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DeLClng on games played at the
Garden some time before because
he had noticed something was
abnormal" about the fuctuating
odds just before game time.
/ Chilly, Brodson explained to
the committee that his own sys-
tenn of handicapping basketball
teams took into consideration all
normal factors that might infiu-
ence odds and when he saw any
abnormal changes he became sus-
picious.
! He said he would have nothing
to do with game he suspected
of being fixed because that inter-
fered with my judgment and
could very easily lose"
He seldom bet on horse races be-
cause he lacked information to
handicap the entries properly and
anyway he was not much inter-
ested in that form of gambling,
he said.
Other Gamblers Followed Lead.
Brodson explained that his
knowledge of basketball, football
and baseball games was so solid
that gamblers all over the coun
try were anxious to find out the
teams he had selected as winners,
In this business" he said with
broad smile, "if you come up
with winners you are a hero and
| if you come up with losers you
are a bum"
! Because he won more often
than he lost, gamblers in other
cities considered it a favor if he
placed his bets with them because
then they could follow his Selec-
tons. and lay off his money and
some of their own with rival
gamblers.
| In explaining why he tele-
phoned bets to Cohan in Wash
Iington, Brodson explained he met
Conan in Florida about two years
ago and liked him.
Conan Called 20. X. Guy"
Il checked with the boys in the
racket and they said Cohan was
an o. K. guy" Brodson said.
/ DoWney Rice committee coun-
sci, asked what boys" had okayed
Cohan. Brodson said he received
his information from Norman
Horn and Michael Bootiglier who
placed bets for him in Rochester,
N. Y.
| Under the friendship relation
ship he had with Cohan he felt
he was not actually placing bets
with Cohan. Brodson explained.
He knew that Cohan was passing
the money on to other gamblers.
"Cohan told me when We met
in Florida" Brodson said" that
he had outlets-places to place
wagers which were not available
to me-"
From the beginning of his as
ISOLATION with Cohan, he main
tanned a favorable credit balance
because his selections usually
Won" Brodson said.
Recalls Raid Here.
i never sent him any money"
ne said. He always sent me
money"
Mr.. Rice asked Brodson if he
knew police had raided an estab-
llshment in the 1900 block of
Ninth street NV. early in this
year after receiving information
that Cohan was connected with
the establishment.
Mr.. Brodson said he had heard
there had been a raid and believed
ICohan'S nephew was one of those
arrested.
During the brief recess, Brodson
told reporters that after the raid
ICohan went to Florida and he has
mot telephoned any bets to Wash
llngton since then. 1t is his under
standing that Conan is still in
Florida, he said.
Cohan's House Closed.
Mr.. Rice said committee inves-
ItlgatorS have been searching for
fCohan for several days without
success. No one was home at his
Fourteenth street residence when
reporters went there yesterday and
1T had the appearance of a house
that has been shut up for several
weeks.
Mr.. Rice read from records
furnished by United States At
torney George Morris Fay and
Maj. Robert J. Barrett. superin-
tendent. of police, that Brodson
called Cohan at three different
telephone numbers in Washing
ton. They were Georgia 1902,
listed at the time to the Acme
Construction Co., 1921 Fourteenth
street NV. (Cohan's home)
Georgia 7764, listed to Conan and
Adams 1912 listed to the National
Union of Government Workers
1909 Ninth street NV. Second
floor.
/ Got Atlantic City Tip.
/ In the raid at the Ninth street
address on January 2, Mr.. Rice
said, police confscated what thew
described as two numbers game
Slip boxes; two adding machines
three radios and five telephones
and some $4,000 in cash. Police
said they raided the establishment
on tip from Atlantic City police
-Four men who gave their names
as Wilbert L. Cohan, Joseph Chill.
lani, MUM w. Oster and Albert
F. Kliegman. were arrested in the
Ninth street raid. but charges
against them were dismissed at q
hearing before United States
Commissioner Cyril Lawrence or
February % and all the confis.
Gated evidence was returned tt