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,the District Attorney was making
"a farce of the constitutional righl
ito an early hearing at which the
defendant should be faced with
shis accused and given the right OF
.crosS examination.
! Furthermore. he argued, the
Recommendation of $4,000 bail or
the intimidation charge coupled
with the denial of hearing woule
be a punitive action costing nj
client more money for bail.
This man has been run in foul
or five times in the last thre,
weeks" Mr.. Alder said. He ha
ia Job. He. won't run away. 70.
tare just hanging an additions
jcharge on him for the bondsman.
{ Consults With Fay.
Mr.. Lawrence took note of thu
absence of any one from the
United States Attorneys Office ane
took a short recess in order tt
telephone Mr.. Fay.
When he came back. he said
"Mr. Fay insists on $4,000 bail
The affidavit which, the woman
signed before me said this de-
PENDANT threatened to kill her
I will agree on an earlier con.
tinuation than the 18th. How
about April 50"
Mr. Alder said he wanted tt
know about the bail first. He Sug'
eested that as the man was held
in $500 on the betting charge
he should be held on his persona
bond on the other. Mr.. Lawrence
,firsts said $500 on the secone
charge and made it $4,000 wher
Mr.. Alder asked for the latter
figure.
In the course of the argument
Mr.. Alder said: Mr.. Commission
ier. I don't want to be persona
ybdt I want to say that MIR. Fay
has taken over this court and il
running it,"
Beating Investigation Recalled.
Arrest of Acalotti brought ar
echo of an investigation severa
weeks ago into the beating of Cal
Driver James Rowell at Thoma:
Circle on JANUARY IA.
Acalotti was questioned at the
time because he operated a new.
stand during the early morning
hours at spot only a few feet
from where the beating occurred
officials said. Acalotti denied hi
saw anything, they added,
His arrest was the second yes.
terday on top of the % made Fri.
day in the mass raids. Nicholas
(Nick the Creek Floratos. SO. Of
1920 Ninth street NV. appeared
voluntarily before Commissions
Lawrence yesterday morning on {
charge Of operating lottery.
He explained he was away
Friday afternoon when thu
Macedonia Coffee Shop on thu
second floor of TAG Ninth stree
NV. was raided. He was accused
Of having taken numbers be-
from an undercover man Decem.
Der 10. He made $1,000 bail, The
same as was set for the % others
Friday night.
Won't Discuss Procedure.
The special grand jury which
began looking into gambling last
May will consider evidence OBJ.
tanned during the mass raids anc
examine other evidence and hear
witnesses not hitherto called to
testify about alleged gambling
operations. officials said. Mr.. Fay
refused to discuss the schedule
procedure or disclose the extent
of evidence obtained during the
raids.
ON Monday morning the Fed
eral Grand Jury investigating
gambling in the District will be.
gin hearing further testimony
Because of that, I will be in nc
position to comment on any evi.
dence whatsoever which will be
submitted to that body" he said
While I did state last weel
that on Monday, March %, S.
would give additional data indi.
eating the national hookup of the
local gambling cliques, on recon.
sideration I feel that nothing
should be said concerning any
evidence submitted to the granc
jury. The press and public, oil
course, will continue to have &C.
cess to anything that is a matter
OF public record"
Government officials explained
that when the grand jury meet
tomorrow it first will be brough
up to date on what happened dur
ing and since the mass raids. 1
then will begin to hear evidence
to decide whether indictment
should be handed down.
Another Arrest Sought.
The places raided last Friday d,
not constitute the United State
Attorneys complete case, Official
indicated. They noted that tn
office was able to use only about 81
deputy marshals and a few specia
investigators for the raids. Som
other places therefore could no
be raided, although there is evi
henso k5bets having been mad
dhef y said. *
Someof the new witnesses llkel,
to be heard by the grand juryAH
Gals added. may include out-oY
town people borrowed" by tn
UNITED States Attorneys office t.
obtain evidence at establishment
where they would not be known.
The United States Attorney
Office also hopes to make at leas
one more arrest in connection
with the Friday raids. An arres
warrant has been issued for {
Both man but his whereabouts ar
unknown. His identity was no