Evening star., 1951-03-13
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agents began investigating War
rings tax returns in July. l948
AS in the case of Beard, the dis
coverieS of the tax agents were re.
ferred to the Justice Department
for possible criminal prosecution
/ In 1889 Warning was sentenced
to term of three to nine months
in prison for income tax evasion
His brother Charles rags ano
Leo Warning were let off with
fines of $4,000 each on tax evasion
charges.
At that time, the Government
charged the three brothers were
operators of a So million a year
numbers game bank.
The three brothers were charged
with evading approximately $685.
900 in Federal income taxes over
a three-year period.
The District Assessors Office
lists only two properties here to
Emmitt R. Waring: square 1900,
lot II, identified as 5000 Macomb
street NV, and square 81, lot 805,
identified as Ills Twenty-fourth
street NV.
Sentenced for Jury Tampering.
The first trial of the Warning
brothers resulted in a hung jury.
The second trial broke up in a
mistrial when Judge Bolitha Laws
was told attempts had been made
to influence jurors.
Emmitt Warning was sentenced
to serve two years and two months
in prison on a jury -tamperine
charge before his third trial
started.
After his release from prison
police believe Warning lost little
time in regaining control over the
numbers game racket.
He has avoided any brushes with
local police. but the size of his
income attracted attention of un-
derworld gunmen, who invaded his
home in January, 1850, and took
$22,400 in cash and a diamond
ring.
Gunmen Arrested Later.
Three men. identified as the
gunmen were later arrested in New
York and Pittsburgh and jailed
for crimes in those cities.
Warning was donunced over a
Nationwide radio network re-
Gently by Broadcaster Robert
Montgomery, who castigated Met
ropolitan police for failing to ar
rest local gambling bosses.
Maj. Robert j. Barrett, superin-
tendent of police. has been quoted
as offering an immediate promo
ton to any policeman who could
arrest Warning and make a case
against him stand up in court.
Richitt Incident Recalled.
Warning was the central figure
in a controversy that rocked the
Police Department last March
after Capt. Anthony Richitt re-
ported Warning had visited him in
his office in the Third precinct
and made gesture which he took
to indicate promised payof.
The visit occurred after the
House District Crime Committee
repeatedly asked Maj. Barrett fol
an explanation of the lack OF
gambling arrests in the third and
seventh precincts where Warning
repeatedly operated.
Capt. Richitt said Warning re-
ferred to Maj. Barrett as "the
boss" and expressed a desire to
cooperate with the third precinct
commander.
Jaunty, and looking much
younger than his 43 years, War
ring spared with the committee
when he was called before 1t. He
fatty denied he had ever given
money to policeman or re-
queSted any one to make a payoff
for him. He also denied he had
ever talked to Maj. Barrett about
the Crime Committees interest
in the lack of gambling arrests
in the Georgetown precincts.
Stood on His Rights.
Warning blandly stood on his
constitutional rights and refused
to answer any questions relating
to his business or the activities
of his associates. He refused to
let the committee look at his in
come tax returns, but volunteered
the information that he paid an
employe of the Bureau of Inter-
nal Revenue to make out the re-
turns on the basis of information
he furnished.
Later Charles E. Ford, War
rings attorney, told the commit
tee that he was aware his client
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