Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-01
Special Police and Detective
Assigned to Protect
Public Printer.
ROBSON COMMITTEE
CONSIDERS PROCEDURE
Kentuckian Says Group Win Not
Act as Grand Jury
Nor Sewer"

special police guard has been as
signed to the home of Public Printer
George H. Carter. his office in the Gov
eminent Printing Office and detective
rides with him to and from his work. it
was learned today as the result of a Sc
ries of threats which Mr.. Carter has
received since he inaugurated his at
tack on gambling in the vicinity of the
Printing Office.
A series of threats, which started with
an early morning telephone call which
brought him out of bed yesterday, have
been followed up with threats of gun
men, Mr.. Carter disclosed today.
Committee Considers Course.
Meanwhile, the Robson subcommittee
of the Senate District committee was
laying plans to consider the course it
would follow in handling Carriers
charges that police have failed to stamp
out gambling and bootlegging in the
vicinity OF the Government Printing Of
flee.
At the outset the Kentucky Senator
made 1t clear that his subcommittee
a sewer through which to pass mud and
filth, blackening mems regulations
Mr.. Carter, confirming reports that
he was receiving constant police pro-
lection, said the guards had been
thrown about his home and Office
purely on the initiative of police be-
cause l have no fear whatsoever Of
people who make threats. /"
Receives Death Threats.
Carter told reporter from THE star
he received a death threat todav-tile
third in two days-frorn notorious
gambler" In addition, Inspector Will
liam S. Shelby, chief of detectives, in
formed Garter of fourth threat.
Today's warning reached Carter
though a mutual friend of the public
printer and the gambler. Carter said
the gambler sent word it would be
easy to import gunman to get you
for $4,000" The man also sent word
that Carter could get SIS 1000 from
Maryland gamblers to have gambling
stopped in the District if he would hold
off a few weeks.
Laughing, CarteT q&nted .fls man as
having said Maryland gamblers would
be glad to have Washington CLOSED up"
so their business would increase.
Carter said he sent word to the gam
bier that IF he sets foot in my Office
I'll throw him out"
The public printer said he was awak-
ened early yesterday morning by q
phone call from an unidentified man.
He talked to me in the most vile Ian
guage conceivable and said he was GO
ing to get me-" Carter reported.
Traced Telephone Calls.
"I said nothing in reply because
W Ha foV a..
to trace the message" Carter added.
He said he learned the number of the
phone used by the man who threat
ened him and notified police.
Then, after i left home and went
to the Office" Carter continued, some
man called my wife and threatened to
get me- This man didn't indulge in
blasphemy, however. traced that call,
too, and told police about it,"
Carter said Inspector Shelby called
at his Office yesterday and said he had
decided to take the precaution of plac-
ing the public printer under a constant
guard because police had learned that a
mechanic in garage near the Print
ing once had overheard man say,
I'm going to get Carter" The public
printer said the threat was made to
the mans companion and was over
heard by TIE snechanic while he was
working beneath an automobile.
I'm used to this sort of thing" Carr
ter declared. Il received even more nu.
merous threats in 1925 when fred 265
employees of the Printing Office for
gambling, drinking liquor and other
violations"
Garter asserted his principal interest
IN his fight against the Police Depart
ment was to keep the Government
PRINTING ONCE in its pre-eminent po-
sition as the cleanest Government Office
IN Washington" Pm not a reform-
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