Evening star., 1951-08-17
Bookkeeper Tesfifies
Nelson Paid Big Sum
Yearly for Good Will
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North Beach Amusement Co., the
tavern and amusement arcade
known as Uncle Billie's."
Dealt With Farm Records.
The committee, through its
questioning Of Mrs. Weightman,
also got into the record these
items:
A weekly expense for flowers
that amounted over the year to
hundreds of dollars.
A weekly notation of $40 for
"car-hiring" for the entire year.
A weekly item of expense listed
only as mems end"
There was no indication wheth-
er these items were on Mr.. Nelson S
farm account or on his books for
Robert Nowland Associates, which
the committee has identified as a
$6 million numbers racket from
which Mr.. Nelson drew large
profit. Mr.. Nelson has testified
that his only part in Robert Now
land Associates was as a financial
hacker.
Mrs. Weightman started work.
ing for Mr.. Nelson only last De-
cember and said she dealt only
with the farm records.
Prince Georgians Arrive.
At the committee hearing were
several Prince Georges County
officials. They were Police Chief
F. Allen Richards, Detective Sergt.
Wilson j. Purdy. Detective Ralph
Bond and Detective Charles
Perrygo.
The committee decided late yes
terday to recall Mr.. Nelson but
when staff investigators went to
notify him then they were told he
had gone fishing.
State Police Asked to Help.
AS the hearing neared, the in
veStigators moved into high gear.
They asked Maryland State police
to check Solomons Island and
other fishing haunts for Mr.. Mel
son. They also returned to the
Ritchie, Md, farm, where they had
awaited his homecoming until the
early hours of the morning.
1t was yesterday that United
States Attorney George Morris
Fay launched a grand jury inves-
tigation of Mr.. Nelson's activities
here. Mr.. Fay said he based his
"full-scale" inquiry on a state
ment by Vice Squad Chief Roy
Blick that Mr.. Nelson has operated
in Northeast Washington for the
last half dozen years.
If the committee is unable to
locate Mr.. Nelson in time for the
windup of public hearings today.
1t may still salvage part of it's
Prince Georges County probe
through other witnesses and
through a tape recording that has
figured prominently in the SEN
sational case.
County officials have been try
ing to get the recording since
early this week when John Will
liam Lewis, the District electrical
inspector turned amateur detec-
tive told the county commission
ers that he had recorded a con-
versation in which county Off
cial told him Mr.. Nelson was
tipped off prior to a numbers
raid that failed on August 8.
Today Chief Richards assured
the Prince Georges Commissioners
at session before he left to at
tend the Senate hearing that the
county will get the recording from
the committee when its hearings
are concluded
States Attorney Carlyle j. Lam
caster told reporters he felt it
was essential to know the con-
tents of the tape recording be-
fore making any recommended
tions for grand jury action in the
county.
After a conference with Mr..
Lancaster. Circuit Judge Charles
c. Marbury and Chief Richards
in the county yesterday, Mary
land State Police Detective Sergt.
Murray E. Jackson, who is on
loan to the crime committee, said
the recording would be turned over
to the county if it is not played
at the committee hearing.
That announcement came at
the end of an excitement-filled
day at the Upper Marlboro Court
house, where Sheriff Carlton G.
Beall joined in a drive to clear up
the tipof question, and Repub-
lican Delegate William r. Hughes
called for grand jury inyestiga-
ton.
Mr.. Nelson, according to the
crime committee, is under a con-
tinuing committee subpoena which
theoretically makes him available
for a return appearance at any
time. He told The Star last week
end that he wanted to testify be-