Evening star., 1939-02-06
|Worring Bail Raised
As Jury Tompering
|Chorqes Are Made

IroI is KeCeSSe0s
Brothers Held in
$4,000 Bond
BACKGROUND
Emmitt, Leo and Charles
(Rags) Warning and Gordon L.
r. Sadur, certified public ac-
count, Uere indttced last spring
ON charges OF conspiracy to de-
fraud Government OF around
$4,000 in income tares from
numbers game. First trial, held
in November, resulted in jury
disagreement.
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Justice Bolitha J. Laws, announc-
ing from the bench in District
Court this afternoon that affldavits
had been turned over to him indi-
eating that the three Warning
brothers had tried to approach
prospective jurors" suddenly re-
cessed their trial for alleged tax
fraud until 10 am. tomorrow. and
ordered the defendants in custody.
increasing their bonds from $4,000
to 1000 each.
Justice Laws read a prepared
statement, in the absence OF the
jury, in which he declared that in
formation of the alleged jury tam.
pering had been brought to him at
his home yesterday. He said that
while he was not in a position to
decide at that time whether the
charges were true and a mistrial
should be declared, he felt the COM
plete investigation was necessary,
and he would hold the trial in
status quo" at least until tomor-
row.
Sadur Not Involved.
He instructed United States At
| torney David A. Pine to institute
appropriate proceedings ito bring
the persons concerned before him
for determination whether or not
they should be adjudged in con-
tempt of court"
Justice Laws said that the fourth
defendant in the income tax con-
spiracy case, Gordon L. r. Sadur,
is not involved.
Justice Laws statement from the
bench follows:
"On yesterday afternoon I was
given information at my home that
an attempt had been made on the
part of certain of the defendants
to approach prospective jurors who
might sit at this trial. I there
upon caused an investigation to be
made through United States Attor-
ney Pine, and 1t. Earl Hartman
of the Metropolitan Police Force
as a result of which there has been
turned over to me several affida-
Wits which indicate that there has
been tampering with jurors in this
court.
Mistrial Expected.
Il need not say this is a matter
of great seriousness and that pro-
ceedings must be instituted imme-
diately to inquire into the truth or
falsity of the statements. Accord
ingly I am turning over to the
United States attorney the affida-
Wits which heretofore have been
supplied to me, with instructions
that he institute appropriate pro-
ceedings to bring the parties con-
cerned in this matter before me
for determination whether or not
they should be adjudged in con-
tempt of court. The rule in con-
tempt should be returned immedi-
ately or as soon as possible.
"At the present time I am not in
position to definitely decide
whether a mistrial of the present
conspiracy case must be declared.
Doubtless it will However, feel
it advisable to maintain the present
situation in status quo at least until
tomorrow morning, and accordingly
| it is my order that the trial of the
conspiracy case now before me shall
be continued until 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning
$4,000 Bond Set.
II have given considerable thought
to the matter of increasing bond
so far as the three Warning brothers
are concerned. The defendant Sadur
is not involved.
Il am not in position to close
my eyes to the fact that admittedly
a huge gambling enterprise has
been maintained by the three War
ring defendants and that at least
at one time they made claim for
deductions in income taxes because
of bribes to police officials. My
attention now is directed to allega-
tions of attempts on their part to
contact jurors in this court. There
fore, while hold in mind the reser-
walton essential to every fair-m minded
judge that these defendants may
be innocent of the present charge.
yet feel constrained to substan-
TALLY increase the penalty of their
bonds so as to assure their presence
before the court when required.
THE order of the court, therefore,
is that each of the Warning de-
PENDANTS shall be committed to Gus
tody and there remain until he shall
execute bond with sufficient surety
in the sum of $4,000 to appear be-
fore this court when required.
Jury Absent.
This statement is made in the
absence of the jury. The jury will
be informed by me that continuance
of the case is granted until tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock"
Justice Laws dramatic statement
was the only word spoken at the
brief session of the trial today. He
read 1t with a grave countenance
(See WARRING, Page A-3J