Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-08
36Are Indicted
As Gamblers by
Grand Jury
List Includes All
Persons Seized IN
Rods Lost Month

FEEfN -AiS men NFfW indicted 90
gambling chaEsrs todAy ~ ire
special gfand 'ury which has e~ea
inrws;igatlng the gambling racket
IN TIRE Washington AREA !cs me
past u months
The grand jury indicted all tha
men arrested IN ShulwInd raids
on Owe waShinston md three
Prince oeorgex County establish
mentS March - and those who
subsequently save themselves TN.
Two additional men not nrrsi-
ousiy arrested. Wrre also indicted,
in line with earlier predictions
that The grand Jury had aecumu-
lated evidence in addition to that
gathered in the raids
Two Of II indictments presented
10 District Court Judge Richmond
b kcech by the special grand
jury charged . persons with con-
spring 10 violate District gambling
laws by accepting bets on horse
rseine and the numbers game and
operating establishments both in
the District and nearby Prince
Georges County.
"SnAgs" Lewis Named.
william "SnagS" Leafs. de-
Scribed by United States Attorney
George Morris Fay as a bis shot
gambler" was named with ~ other
men IN one Of the conspiracy in
dictmentS, The indictment charged
that he and his associates opef-
ated lottery and numbers game
at various places in The District
and that the headquarters for tho
operation was at tSlo Forty sixth
avenue. BladenshurE, Nd This
indictment cited IL allesed overs
acts.
The second conspiracy lndiet-
ment named Garner s Barbour.
operator Of q newsstand al AT
Tenth street NV. and eight
other men. They were accused
OF conspiring to violate gaming
laws by accepting bets on TIA
horses, The indictment charged
the newsstand and an ektabliSh-
ment at 370l Riadensburs road.
coimar Manor. Nd, were head
quarters for the conspiracy.
Twelve alleged overt acts we're
cited.
/ Among the overt acx eharRed
against these eight Was one ae~
cusing one Of the defendants OF
making out a check for tl.oio on
January 20 payable TO Sam Beard.
seif-styled. one-tiFns gambling
kingpin.
Harry 8. Knpel. co-owner Of
Hammels Restaurant. sis Tenth
street NV. and Walter c, Dan
ny" Plummer. a waiter there. were
charged with setting up = gaming
table 10 bet on horse races Al the
we'll known local steak house Five
counts were carried In that In
dictment,
Accused Of Threatening Witness.
The 18th indictment returned
by the grand jury accused Attic
AcaIotti, alias Till Aieott. OF ths
900 block OF Fourteenth street
NV, with ohstructing justice by
threatening Mrs. Bernice Prank
lin with "Serious bodily harm"
while she was a grand jury wit
ness. Mrs. Franklin. q red headed
waitress, was Acalottis former
girl friend.
The grand Jury foreman. Lionel
" Murphy. personnel officer In
the executive Office OF the 6ecrs-
tary OF the Navy. handed the in
dictments 10 Judge Keech.
Later. Mr.. Murphy told report
ers the grand jury investigation
will continue. The Judge did not
dismiss the grand Jury. which, ny
Law. can continue 10 SIT until No
yen1ber,
Mr.. Fay, who spanked the grand
Jury investigation. had only one
comment TO make after the In
dictments were returned. He
said
The action OF the Erand Jury
speaks for Itself
First indication that todays Eps-
ciai grand jury session might pro-
duce something unusual came
when the grand jurors gathered