Evening star., 1948-06-02
Bullock, Beach Testify
As Grand Jury Meets
Again on Gambling
By Chris Mothisen

By Chris Mothisen
The special grand jury investi-
eating gambling here resumed its
work today in the District Court
building with q continuation in the
series Of police witnesses.
Capt. Beverly G. Beach Of the
7th precinct was the first to tes-
tify. He was followed by Capt.
Albert I. Bullock of No. Is precinct.
Prior. to today the last known
meeting Of the special jury was held
last Thursday when two other pre-
cinct commanders and an inspector
were heard. There have been In
dications that all precinct captains
eventually will be called as wit
nesses as well as Supt. Robert j.
Barrett and other officials OF the
department. i
Questioned by reporters after his
testimony, Capt. Beach said he had
given general view OF the gam
bling situation in his precinct and
methods OF controlling 1t.
Not Questioned About Raid.
He has been stationed in George
town since last August l. Previously,
he was in charge Of the sixth pre-
cinct, to which he had been trans
.erred from the first, the downtown
area. When Capt. Beach was sent
to the relatively quiet sixth, there
was speculation that the. transfer
was occasioned by a raid made by
police under his direction on the Va
riety Club in the Willard Hotel.
The raid was in February, 1916.
Asked If he had been questioned
about this raid while in the jury
room, Capt. Beach said he had not.
His transfer to the sixth precinct
the following July was explained
at the time as routine" by Com
missioner John Russell Young and
the late Harvey G. Callahan, former
chief Of police. Maj. Callahan said
he had known Of the Variety Club
raid plan and had approved 1t.
Capt. Beach, who spent less than
a year in charge of the first pre-
cinct, had the inference drawn from
his transfer to the sixth recalled by
reporters today.
Testifies for Hour.
\"That never crossed my mind"
he said. Il was a young captain
at the time. 1 had no right to
expect to be In charge OF No. l.
We don't think about the reasons
for transfers"
Capt. Beach testified for about
an hour.
Capt. Bullock, who was heard
for about half that time, told re-
porters he, too, had been asked to
give q general description OF the
extent of gambling operations in
his precinct.
When a reporter pointed out that
the 18th precinct appeared to have
a high index of gambling activity,
Capt. Bullock admitted this had
been the case. He pointed out,
however, this could be traced large
ly to the attractions which gave
the precinct "a large floating popu-
lation," such as Grifith Stadium,
Turner's Arena and theaters.
In response to another question,
Capt. Bullock said he thought there
had been somewhat less in the
precinct recently, but indicated he
felt it would continue to be prob
lem there.
s Change Plea to Guilty.
Yesterday, five defendants in
gambling cases decided TO- take, their
chances with Justice Alexander
Holtzoff, rather than stand trial
before q jury. They asked leave
to change their previous pleas of
not guilty to ones Of guilty on
charges Of operating a lottery and
possession OF lottery slips go =,
Justice Holtzoff permitted this
and referred the cases to the pro-
baton officer for investigation In
advance of sentencing. He allowed
the defendants to remain free under
bond.
Those changing pleas were Theo-
dore A. Dorsey, 20, Of the $500 block
of Georgia avenue NV: Matte
Thomas, Of the first block of N
street Sc; Burnie o. Love, 81, Of
the 1900 block of Eastern avenue
NE; Conway Chappelle, Il, of the
3700 block of Foote place NE,
and Edna Harris, 80, of the 1000
block of Lamont street NV. All
are colored.
6 Others Indicted.
They were indicted this month by
the regular grand jury.
That grand jury gave its attention
to gambling cases again yesterday
by indicting Sam Morgan, AZ, Of the
TOO block of Wayne avenue, Silver
Spring, Md, and five other persons
on numbers game charges.
Morgan was described by police
as an important numbers game
figure, and the others were alleged
to have been members Of his Or
ganization.
The indictment recalled raid
staged by police Of No. Precinct
last February on Morgan's alleged
headquarters in the 900 block of G
street NV