Evening star., 1948-07-01
80 Are Indicted
As Gamblers by
Regular Jury
II Offenses Listed,
Naming Largest
Group in Months

IN II l0QlcLmenCS CIldISlllS gam
bling offenses returned by the reg
ulaf grand jury.
It was tine largest group OF gam
bling indictments returned here IN
many months
The II true bills were presented
to Justice Edward M. Curran IN
District Court as the April term
regular. grand Jury completed its
work. One gambling case was
ignored.
Those indicted and the charges
they face are:
Operating lottery, possession OF
lottery slips. and setting up gam
ing table-Frank J. Battista, 33. OF
the 14O0 block of Woodside park
way, Silver Spring; John Fitzgerald,
43. of the 1400 block of Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc; George L. Lang
lev. 33, of the $500 block of North
Florida street, Arlington; Fred
Maxim, 40, of the 700 block OF Ala
bama avenue Sc, and Luther E:
Saunders, A, colored, 1000 block OF
Fifth street NV.
Possession of Lottery Slips.
Possession of lottery slips and as
sault on, a policeman-Robert E.
Young, 3S, colored. 1900 block OF
Nash street NE.
Operating a lottery and posses
sion of lottery slips-Joseph L.
Holmes, 38. colored, first block OF
N street S.W.; Charles E. Hines, ~,
colored. 26OO block of Barry road
Sc: Edna M. Young, a., colored,
100 block of Fifth street NE: John
w. Smith. 81. colored, 500 block OF
L street NE: John Rozier, 48, COL
ored, first block of I street NV:
Herman G Brown, Al, colored, 1000
block of Sixth street NE.
David Lewis, 35. OF the 200 block
of Upshur street NV; Kenneth w.
Lawson, &c. of the 1400 block OF
Fifty-second avenue, Hillside, Md;
oscar j. Whitfield, 27, colored, 1900
block of Church street NV; Will
liam E. MCGEE, 38, of the 2700 block
of Central avenue NE; Myer Fried
burg SO of the 800 block of Lotus
place NV: Thad Brown, IS, COL
ored, 1000 block of Seventh street
NV; Lide Owens, sr., &c. colored,
100 block of First street NV.
Robert Williams. So, colored, 500
block of Twentyf1rs street NE;
Leslie w. Hayes, q, colored, whose
address was given as the Dunbar
Hotel. Edward Hughes, 25. colored,
100 block of N street S.W.; Edna
Hughes. AZ, colored, 100 block OF N
street S.W.; Ralph A. Frazier, 4o,
colored, 37O0 block of Grant street
NE; James T. Sullivan, IS, OF the
100 block of New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV; Clarence B. cambridge,
81, colored, 1900 block of Twenty
second street NV; Ell johnson, 40,
colored, first block Of Patterson
street NE: Louise E. johnson, 43,
colored, first block OF Patterson
street NE, and Novella Coghill. 2l,
colored, first block of Patterson
street NE.
"a lottery slips possession case
against the Coghill woman was con-
tinued until July 13 by Judge Ellen
K. Raedy in Municipal Court yes
terday)
Operating Lottery.
Operating a lottery - William
Perry, who was not identified fur
ther.
Charges of operating a lottery and
possession of lottery slips against
i Jesse Brock, SO, colored, loOO biocK
of North Carolina avenue NE, were
ignored.
The special grand jury investigat-
ing gambling here has not returned
any indictments since being I'M
paneled May II.
The July term regular grand jury,
which will be impaneled Tuesday to
succeed that which finished its task
today, will be given gambling case
on which no papers were issued
when it was called in Municipal
Court yesterday.
Irving B. Summers, SIS. of the
1900 block of Fuller street NV,
who had been under $500 bond on
numbers game charges, was freed by
yesterdays action
He had been arrested Monday in
the 5000 block of Georgia avenue
NV. After the arrest, 1t. Roy
Blick, chief of the police vice squad,
said more than $4,000 in cash, in
Guiding % s1O0 bills and "a guam
tity" of numbers game. slips, had
been found in Summers possession.
Offered as "Original Case"
First called Tuesday, the case was
continued to yesterday; then Assis-
tant United States Attorney j. War
rem Wilson announced it would be
dropped.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay explained it had been
decided to offer the evidence to the
new regular grand jury as IAN orig
inal case"
If the new grand jury ignores the
evidence in the Summers case, that
will be the end of it. If it returns
an indictment. a bench warrant
will be issued for Summers arrest.
In the meantime, there are no
charges outstanding against him.
Mr.. Fay would not elaborate on
his explanation of the handling OF
the matter.
Court observers recalled, however,
several numbers cases had been
thrown out of Municipal Court re-
Gently by the granting of motions
to quaSh the arrests.
Legality Ruling Avoided.
Such a motion usually is the first
court move made on behalf of per-
son arrested for an alleged gambling
law violation.
BY failing to pursue prosecution
in Municipal Court and offering the
evidence to the grand jury, Mr..
Fay's Office avoids a ruling on
legality of the arrest by judge
there
If an indictment subsequently
were returned against the defendant
freed by the "no-papers" action, the
attack on the arrest would have to
be made before a judge of District
Court.
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