A great number of Washingtonians were among the 162 persons hauled into a Baltimore police court early yesterday after a raid on the Pepper Hill Club, and a Baltimore vice squad sergeant said “I wish Washington would We don’t want them.” Conditions in the N. Gay st club were “shocking, believe me.” Sergt. Hyman Goldstein told The News. “I’m not the type that lives by myself” he said. “I enjoy life, But something like that hell, I mean it reminded you of the wild, wild west. only the wild’ was a different kind.” Sergt. Goldstein’s raiders had to call in five police cars and six paddy wagons.

NOT THE SAME

The club is on the fringe of the night club section known in Baltimore as “the Block. The Block has been the target of growing outrage because of its the girlie shows. Sergt. Goldstein said Pepper Hill was “not the same kind of club.” “It was just brawl,” he said, “the crowd was out of control. Everybody was in there for one purpose. Why, one entire section of the club was dark. Back there we found several couples.” Sergt. Goldstein said he talked to the club’s owner a week ago about “immoral conditions” there and the owner promised to make corrections. About 11 p. m. Saturday night Sergt. Goldstein sent advance men to check on the club. It took them 25 minutes to get back.

DIFFICULT

“They said they could hardly get In,” the Sergeant had said. their “In fact they almost to force “evidence way in.” He said they found of homosexuality.” Sergt. Goldstein went to see for himself, taking small raiding party that included a fire captain. “We were met by a human wall,” Sergt. Goldstein said. “We found complete disorder.”

Saturday night sidewalk spectators soon clogged the whole street and two traffic cars had be called in addition to the other police reinforcements. It took paddy wagons a total of 24 trips to haul everyone in. Police had a little trouble handling the crowd in court and the judge finally had to threaten to add contempt of court to the disorderly conduct charges.

CALM

A desk sergeant said those arrested were “very, very calm and very, gentle” for that large a crowd. “They just laughed a little,’ he said. Then I rapped order and that was it. The judge backed me up. Five persons were fined, twenty two others forfeited collateral who refused to post collateral spent the night in Altogether, 135 were let go without being charged. Sergt. Goldstein testified in court that “Washington police are conducting a drive on homosexuals and apparently some of them are entertain- coming to Baltimore for their ment.” Insp. Roy E. Blick of the District’s vice squad. “We understood they were going out of town for their entertainment but we didn’t know where,” he said.