Evening star., 1950-12-22
Maryland Raids
Bring II Arrests
For Gambling
Nine Seized at Laurel
Two at EIIicott City
ByStote Policemen

Eleven persons faced gambling
charges today as a result of two
simultaneous raids by Maryland
State police yesterday, one of
them only few blocks from the
Laurel Race Track.
Capt. George E. Davidson, who
steered the crackdowns, said
police knocked out a major num-
bers and "lay-off" place when they
arrested nine of the suspects in a
three-room apartment on the
Barberville road nine blocks from
the race track.
At the same time, about $40
p.mIyesterday. other State police
went to a three-Story stone house
in Ellicott City and arrested two
men on race bet and lottery
] charges.
Prosecutors Confer.
Capt. Davidson said the raids
were staged after consultation
with the States attorneys of Anne
Arundel and Howard Counties,
and were the fruit of four months
investigation.
John Souers, Anne Arundel
County police chief. said he had
no advance knowledge of the raid
near the Laurel track
Several persons from the Wash
ington area were arrested in this
sortie. Among them were Sam
Morgan, At, of the 700 block
Wayne avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
who had $1,840 in his pockets,
police said. s.
One of those arrested almost
within shouting distance of the
Laurel track was Patrick j.
Clarke, s6. of Baltimore. who last
year was convicted of operating
the Rocway Towers on the Wash
ington boulevard near Laurel.
Ordered by Lane.
The Rocway raid was even more
sensational than yesterdays two
ply effort Ordered by Gov. Lane
in June. 1948, it was accomplished
without knowledge of county Off
GERS. Guns, gambling equipment
and some $4,000 in cash were
seized and 81 persons arrested.
Nineteen were convicted and
went to Jail, including Clarke. who
was paroled by Gov. Lane after
serving half of one-year term.
Also arrested yesterday there
were Morgan's wife. Mrs. Victoria
Morgan, 38; Howard E. Ortel, Sc.
of Clarksville; Marvin Heyman,
35, of the 8100 block of Tacoma
drive, Silver Spring: Leo. A. Bot
toms, jr., %, of the first block
of Rhode Island avenue NV;
Mrs. Elsie L. Volz. 40, of the 6700
block of Walker Mill road, Dis
trict Heights, Md; Mrs. Gladys
E. Cole, 35, of the 1900 block of
K street Sc, and Mrs. Mary
Eta Charles, "a, of Mount
Rainier, Md.
The Ellicott City raid brought
in Norbert O'Donnell. 46, of Day.
ton, and Robert Peddicord, 80. of
Della.
Trial Expected in Two Weeks.
All were released under $4,000
bond James C. Morton, jr., Anne
Arundel States attorney, said the
nine arrested in that county would
be brought to trial in about two
weeks.
Capt. Davidson said he was con-
vinced the establishment near
Laurel was a highly important
"lay-off" center for hookmakers
within a 50-mile radius, and that
it was used less extensively for
this purpose by gamblers IN cities
far removed from Washington.
AS evidence for that charge,
police seized four telephones. Capt.
Davidson said two were direct
lines to Ellicott City and a race
news service in Baltimore. In
addition, several hundreds of dol
lars and large number of betting
slips were conf1scated, he said.
Capt. Davidson said the place
was used by bookies to lay-off
bets which they considered too
large to handle on certain races.
The women arrested in the raid
near Laurel were described as
bookkeepers and adding machine
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