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Evening star., 1952-03-19
Leach Held on New
Drug Charge After
Roberts Testimony

John (BulD Leach, who was
Identified yesterday at the Senate
crime hearing as q man involved
in transactions with James (Jim
Yellow Roberts, was held In
Municipal Court yesterday on q
drug charge.
Roberts testified he once gave
Leach some dope samples. He
said 1t. II. II. Carper, head of
the police narcotics squad, learned
Of the transfer and required Rob-
erts to pay a $3.50 fine" to the
lieutenant.
Taken on Traffic Charges.
Leach, 90, and colored, was ar
rested Monday night on three
minor traffic charges by a second
precinct policeman. The arrest,
police said, led to the discovery
of a packet Of suspected heroin
under the front seat Of the auto
mobile.
In court, Leach was ordered to
pay q $50 fine or serve 80 days
on the traffic charges. He was
put under bond on the dope charge
for further action.
Woman Also Charged.
Police also arrested Miss Marion
Lee, 81, colored, a passenger in
the Leach Car. She, too, was
charged with violating the dope
laws. The police said she had in
her possession three needles. a
carrying case usually used by drug
addicts and-in her hat-a Gig
arctic case containing q narcotic
cooking kit. with q hypoder-
mic needle.
Both Leach and his companion
were held under $1,000 bonds for
court appearance on April 4.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

testimony, and his records further
: He had told the crime prober'
he could not recall where he got
the money to make cash deposit
in 1948 and 1949, ranging from
500 to $500 a month above his
salary.
Roberts testimony yesterday
was the most sensational yet de-
Iveloped by the committee.
He said he got out of Jail ir
Milan, Mich, where he had been
serving a term on a narcotics con-
lviction. on October 4, 1947, and
came back to Washington.
After that. he testified, he
learned that any one who made
the right arrangements would
have a green light" to sell dope
in the District.
He said he met 1t. Carper-
after a period Of disbelief that
anything like that could happen
and made arrangements to pay
the dope squad chief $500 a
month so he could sell drugs
with immunity"
According to his testimony. he
held hallway conversation with
1t. Carper at which no definite
arrangements were made. But
later. he said, he settled with the
lieutenant on the $500 figure.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Roberts Story Shows Disrespect
For Law Enforcement Officers

vision. So I said. "Well, o. K"
So he said. "Well, you better
hurry up because you don't have
any too much time" So I said,
20. K" So went out and went
across the street and sit on the
lawn on some chairs the doctor
has over there. 80
Watched Raiders at Work.
So about 8 o'clock they came,
the officers did. and they went in,
went into the apartment, looked
lit all over. Then they went up
stairs on the roof and I was
sitting there watching it. So
then after they came down and
got back in the car, well, walked
across the street and went on
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Jim Yellow Says 1t. Corper
Warned Him to Avoid Trap

Dope Peddler "Jim Yellow
Roberts told Senate investigators
yesterday that Police 1t. H. H.
Carper saved him from a double
cross trap after he, Roberts, at
tempted to hi-jack some drugs in
the Dunbar Hotel. '
This was the testimony:
@. Mr.. Roberts, do you know a
man by the name Of Jesse Jeffers?
A. Yes, I do. s
@. And in September of 1949
was he living at the Dunbar Hotel?
A. He was.
@. Tell the committee what
happened in connection with Jesse
|Jetfers in September of 1949.
Asked Help.
A. Well, I heard he had some
narcotics and cocaine which
wanted. and he was out of town
at the time. So I made arrange
ments with the house detective
there to get it for he, and he had
been begging 81 and S. dollars at
a time and sometimes $40 and he
never paid me back, so I thought
he owed me a favor.
So when I talked to him. I told
him what I wanted him to do, and
I said, "Well, it's a chance for you
to make 500 instead of the petty
larceny begs you've been putting
on" So he said that he didn t
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Police irregularities Hif
In Group S Confidence Vote

