Evening star., 1951-03-31
1.-Two Senators 10 Seek
Extension Of Probe Of
Crime Until Jan. IS
By Cecil Holland

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With contempt citations speed.
lily voted against Frank Costello
and II other gambling figures. the
Senate today pointed toward {
sharp debate on how to carry or
the work of it's Senate Crime In.
vestigating Committee.
The contempt citations against
Costello. New York gambling king.
Ipin, and other balky witnesses ir
the crime investigation were votec
late yesterday.
About the same time Senator.
Wiley of Wisconsin and Tobey o1
New Hampshire, Republican mem
bers Of the investigating commit
tee. said they would offer a reso-
ilution next week to continue the
inquiry until next January Is.
Kefauver to Propose Method.
Senator Kefauver, Democrat, o1
Tennessee, who headed the dra-
matte investigation of interstate
crime. gambling and racketeering
said he would propose "a method
of continuing inquiry and study
of crime conditions. But he re-
Iiterated he is opposed to the
Wiley -Tobey plan for continuing
the existence of the special Sen
ate committee.
In addition to Costello, other
well-known figures the Senate
voted to cite for contempt in
cluded Frank Erickson and Joe
Adonis, operators in the New York
and New Jersey area.
Erickson, one of the Nation s
biggest bookmakers, is serving a
Itwo-year sentence on gambling
charges. He was brought from
Jail to appear before the Kefauver
committee at hearings in New
York and refused to talk.
Adonis. who operates in the New
York and New Jersey area, also
refused to answer questions when
pulled before the committee dur
ling the course of the far-f1ung in
Ivestigation.
List Includes Guzik.
! Others against whom contempt
citations were voted were:
Jacob GREASY Thumb Guzik
Iof Chicago. reported to be the
treasurer of the old Capone mob.
Morris Kleinman and Louis
Rothkopf, former Cleveland boot
leggers who were linked by the
committee with interstate gam
bling operations.
William G. O'Brien and Ralph
u. O'Hara, both of Chicago, and
Stanley Cohen of San Francisco,
who figured in the committee s
inquiry into race wire services.
John Croft. linked with the
Cleveland men in gambling opera
Itions in the Northern Kentucky
area: George S. Bowers, a Miami
gambling flgureS and John C.
Doyle of Gary. Ind, who was
questioned about slot machines
and gambling operations in that
city.
The charges will be turned over
to United States attorneys fol
presentation to- grand juries in the
cities where the Witnesses were
called before the committee. Sew
eral of the cases will be considered
by grand juries here.
Conviction carries penalties ur
to a year in jail and $1,000 fine
on each count.
Costello Central Figure.
Costello was one OF the central
figures in the committees New
York hearings.
He was cited for his refusal tc
reveal to the committee his net
worth.
For Erickson the contempt cita-
tion was the second blow in the
same day. Earlier the New York
State Tax Department filed taz
warrants totaling S715,152 against
him. The department said the
liens, which will tie up all OF
EricFson's property, represented
Sl57,L for additional State in
come taxes plus penalties and in
Iterest totaling $557,524.
Two of the witnesses-Klein-
man and Rothkopf-based their
refusal on the grounds that tele-
vision and newsreel cameras oper-
ating in the hearing room in
vaded their personal rights. Theil
protests may bring the first court
test of whether a witness may
refuse to testify because they are
being televised.
First Case Dismissed.
So far one contempt case aris-
ling from the Senate inquiry has
gone to trial. This was that
Iagainst Harry Russell of Chicago.
A Federal judge here dismissed
ut, holding that Russell was within
his rights in refusing to answer
question on the grounds of pos
Isible self determination.
The FBI announced today that
John Angersola and George An
tgersola surrendered to FBI agents
at Miami, Fla late last night.
They were wanted for questioning
by the Kefauver committee.
Each posted $4,000 cash bond
for appearance before Joseph c.
Duke, Senate sergeant at arms,
at his office here on April 16.
The two Angersolas were named
March 20 in Government list
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