Evening star., 1948-11-06
8NumbersCases
Presented After
Delay Protest
Airing of Lowyer
Complaints Over
Continuunces FizzIes

The expected airing Of gambling
case lawyers protests against what
they call the United States at.
torney's policy" of delaying their
cases in Municipal Court yesterday
flzzled into silence.
The prosecutors Office presented
eight cases, previously continued,
in rapid-f1re order before Judge
Thomas D. Quinn.
AS result, four defendants were
held for the grand jury under 81 900
bond for alleged lottery operations,
three requested jury trials and one
got a continuance-at his own
request.
Only last Monday, Attorney Cur
tbs Mitchell protested to Judge
Quinn that, by repeatedly ask.
ing continuances, the Government
sought to ''circumvent" the courts
jurisdiction, pending presentation OF
the cases to the Federal grand jury.
Fixed Policy Denied.
To Mr.. Mitchelps charge that this
has been the policy" of the prose-
cutor's Office "for some time" since
a special grand jury began probing
gambling, Assistant United States
Attorney Warren Wilson had made
prompt denial.
Asked why his Office went ahead
with arrangements yesterday, Mr..
Wilson repeated an earlier com.
ment that the United States attor.
ney has mo fixed policy"
I'VE will continue to ask for con.
tlnuances whenever further investi-
cation OF cases is required, and we
will present to the court anv that
are ready for presentation" he de-
clared.
Judge Quinn, who answered At.
torney Mitchell's Monday protest by
saying he would not tolerate any
delaying action, presided over hear
lngs IN two cases yesterday.
Arrest Challenge Overruled.
In these he held for the grand
jury Carolyn C. Kelley, 35, colored,
of the 900 block of Westminster
street NV. and Olive Cooper, AZ,
colored, Of the first block of T street
NV, both charged with running a
numbers business in Children's Hos
pltal; James r. Rivers, 81, colored,
of the 1900 block of T street NV,
and James G. LIE Seur, Al, colored,
of the 1000 block of T street NV,
both charged with running numbers
in the Southeast section.
In the Kelley Cooper case, At
torney James K. Hughes attempt
to quash the arrest was overruled.
Mr.. Hughes argued that police made
an illegal entry and search of the
Kelley woman's room. Prosecutor
Robert Short, however, brought out
evidence that police made no entry
until they had viewed a felony be-
ing committed in the rooms while
they we're still on public property, q
rooming house corridor.
Mr.. Short also successfully argued
in the Rivers-Le Seur hearing that
police were free to make the ar
rests, since they had reliable infor-
nation on which to act without
seeing a crime actually committed
in their presence.
Jury Trials Set.
The defendants who we're granted
jury trials December on possession
charges are Schuyler Wilson, %, of
the $500 block of Forty-f1rst street
NV, and Walter S. Lephfew, 43.
same address. Police reported that,
in a raid, they confiscated $1,928 in
cash, Thousands" of lottery slips, an
adding machine, radio and two tele-
phones.
Facing jury trial on the same
date is John D. Worthey, 38, coll
ored of the 2400 block of Seven
teenth street NV, on possession
charge.
The lone continuance was asked
by Raleigh E. Walker, 80, colored, of
the first block of K street NV. He
is charged with operating a lottery
and is under $1,000 bond pending o
hearing November 8.