Evening star., 1951-06-19

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Cleveland gambling syndicate
spawned in prohibition days.
Summoned to a closed ..earins
OF the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee today were six wit
nesses listed by the committee a.
Cleveland area racket figures"
All were picked UP on Senat,
arrest warrants after the investi.
eating Senators had tried with.
out success to subpoena them fol
questioning.
The six are Samuel T. Haas
described as the lawyer for {
gambling syndicate's operations
Samuel "Gameboy" Miller, listee
by the committee as one of tht
top figures in the syndicate; Nor.
r1s "Mushy" Wexler, described a.
distributor Of the race wire serv.
Ice; Louis Levenson, linked ir
committee testimony with gam.
bling operations in northern Ken.
lucky. and two brothers, Johr
and George Angersola, both ALA.
King.
Miami Hearings Thursday,
The hearings here will be fol.
lowed by return engagement ir
Miami beginning Thursday ane
one here June % featuring a gen.
eral investigation of gambling ano
other criminal activities in Balti-
more"
The Miami hearings took on
added Importance with the grow.
ing controversy over Florida Gov
Fuller Warren's refusal of an in
vitation to testify in Miami at this
time.
This refusal was met last night
by Committee Chairman O'Conor
with another telegram informing
Gen. Warren his presence at the
Miami crime hearings was most
necessary"
A committee source described
the new telegram as unprece-
dented. He said he considered
the message a demand" In the
past, governors have been sin
vited" to attend sessions.
Sheriff Under Fire Resigns.
In another Florida development
Sheriff James Sullivan of Dade
County resigned yesterday with a
blast at what he called a cam
paign of abuse and smear" SEN
ator Kefauver. Democrat, of Ten
nessee, chairman of the Crime
Committee when Sheriff Sullivan
was one of its chief targets, called
the sheriff's resignation "a victory
for the strong and increasing de-
mand in Dade County for better
law enforcement"
Gov. Warren today appointed
a new sheriff-Jack B. Hender-
son, assistant city manager OF
Miami and former University OF
Florida football star.
AS for the Baltimore hearings
scheduled here next week, Com
mittee Counsel Richard G. Moser
said these men will be asked what
they know about gambling and
other criminal activities in Balti-
more:
William Oittle Willie) Adams,
Negro businessman, who was in
dicted and acquitted last year on
six charges of numbers writing
and connected with a gang style
bombing here in 1888; George
Goldberg, former operator of the
Century Athletic Club; Thomas
CThe Guinea Aversa, South Bal
timore sporting figure; Edward
Reitz, fined $1,650 in 1943 on
charges of operating a bookmak-
ing establishment; Willis (Buzz)
King, sporting figure; julius
'Blinky) Fink. dismissed for lack
OF evidence on three charges in
connection with the Willie Adams
bombing. and John Maddox. mem
toned as possible owner of the
Rocway Towers near Laurel when
it was raided in 1948.
Three more Marylanders were
added to the list today. They in
clude former Police Chief John
Souers OF Anne Arundel County:
John Comi. Is. convicted Balti-
more bookie now on trial on
bribery charges. and Ike Saper-
stein, night club owner. Mr.
Souers was dismissed as chief by
Anne Arundel police examiners in
January after State police con-
Quoted a raid without his knowl-
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