The East Central Civic Associa.
ton last night voted confidence
in the Metropolitan Police De-
partment, but deplored "the ap-
parent Irregularities of some OF
the members Of the force"
The names of two narcotics
squad ofdcers-Lt. II. II. Carpei
and Detective Sergt. william l.
Taylor. who were suspended yes
terday as q result Of testimony
before the Senate District Crime
Subcommittee - were raised fire.
quently In discussion Of the
action. u
Evening star., 1952-03-19

Testimony of Herbert Warren
(Buckle JGtDsl johnson, 80, col
ored, OF 1900 block II street
NV. an admitted dope peddler,
before the Senate Crime InUes-
tigGtin0 subcommittee folloios::
(Johnson testified he had
been q narcotics peddler in the
District last year. and told Of
his connection with Randolph
(Catfish) Turner, who report
edly took over as head man in
the illegal drug trade here
when James M. (Jim Yellow
Roberts was sent to prison. He
told Of speaking with Catfish
about police protection.)
@. What did Catfish tell you?
A. He told me Mr.. Carper cit
H. H. Carper Of the narcotics
squad would let him know in the
next two or three days about some
protection but didn't know how
much it was going to be at that
time.
Q. When did you next see Cat
fish Turner?
$500 o Month Mentioned.
A. He came back about four
days later and told us about what
Mr.. Carper said about the money.
He told us Mr.. Carper wanted
$500 per month.
@. Where did that conversation
take place?
A. We were at my house. He
told us he was going to have a
meeting and Mr.. Carper wanted
all the names Of places we oper-
ated at that time so nobody would
be bothered in those places.
@. Did you have any converse
ton about who was to pay this
money?
A. He told me Eddie (Atkins)
would have to pay $50. I would
pay $50, Leon (James) $50 and
he would pay $120.
@. Did he say how you were
to get the money?
A. Put aside So every day.
@. Was Nellie Leach (John-
sons girl friend) present?
A.. Yes, sir.
johnson testified that several
days later a meeting of dope ped
oilers was held. A lengthy argu-
ment developed. he said, about
whether the peddlers would fur
nish their names and addresses
Ito 1t. Carper. Catfish Turner told
the group that if they did not
do so they would be arrested.)
Tells of Three Visits.
@. On how many occasions
after that meeting did you see 1t.
Carper at your house?
A. Probably about three times.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

The concluding testimony Of
"Jim Yellow" Roberts before the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee reflected his casual dis
respect for law enforcement au-
thorities.
He said he made his last dope
payoff payment to 1t. H. H. Car
per on October /, 1949. He said
1t was for $1,000. or perhaps a
little more.
"When did you next hear from
1t. Carper during that month";"
asked Committee Counsel Arnold
Bauman. The testimony con-
tinued: u
A. Well, I had gone to a funeral.
IA friend of mine, a soldier, died
and we went to Arlington Gene
terry and buried him, and when
I got back home, my wife took
the car over to Capital Cadillac.
and while she was out I got this
call, and he said, 'Well, what have
you been doing?" I said. Moth
ing"
Warned of Trouble.
@. Who said this?
A. 1t. Carper said, "What have
you been doing?" I said, Moth
ing" So I said, whats the
matter?" He said, "Well. you
are in trouble" He said, "Get
out Of town and stay about a
year. Maybe I will be able to
it by that time"
So then he said, Somebody
has gotten a buy on YOU" I said,
"Why didn't you let me know?"
I said, "You just got my money"
He said it was over his head, and
he didn't know about it himself
until too late. So he told me to
leave. (About this time Federal
narcotics agents made a series of
arrests here.)
So I called over to the Cadillac
place and told her to go to a
friend of hers house, and I went
down in Maryland, but it was so
dull down there I came back the
next day.
So when I came back, I called
1t. Carper and told him that
was back in town. So he said,
well, you are awful bullheaded.
So I said, ''I've been giving you
my money, you ought to protect
me-" So he asked me where was
staying and I told him.
Arrest Plan Rejected.
So then a day or so later he
called me and he said, "Well. why
don't you let me make the arrest
and you can meet me at Sixteenth
and Florida avenue and I'll rough
you up little and take you on
in," and I said, "No dice" because
I didn't know what he would do.
@. What did you think he might
do?
A. / told him-well, I didn't
know. After he had crossed me
up, why I didn't know too much
about what was happening. So
I wouldn't go.
Several days later he called me
and he said. "You better get out
OF there. They'll be up there
8 o'clock" That was
6 o'clock in the evening.
So ! was in bed watching tele-
Evening star., 1952-03-19

