The Washington times., 1935-05-01
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Only Three Gambling Convic-
tions Out of "a Cases
QUESTION. Well. now. you say
there were ST indictments and 20
ignoramuses in gambling cases7
MR.. GARNETT. Yes. sir.
QUESTION. That make a total Of
- cases presented to the grand
jury?
MR.. GARRETT. That is right.
QUESTION. And out of that group
there have been three convictions
after trial?
MR.. GARNETT. Yes
QUESTION. Five - pleas Of
guilty?
MIR. GARRETT. That is right two
verdicts of not guilty.
QUESTION. SO that there have
been three actual cases won out of
MIR. GARNETT. BY trial by jury;
yes Is. 7. y. 1922, 323).
Gamblers Under Bond Gamble
While Awaiting Trial
QUESTION. These gamblers that
are awaiting trial il these 80 indict-
ments. are they under bond?
MR.. GARNETT. Yes
QUESTION. What is their activity
at the present time?
MIR. GARNETT. Well, some Of
them may be gambling at the pres
emit time. l expect they are; we have
not caught them.
QUESTION. Then what IS lift
they may be gambling, what Is the
strategic value OF rot trying to con-
ViCt them?
MR.. GARRETT. Well, we may
catch them again. and we may catch
them AGAIN where we have better
evidence.
Untried Gambling Cases as
Much as One Year Old-In a
memorandum submitted to the
subcommittee by Mr.. Garrett.
under date of February 10, 1885,
indictments in some of the
gambling cases then still pend
ing were dated as follows:
March /, 1894; April is, 1894; May
.. 1894; July .. 1894: August /. 1919;
August Is 1884: August Il, 1884; OC-
tober /, 1894: November "A, 1884: Do
cember :, 1884: December IA, 1894;
December IS, 1894.
Such unreasonable delay be-
tween indictment and trial will
not break up Commercialized
gambling.
Activity Against Gamblers In
creased When Crime Investiga-
ton Was Announced-In the
local press of January 7, 1884,
Representative Mary T. Nor
ton, chairman of the District
of Columbia Committee of the
House, announced that she
would appoint a special sub
committee to study the Wash
ington crime and law enforce
ment situation.
On the same day, it also ap-
peared in local papers that Sen
ator William H. King, chair
man of the Senate District
Committee, said that he in
tended to bring the District
crime situation to the attention
of his committee.
Nine indictments for alleged
violation of the gambling laws
were returned on January 81,
1885, and three similar indict-
ments were returned on Janu-
uary 81, 1885. That total of
IL exceeded by eight the num-
Der of gambling indictments
obtained in any single month
for at least a year prior to the
investigation.
Previous lack of action against
gamblers
QUESTION-Tn view OF the local
situation as it has been reflected in
the press and over the radio and
on with reference to gambling, why
were not those 80 cases expedited and
actually tried and gotten out of the
way?
MR.. GARNETT-Recaus We wanted
to try the Sam Beard case first.
That statement is inconsistent
in view of the fact that in
dictments in the other gam
bling cases had been returned
prior to the Beard indictment,
as is shown in the following rec
ord:
Sam r. Reard: Indicted in two
cases. December u. 1894.
Peter Pape: Indicted August Is
1874. Indicted a second time. DC
tnber l, 1884. Indicted a third time.
November II. 1894. Indicted q fourth
time, January 81. 1885.
Frank Pape: Indicted August IS.
1894. Indicted a second time, Novem-
Der ~, 1884.
John Midolo: Indicted August Is.
1894. Indicted a second time, o.
toh"r !, 1854. Indicted third time,
November u. 1885,
Thomas Ryan: Indicted August Is.
1884. Indicted second time, DC
tohor !, 1884. Indicted a third time,
November II. 1884.
On February 10. 1895, none
of the cases pending against
the above defendants had been
tried.