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up to snap his picture. he made
as if to retreat into the building.
A reporter told him the photog-
raphers will get you anyway"
He shrugged, grinned and strolled
through the door to pose for
Epictures.
Three Other Witnesses.
In addition to Beard, the special
grand jury heard three other wit
nesses today. Two of the wit
nesses were colored men who
refused to give their names but
one of them revealed he was
policeman. Although both wore
civilian clothes, they had the gray
shirts, suspenders and belts COM
monty worn by policemen.
The other witness was Robert
Kurtzman, an FBI agent who
was described as a liaison man
between the FBI and the courts.
In another development. Police
Supt. Robert J. Barrett, who ap-
peared yesterday before the grand
jury, sent The Star a letter today
saying he didn't mean the grand
jury when he told reporters that
the Police Department has &C
complished more than they have
in 10 months" He meant Mr..
Fay's office, he said.
No Mistake, Says Fay.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Fay retorted
promptly to an attorneys protest
that one of the 300 telephones
Mr.. Fay asked the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. to remove
was listed to a dead man.
1T was not any mistake" Mr.
Fay told reporters.
The decision to summon Beard,
it was learned, was tnade.after
the grand jury heard testimony
from Murray OFF of State Wide
Sport News Distributors. The
United States attorneys Office
has said State Wide is the focal
point for disseminating race horse
odds and results to IS tickers in
Prince Georges County and, to
Ebookies here. s. ~ y .s
Now in Pickle Business
Beard has told friends. he has
dropped all his interests III games
of chance-including the races
and is now interested in a pickle
factory.
In the '3os, however, Boards
name was synonymous with gam
bling here and as recently as 1916
Beard told a congressional COM
hittee his business was gambling
Beard served So months in At
lanta Penitentiary for gambling
after carrying his fight for free
dom to the Supreme Court.
Earlier he served 18 months in
Lewisburg Penitentiary for in
come tax evasion. He has had
no brushes with the law since he
came out of Atlanta in 1910.
Conference to Be Held.
The interstate angles to sMr
Fay's gambling inquiry were ex-
pected to be discussed this after
noon at a conference in Mr.. Fay's
Office with States Attorney A.
GWynn Bowie of Prince Georges
County.
Mr.. Bowie returned from q
Southern vacation earlier this
week to learn that deputy mar
shals from Washington had raid
ed two Prince Georges County
esta ablishments and that Mr.. Fay
said Is tickers were dispensing
race results in the nearby Mary
land county.
The interstate raids also in
terested Bernard j. Flynn, United
States Attorney for Maryland,
who told reporters he is curious
to know how his Washington col
league went about raiding the
Prince Georges County places.
Sees No Federal Offense.
Expressing interest in the legal
proceedings, Mr.. Flynn claimed
booknaking is not a Federal Of
tense outside the District of
Columbia.
I'VE don't have anything to do
with bookmaking except where
bookmakers might use the mails"
Mr.. Flynn said. cts strictly a
State and local proposition as far
as We are concerned"
The protest over the removal of