at 20 F street. cit. Carper testi-
fled Monday that he had visited
20 F street NV. only once and at
that time on a raid.)
@. What was the first such oc-
caSion?
A. The first time Catfish came
in and got $50 from me and about
10 minutes later Mr.. Carper
walked in. Mr.. Carper went into
the kitchen and Catfish found $500
and said this is for the thing. He
put the rest of the money back
in his pocket and walked back
into the kitchen.
@. Who was in the kitchen
when he went back?
A. Mr.. Carper.
@. Did you see what happened
in the kitchen?
A. No. I did not.
Told About Complaints.
@. How long after that did 1t.
Carper come to your apartment
again?
A. About Is days later.
@. What happened?
A. He came and asked me about
Evening star., 1952-03-19

narcotics squad.
@. Did Jim Yellow tell you any
thing further? .M
More Details from Jim.
A. Yes, he told me that 1t. Car
Iper had come to see him and that
he had told him he had q sale on
him made the previous night, and
described the person to him. He
knew he was on conditional re-
lease and said he would either do
business or go back to jail.
@. Do business with whom?
A. With Carper.
@. Was Jim on conditional re-
lease at that time?
A. Yes, he was.
@. Did Jim Yellow tell you any,
thing else 1t. Carper told him
with respect to doing business?
A. Yes, he said he wanted $500
"a month on the first of each
month.
@. What was this $500 a month
for?
A. For protection.
@. Did Jim tell you this was all
Carper had said?
A. Yes, sir. He felt skeptical
about it, but had no choice.
Says Carper Asked for Money.
@. Did he say whether or not 1t.
Carper had asked him for any cash
at their first meeting?
A. Yes, sir. He gave him the
money he had at that time.
@. How much?
A. I think it was either $270 or
1910.
(Mrs. Roberts said she and
her husband moved to Mayfair
Manor, 1901 Jay street NE, and
had telephone installed.)
@. Can you tell us about any
telephone conversation you recall?
A. Shortly after we got the tele-
phone, a man called and said he
was 1t. C. I gave the message
to Jim, and when he came back
he called 1t. Carper and had to
lgo meet him downtown. Jim told
me that when he saw 1t. Carper
there was another man there and
the lieutenant told the other man
he would have to do business with
Jim if he wanted to do business.
@. What was Jim's reaction?
A. ! think the only way to de-
scribe it was amazing. I think,
his confidence in 1t. Carper dated
from that time.
Says Business Increased.
@. From that time on, were
either you or Jim arrested for
narcotics violation?
A. No, sir.
@. What was the condition Of
Jim's business from January.
1913?
A. 1t Immediately increased. He
ran wide open.
@. What was his financial con-
dition?
A. Very good.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

am convinced Of the guilt Of either
of these officers and would be
the first to recommend their res
toration to duty if circumstances
and facts hereinafter disclose they
have been unjuStly accused.
Clarence II. Lutz,
Assistant Supt.
In charge of Vice Squad"
"Due to the suspension from
duty Of 1t. Hialmar H. Carper and
Detective Sergt. William H. Taylor,
it is respectfully recommended that
Detective Sergt. Joseph v. Gabrys
be temporarily designated as the
officer in charge Of this squad and
that Pvt. Sherwood H. Herring be
temporarily assigned to this squad
for duty.
IT will give this squad my close
personal supervision until such
time as the situation clarifies itself
and it becomes necessary to make
permanent recommendations.
clarence II. Lutz,
Assistant Supt.
In charge of Vice Squad"
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Crime
Continued From First Page.)

