Evening star., 1936-03-18
FIVE ARE INDICTED
AFTER BIG RAID
Eight Counts Result From
Invasion of Alleged
Gambling Place.

A midafternoon raid three weeks
ago on what police described as the
largest gambling establishment ever
uncovered in the District, resulted to-
day in the indictment of five men
on eight counts. The place occu-
pied the entire second floor of the
building at 709 G street.
After pursuing fleeing patrons and
operators over nearby roofs, police
took 80 men into custody. A large
crowd gathered to watch the spec
tacle.
All but three of those arrested were
released after questioning. The trio
held we're: Samuel Weinberg, 80; Mike
Falcone, %, and Roy =. Mclean, 46.
The two others named in the indict-
ment, Daniel A. Colacicco and Joseph
Linkins, were not apprehended.
The establishment was said to have
been completely equipped for horse
race betting and dice games. A guam
tity of numbers slips also were found,
police reported.
Axes Smash Doors.
With officers stationed at the front
and rear to prevent escapes, an ex-
swinging detail, led by Sergt George
c. Deyoe, battered its way into the
place. AS the officers entered they
saw several men climb out onto a
fire escape. Others went through a
trap door in the roof, but it is
thought all persons in the place were
caught.
Seven colored men, taken in an
other raid on an alleged gambling
establishment, also were indicted to-
day. Police said that the place, To-
Gated in the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street, was used for horse-race bet
ting and dice games Forty-flve per-
sons were arrested by the raiding Of
ficers who broke through a heavy
door to gain entrance.
Those charged were Alfred Jones,
33; Moses Crawford, A; Thomas A.
Bryant, Is; William Gorham, 35;
Charles Boiling. SO; Mack Bates, 25,
and Theodore Whitehurst, 80. The
indictment against them was in four
counts. The raid occurred about $3.50
pm February 26.
Thirty-three indictments in all
were reported by the grand jury, which
ignored 10 other cases.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted were:
william Eskridge, joyriding; Roy
Sisk, Oden C. Lusby and Charles E
Briggs, joyriding and grand larceny;
John Moore, Leroy A. Coleman
Clarence j. Powell and William Bald
win, grand larceny; Powell, Baldwin
Harry c. Arts, Coley Briggs, Mary
Wilson, Albert Crawford and Edward
Bolts, housebreakihg and larceny
william Brown, Elwood B. Midget
jr.; Lawrence Richardson, jr.: Roose.
welt Broadnax and Charles Faunteroy
robbery; Willie Thomas, Ernest Mel.
son, James Gait. Solomon A. Holme:
and James Hall, assault with 6
dangerous weapon; Christopher c
Morgan, embezzlement and grant
larceny; William H. Lawson, forgery
and uttering; Charles Owens, Dorothy
Briscoe, Chester E. Lee, William JET.
ferson and John Leach, violation Of
the liquor taxing act; George A
Clainos, Lola Clainos, Joseph A
Grasso, william P. Chaconas anc
Charles Burgee, conspiracy to commit
robbery; Elmer Laurence Phelps ane
Walter Maddox, importing stoler
property into the District, and William
w. Harps. forging and uttering Q
postal money order.
The following charges were ignored;
Vertie Mckinney and Calvin Ed.
wards, joyriding: Raymond Hale, rob.
berry; Eugene Gardella, John J. Morris
and Roscoe Watts, assault with a
dangerous weapon; James Taylor
Evie Dempsey and Verna Young, vio-
lation of the liquor taxing act; Wal
ter Cooper, violation of white slave
traffic act, and Thomas Smith, false
pretenses.