The Washington times., 1938-05-26
HINES INDICTED
AS POLICY KING;
DAVIS N A N { D
Huge Political UpheavaI
Looms in N. Y.


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ton, beatings and other mean
until they were brought into line.
CALLED "FIXER"
He accused Hines of receiving
a number of payments beginnin
with $1,000 and thenceforth from
$500 to $4,000 a week.
He also charged that Hines tam
pered with the operation of tn
courts in connection with tn
alleged racket.
For three years Dewey has beer
trying to connect Hines with the
Schultz policy racket.
In the complaint on which the
warrant for Hines arrest wa!
based, it appeared that two
Schultz gangsters, George Vein
berg and Harry Chg Harry
Schoenhaus, had decided to talk
and involved Hines in operations
OF the gang.
SCHULTZ COUNSEL
Weinberg was seized with Davis
In Philadelphia early in the year
Davis. a disbarred lawyer, was
formerly counsel for Schultz.
Schoenhaus is said to be the
onlv man Schultz ever trusted
with his money bags.
It was expected Hines will plead
tomorrow to the indictment.
The linking of Hines with the
Schultz mob has created a furort
in political circles. For year:
Hines has been dominant in Tam
many politics and a dispenser Of
Federal patronage in New YorE
city.
WEINBERGS LINKED
Schultz, whose real name tol
Arthur Flegenheimer, was rubbed
out" by machine gun bullets in 9
Newark IN. j. tavern.
Those linked with Hines in the
new indictment, besides Schultz
and Davis, include George Vein
berg, Bo Weinberg, "Abie the
killer" Landau. Otto Biederman
Martin Weintraub, John CooneN
and Solly GirSch. -,
Landau and Biederman-llkt
s'Dutch" Schultz - were "llqui
dated" in gang warfare. Bo Vein
berg, long missing, is believed t
be inferred in concrete at the bot
tom of the Harlem River.
District Attorney Thomas DeWe!
declared the indictment lists
Substantial number Of felonies,
sufficient, on conviction, to sent
the 61-year-old Tammany leade'
to prison for Is yearS-tanta
mount to a life sentence.
Dewey has indicated at least i
felony counts and one conSplrac,
count will be charged against tn
one-time blacksmith, who rose tt
q place of dominance among tn
Tammany hierarchy.
The specific charge that enabled
Dewey to arrest Hines yesterday
before the indictment was re
turned, was that Of "contriving
drawing and proposing a lottery
NOT AT HOME
This and other charges the
Tammany leader has character
lied as ridiculous" and he will
issue a formal and vehement
denial today through his attorney
Joseph Shalleck.
Hines, leader of the eleventh
assembly district and dispenser
of Federal patronage in New York
remained away last night from
his summer home at Long Beach
where he spent last weekend with
his wife and family.
The district leader went into
conference with his attorney i'm
mediately after Hines had been
taken to police headquarters tc
be fingerprinted and photo
graphed.
Dewey gave a brief but forcefu,
summation of the charges that
may be expected in the indict
ment when Hines, silent and un
moved, appears before Justice
Pecora.
"This is the result of a three
year investigation which began
in 1885 into the policy racket
In New York" Dewey said.
'This defendant was a Co
conspirator and part of the
Dutch Schultz mob. He con-
spired to the perfection Of lot
teries in policy in this city. In
indictments to be handed up,
he will be charged with approx
mately the same number of fel-
onies as is charged in the in
dictment Of the other defen-
dants.
"At the opening of this con-
spiracy, he. Schultz, Bo and
George Weinberg conspired to
force all independent policy
operators under one domina.
ton, by force, violence. intimi-
dation, beatings and other
means until they were brought
into line"