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talked freely with reporters as he
waited to testify.
Nelson, who breeds horses in
addition to his other activities,
was accused of perjury by the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee because he said his only
transaction with Beard was
Boards purchase of bull.
That's the story Beard repeated
to newsmen.
Beard told newSmen at one point
he didn't know Nelson and at an
other point that he hardly knew
him. That was his response when
reporters asked him about the
bribe accusations made by Prince
Georges County Sheriff Carlton
Beall before the crime committee.
The sheriff testified that Mel
son told him Beard and Nelson
jointly spent $4,000 a month on
protection in the previous county
administration. The sheriff also
quoted Nelson as Offering SIS, 900
la month in bribes in exchange for
permitting Nelson to resume
numbers operations at his
Ritchie, Md, farm and letting
Beard operate "two small places"
lin Colmar Manor, Md. and Morn
|ingside, Md.
"When I went to his (Nelson'S)
farm" Beard told newsmen, Il
was buying cattle for friend" :"
He refused to identify the friend
but he did describe the bull-a
black Angus.
I'm a cattle expert" said
Beard with a cheerful grin. I'm
sort of a country boy. I go to
cattle shows. I like CATTLE"
Beard, who is now under in
Ldlctment on income tax charges,
was asked if a lawyer accompanied
him.
Il amt got no lawyer" replied
the one-time kingpin gambler.
II amt doing nothing"
He said he was not in any
business now, that he is "com-
pletely retired from everything" !"
He explained that ne retired from
the pickle business 18 months
ago.
Beard said he was served with
subpoena about pm. last night.
Did it surprise him?
IT should say it did," he re-
piled.
Dairy Driver Hints Of Threat.
The, hint of threats was injected
into the proceedings by Waldo J..
Roberts. an Embassy Dairy driv-
er. Mr.. Roberts, who lives at 1922
South Third street, Arlington, Va,
brought Nelson's name into the
crime committee inquiry when he
told Of accompanying Blight Lee,
onetime Virginia bambler, on a
numbers route through Northeast
Washinton in 1949.
Mr.. Roberts told the crime COM
mittee that Lee, in trying to per-
suade Mr.. Roberts to take over
his numbers route, told Mr.. Rob-
erts Charlie Nelson" was his
hacker. Mr.. Roberts also started
talking about Lees assurances Of
protection from arrest but was
stopped there by Acting Chairman
Kefauver.
Today. reporters asked Mr.. Rob-
ertS If he had received any threats
because of his revelations before
the committee. At first, he replied,
mo comment" Then. he added,
IF the grand jury asks me about
that. I'll tell them"
Witness Caught in Squeeze"
"I've spent some of the best
days Of my life with Blight Lee"
Mr.. Roberts volunteered. IT feel
like a complete heel. If I say
nothing to the grand jury, they'll
hold me in contempt. If I say
the wrong thing. they can get me
for perjury. I'm caught in a
squeeze"
Lee, whose name has been re-
peatedly linked with Nelson, has
not been located by deputy mar
shals. Assistant United States At
torney John w. Fihelly told news
men today that Lee was "brazen-
ly" lodging subpoena.
The excitement in the corridor
outside the grand jury room hit
one Of its high points when a
man with a brief case suddenly
approached Mr.. Pumphrey and
identified himself as Anderson" !"
When Mr.. Pumphrey started to
talk to him, Attorney James F.
Reilly, representing Mr.. Pum-
phrey, interceded. The man with
the brief case and the lawyer
moved a little way down the cor
|ridor and Mr.. Anderson beckoned
to Mr.. Pumphrey.
Revenue Agent Identified.
"You stay there" instructed Mr..
Humphreys attorney, but he