The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Weinberg Admits
 Witnesses Crooks
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beag's second day of cross-examin- ation with a direct attack on the confessed mobster and perjurer's credibility. It was Weinberg who asserted that Hines protected the gang against arrests and convic- tions for weekly income of from $250 to 5000 week.
 Policy Racket Fixed
 With an eye to emphasizing that .he gang not only operated a gam bling racket, but operated 1t dis honestly, Stryker seized on Vein oerg's testimony of yesterday that the policy game was fixed" at race tracks in New Orleans and Cincin- aati so that heavily played numbers ,ould not win.
 He laid the groundwork with Weinberg's admission in his second day of cross-examination that Schultz and fellow racketeers or yanizcd the numbers racket, fore 11g so-called "bankers" to join with him and pay him tribute.
 "He placed you and others in various banks" Stryker asked, Ito zee that he would not be gypped in .he amount he was extorting for protection?"
 That's right" Weinberg replied.
 "You testified that during cer- tain period from 1883 to 1894 you and others were fixing numbers to cheat and defraud the poor people who were playing the num-'rs?"
 That's right"
 So Stryker began his task Of establishing that the testimony against his client was from the lips of gangster who already had con- fessed perjury in previous trials, and who now blandly admitted that he was crooked in the operation Of a gambling game that stood to be enormously profitable even if it were run honestly.
 Admits His Past Record
 BlandIy admitting that he had been a "gangster," burglar" per jurer" and crook" Weinberg with stood more than two hours Of cross examination yesterday without changing one point in his story that he had taken two days to tell for the state.
 Defense Attorney Lloyd P. Stryker trippcd him once-he said he had delivered the mobs "payof' to Hines apartment on Central Park West several times in the spring of ,t vent ceipts and lease to prove that Hines did not move there until October that year-but Weinberg still refused to concede that he had been wrong.
 Without consideration for his shady past, Weinberg's story would be devastating to Hines, the halls strongest district leader, who is on trial charged with having conspired with the murderouS racketeerS who rulH the city's lotteries under Schultzs leadership from 1892 to l935.
 District Attorney Thomas F. of whom had been insiders" in tho racket. Weinberg was the first one to testify. He was operations manager. The others are J. Rich ard Dixic) Davis, the attorney general" and Big Harry Schoen- hats, bookkeeper and money bags. All pleaded guilty to the same charge that Hines faces and turned states evidence. They are the only ones of consequence who survived the Schultz gangs wars.
 All Witnesses Crooks
 Stryker tried, in cross- IT, ing Weinberg, to discredit the other star witnesses in advance. He made Weinberg admit that Schoenhaus "is . crook, too;" that Davia is "a disbarred lawyer and a crooked man in thi5 gambling thing up 10 his neck" Weinberg replied "yeS" both times. He admitted that he had committed perjury the only two times he had ever appeared in court prior to this one.
 That he had begun his criminal career as a burglar and ended it as a confessed gangster." But he stil insisted that he wouldn't tell a lic about Hines "or any other man, just to hurt them"
 Before he finished his testimony for the state, he had told a story that linked Hines, Schultz Tammany Hall and three judicial officers into the alleged conspiracy. He climazec it by telling Of day in 1883, during the municipal election campaign when Davis sent him to Hines, say ing "the old man wants somt money" He ,ook $3,000 to the office of Lawyer Joseph Shallcck, Hines friend and defense counsel in thi,