from the dope ring in which John
son operated after Roberts was
put out of business. johnson said
he was required to put up $50
month as his share for protection
This witness stated that Eddie
Atkins and Leon James also were
paying at the rate of $50 a month
and that Randolph Catfish Tur-
ner, their ringleader, contributed
$120-a total of $500.
Feared to Buck" Officer.
"We didn't want to do it." he
testified. 1--WE were willing to bat
tie it out for ourselves, but Cat
(Turner) said we needn't try to
buck 1t. Carper, and said if we
didn't do it he'd frame us and put
us in jail"
johnson said they then decided
to put up the ante and that they
operated unmolested by the police.
Yesterday Roberts swore he paid
of 1t. Carper at rates ranging
from $500 to 81, 300 a month and
he declared Detective Sergt. Will
liam L. Taylor, second in COM
mand Of the narcotics squad,
worked as a partner with 1t.
Carper in the bribe scheme. Sergt.
Taylor was suspended yesterday
along with 1t. Carper.
Hotel Incident Repeated.
Scott told the Senators the
same story that Roberts related
about an incident at the Dunbar
Hotel. One day, he said, the
racketeer offered to give him $500
in ordee to steal a large quantity
of dope which Roberts said was
in a hotel room.
The witness said he told Rob-
ertS to come back later in the day
at 4 p.m-indicating that per-
haps something could be done
about the proposal.
When the dope peddler left the
hotel. Scott testified, he tipped
off 1t. Carper and a Federal mar
cotics agent so they would come
to the hotel and catch Roberts
there.
Roberts had testified that 1t.
Carper in turn telephoned him
before 4 pm, tipping him off not
to go to the hotel. The peddler
said he didn't.
Mrs. Roberts, now serving a term
in District Jail on dope charges,
corroborated in many details the
testimony given yesterday by her
former husband.
testimony given yesterday by "Jim
Yellow"
Tells Of Phone Calls.
She said 1t. Carper made num-
erous telephone calls to their home
and was called frequently by Rob-
ertS and herself in connection with
the dope operations and payoffs.
The witness also disclosed under
questioning by Senator Welker,
Republican. of Idaho, that she has
testified before the District rackets
grand jury regarding police pay
offs. The jury. which still is in
Evening star., 1952-03-19

SO F street. / had q room there
where / was keeping narcotics and
lhe told me If ! had anything in
there to move it out, because he
was getting some complaints. ]
told him / had already moved it
out.
@. Did you ever see Catfish and
Carper in your apartment on an
other occasion?
A. Yes, sir. Catfish came In
and got the $50 from me and gave
Mr.. Carper $500. Mr.. Carper put
it in his pocket and walked out the
door.
@. How long did you continue to
pay Catfish $50 a month.
A. About five months.
(Johnson then described how
he obtained narcotics from New
York and sold 1t in the District.) }
@. During the summer Of 1851,
was q man by the name OF
Wetherbee arrested?
A. Yes, sir.
Catfish Drops In Again.
Committee Counsel Arnold
Bauman then described an ar
rest during which Federal agents
and local police confiscated 1870
pounds Of Northumberland
at the time ''one Of the biggest
hauls in the Nations police
history.")
@. Did you see Catfish after
that arrest?
A. About a week later. He came
by the house one night about 10 OF
II o'clock. He had q pound OF
marijuana and asked If he could
leave it there all night long. He
told me Mr.. Carper had just given
ut to him. He said Mr.. Carper told
him it was from Mexico and he had
just got it from Wetherbee. Cat
fish left the marijuana and came
back the next day and picked
it up.
Mrs. Roberts Testimony.
Partial tert of testimony of
EOGlinG Williams Robertson
(TinkU Roberts, rs, former auite
OF Jim Yelloao Roberts, before
the subcommittee tolloDs:
(Mrs. Roberts testified that she
was the wife of Jim Yellow from
October, 1947. until they were di-
vorced last November 8. She said
she was, arrested last October 16
and is now serving a prison term
for selling narcotics. She de-
scribed her husbands operation
lof a dope racket here, including
testimony about his New York
sources Of supply. For the most
part her statements corroborated
those given the committee yester-
day by her former husband.)
@. Sometime after you started
living with Jim Yellow, do you
remember an occasion one morn
ing when you were awakened by
something unusual?
A. I awoke to hear voices in
the adjoining bedroom. I heard
Jim's voice and another mans
voice-a low abrupt voice. !
called down and asked Jim who
it was. He told me to go back
to sleep and he would tell me
later. ~
Heard Voice Over Phone. ,la
/ @. At any time in the future
did you hear the same voice? at
A.. Yes. did, about so times,
over the telephone. 8
@. Did that voice every iden-
tify itself by name?
A. Not by full name.
@. How was it identified?
A. Mr.. C.
@. Did you have a conversation
with Jim Yellow after he talked
to this man? (referring back to
time when Mrs. Roberts was awak-
|ened by voices in the adjoining
bedroom.)
A. Jim told me the man was 1t.
Carper.
@. Did he tell you what 1t.
Carper's association was?
A. ! knew he was head of the
Evening star., 1952-03-19

