Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-11

With the police cooperating with the
District attorneys office in the cam
paign against gambling on the num-
bers' game" by arresting nine persons.
including one of the alleged leaders in
the game here, United States Attorney
Rover has written to newspapers in
Washington asking their cooperation
in suppressing tie gambling evil by
ceasing publication of the daily figures
on the Washington and New York
clearing houses and United States
Treasury balance and information re-
lating to races.
In his letter to the newspapers, MIR.
Rover particularly called attention to
the practice of displaying prominently
statistics showing Clearing House and
Treasury balances for the day.
While these items may be of legiti-
mate interest to some people, he said,
sit is well known fact that the pub
hcation of these figures, grouped to-
gether in a convenient form, and
occupying prominent space in your
newspaper, encourages residents of this
District to engage in the illegitimate
game of numbers and it is a fact that
not until this violation. of the law be-
came so popular did the newspapers
display this information so promi-
nently."
Asks Racing News Ban.
Mr.. Rover pointed out that Congress
would be asked to enact legislation pro-
hibiting the mailing, selling or exhibit
ing in the District of any papers or
publications giving information as tc
racing.
The drive was given impetus yester-
day with the arrest Of John j. Carter,
81 years old, colored, Of the 1900 block
Girard street. According to Sergt. o.
j. Letterman, Carter is one Of the prin-
cipal numbers" game operators in
washington, furnishing most of the
brains and money" for the enterprise.
He was released today under $4,000
bond.
According to Lettermann. Carter is
said to be member of a group which
includes three white men, who in ad-
ditto nto operating IS or 20 games in
Washington, maintains an elaborate
office in Ardmore, Md. just across the
State line in Prince Georges County
Police declared that here force of 40
clerks and bookkeepers are employed to
sort and tabulate the days receipts
Sergt. Lettermann said about $4,000
passes through their hands daily.
Lettermann said today the identity
of the white men is known.
Carter Gives Bail.
Tipped of that Carter and an ac-
companying car were on their way to
Maryland, Sergt. Lettermann and his
SQUAD, Detectives George c. McCarron,
j. A. Mostyn and Richard Cox, posted
themselves just across the Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge, where they lay in wait
and arrested him as he neared the
bridge approach. He was taken to the
eleventh precinct station house and
charged with settign up a gambling
other car got away.
Carter's arrest led to the raiding OF
three other places by Letterman's squad
in which four colored persons were
arrested on similar charges.
The first raid this morning was In
the 700 block of T street. There Ernest
Whisenant, colored, "a years old, OF
the 900 block of Florida avenue, and
James Lewis, colored, AZ years old, OF
the 800 block of Rhode Island avenue
were arrested.
Next the officers visited house in
the 800 block of T street, where they
arrested Dora Rriscoe. colored, 80 years
old.
The last raid was in the HOO block
of u street. There Samuel Henry
Brown, colored, 43 years old, was taken
into custody. All four were charged
with setting up a gaming table. Num-
bers slips were found in each Of the
places, the officers allege.
Two Bonds Forfeited.
Two forfeitures and one conviction
marked the activities yesterday in Po-
lice Court In the war on numbers
games. Prosecutor Eugene Davis handled
the cases for the Government
Mary e. MARROW, colored, 900 block
of G street southeast, pleaded guilty
on q charge of permitting gaming and
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