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the North Beach Amusement Co.,
owned by the Nelson's.
Mr.. Nelson has been men,
toned frequently in her own
right. Her husband has referred
70 her as his business partner
and an amateur investigator has
testified that she was the one who
rode in a suspected numbers car
10 It's headquarters. The car was
stopped by Prince Georges County
police August 8 but chickens and
vegetables instead of numbers
were found.
Alleged Aide to Testify.
Another of today's grand iury
witnesses has been described as
one OF Nelson's chief lieutenants
he is Heber McWilliams, ST., said
TO be the owner of the Ranch
House, house near North Beach,
Nd, which was described before
the Crime Committee as num-
bers headquarters.
In all, a dozen witnessed showed
up to testify today. One of them
was Robert Main, son of Irwin 1.
Main, the veteran Democratic
Party leader in Prince Georges
County who resigned recently as
chairman of the board of the Seat
Pleasant Bank as result of dis
closures that he approved an un-
secured $4,000 loan to an asso-
clate OF Nelson. The younger man
SAID his father also had been SUBJ
poenaeo out was on vacation.
Others Slated to Testify.
Also subpoenaed to testify
were:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hogan.
They were called presumably in
connection with a raid on Hogan's
mouse In the 900 block of L street
NE. This house was described
by Inspector Roy Blick of the
vice squad as one of Nelson's
places.
Milford Burkley, 81, colored
who recently sued Nelson for
$4,000, charging damages from
an alleged assault. Burkley at
tracted attention of Government
prosecutors because in his suit he
said numbers operations were
protected" under a complicated
code system. He was called be-
lore the grand jury last week but
MS attorney said he wouldn't talk
until he got some assurances of
immunity from prosecution.
Arthur Beach. 313 East Del Ray
street, Alexandria. Va. The name
OF an Arthur Beach appears as a
defendant on 1910 compilation
OF receipts where Nelson paid
fines and legal and bondsmen's
fees for % defendants in Mary
land, Virginia and the District.
StenOgrapher Listed.
Mrs. Leona Weightman, stenog-
rapher at Nelson's farm and wife
of the former manager of Nelson's
bonding business.
James L. Pumphrey, Nelson's
partner in the P. & N. Amusement
Co, who also appeared before the
grand jury last week.
Mr.. Brooks, who returned to
await his grand jury appearance
after attempting to shield Mrs.
Nelson from photographers.
AS the grand jury picked up its
investigation where it left off last
week, there were these other Capt.
tol developments:
l. Chairman Nicely of the Senate
District Committee, who has been
trying to persuade the Senate
Rules Committee to approve a
$50,000 budget for a District Com
mittee crime investigation, ex-
pressed optimism that he would
get a reasonable amount of
money" He sounded more hope
tul after what he termed very
satisfactory" conference with
chairman Hayden OF the Rules
Committee.
2. The Senate District Commit
tees judiciary subcommittee an
nounced long list of witnesses to
testify at tomorrow's opening
session on the House-approved
District crime bill. The measure
was produced after an investiga-
tion by a House District sub
committee.
Confidential Report.
In another development in the
crime picture, the District Com
missioners made public what