Evening star., 1939-09-17
Innocent Pleas
Entered by "a
Taken in Raids
Early Indictments
On Lottery Charge
To Be Sought

To Be Sought
Thirty-four persons, arrested FRI
day in the city's most extensive drive
on the numbers racket, pleaded in
nocent when arraigned yesterday be-
fore United States Commissioner
Needham c. Tusnage on charges of
violating the Districts stringent new
lottery law.
Their cases were set for prelimi-
nary hearing october and 4. Most
of the alleged gamblers had retained
counsel and were expected to waive
preliminary hearing and allow their
cases to be submitted to the grand
jury directly.
The defendants furnished bonds
ranging from $500 to $1,000 each.
Six of them, four white men and
two colored men, spent Friday night
IN Jail for lack of bail, but were re-
leased yesterday under $500 each.
Cases of five others, who were
booked at headquarters, were
dropped for lack Of evidence before
the arraignments.
Approximately Is of the 64 per-
sons netted in Fridays city-wide
raids by plainclothes police we're re-
leased after questioning at head
quarters.
Plan Early Indictments.
Most of the accused "a face fel-
ony charges of setting up and op-
Grating a lottery. United States At
torney David A. Pine, whose Office
co-operated closely with Police 1t
Earl P. Hartman and his secret squad
in working up evidence and carry
ing out the raids. plans to seek
early indictments and to bring the
cases to trial as soon as possible.
Those indicted will be tried in
District Court.
Ten police squads. commanded by
1t. Hartman, raided 40 shops, pool
rooms and residences in every sec
tion of the city within few hours.
Using taXicabs instead of police cars,
the squads moved so covertly that
all scheduled raids were carried out
before the plan became known be-
yond an Inner circle" at police
headquarters and the district attor-
ney's office.
Ex-Policeman Accused.
Among those charged with oper-
ating a lottery and possession of lot
terry slips were Mike Cefaratti. A,
of the 1900 block of A street Sc. a
former policeman, and his son, An
thony, 23
Others held on the same charges
include:
Samuel Patterson Dey, A, of the
300 block of New York avenue NV.
talso charged with setting up a
gaming table,; Jack Battle Rose, 20,
1900 block of Irving street NV;
Russell Race Heaton, 10, 1900 block
Of Park road NV; Joseph Harri-
son Reed, 36, 1900 block of Thirty
third street NV: Mike Kaplan, SO,
900 block of New York avenue S.W.;
William Joseph Baker, %, 300
block Of second street NE; Walter
Harry Smith, 49, l400 block of Co.
lumbia road NV; Simon Berman,
48, 900 block Twenty fifth street
NV; Barney Susser, Al, HOO block
Of Twenty-third street NV; Vir-
ginia Garrison, "a, 400 block of
Eleventh street SW.; Peter Charles
Lynard, 81, 3l00 block of Georgia
avenue NV.
Also Richard Frazier, 48, colored,
1900 block of Fourth street NV:
William Brandon Evans, 36, colored.
1900 block of New Hampshire avenue
NV. (also charged with setting up
a gaming table,; Lee Hanse Owens,
A, colored, 600 block North Capitol
street; Ida Owens, 80, colored, same
address; Elmon Tataum, 81. colored,
1900 block of Thirteenth street
NV; Taft Lowery, 80, colored, 800
block of o street NV: John Henry
Crutcher, o. colored, 1900 block Of
Twenty y-second street NV; Harold
Osborne Hatcher, %, colored, 140O
block of Twelfth street NV; Rich
ard William Taylor, %, colored, 1900
block of S street NV.
Also Henry Howard Savoy, 80. COL
ored, 1900 block Third street NV:
Will Henry Harris, 43. colored, 800
block of S street NV; Paul Ma
thaniel Lloyd, 35, colored, 300 block
of M street SW.: Thaddeus Riddick.
"a, colored. 1900 block of Twelfth
street NV; Isiah Cunningham, II,
colored, 1900 block of Twelfth street
NV; Frederick Reeves, 48, colored,
1000 block of Flagler place NV;
Clarence Long, 80, colored, 1900
block of First street NV, and Ray
mond Morgan, %, colored, 1900
block of Ninth street NV. (also
charged with setting up a gaming
table,.
Myer Belasco, 30, 1900 block of
Queen street NE, and Ruben Kap-
Ian. 81, 1900 block of Seventh street
NV, were charged only with set
| ting up a gaming table,