Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-27
SECOND VICTIM Of
W|RE-TAPPERS GOES
BEFORE GRAND JURY

claims he was SWlndled out Oh 3d.
| 900 by a syndicate of wire tappers
and gamblers in Atlanta, was told to
the Fulton county grand jury We'd
nesday in the course of it's investi-
cations that resulted Tuesday in in
dictments against nine men for run
ming gambling houses and which are
expected to result in further indict-
ments before the investigation ends.
N. L. Davis, of Lafayette, Ind
was brought to the courthouse by
Chief of Detectives Lamar Poole, to
whom he had told his story first. He
said he had taken his loss silently
until he read in the newspapers about
the sweeping investigation OF gam
bling houses, when he got on the
train to come to Atlanta and TESTIFY.
According to Mr.. Davis. he was on
his way to Florida several weeks
ago, when, stopping off in Chattanoo-
ga, he struck up an acquaintance
with man who said his name was
Douglas and who said he hailed from
Akron, o.
He told me he was also on the
way to Florida, and proposed that
we travel together" said Mr.. Davis,
in relating to newspaper men what
he testified before the grand jury.
Il agreed and we spent the day in
Chattanooga and then went on to
Atlanta, where we got room togeth-
er at the Kimball house.
Douglas, entering the room that
night, said he had noticed in the lob
by man whom he thought was the
friend of a friend of his, Judge
Gray, and who he knew had. with
Judge Gray. cleaned up $15O,OOO in
Cleveland a few weeks before.
THE next morning, as Douglas
and went down into the lobby, he
pointed man out to me and said,
Yes, that's the very fellow He
went over and asked the man if
he hadn't made big killing in
Cleveland. The man seemed uneasy
and denied it. but when Douglas ask
Gray, he owned up and asked us to
keep quiet about it. He pulled a
big roll Of bills from his pocket and
said he'd give us 500 apiece to
keep our mouths shut. told him
I didn't want any of his money, and
he said: Well, boys. I'll tell you
what I'll DOLL lite you in on the
easy money of your own"
THE next thing 1 knew" added
Mr.. Davis, II was out just $4,000.
We went to the so-called racing par
proper"
After testifying before the grand
jury. Davis was to go to the place
urday to see if he could identify it.
The grand jury on Wednesday
afternoon returned two indictments
lard" and ABE Powell" is charged
vagrancy and the other larceny after
trust, Powers, who is said to have
travelled under aliases of ABE Pol
lard" and ABE Powell lis charged
with having Incorporated $1,000
belonging to Wade Lamar, of Aiken,
S. c., who claims he was lured into
money" in horse race game.
With the indictments against Pow
ers and nine other men Wednesday
Solicitor John A. Boykin believes he
has some of the ring-leadeers of the
so-called overlapping syndicate.
The solicitor does not think, how
ever, that he has rounded up all of
the brains of the syndicate, and ne
declared Wednesday he is going to
continue his Investigations. Accord
ingly. he went before the grand jury
again Wednesday and more indict
ments are expected to follow.
Of the ten men indicted Tuesday,
the names of only five have been
made public thus far. They were ar
rested following the return of the
indictments. The names of the 9TH
er five will not be given out until
they, too, are arrested.
In addition to- Powers, the names
of the other four men arrested were
Lonnie Allen, against whom two bills
were found, one charging vagrancy
and the other operating a gambling
house at 40 1-2 Central avenue; r.
B. Kelly, two bills, one charging
vagrancy and the other operating
h i,ocr of -
Broad street: L. P. Coe, two bills.
one Charging V" ~rancy and the 9th
er operating a gambling house at
- IL Central avenue, and Americas
Lee, a negro, two bills, one for gam
ing and the other for vagrancy.
Allen, Coe and Kelley made bonds
at liberty. Kelley and Coe under
$4,000 bonds and Allen under ST.
900 bond. Lee was unable to make
bond of $4,000.
The Central avenue and the Broad
ments were the places raided by the
solicitor and his men Saturday. No
mention was made in the indictments
of the other place raided, the So
called headquarters of the syndicate
at 25 West Peachtree street.
Much of the paraprhernalia take. taken
cutting" machines, by which it was
claimed decks were marked so that
only professional gamblers could tell
the difference, was shown the grand
jury. Among the witnesses were
men who said they had lost money
in the houses. several of them being
patrons who called at the Central
avenue house Saturday night, "to see
how they came out on the races" and
who were greeted. much to their sur
prise, by the solicitor and his force.
Solicitor Boykin, in presenting his
evidence to the grand jury, termed
Allen, Coe and Kelley professional
/ gamblers, who have no other means
of livelihood" This explains the