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Show "LID" ORGANIZATION DEFIES POLICE FOR SIXTEEN HOURS St. ' Louis, Jan. 25 Thirteen members mem-bers of the Belmont Pleasure club, an alleged "lid" organization, surrend-ered surrend-ered today after defying the police for sixteen hours. The officers had gone to the place yesterday to raid it for violating the Sunday closing law but found the doors locked and windows barred and as the men inside in-side had been charged only with misdemeanors, mis-demeanors, the police were not authorized au-thorized to break down, tho barriers. There was nothing to prevent them establishing a siege, however, and this was done. In an effort to drive the men out the police blew cayenne pepper pep-per through the keyholes and stopped up the chimney. This failed and only the desire for breakfast caused the besieged to surrender. |