Evening star., 1949-05-27
1o0ui1Cdptain
About Ship Raid
Bowie Defends Police
After Denlol Oh
6ombIins Comploint


0ombIins Comploint
ssatss AlieSEsxs A 0wyna
sows @. rs4sscs Oessssa ces4asy
sants 10 have = tAlk akgh TIA
Wilson l@nx Sssga eag&a4a ~fss
saS denAcd as had Ant thlnG 20
10 W:'h tase asassc~ rsas er tAs
s Mcs4a, Segnoa
Mr Rss~ss tcSa reporters yes-
siday the ship was gAAse1 aaa-
rs the Southwest naisxs t-s0as
tub charity sYGgss Wednesday
stsnt hec&4ss F. l. D<Atssn re-
.lei captain oI the Alss.lnl Ves-
hon. eaiAed county Essalt<x 10 enm-
alAln about river tsoA1 gambling
Mr. Do<1son sald he eldn kncw
about Il. he tod re-
pogtrEs, i daat wosk fcs tire
police I'm running q BRAT 10
would ec foolish fer . captain -
Involve h4nrls when Ils would
se aAkinE the poiiee TO prosecute
him for allowlng EamellnG
Defends reiiss.
Informed O. Nj DodSons de-
NAL. Aiy Bowie sais he thinks no
~sn set in touch wi,h Nj Dcsscssa
and let him tel me what Ha
all about
If people are trying to make
out o! our ofrcers I'm
golng 10 see who Is The monkey
Mr. Bowie said. II anesnt make
any difference technically wha
called tire police haii I'm not SO
ina To take any criticism al their
action, They were performing
their duties
One thtng VAS elsag from uhs
accounts eeia,edly given reporters
yesterday oi the raid
The poiice thoash; they ~ers
raldlns a bottled Of professional
gamblers. What they actually
caught sere four respectable
all members IN sooA
standing Of the Lions Club
reur Men CHARGED.
Charged yesterday With s~ttlns
up q gaming table we're William
Z. Atkinson. s2a TaekeTman
street NV. William ID Smith.
siS Franklin avenue. silver
Spring: william r. Hildshrand
7ins Gloucester road. woodaere<
Nd. and Philip NJ Perry. ee1
Thirty nrss place NV.
All were freed under sioo bond
pending = hearing IN hsAtisviiSs
Police Court next Thursday
Mar. Bowie, after Isiersiewine
police YESTERDAY. xAse this ssraaDA
al tAe events ieAdsns % 10 ths
raid--a version denied hy Mr..
Dodson
Mr. Dodson telspfosses county
police "Wednesday % say there -
gambling on the Mount Vernon.
He left his name and telephone
number.
Detective Richard A. rsarsno
then was aent TO talk with Mr..
Dodson and Capt Herbert HAIl
ships master. They demande1
that something be done 10 STOP
the gambling,
Plans MADE 10 Halt shis.
Accordingly. arrangements veyS
made 10 halt the ship st Fufs
Washington and take on what the
police thought 20 be professional
gamblers
The Ave platnelothekmen wne
embarked on the cruise did noe
know they had Joined . LIof,s
Club party until n sans Of ehanos
was unveiled and they called .
halt 10 the festivities
Police cars were on hand wbsa
the ship pulled In for its unkehed.
uied stop at Fort Washington. eus
the only thing unioaded was the
gambling wheel. No arrests were
made. but four uarn rave their
word 10 appear in Mf. Bowiss
Office the next day.
Ashley Abendschein. siub press-
dent. who came 10 MIR, Bowie's
ONCE uith hts heleaEusred mem
bers. said members Of the club
had been assigned 70 run Tho
wheels.
More than % per cent Of ths
money we raise eoes 10 charity"
he said The rest soes for cpss.
atsng expenses
feiire Explain keere~y.
Policemen who seye lomth -
admit they had tsken part I'm Tire
raid explained later tney wefe try
ing 10 save the LAeaas Club from
embarrassment Th<y also con.
msnted unofnciaily that they
wouldn't f&ve wasted their TINS
cruising doxn the river II thsy
had known their 600 shipnsiss
wsre on charity erusss.
when the nsficlsl ssassmens sss
finally naade yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Bowie called In reporters from
all the local newspapers sxespt
the News He recognized John
Keats Of the News staff ~ ttse oss
vino wrote an editorial blasting
the counsy.s form of governm~nt
and rsfegring 70 Mr.. Bowie
Said Mr.. Bowie TO Mr. Keats.
You have nerve eosninx here.
] never waBt you In my ossscs, u
yo1 ever DO. I wtil personally
tisrow ron out :"
Two Held in 81 900 Bond