to the documents, the bureau's investigation revealTHE MS ITY es for Savings ^ irty Supplies i 0* Streamers 0* Fall Stationery 0* Halloween (0 Thanksgiving [0 Christmas toer in Partying! KLE'S SINCE 1925 >DUCTS COPY PROOUCT8 Y ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITERS ARKWJkY MT AIRY GREENSBORO 9 iroblems for p these establishments. Besides selling il engage in fencing stolen property, prostitu legal activities. In 1983, police made 39 a for stolen property, but thoses statistics ii 'There is a strong correlation betweer and stabbings ? and the operation of illeg tie. Tuttle said last year the city recorded 1 assaults, 118 robberies, which included houses. East Ward Alderman Virginia New* numerous drink houses, said before a r< Hrink hnucM ek? f?? ? ?? * w. ?? ?* nvmtfw ^iiv i wvitvu auuui iuui IU 1) "People are generally afraid to comph fear of retaliation," said Mrs. Newell. "I me about the rowdiness, noise, traffic and drink houses." Mrs. Newell said normally after polic< violators simply move to a new location. "The police close down one house, b another house, or another neighborhood, A spokesman for the North Carolina Re is difficult to determine the extent illegal d tion of licensed restaurants and bars. "We can't really tell if the loss is substai r? ? duuiicuiy, a spokesman i or me local couldn't tell how much in tax revenue was of drink houses. Owners will continue to operate drink h as long as their is a market, police said. "We don't know what attracts people to especially since most people can buy Alcoholic Beverage .and Control stores. "It of the location, or could be the atmosphen where the action is." However, Tuttle said the primary reasor houses is the illegal activities. Plus, people and buy liquor after the closing of the leg "People are going to always go where saidJTuttle. nto activists' ho ed the following sequence of "phot ^vi?ntc W . ...W. UUWU1II On Feb. 11, 1980, four but he members af the SWP ~ Janice Winstc Sams, Meryl Farber, Hilde Elder, ment t and Betsy Soares -- rented a numbe house at 941 West St. All of the numbe women were employed by the phone Bahnson Co. Soares had cam- Spill paigned for the mayoralty on the vestiga SWP ticket that year. the d During the spring of 1980, 'SWP i Mark Fulk, co-owner of the house residence with several other docum businessmen, hired workers to Spill paint the house. docum "We never had any complaints lawful about them," said F. Vernon residen Glenn, one of the co-owners, was hi * 'They were always very polite much i and cordial.** cerninj After waiving his rights with an of futi attorney present, Spillman told Detc the investigators that he met with ding t< "two unidentified individuals to give who were painting a residence on tained West Street** and made entry into - state the home. "wouli Spillman denied Plea "I'm super, t<x "I called WSXA, and within SO minutes had a number to call t carpooling from Pilot Mountain, four of us in the group, I flgur? out my costs from $180 to abou a month." ? Tammy snow, car pooler SUPEBPOOLING is a super to make friends of your nei bors and co-workers. It's aJ economical, convenient, s dependable and relaxing, super ideas about vanpools, pools, park and ride lots, bi schedules, and more, call V! today. wlice legal tax-paid liquor they tion, gambling and other ilrrests for prostitutions, 134 [lclude all violations. 1 violent crimes - murders al drink houses,*' said Tut9 murders, 432 aggravated crimes unrelated to liquor 11 whnc# u/flrri ^nntoine mmm f w mm vw w ?M % WlllUlllJ scent police crackdown on ive complaints each week, lin about drink houses for >eople complain secretly to violence associated with the j close a liquor house, the tut the owners relocate to " she said. staurant Association said it rink houses hurt the opera itial," the spokesman said. ABC board said officials loss through the operation touses, despite the risk and drink houses," said Tuttle, cheaper liquor from the t is perhaps the convenience j most people just like to be is for the flourishing of the i can go to the drink houses ;al ABC stores. _ the action is happening," me osraohins anv records. tents or communications, admitted calling into the >n Salem Police Depart0 Officer Harms telephone rs, names, and license rs that were listed near a in the kitchen.'' man told the agents no intion had been started by epartment regarding the members who lived at the according to the ents. man was quoted in the ents as saying he had "no reason to enter the ice other than that he felt it s obligation to obtain as nfelligence as possible con- ? 1 these type groups in case ire problems." ctive Barry Owen, accor> the documents, declined t a statement, but had oba lawyer. The documents that Owens' attorney . d offer a proffer and in se see page A13 ibout .With i mi .. . _ to. 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