Evening star., 1951-04-14

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L. ED O'HARA.
Grand Jury Reports
.Anti-Gaming Moves
In Prince Georges
There has been widespread gam
bling in Prince Georges County
but enforcement officials are max
ing strong efforts to abolish it
a grand jury reported to the
County Circuit Court yesterday
The jury said 1t agreed with q
statement in this regard previ-
ously made by Judge John B
Gray, jr., when he charged the
Jury April 2.
Three indictments charging rape
and two charging attempted car.
nal knowledge were among 104
true bills returned by the grand
Jury. The bulk of the indictments
were not released, pending ar.
Iraignment of those accused.
The indictments for rape were
against Benjamin Aquilino, Is, q
District fireman; Norman Richard
Strait. Al. a Riverdale truck driver
and William King Shoup. 20, q
Rockville contractor. Indicted fo1
attempted carnal knowledge were
George T. Glorius, "a, and Harold
E. Skipper. Is, former University
of Maryland students.
Lottery Indictments Returned.
Another indictment charged
Walter S. Shelton, A, operator OF
"a large slot and pinball distribu-
tion firm in the county, with oper-
ating a lottery.
Aquilino. now under suspension
from the Fire Department, is &C
cused Of criminally attacking a
19-year-old Government worker
March II in his apartment in
Kent Village.
Strait, Maryland Penitentiary
parolee and father of two boys
is charged in the case of a 72.
year-old Bladensburg woman. Ths
oftense Is said to have occurred
the afternoon of February / aftel
the woman had accepted the offel
of a ride in Straits car becaus.
she was tired of walking.
The complainant in the case o.
Shoup is a 27-year -old Noun
Rainier housewife who said thu
attack occurred early March II
after she met the Rockville mar
in a tavern.
jury Trial Requested.
The charges against Glorius ane
Skipper involve a 12-year-olc
Washington colored girl. The in.
cident Is alleged to have occurred
the night of April %, 1850 IL
Berwyn. The charges were pre-
sented to grand jury last Octo'
ber but were continued by tina
body.
Shelton was charged last Jan
uary with permitting gambling il
a Colmar Manor tavern he own
after a bartender was arrested fo
accepting numbers bet. The bar
tender subsequently pleaded guilt!
and was fined $50. At that time
the State asked for a jury tria
for Shelton on the gambling
charge and on another charge o
permitting sale of whiskey or
Sunday in the tavern. The latte
still is scheduled for Circuit Court
i The grand jury recommends
more policemen for the count;
force, declaring it is seriously un
dermanned, considering the larg
population and its proximity t.
the District of Columbia. :"
Even with a proposed addition
Of IL new men, the jury said
still is Of the opinion the fore
will be inadequate.
The jury commented that tn
sheriff, the police and the chief
Of police Of the principal munich
palities in the county "are doin
excellent work with the personne
they have"
Conditions were found to b
above average at the county Jail a
Upper Marlboro. The jury note
that the building has been cleane'
and painted and the institution
stated with high type personne.
The jury also found conditions q
the county aims house to be en-
tirely satisfactory.
It recommended that the ia.
at the County Service Building
| Hyattsville, be painted and tina
; a passageway on the street sid
of the Jail quarters be cleared @
bicycles and other unclaime
/ equipment to permit using tn
/, passageway for an exit as wa
INTENDED. The jury also suggeste
! that unclaimed goods be dispose
lof.