Evening star., 1939-10-02
JuryFi|es 40
Indictments
InGaming Cases
Violating Numbers
And Race Betting
Laws Charged

Forty indictments, growing out of
charges of violating numbers and
horse race betting laws and involv-
ing some 81 individuals, were handed
up today to Justice Peyton Gordon
in District Court by the grand jury,
which terminated its three month
assignment. This batch was the re-
suit of series of raids by police on
September Is with the cooperation
Of Assistant United States Attorneys
John j. Wilson and William S.
Tarver.
AS the aftermath of the raids in
various parts Of the city, SIS persons
were arrested, and the police have
been "mopping up" in the last few
days. The defendants are expected
to be arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage
shortly.
In the list to today's indictments,
some are charged with setting up a
gaming table, others with possession
and sale Of numbers slips and op-
Grating a lottery.
Michael L. Cefaratti, 1918 A street
Sc, described by authorities as a
former policeman. was pickup man
in the numbers game, the Govern
ment contends. Cefaratti's son,
Anthony A. Cefaratti, about Is, was
also indicted, authorities said.
Joseph Harrison Reid, 1921 Thir-
ty-third street NV, was another
indicted for violating the gambling
laws. One policeman, working as
an undercover man, made nine
hits" in the numbers game, author
tiles said, netting more than 5000.
-Four young policemen were used as
undercover men and the raids were
planned under the direction of 1t,
Earl P. Hartman of the Metropolitan
Police Department.
Some so policemen, "a of them
from the Police School, with six vet
eran patrolmen as leaders, used half
dozen taxicabs to raid restaurants,
cigar stores, barber shops, private
home and delicatessen stores. The
raiders were in plain clothes. There
were nine raiding parties. The
strategy was worked out in con-
sultation with United States Attor-
ney David A. Pine.
Others indicted on charges of
violating gambling laws are George
Stoneburner, Samuel P. Dey, vii.
liam j. Baker, Asa Abraham, Clar.
ence A. Long, David Kaplan, Reu.
ben Kaplan, Theodore r. France,
John w. Grover, Lee H. Owens,
Michael Kaplan, Frank ]. Criniti,
Samuel Janofsky, George Friend,
Joseph p. Gauzza, Elmer M. Dud.
ley, Peter G. Lynard, Virginia Gar.
rison, James Kokinos, John H. Jones,
Jane c. Massino, Benjamin Lizzi.
ST.: Taft Lowery, Harold Osborne
Hatcher, Arthur L. Harris, John P.
Wood, Thurman B. McCann, Allen
Floyd, John Gilbert, Elmon Tatum,
Harry j. Beaner, Alfred Jones, Jeff
Thomas, Barney Susser, Paul N.
Lloyd, William Aston, Richard
Frazier, John H. Crutcher, Louis
Smallwood. Thaddeus Riddick, Will
liam H. Harris, Beverly Johnson,
| Simon Berman, Wiley M Coins,
William B. Evans, Samuel R. Nor
gan, Herbert L. Morton and Richard
/ w. Taylor. Most of these persons
were accused of violating the num-
bers law, some were charged with
setting up gaming table, with
others of horse race betting.
Others indicted and charges
against them are Clarence Cromer,
jr, and James Johnson, violation
of the Harrison Narcotic Act and
the Narcotic Drugs Import and Ex-
port Act; Hiram Leak and Sylves-
ter Brooks, grand larceny; Joseph
F. Smalls, Luther j. Bostick and
Douglas o. Mckenzie, housebreak-
ing and larceny; Rachel v. Strothers.
forgery and uttering, and Henry
Moten and Duke Allen, receiving
stolen property.
In all, 46 indictments were re-
turned.