Evening star., 1934-12-21

Mote: Acceding. to a recent
request By United States attorney
Gdrnett. The Star, the Post, the
Times, the Herald and the cttys
four broadcdsting stations are re-
iusino to aid the numbers racket
by dissemination OF the race totdI
Numbers Dith Which the game mere
3, conducted. Publication or oroad-
CASTING of such totals is OF no IN
ferest outside the numbers racket
The charge that the numbers
racket in Washington, described as
sthe safest Eastern city for the mop,
"a controlled by the jailed New YORK
canrster. "Dutch" Schultz, is made In
the current issue of Today, weekly
news magazine edited by Raymond
Moley. which appears on the news
stands today. . -,
Dayton Stoddart, IN the third OF
his series entitled Millions and Muir
ders," writes: O..
behind each group of newsboys
and store clerks (who accept bets on
the numbers), stands collector, and
behind each group of collectors is a
bank Behind the banks are the
associated rulers of the racket-tne
combination headed, at least until
he- was jailed recently, by New
York gangster-Dutch Schultz.
The reason the racketeers have de-
scribed Washington as the "safest
city Stoddart says is due to the over
tapping of authority and consequent
lack of coordination in law enforce
ment." which, he says, make the
National Capital an easy city for the
rnobs to enter and build UP their or
ganizations."
wilson Murder Discussed. :
"They have enuenched themselves
strongly in Washington" says the
article.
Speaking of the recent murder OF
Allen B. Wilson, the article declares:
"T'he imported gunmen assigned 10
the lob made a mistake; they killed
an innocent bystarider, Allen B.
Wilson. The man they were after,
mobsters say, was one of the fore
most numbers raeketeers In Wash
ington. and front for Dutch
Schultz alleged henchmen, Tommy
Leonard and Mig Rosen. Leonard
Is wanted in Philadelphia for jumping
bail on a numbers charge.
"A belated uproar against the
numbers game was caused by the
killing Of Wilson. The Federation
of Citizens Associations, with which
the District is dotted, moved to or
ganize vigilante groups to help the
police; the District of Columbia Bar
Association, through its president, F.
Regis Noel, Joined in the campaign,
and United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett asked the newspapers to stop
printing the racing bet totals, since,
as he said, Tt is generally recognized
that one of the most vicious forms
of gambling in the District Is the
numbers racket
Influence on Youth Cited.
"Further, Mr.. Garnett said: 1T is
finding an increasing hold upon those
of tender years and the poor and
illiterate.'
Stoddard says also that Incredible
as it may seem to non-residents, one
out of every three Washingtonians
bets on the numbers"
Their nickels, dimes and quarters
keep the numbers mob well supplied
with funds for murder and blocking
the law, for the District Of Columbia
Yields q revenue of around $50, ,000
q week to the gangsters In control
The weekly play is more than 100000
To make this contribution to crime
almost every Government Office in
Washington provides share"
He attacks alleged lack of police
action against the numbers operators
with these words:
In Washington It is obvious that
the police have made no great effort
to break up the numbers monopoly,