Evening star., 1951-08-14

d1O was OIPpCO O11.
Mr.. Lewis said he had a re-
cording of his conversation with
Former EmpIoye Sues Nelson for $4,000
in Assault During Dispute. Poee A-3
the official. The recording, he
said, now is in the hands of the
Crime Committee.
A committee aide said Mr..
Lewis had not been told to with
hold the name of the official with
whom he had the conversation.
The aide, Maryland State Police
Detective Sergt. Murray E. Jack
son. told The Star the official was
Detective Ralph Bond-one of the
police who participated in the
futile raid.
Bond Denies Tip-Off knowledge.
At today's hearing, Detective
Bond Joined with Police Chief F.
Allen Richards in denying any
hIIOWlcOSe VI Jlp-OL.
The disputed raid occurred last
Wednesday and was thoroughly
aired at the committees hearing
last Thursday with Mr.. Lewis as
the main witness.
Mr.. Lewis, at that time, said
county police had a warrant and
planned to stop and search a car
suspected of carrying numbers
slips. Occupants of the car were
two girls and Mrs. Madge Nelson,
wife Of Charles E. Nelson, Mary
land horsebreeder who has ad-
.mitted drawing large profits from
"a $6 million operation which he
thought was gambling.
When the car was stopped, 1t
contained chickens and vegetables
but no numbers. At the crime
committee hearing, Mr.. Lewis said
somebody obviously knew some
thing. Since then, there have
been repeated denials of tip
of.
Chief Richards Not Involved.
The county commissioners, at
a hearing today to find out more
about it, were told by Mr.. Lewis.
i have information from one
of your county officials that the
fix was in on the day of the raid.
/ was told by this county official
that the numbers were started
for the beach North Beach, Md,
headed off and brought back
Through the District of Columbia
the day of the raid"
Mr.. Lewis refused to name the
official who gave him the informa-
tion and would not identify him
beyond saying he was an appoint
ed, not an elected official.
Mr.. Lewis, however, did tell the
commissioners that, in his opinion,
Chief Richards had no knowledge
of the tipoff.
Board Calls for Recording.
The commissioners called an
abrupt halt to the hearing after
Mr.. Lewis disclosures. They i'm
mediately adopted motion re-
questing Sergt. Jackson, who is
assisting the Senate Crime Com
mlttee, to appear before them at
3 pm. today with the recording.
Sergt. Jackson told The Star
he did not know whether or not
he would appear since he had
not yet received the commits
sioners' request but he added that
the commissioners were certainly
entitled to the recording.
Sergt. Jackson said the recorded
conversation reported that Mr..
Nelson knew of the Forthcoming
raid at noon-approximately two
and half hours before it was due
to happen.
Mr.. Lewis told the commission
ers he first took the recording to
the FBI and it was turned over
to the crime committee.
Police Co-operated With Lewis.
Chief Richards, in his testimony
before the commissioners, said he
had asked Mr.. Lewis to come to
Upper Marlboro as a witness in
order to refute news stories that
the chief construed as accusing
him of laxity.
Both Chief Richards and De-
tective Bond said they had CO.
operated fully with Mr.. Lewis, a
District Building electrical in
spector, who turned detective him.
self and started watching the Nell
son home.
Mr.. Lewis said that everything
that Chief Richards and Detective
Bond have said is true"
Asked by Chief Richards if he
believed the police were RESPONSE
BILE in case tip-of had occurred,
Mr.. Lewis replied, mo, do not"
Committee Asked to Dig Deeper.
Detective Bond told a story Of
weeks of police activity in at