Evening star., 1937-07-03
MORE POLICE DATA
ON GAMING PROBE
RUSHED TO BROWN
Added Evidence of Links
With Crime May Bring
Disciplinary Action.
SPECIAL REPORT DRAWN
BY MAIN INVESTIGATOR
Facts May Not Be Sufficient to
Warrant Criminal Charges,
but Will Guide Chief.

alliances within the Police Depart
ment, gathered in the investigation
which resulted in indictment of five
policemen, accused of conspiracy with
gambling ring leaders. is being pre-
pared for presentation to Mai. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of police,
it was learned today.
The evidence, while not strong
enough to warrant criminal charges,
is believed to be adequate to merit
severe disciplinary action against
several policemen whose names have
been linked with gamblers, it was
asserted.
Lieut.. Floyd Truscott, who directed
the series of raids which resulted in
the indictment of the five policemen
and l19 other persons in the city's
greatest offensive against illicit gamb-
ling, is preparing a special report for
Maj. Brown.
The police chief said he does not
intend to undertake any personnel
changes, necessitated by the suspen-
sion of the indicted officers, until he
has thoroughly studied Truscott's spe-
cial report.
Police Liaisons Probed.
Under Maj. Browns order, Lieut..
Truscott made an exhaustive inves-
tigation of the Eaisons established
within the Police Department by
gamblers who sought to protect their
establishments from unforeseen raids.
Every policeman whose name has
been linked with the gambling ring
was investigated by Truscotts squad.
The youthful investigator refused to
reveal how many of his fellow officers
will be recommended for disciplinary
action
Meanwhile. the five indicted officers
are at liberty under 81 900 bond each
pending their trials, probably in Oc-
tober. The suspended policemen will
be taken before the Trial Board after
court action is completed Maj. Brown
said.
The officers involved are Precinct
Detectives Fred Antionelli and Frank
W. White, both of the second precinct.
and Charles A. Berry, eleventh pre-
cinct, and Pvts. Albert L. Embrey. ir.,
fourth precinct, and William B. Sat-
terthwaite, third precinct.
Accused of Tip-offs.
Although the indictment did not
specify what part the policemen played
IN the alleged City-Wide gambling con-
spiracy, officials said they were ac-
cused of tipping off gamblers when
raids were planned and otherwise fur
nishing protection"
The 81 alleged gamblers named in
the conspiracy indictment include Abe
Plisco, alias "Jewboy" Dietz; Charles
SchWeitzer, described as Detz's lieu
tenant: William w. Cahill of Balti-
more, said to be Dietz's partner, and
other alleged employees and clients of
Dietz's racing information service
Other indictments named virtually
every known bookmaker in Washing
ton. The charges were based on evil
dence collected in series of raids
since March 10, through cooperation
OF the Police Department, the district
attorneys Office and agents of the
Internal Revenue Bureau
Brown Is Shocked.
Charges against the policemen came
as shock to Maj. Brown and their
fellow officers. They all had good
records.
Antionelli. native of Italy, has
been on the force for 81 years. He
served as patrolman in various pre-
cincts from 1910 until October /,
1886 when he was made a precinct
detective. He had been commended
once and had faced the Trial Board
IL times on minor charges.
Berry, promoted to precinct detec-
tive in 1922, three years after he was
appointed to the force, had been be-
fore the Trial Board only once, when
he was fined $40, and had been COM
mended nine times for apprehension
of criminals.
White joined the force in 1923 and
was made a precinct detective on
February l, 1885. He had been COM
mended twice and was acquitted the
only time he was taken before the
Trial Board
Embrey had been patrolman since
1881, but last March was assigned
to special plainclothes duty in as
sisting on vice squad raids. He had
been commended 10 times and ac-
quilted at his only appearance be-
fore the Trial Board
Satterthwaite became a precinct de-
tective in 1880, after five years service
as patrolman but was denoted back
to patrolman at No. 3 precinct this
year for reasons not divulged He
had been commended nine times and
never had faced the Trial Board.
Accused of Extortion.
Another indictment returned yes
terday charged Precinct Detective
Luther c. Wise, tenth precinct, with
extortion from cafe owner. He has
been under suspension since his ar
rest last May 2. month after he
had been promoted to precinct de-
tective.
Most of the alleged gamblers in
dicted already had been arrested.
Bench warrants were issued for 10
men: Schweitzer, Perry Bonner,
George Mason, Louis j. Waldron, Ray
Lawson and Wilbur Dorsey, all named
in the conspiracy indictment; Hugh
Moore, Bill Dietz, Joe Miller and Joe
Wolf, charged with setting up gam
ing table.
Maurice S. Sweeney, 5000 block of
Thirteenth street, was charged with
wilfully destroying private property in
another indictment, growing out of
the revenge" destruction of the taxi
cab of Clair A KenSinQer by alleoed