Evening star., 1949-05-07
'PrinceGeorges
Gambling Raid
Nets5Suspects
4 Others Previously
Indicted Surrender
In Upper Marlboro

In Upper Marlboro
Five more gambling suspects,
surprised in a hidden room Of q
Hillside Md home yesterday
were added today 10 the growing
list of persons charged in District
and Prince Georges County raids,
Shortly before these arrests,
four other persons indicted this
week by the Prince Georges grand
jury surrendered at Upper Marl-
boro courthouse This increased
TO q the number Of persons in
dicted in the county who have
given themselves up.
In District phase OF the
gambling breakdown. defense at
torneys filed motions in District
Court demanding more informa-
ton surrounding the arrest of Il
persons in the United States At
torney's raid of March IS. and
questioning the legality of search
warrants.
Concealed Entrance.
Yesterdays raid on the Hillside
home was accomplished by six
top-ranking policemen. who Jim
mied a rear door and crept down
the basement stairs. There they
founs false cupboard concealing
an entrance to a finely-appointed
room.
Breaking through with axes,
they arrested Hyman Sussman,
10, of the 5000 block of Chesa-
peake street NV; Wilton A.
Hartman. %. of the 1900 block OF
Huron avenue. Suitland Manor;
Adolph Olewack. 43. of 8l2 Jeffer-
son street NV; Harry Shapiro.
so, Of 2400 Sixteenth street NV.
and George Raynor. so. of the
200 block Of Evans lane. Alexan-
dria.
Police said the room was pam
eled in knotty pine. Illuminated by
fancy f1uorescent lights. contained
semicircular bar and was fur
nished with expensive desks and
chairs.
They seized five telephones, an
intercommunication set, radio
television set. racing charts and
filing cabinets. police said.
Released in $1,000 Bond.
The five were charged with &C.
cepting horse bets and were re-
leased in $1,000 bond each for ap-
pearance in Hyattsville Police
Court May 26.
In the raiding party were Prince
Georges Police Chief Ralph w.
Brown. 1t. r. C. Sines of Hyatts-
vile; 1t. Charles Thomson, chief
Of county detectives: County De-
tectives Earl J. Huber and Rich
ard Pearson and Bladensburg
Police Chief Henry j. Nebel.
The four under indictment who
surrendered at Upper Marlboro
were Jack Juda Angel. 100 block
Of Hobart street NV: Raleigh
r. Walker. first block of K street
NE; Helen Maimone. 5000 block
Of Bunker Hill road. Mount
Rainier. and John Ralph Mitchell.
4600 Eastern avenue. Mount
Rainier.
Angel and Mitchell. charged
with operating a lottery and
bookmaking. were released in $500
bond each: Helen Maimone was
charged with operating a lottery
and posted $500 bond. and Walk
er was charged with possession of
numbers slips. $500 bond.
Quick Dismissal Sought.
In the District Court motions
yesterday. IA defendants, includ-
William "Snags" Lewis, described
as a big shot," sought quick
dismissal Of their cases without
trial.
Attorneys who filed the motions
included William H. Collins, Ber-
nard Margolius, Myron G. Ehr-
Itch. Joseph Sitnick. Clifford Fl.
Alder and Charles E. Ford.
The lawyers asked more infor-
nation from the Government
than is contained in the indict-
ment. They want to know the
dates when the defendants are
charged with being the owners
Of an alleged lottery in the Dis
trict; which ones are accused of
being agents and which clerks;
who Is supposed to have taken
the money thus obtained and the
slips. records to 1910 Forty-sixth
avenue, in Bladensburg. Nd, al
legged gambling ring headquarters.
and on what dates.
They also want to be told which
defendants are alleged to have
counted the money and filed the
where the gambling
places are supposed to have been
located in the District and wheth-
er any overt acts are charged in
furtherance of the alleged gam
bling conspiracy before March "a.
In other motions. the same de-
PENDANTS asked the court to sup
press the evidence and return the
property seized March IS at 1910
Forty-sixth avenue, Bladensburg.
The defense contends deputy
United States niarshals. who con-
Quoted the whirlwind raids. seized
the property Illegally.
Other Defendants.
The l3 defendants In addition
to Lewis are:
John r. Mitchell. 800 block Of
Tenth street NE; Fulton J.
Mitchell. colored. 500 block OF
vn r.