Evening star., 1949-11-16
Six D. T.. Phones
Listed by Deputy
In Lewis Trial
u. S. Hopes to Rest
Its Gambling Case
Late Tomorrow

A deputy United States marshal,
the fifth to testify in District
Court at the gambling trial of
William (Snags) Lewis and 13 CO.
defendants. today listed six Dis
trict telephone numbers he said
he was given by persons who
called during a raid on the alleged
Bladensburg headquarters of the
Lewis group.
Hoping to rest its case late to-
morrow, the Government sought
to pile up further evidence that
the defendants violated District
gambling laws at the Bladensbmg
bungalow by getting most of the
alleged gambling business from
District residents.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney William Hitz centered testi-I
mony earlier today largely on the
roles he said were taken by sew
eral of the individual defendants
arrested in the raid last March Is.
Deputy Marshal George Dea-
kyne, who took part in the raid,
said he answered numerous tele-
phone calls from people who either
wanted to place bets or asked the
outcome of horse races or the
identity of the winning number
for that day. Most of the callers,
he testified. asked for 'Snags" and
many wanted to talk to Sugar
Pop"
Sugar Pop" Identified.
An earlier witness, Deputy Mar
shall Francis F. McCathran. identi-
fled Ellis Solet. one of the defend
ants, as Sugar Pop"
Mr.. Deakyne explained that he
told the callers that the ticker
machine had temporarily broken
down OF that the men they wanted
were not in the room at the time.
When he suggested that the callers
leave their telephone numbers, the
witness continued. several of them
gave the District numbers. These
are expected to be identified later
in the case.
The prosecution scored yester-
day when an attractive blonde
young woman. Mrs. Helen Marie
Essex of the 100 block of Hawaii
avenue NE. told of having tele-
phoned a numbers bet last March.
She could not remember the tele-
phone number she called, but she
said she placed a bet and left her
first name and telephone number,
Tuckerman 0872.
Deputy United States Marshal
Edward j. Geraci testified that.
during the raid, he answered the
telephone many times at the
Bladensburg bungalow. On one
occasion. he took" a bet from a !
woman who said her name was
Helen and her telephone number
Tuckerman 0872, he said.
Deputy Identifies Checks.
Deputy McCathran identified
seven indorseds checks he said he
took from Solet during the raid.
Five of them were Government
payroll checks made out to Naval
Gun Factory employees and in
dorsed by them.
The Government, however, was
unable to link those checks to
Solet as having been obtained or
used in gambling operations. VIII
liam c. Bursey of the 100 block of
Third street NV, to whom one of
the checks was made out, testified
he has cashed his pay checks "all
over town" and could not remem-
ber whether he gave that particu-
lar one to Solet.
Judge Matthew MCGUIRE, in
formed by Mr.. Hitz that the
others would give substantially
the same testimony, instructed
the jury to disregard the check
evidence as applying to Solet.
Women Witnesses Absent.
The Government also encount-
cred another obstacle when two
women subpoenaed as witnesses
failed to appear.
Mr.. Hitz told Judge Mcclure
that Mrs. Helen Maimone and
Mrs. Helen Danhankl, identified
by deputy marshals as having been
in the Bladensburg house at the
time of the raid, have not yet
been located.
A third scheduled witness, Mrs.
Marian Quantrille, sent word she
was sick. Mrs. Quantrille is a.
daughter of Mrs. Sadie Stanton,
described as the owner of the
Bladensburg house.