Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
VIOLATION OF
GAMBLING LAW
Allison c. Jenkins, Stock Broker,
Indicted by Grand Jury.
RESULT OF RECENT RAID
Indictments Also Returned Against
Alleged Promoters of Policy.
THREE CHARGES AGAINST KEMl
Absconding Police Department Clerk
Accused of Embezzlement-Othe
in the Tolls.

Allison c. jenkins. stock broker. Of 1921
street northwest was today indicted by
the grand jury for a violation of the gam
bling law It being alleged that he con-
Quoted a bucket shop place where
gambling on the stock market quotations
was permitted. Jenkins was arrested Au-
gust 23, when the detectives and assistants
to the United Sattes attorney made a gem
eral raid on alleged bucket shops and took
into custody Jenkins, Wade & Hedges.
Chesley & Spence and Frank Kane
Bail in the sum of S1.GoO was given by
jenkins, with the other persons, at the
time the arrests We're made. but when the
other five men We're indicted last month no
Indictment was returned against him. Fur
ther testimony presented to the grand Jury
by the district attorney, who has had de-
tectives daily visiting the suspected bro
kers offices, brought about the prese ntment
by the grand jury on which this indictment
is oredicated
The indictment against Jenkins is similar
tC those returned against the other alleged
bucket shop proprietors. and charges
that between August 10 and August - last
jenkins did set up and keep a place for
gaming, and did conduct "A pretended
brokerage business under the name of Jen-
between him and other persons for the pre-
| tended buying on commission for such other
persons, as broker. shares of stock at
prices prevailing on the stock exchange,
which prices. il is claimed, We're never tele-
Eraphed to him.
Assistant United States Attorney Frank
| Sprigg Perry, who has charge OF the al
| legged bucket shop crusade, stated today
| that other similar indictments are looked
| for when the grand jury makes its haal re-
port September 30 He would give no in
tjmation as the persons who may be in
cluded in the grand jurys final present
nent. but il is understood that the offices
of firms other than the four raided last
month have been under the daily surveil-
lance OF the detectives from Mr.. Bakers
Office, and it is more than probable that
one or more of these may be indicted.
AS earnest of the intention of the
district attorney and the police to wipe
out all forms of gambling in the District
ind ictments were returned today against
George Seymour George A. Chase. William
Barnes and Winston Bridget. all colOred,
for alleged violations of the policy law.
The defendants are charged, in separate
indictments, with being unlawfully engaged
between June / and August 81 last OF the
current year as agents in managing a
certain policy lottery.
Three Indictments Against Kemp.
Three indictments We're returned against
James Arthur Kemp, former property clerk
OF the police department. One is in seven
counts, and charges the embezZement by
Kemp of the contents of certain envelopes,
held as evidence of crime and left for safe
keeping in the custody of Kemp. The other
two indictments each In three counts
and are similar, except that in one Kemp Is
charged with appropriating the funds of an
unincorporated association called the Metro
po!itan Police Relief Association. and in
! the other 1t is set out that the property
taken belonged to the ind d.vidual members
of the association. whose names to the
grand jury unknown.
The first count of what may be called
the envelope indictment charges that
Kemp was a clerk in the service and en-
ployment of the District of Columbia as
property clerk of the police department ard
had the custody of all property and money
alleged or supposed to have been felonious-
ly obtained or to be the proceeds of crime,
or which had been lost, abandoned, taken
from insane or intoxicated persons, or from
pawnbrokers as the proceeds of crime. He
was also empowered, il is charged, to sell
abandoned and condemned property at auc-
ton and receive the proceeds thereof Tor
safekeeping and transfer TO the collector
of taxes of the District. While so em-
ployed it is alleged, Kemp rece we'd
cl eek for $37077. the proceeds Of sale OF
condemned property. and November l6
1904. with intent to defraud the District OF
Columbia, fraudulently caused the check
to be cashed and appropria ed the proceeds
to his own use.
Embezzlement of Cash
The second count charges the emhezZle-
ment of $77.37 in cash, which had been In
his possession for more than six months,
and which should have been transferred
to the custody of the collector Of taxes.
The third count is In the form Of an ON
nibus charge that Kemp embezzled the
total of s271067 of funds coming into his
hands as property clerk. for which he was
accountable to the ID strict of o'umbia.
In the fourth count is set out the charge
Of a,,obayzlipp Sf.y taken DN a ms,p- of
the police force from one George Morris,
supposed to be insane, and held hy Kemp
in the capacity of property clerk To the
police department This alleged crime Is
said to have been committed July last.
the day on which Kemp left his oiiiHe. The
subject matter of the fifth count s the al
legged emhezzlement of S13 May - last
which had been taken from Isabel T.. Case,
alleged insane person. The om1eZZe-
ment of $93 January 4, 1906 belonging To
Paul Frederick also of unsound mnd is
charged in the sixth count while in the
seventh count Kemp Is said to have appro-
priated 500 which was to be used evi-
dence in a case pending In the Dis rict
Supreme Court
Relief Fund Losses.
The relief fund Indictment aleE : that
May 1 last Kemp was secretary. ag Mt and
clerk of unIncorporated association. and
the first count charges that he had in his
possession and under his care, Sl.JlT.5u. be-
longing to the association by virtue OF his
employment. which sum. it is alleged, he
wrongfully converted to his own use and
fraudulently took, made away with and
secreted the money with intent 10 convert
il to his own u.s., and thereby enbaZZed
the sum of Sl,5I1.Jo
The second count charges the embFzzle-
ment of SSl9 belonging to the same assoc a
ton, and the alleged appropriation OF SJ,lh2
is the subject matter OF the third count
of the Indictment The other Indictment is
identical with the last mentioned with the
exception noted.
Other True Bills.
The grand jury also Indicted Edwin IL
Potts, former clerk of the American Ma