Evening star., 1938-08-28

potent Tammany chiettain, U1o, he
charges, made the reign of gang
sterisn possible By acting as the
"liberattng ange" in the gangs
brushes Uith the lnU.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug 27-Amid a
crackle of police raids on policy banks.
opposing counsel mapped new strategy
tonight in stormy court battle over
the political honesty OF Tammany
titan.
Providing noisy obligato to the
trial of James J. Hines, Democratic
district leader accused of selling his
influence to the operators of huge
policy racket, police raided two sus-
pected gambling hideouts during the
night and took "a prisoners.
Two women seized in one of the
raids were identified by Police 1t.
James w, Hennessey as witnesses in
the States case against Hines.
The women, Willianna Hammond,
%. and Lessie Ware, So. colored, testi-
fled briefly last week, saying they won
quick freedom on policy arrest
during the period in which Hines al
legedly was receiving $500 week to
AK" cases for the late Arthur Dutch
Schultz Flegenheimer, slain gang
czar
Arraigned with six men today on
charges of operating newly organ
lied policy bank" the women were
told by Magistrate Michael A. Ford
to get ready for shock"
Held in Bail.
Instead of being discharged, as they
had testified they were when brought
before another judge several years
ago. they were held in 81 900 bail each.
Juan Campas, 48, and Anacito Ro-
nero, SIS. accused of being the bank
ers," were held in $4,000 bail each.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 each for the
four other men. In a second raid on
a Harlem apartment police arrested
is colored men.
Meanwhile Hines, who stood up in
court and denounced a witness who
sought to link him with the Schultz
garg as a liar. went into seclusion
over the week end while his attorneys
perfected plans for counter attack
against testimony yet to come-the
nature of which they could only guess
at.
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey
kept his firing order secret but he was
reported to have at least 80 more wit
nesses ready to add to the testimony
of the 10 called during the first two
weeks of the trial.
Davis May Be Called.
Lloyd Paul Stryker, chief defense
counsel repeatedly had investigators
scouting the vicinity of Bridgeport
Conn, gathering data on the personal
histories Of persons who may be called
by the State this week to corroborate
testimony that Hines was seen in
Schultz's company there.
Not the least of those who may be
called this week is J. Richard tDixie)
Davis. disbarred lawyer who allegedly
was the legal brains" behind the
Schultz mob, and possibly "Dixie's"
showgirl sweetheart, red-haired Hope
Dare. Davis has pleaded guilty to
the same conspiracy and lottery
charges on which Hines is standing
trial.
Defense Counsel Stryker twice
showed that George Weinberg. former
Schultz lieutenant who said he paid
Hines $500 a week, and sometimes
more, for political protection was con-
fused about major dates in his testi-
mony.
Testimony Held Changed.
Weinberg, the man whom Hines
called liar in open court, had sworn
he began paying the defendant in the
spring of 1882 at the politicians apart
ment IN Central Park west.
Mr.. Stryker produced documents
tending to show that Hines did not
move. into the apartment until Octo-
Der of that year.
Again, Weinberg was shown to have
testified before the grand jury that
Hines agreed to become the mob's
political llalson man at a meeting late
IN March, 1882, while at the trial
itself he placed the time in April. Mr.
Stryker sought to show that he
changed his story after learning that
Hlnes mad been out of the city in
March
A different kind of Schultz, a. man
who liked to canter along quiet bride
paths, was pictured by Dudley Roth
well. Fairfield Comm riding master
who was one of the weeks last wit
nesses.
Mr. Rothwell identified Hines as a
member of a party that accompanied
schultz on an inspection OF his stables
In August, 1885.
No Signs of the Gangster.
weinberg, who acknowledged that
ne was gangster a perjurer and an
ex-convlct under Mr.. STRIKERS re-
!entless ross-questioning, was any,
thing but a gangster in appearance
and actions.
He grlnned and answered, mo. sir. ;"
when Mr.. Stryker demanded to know
II he was the gunman who had put
Schultz on the spot"
He was outwardly calm. He dressed
we'll He didn't snarl or talk out of
the corner of his mouth. He said
sir" without the righteousness of the
subordinate
In an even voice he testified that in
ADDITION to $500 week he once gave
Hines $4,000 in the presence of William
c. Dodge when Dodge was candidate
Tor district attorney in 1888. The
money, he testified, was part of a $780,
600 campaign contribution. He said
that Hines in his presence later ar
ranged with Magistrate Hulon Cap
shaw to fix the cases of policy game
workers who had been raided by police.
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