Evening star., 1950-12-14
Senate Crime Probe
Turns From jersey
To Chicago Rackets
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Senate crime investigators
turned their sights toward Chi
cago today after two days of prob
ing into gambling and racketeer-
ing in Northern New Jersey.
Starting Monday, the commit
tee plans five days of hearings in
Chicago on operations of what's
left of the late Scarface AL ga
pone's gang.
The curtain was rung down on
the New Jersey hearings, for the
time being at least, amid these de-
velopments:
/. Senator Tobey Republican,
OF New Hampshire, member of
the Crime Investigating Commit
tee, said State authorities could
put stop to the activities of gam
blers and racketeers if they
wanted to.
Indictments Urged.
1--WE ought to be indicting some
public officials" Senator Tobey
declared. He said some of them
show mo more backbone than a
chocolate eclair."
In New Jersey, Deputy State
Attorney General Nelson F. Stam-
ler said he. too, is in favor of
prosecuting officials if they are
in collusion with gamblers. Mr..
Stamler. who has been conducting
Statewide probe of gambling,
said he is not convinced that
gambling can 60 on without some
body knowing about it"
He added, however, that "it's
not necessarily State officials; I'd
put it in the local or county
class"
2. The Crime Committee cut to
seven its list of missing witnesses,
originally totaling II. It an
nounced subpoena had been
served in San Francisco on Martin
M. Hartman.
Stock Salesman Called.
Hartman has been identified by
Committee Chairman Kefauver as
stock salesman for the Noun
tain City Consolidated Copper
Mining Co. of Nevada. Senator
Kefauver said the company has
no substance but sold stock to per-
sons with Federal income tax
troubles.
The Senate has been asked to
issue warrants for the arrest of
the missing witnesses, but the
proposal still is under study in
the Judiciary Committee.
8. The Crime Committees West
Coast investigation was pushed
along with the closed-door ques-
tioning of Emilio Giorgetti, San
Francisco gambling figure. His
records are being shipped here
for examination.
Senator Kefauver said the hear
ingS which ended here yesterday
focused on Northern New Jersey
but touching also on New York,
were only part of much broader
inquiry the committee is making
into the New York underworld.
The major New York hearings
still are to come, he said.
Two more New Jersey witnesses
refused late yesterday to answer
questions about gambling activ-
tiles, risking possible contempt ci-
tations. They were James Lynch |
of Palisades Park and Arthur |
Logano of Englewood.
Committee Counsel Rudolph |
HALEY introduced records intended
to show they were linked with
gambling operations in the State,
but they declined to answer ques-
tions about them. They said to
do so might tend to incriminate
them.
Big-time Gambler Joe Adonis
and Salvatore Moretti, another
New Jersey gambling figure, had
refused to answer questions the
day before Senator Kefauver
warned them to expect contempt
citations.
The maximum penalty for con-
tempt of Congress is a year in
jail and a $1,000 fine on each
count.
When Lynch and Longanp
baked at answering numerous
questions, Senator Tobey ex-
claimed II think it's damned
outrage to have these witnesses
come up here and play dumb"
Both Lynch and Longano testi-
fed to having served jail sentences
and told the committee they never
have had any legitimate business.
The most talkative witness the
committee had was William Nor
etti. brother of Salvatore. He told
a story of rags-to-riches by way
of the race tracks.
He said he had a system of his
own and told of winning thou
sands of dollars at race tracks.
He said he bet on favored horses
to show (f1nish third or better) ;,
not to win.
Moretti said he had known Al
Capone well and also was friendly
with Adonis, Frank Costello,
Charles Lucky" Luciano and
others. "Well-charactered peo-
ple," he called them.