Evening star., 1951-12-21
U. 5. Charges Bullock
Protected Defendants
In DC. Gambling Case

Lie 1OVcIIlIlent ldIS yesterday
charged that Police Inspector
Albert I. Bullock protected vari-
Gus defendants" named in the
gambling conspiracy indictment
with Charles E. Nelson, wealthy
Marylander, and Is others.
The charge was made in a bill
Of particulars filed by United
States Attorney Charles M. Irelan
and assistants in connection with
the indictment in which Inspector
Bullock is one of the defendants.
The bill of particulars charges
that Inspector Bullock protected
defendants, particularly" Robert
L. Nowland, while they were
transporting and distributing. in
the District of Columbia, run
down tapes and money to be paid
in connection with the winning
numbers bets made in the District
Of Columbia"
N0Wland, WIFE Named. 4
Both Mr.. Nowland and his wife.
of Alexandria, Va. are named de-
PENDANTS in the two-count indict-
ment. Mr.. Nelson has admitted
being financial backer of Robert
Nowland Associates, which was de-
scribed by the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee as a multi
million-dollar interstate numbers
racket.
The bill of particulars was
filed on orders of District Court
Judge David A. Pine, who already
has overruled defense motions
seeking to dismiss the indictment.
The bill of particulars makes
further sensational charges
against Inspector Bullock and
Detective Sergt. Robert G.. Kirby
and former Detective James E.
Lowry and other defendants.
It charges that Inspector Bull
lock was present on numerous
occasions at or near the head
quarters in Prince Georges County,
Md, of the numbers lottery oper-
ated by the defendants :" for
the purpose of protecting it and
the operations being conducted in
it."
It is further charged that Sergt.
Robert G. Kirby took and picked
up numbers bets therefore made
in the District of Columbia and
caused numbers bets to be made,
taken and picked up in the Dis
trict Of Columbia"
Lowry. the Government charges.
"took and picked up numbers bets"
made in the District and caused"
the bets to be picked up.
Lowry also is accused of receiving
from the alleged numbers head
quarters money to pay off on num-
bers bets made in the District.
Lowry is further accused in the
bill of particulars as serving as an
armed guard" to protect various
numbers headquarters" in Prince
Georges and Calvert Counties.
In answer to a specific question,
which Judge Pine ordered the
Government to answer, the bill
of particulars says:
Southwest Section Not Named.
Defendant Charles E. Nelson
had no particular location in the
District of Columbia at which he
engaged in the alleged lottery and
operated said lottery in the Dis
trict of Columbia in any territory
he desired"
The bill then contends certain
defendants engaged in the lottery
and numbers business in wide
areas in the Southeast, Northeast
and Northwest sections of Wash
ington. Only the Southwest Sec
tion was not named.
The eight-page bill Of particu-
lars goes on to describe alleged
activities of other defendants.
It declares that Nelson's wife
Mrs. Virginia Madge Nelson
Robert L. Nowland and the latter's
wife, Mrs. Mary C. Nowland, en-.
gagged in the alleged lottery in the
same sections that Nelson did.
Another defendant, Blight H
Lee, and Inspector Bullock engaged
in the business in various sections,
tASluding a Northeast section, the
sr6 says.
Manner of Operation Detailed.
AS to the manner in which the
defendants carried on or promoted
the lottery. the bill of particulars
says Charles E. Nelson caused
numbers bets to be made, taken
and picked up in the District. q. "
Other charges made are thai
Nelson's daughter, Mrs. Bertha N
bGAazzlilliauaS operated an adding
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