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Show POLICEMAN JAILED FOR HOTEL RAID T A COMA, Wash.. April 12 William H. James a local police officer, la In Jail tcday charged with robbing the Young hot1! early yesterday. He oc-J oc-J cuples a cell with Eddie Holmes, "tool pigeon" of the police department, also Hlleged to have taken part in the robbery. Jump was dismissed from the police po-lice department yesterday after he admitted ad-mitted he had "raided" the hotel and a warrant charging him with robbery was sworn out by Jack Edwards, night clerk at the hotel. Edwards charges that the two men entered the hotel, went through the till, held up three men In the lobby and attempted to open the safe. James and Holmes n Fieri they were raiding I he place f(r liquor or drugs, but Chief . rf Police Dymont, In discharging James, declared If the episode were a ! raid. It was unauthorized. |