Evening star., 1949-11-15
2WonnenSought.
As Witnesses in
Gambling Trial
Prosecutor Tells Court
He Has Been Unable
To Locate Them

LEWIS ana Is CO-QeIenQa0CS dis
closed in District Court today tina
it has been unable to locate tn
two young women wanted as wit
neSSeS.
Assistant United States Attor
ney William Hitz told Judge Mat
thew F. Mcclure that he ha
made several unsuccessful at
tempts" to have them testify OF
whether they were at Bladens
burg bungalow during a gamblin,
raid last March. A third youn,
woman scheduled to take tn
stand today as a Government wit
ness, sent word that she was i'll.
Two other young women VIII,
identified themselves as a beau
tician and a housewife. admitted
on the stand that they often Wis.
tied the bungalow which the Gov.
ernment contends was the head.
quarters of a 100000 gam.
bling setup headed by Lewis.
Mrs. Theda Shepard. the house.
wife, said she was there at the
time of the raid that resulted in
the arrest of Lewis and the 1a
otheI men.
Woman Refuses to Answer.
Mrs. Mae Cooley. the beautician
refused to answer numerous ques-
tions as to whether she was on
the premises at the time or had
ever worked there. She said
answers might tend to incrim-
mate her.
Both women refused on the
same grounds to identify adding
machine paper which, according
to the Government. had the
names "Theda" and Helen
written on them. The paper was
among the hundreds of items
seized by deputy marshals during
the raid,
Mrs. Helen Maimone and Mrs
Helen Danhakl did not appear
when their names were called a.
witnesses. Mrs. Marian Quan.
trille, daughter of Mrs. Sadie
Stanton, listed as the owner o1
the Bladensburg house. also wa:
called to testify, but Mr.. Hitz ex-
planned that she had sent notice
of illness. Mr.. Hitz told reporters
later that his Office did not know
the whereabouts of Mrs. Maimone
and Mrs. Danhakl.
Deputy Marshals Testify.
Three deputy United States
marshals. who took part in the
raid, also testified today. One OF
them. Alvin Cornelius, said Mrs
Mrs. Maimone. Mrs
Danhakl and Mrs. Quantrille
were in the house at the time. but
they were only visiting,
Mr.. Cornelius did not say whether
he saw Mrs. Cooley there.
Deputy Marshal Maurice Went
zell told how he answered a tele-
phone more than 80 times when il
rang during the raid. The callers
in every instance asked fol
"Snags," he declared. The only
caller who told from where he
was calling was a man who ex-
planned he was in a drugstore or
Fourteenth street in Washington
Mr.. Wentzell added.
Deputy Marshal Francis F. Nc
Cathron identified an envelope he
said he took from one of the de-
PENDANTS in the room previously
identified as having been filled
with gambling equipment. This
envelope. the witness said, con-
tanned five Government checks
that were Endorsed by their origi-
nal receivers.
Numbers Operator Quizzed.
Today's first witness was Rob-
ert L. Williams Of the 1900 block
of Twelfth street NV. a self
admitted Washington numbers
operator. When he returned fol
further questioning today after 8
long session yesterday, Mr.. Hit
asked only a routine question ano
excused him.
Despite repeated warnings from
Judge MCGUIRE yesterday that he
did not have to answer questions
that might incriminate MIN, Will
liams. at first reluctantly ano
later willingly, answered questions
about his numbers operations.
Williams identified as his owr
handwriting a telephone number
written on the back of greer
card advertising numbers. The
advertisement said 1--WE pay with
a smile" The telephone number
it was brought out, was a Unior
number at the Maryland estab.
iiShment.
The witness said he got the
telephone number from a mar
named Jack" and called the
number once but Jack" wasn't
there.
Paid OF Customer.
Williams was avoiding all ref.
erence to numbers operations un.
til Mr.. Hitz suddenly asked him
did you use regular numbers
books when you were playing with
Jack at Twentieth and L streets?'
mo" replied Williams, IT usee
scratch pads"
After that he answered ques-
tions developing this story:
He had been turning over num-
bers to Jack. When one of his
customers chit" a number Jack
did not pay off. Williams himself
paid of the customer out of hi.
own pocket, but tried to get ir
touch with Jack" at the Unior
number in Maryland. He gave
the time Of this telephone call a.
about a week before he went tx
the hospital for a tonsillectomy OF
March %.
At the time he was dealing with
Jack" he said. he used tn,
symbol 'X-6" but later uset
ROB"