Evening star., 1951-09-14
Arrest Variant
NayBeAsked
For Nelson Son
Action Threatened
Unless Missing Man
Appears for Inquiry
BY Miriom Gutenberg

TO ask the court for
IN arrest wArrant for Charles E.
jr.. if new efforts to locate
lim fail.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay said his Office still was
trying to find the son of Charles E.
Nelson. The father. Maryland
norsebreeder and acknowledged
oacker of a large numbers opera
ton, is focal point of a current
grand jury investigation.
Assistant United States Attorney
John w. Fihelly, who is heading
the staff of prosecutors presenting
the Nelson case to the grand jury.
said a deputy marshal went to
Nelson's farm at Ritchie, Md, and
was told by the elder Nelson that
the young man packed his suit
case and left. The deputy marshal.
Mr.. Fihelly said, was informed
that the father didn't know where
his son was.
May Ask Warrant.
Mr.. Fay said if all reasonable
attempts to locate the young man
fail. an arrest warrant will be
asked. The same will apply in
the case of other hard-to-locate
witnesses.
Witnesses arrested under a war
rant would be required to put up
bond to guarantee their appear
ance before the grand jury.
Grand Jury in Recess.
The grand jury was in recess
until next wednesday while
prosecutors continued their in
Ivestigation and lined UP the next
group of witnesses.
Government attorneys also were
preparing motions to file in con-
|nection with the key records in
the case-those turned over to
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee by Nelson.
Nelson attorneys last week filed
Ia motion to regain possession Of
these records and to suppress
their use as evidence before the
grand jury or in any later GRIM
inal proceedings.
Arguments on that motion orig
inally were set for today, but A.
Gwynn Bowie, Nelson's Maryland
attorney. said he understood it
will be argued September 81 be-
fore District Judge F. Dickinson
Let's.
In another development, Mr..
Fay said today a complete in
vestigation of threats repeatedly
made to Alfred G. Evans, a witness
subpoenaed by the grand jury, has
been closed for lack of evidence.
Mr. Evans, 81. colored, who said
Ihe is a plaSterer and painter and
lives in the 1900 block of Sixth
lIstreet NV, complained he was
Threatened and warned that he
might be killed after he was
isubpoenaed.
Yuoth, 18, Testifies.
Among yesterdays grand jury
witnesses was an 18-year-old
youth whose uncle protested Bit
terly about the grand jury sum-
mons.
The witness was Charles w.
Hooper, Prince Frederick, Md,
high school student, who was ac-
companied by his uncle, Marvin
Hooper. Young Hooper. his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Estep Hooper.
and the uncle all live on a to-
bacco farm.
The uncle told newsmen that
the youth was questioned about
this:
A deputy marshall cruising in a
maroon Dodge in North Beach.
Md, said he was followed by
young Hooper in the youths 1851
blue Ford sedan. The deputy said
that Ray Brooks, manager Of Mel
sons North Beach Amusement
Co., was in the youths car the
night it trailed the deputy.
Charles, his uncle said. repeat
edly denied he had trailed the
deputy mashal.
At the Capitol. the Senate Dis
Itrict Committees special crime
subcommittee started moving to-
day on its own full-scale investi-
cation of District crime and al
LEGGED corruption, with Indications
that the inquiry will cover the
Ientire Washington area.
/ Although the measure authoriz-
ling the $25 900 investigation speci-
tf1ed District crime and law en-
Iforcement, subcommittee members
appeared in agreement that inves.
tigators will follow the trails lead
ling into Maryland and Virginia.
1 Tentative Director Named.
Tentative plans call for direc-
ltor, two investigators and two
clerks. According to committee
sources, the majority of the SUBJ
committee has informally ap-
proved appointment of Downey
Rice as director of the investi-
CATION.
Mr.. Rice, Washington attorney,
former FBI agent and counsel for
the now defunct Senate Crime
Investigating Committee, con-
lferred with members yesterday.
| An organization meeting has
been set for next Wednesday at
8 pm. to map the course of the
probe. Losing no time in getting
started, the subcommittee already
has asked for space for it's in
vestigating staff.
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Jo-
lseph Duke said the District Com
mittee has been offered the space
in the Hole Building previously
occupied by the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee.
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