Evening star., 1949-04-09
First Telephone
Injunction Suit
Delayed 2Days
Miller Case Expected
To Chart Others in
Gambling Probe

preliminary Injunction against the
Chesapeake 81 Potomac Telephone
Co.-flrst Of the suits arising from
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay's antigambling crusade
probably will be argued We'd
nesday instead Of Monday. court
officials said today.
This is the case expected to
chart the course for the dozens
of other suits to enjoin the tele-
phone company from carrying out
Mr.. Fay's request for removal of
phones on competent evidence"
the phones were used for gam
bling.
Representing the telephone
company in the Miller case are
Edmund Jones and Howard Boyd
of the law firm of Hogan and
Harrison. Myron Ehrlich is rep
resenting Mr.. Miller.
Presentation in Doubt.
Mr.. Jones said he and Mr.. Boyd
will present the letter from Mr..
Fay to the telephone company re-
questing discontinuance of phone
service. 1t has not been decided,
he added, whether the United
States Attorney or the telephone
company attorneys will present
the actual evidence on which Mr..
Fay's request was made, if the
judge requires its presentation.
Continuance of the case, it was
explained, will be sought Monday
because attorneys for the tele-
phone company have pleaded prior
commitments.
Meanwhile. a food of moves to
quash indictments and suppress
evidence was expected from de-
fense attorneys next week as the
result of 36 indictments returned
by the special grand jury investi-
eating gambling yesterday.
Arraignment Set Thursday.
The 36 men are scheduled for
arraignment next Thursday. In
the meantime, the lawyers for the
36 are expected to bring them to
court during the week to arrange
continuance of their bond.
In Prince Georges County, the
expected appearance of Attorney
James j. Laughlin and Mrs.
Anna T. Keleher before a grand
jury failed to materialize when
the two did not return to the
county courthouse after a noon
recess of the grand jury yesterday.
Mr.. Laughlin and the estranged
wife of John (Blackjack) Keleher,
retired Washington gambler, had
been expected to repeat charges
made during Mrs. Keleher's un-
successful divorce trial that pro
lection Nancy was paid to Prince
Georges County officials .sbam
Both arrived at the county
courthouse in Upper Marlboro
shortly after the jury convened
at 1920 am. and were closeted
with States Attorney A. Gwynn
Bowie for more than an hour.
Bowie Issues Statement.
After police sought them unsuc-
cessfully to appear in the after
noon, Mr.. Bowie issued a state
ment saying:
Mrs. Keleher Informed me she
had personal knowledge of certain
facts ! wanted her to testify to.
When she and Mr.. Laughlin went
out to lunch. it was understood
with her she would be the first
witness called after the noon
recess.
mfr. Laughlin not only failed
to bring the other witnesses I
expected him to bring, but stated
categorically to me that he knew
absolutely no facts he could tes-
tify to before our grand jury"
Among witnesses testifying be-
fore the grand jury yesterday were
County Police Chief Ralph w.
Brown, Lit. r. c. Sines, 1t. Charles
N. Thomson, Sheriff T. Ward Mar
tin. Mount Rainier Police Chief
Eugene Plumer. Detective Wilson
Purdy of the Prince Georges
County force and Merlin Johnson,
TimeS-Herald reporter.