Evening star., 1951-01-10
Gambler Shot 10 Death
In After-Hours Club:
Suspect Is Held
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the stairs and after finding Hard
ing's body ordered the doors of
the club locked. Patrons were
questioned at the seventh precinct.
Owners Expected to Testify.
Two Of the three owner-man-
ayers Of the club, Joseph Horowitz
and Tommy Wiman, were in the
establishment when the shooting
occurred. They were expected to
testify at the inquest.
Commissioner j. Russell Young
called for a report from Capt.
Beverly Beach of the 7th pre-
cinct soon after learning of the
shooting.
"These repeated reports of in
cidents occurring in after-hours
spots is an indication of the un-
desirability of tolerating them"
Commissioner Young told re-
porters.
Commissioner Young pointed
out that the recent report of the
House District Crime Investigat-
ing Committee "pinpointed" the
undesirability of after-hours clubs
when it referred to them as
breeding places of crime"
Committee Investigated Club.
Representative Davis, Democrat,
Of Georgia. head of the Crime
Subcommittee, said the killing to-
day "is just one more proof of the
need to close up the after-hours
clubs"
Mr.. Davis said the Hide-Away
Club was one of those which was
investigated by his subcommittee.
He said the results of the investi-
CATION had been forwarded to the
United States Attorney.
Mr.. Davis said his group also
was seeking to get at the after
hours clubs in a second way. One
of the provisions of the omnibus
bill he has introduced to strength
en- law enforcement here. he said,
would permit District authorities
tc close up after-hours clubs
merely on the group that they
constituted nuisance.
Detectives said they were not
able to learn the cause of the i'll
feeling between Harding and
Nesline.
With Two Companions.
Harding, who was convicted of
manslaughter in the killing of
Harry (Doc) Davis, brother of a
police inspector, in 1888, entered
the club with two men about 2
am.
Nesline appeared on the scene
about two hours later. Two COM
panions escorted him also.
Within a short time the two
men, both of whom have been
known to police since they were
teen ayers, began quarreling.
Some time within the last hour
the companions of the two men
slipped away.
The i'll feeling between the
men was noticed by other patrons
but it evidently caused little con-
Germ. The two police officers said
no one mentioned it to them when
they entered.
Figured in Controversy.
Sergt. GernhQfer was trans
ferred from the Third to the Sew
enth precinct after he figured in
the spectacular controversy be-
tween Maj. Robert j. Barrett,
police chief. and Capt. Anthony
Richitt last summer. Sergt. Germ
hofer reported that erasures had
been made in the record book at
the Tnlrd precinct. Former AS
sistanr Corporation Counsel Dan
lei B. Maher suggested after AM
investigation that Sergt. Germ
hofer be cited before the Police
Trial Boad because evidence failed
to substantiate his statements.
1t Mccormick was transferred
to the Seventh precinct from the
Traffic Division on January /.
Harding and Nesline, under
world sources said, had known
each other since they launched
their careers in crime during the
prohibition era. Although Har-
ding had a reputation as a lone