Evening star., 1937-03-07

stations, where boosters" stepped up
the current sufficiently to relay the
calls to a great number Of individual
telephones, said to be located in
gambling places.
Three Phone Employees Held.
In all, three telephone company
employees we're among those arrested,
as one Of them, Charles Purvis, ~, of
the 600 block of Tuckerman street,
was in the headquarters when it was
raided. The other technicians were
Meade D. kaufman, 29, of the 1900
block of Thirty-fifth street, and
Charles E. Castle. 81, of the 3700 block
Of Twelfth street northeast. Shortly
after the raid Robb summoned the
latter two to his Office in the court
house, where they were placed under
arrest.
Those found at the headquarters
were Dietz, Cahill, Purvis, Sam
Brown, 27, of the 5000 block of Rod
man street; Benjamin Cohen, 81,
Park Lane Apartments; Raymon
Reeve, 35, of the 1900 block of Thir-
teenth street; Samuel Lawder, %. Of
the 900 block of Kennedy street;
Claude r. Irving, %, of the 800 block
OF Park road, and another man who
police say had no part in the business,
but was there attempting to sell
jewelry.
Charged With Conspiracy.
Robb said that besides charges OF
conspiracy to violate the gambling
laws, the men might be charged with
substantive gambling offenses as well.
Investigators say the racing infor-
nation service was operated behind
the front of a lawful business, Ma
tional Telecast, Inc, which furnishes
programs Of music and news to many
gathering places throughout the city.
In the glassed-in sound room" at
the headquarters were two micro
phones, one used to broadcast the Tel
ecast programs and the other used for
racing news.
In another room was switchboard
connected with nine private and nine
public wires A powerful booster"
furnished the current for this first
stage Of the elaborate system. Among
the private lines were the Baltimore,
New York and Montreal connections.
Inter-City Link.
The Federal men said they had not
been able to uncover the nature of the
link of the local organization with the
other cities, but believed that this was
the headquarters of a racing service
extending throughout the East.
Efforts are being made to develop
0 connection between the Dietz gang
and the publishers Of rundown
sheet" for recording the results of
horse races, which is distributed as
far west as Akron, Ohio.
Intelligence Division operatives
anxious to uncover evidence useful in
their income tax violation investiga-
ton, were disappointed at their failure
to find bookkeeping records in the
headquarters.
A large box approximately foot
and q half in diameter and filled with
large red and green dice was found
In open view.
The raid was accomplished SO
quietly that few tenants in the build
ing knew anything unusual was hap
pening. Robb and Acting Capt.
George M. Little were notified, and
Little and Deputy Marshals Thomas
e. OFT and H. s. Coates Immediately
went to the headquarters and the
prisoners were taken to the District
Court, where the grand jury room was
converted into an impromptu Jail.
There they were questioned by Robb
before being taken to headquarters
TO be fingerprinted, photographed
and booked.
Later they were released on bail:
Dietz and Cahill posted $2.500 each,
Cohen $4,000 and the others $1,000
each.
30 secretly was the raid carried out
that Harry T. Whelan and william
3. O'Connell. attorneys for Dtets and