The Washington times., 1938-08-01
Dixie Davis in Court Today
To Expose Alleged Policy Gang
Blue Ribbon Panel
Of 300 Called in
Hines Trial


Paroled for talking" in a dyna-
mite-laden policy racket case. ].
Richard Dixie" Davis today was
expected to be brought from his
protected hide-cut to enter a for
NAL plea of guilty to charges of
conspiring, contriving, and operat-
ing lottery.
Through his formality the one
time lawyer for the slain gangSter,
Dutch Schultz, was to take the
first step in his bargain to testify
for the State in the prosecution Of
Tammany leader James ]. Hines.
Two other co-defendantS, Harry
Schoenhaus and George Weinberg,
previously chose the talking"
avenue to escape stiff prison SEN
tences. They likewise will testify
against Hines, alleged "fixer" in
the policy racket controlled by
Schultz.
HUSBAND VS.. WIFE
J Also on tap for today is the
selection of a panel of 800 blue
ribbon" veniremen, from which
will be selected IL men to try the
Tammany leader and Martin Vein
traub, an attorney linked with the
Schultz regime.
Davis decision to tell district
attorney all he knows about the
policy racket was reached after q
series of bargaining conferences
over a two-month period. When
promised leniency or visits to the
midtown apartment of his girl
friend, a former actress, Hope
Dare, Davis would talk. Mean
while Mrs. Davis, Dixie's estranged
wife, has announced she will tes-
tify for the defense.
Davis, whose success in defeat
ing the law in policy cases made
him known as the kid mouth
piece" repeatedly has given Dewey
specific instances Of how judges
were supposedly influenced. To
morrow Dewey must submit to
Hines attorneys the names of
judges he claims the Tammany
leader attempted to influence or
intimidate while allegedly operat-
ing as Schultz'S "fixer" at weekly
pay-offS.
Discussing this phase of the
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case, the New York Journal-Amer-
lean stated today:
Dewey will claim, as the re-
suit of what Dixie told him, that
as Hines came to realize Dixie
could be trusted, Dixie'S star
rose in the Schultz organization.
Dewey will claim that Hines had
more than a patrons interest in
the organization. Dutch Schultz
was little more than an office
boy. One good reason, it is said,
why Schultz did not leave any
money to his wife was that he
had none to leave.
Dixie is said to have given
to Dewey specific instances of
how judges were supposedly in
fluenced. And as Dixie disclosed
this information Dewey sent for
court records Dewey made pub
lie note of the names. And as
Dixie revealed how other public
officials were influenced, Dewey
sent for records from these
offices.
HIGH BENCH INCLUDED
'These names of officials were
also carefully noted. They make
quite an imposing array in their
secret place in Dewey's office.
Not all of them will be revealed
tomorrow, for Dewey does not
intend to use them all at the
trial. But those that will be
used will be made public.
There are at least a dozen
names in this bill of particu-
lars. They embrace the supreme
court, special sessions and magis-
trates' court. They also take in
the New York county district
attorneys office - previous re-
gimes, of course. Names of high
police officials were revealed,
but it is not known if they are
on the list to be announced to-
morrow.
LEGAL BATTLE OF CENTURY
Dixie is said to have given
to Dewey the inside of how the
policy ring actually operated.
AS he disclosed this he, no
doubt, had visions of how he
himself issued orders from the
oak-paneled office suite he occu-
pied high in a Times Square
Skyscraper.
1T was this phase of the
story that made the prosecutor
realize how relatively unimpor-
tant Schultz was in the $780,
100000 empire that bore his
tearSome name.
And most important Of all,
Dewey got from Dixie the po-
litical Vaccinations that will
make the trial of Hines not only
the legal battle of the century,
but also the disclosing of per-
haps the greatest political scan
dal in recent New York history"
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