which subsequently was upped tt
|$ 900. D
In addition, he said, he made
payments to Detective Sergt. Tay.
lor. who was working with 1t
Carper on the Narcotics Squad
There were other payments. HI
testified.
"They had birthdays two OF
three times q year." and as birth.
day gifts he gave cases Of Scotch
whisky, he said.
The cash payments usually
were secreted in a folded news
paper because. Roberts told the
committee. "he (Carper) told me
nobody would suspect a man
strolling along with q newspaper.
He told Of making payments at
various street corners, and on
several occasions at the fashion
able Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club in Arlington. Va, oi
which 1t. Carper is a member.
He testified his first payment
to 1t. Carper was for $3.50. after
the dope squad chief learned he
had given some dope samples tt
John (BulD Leach.
HE fined me $780," Roberts
said. Roberts added that he didn't
have $500 but gave Carper $3.50
Later. Roberts related, he got a
$4,000 shipment of "glue" (cut
heroin). pure heroin and cocaine
from New York. He said 1t
when he saw the drugs.
That was the occasion, he con.
tinued, that he made the arrange.
ments for the $500 monthly pay.
ments for police protection. He
told Of receiving three or foul
$4,000 shipments of heroin q
month from New York, retailing IL
for a total business Of $60,00t
each month.
At one time, when the cheat
was on" 1t. Carper went per-
sonally to the airport, carrying
Roberts $500, and picked up the
drug package for him, Roberts
said.
Incredulously, Chairman Nicely
asked:
"He picked it up for you?"
Roberts replied: "He picked II
up for me-"
Once, Roberts testified, the mar
cotics squad head gave him q
small amount" Of drugs to sell.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
| Schedule of Radio
| And H Broodcusts
| OF Crime Heorinus

The schedule of television
and radio programs on the
District crime hearings:
TV-Daily, 10 am. to noon,
Stations WMAL-TV and
WNBW.
Radio tonight - Station
WMAL, $3.50 to 10:30 pm;
VOL, 10:30 to II pm; WRC,
midnight; WWDC, 1915 to
10:45 pm. VOL and WWDC
may extend the length if the
sessions are sufficiently inter-
eSting.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
session, returned narcotics indict-
|ments against IA persons yester-
day, but named peddlerS only.

session, returned narcotics indict-
lmentS against IA persons yester-
day, but named peddlers only.
Mrs. Roberts told the Senators
as Roberts did yesterday, that
lthe payoff arrangement with 1t
ICarper was made late in 1947
and continued until October, 1949,
when Federal narcotics authori-
ties conducted a series of raids
here.
She stated bluntly that had it
not been for the Federal agents.
she doubts that either she or her
former husband, would have been
arrested.
II never heard Of any one taken
care of in the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics" she said in a tribute
which was echoded by Senator
Welker.
duplicates Sergt. Taylor.
Mrs. Roberts, who is white, said
Sergt. Taylor always worked as a
partner with 1t. Carper, his i'm
mediate superior on the Narcotics
Squad.
Mrs. Roberts testified that on
one occasion 1t. Carper tele-
|phoned her, asking if she knew a
dope "pusher" named Doris Day.
When she replied affirmatively, the
witness said, 1t. Carper told her
Ito "get Doris off the street" be-
cause warrant was out for her
Mrs. Roberts quoted the police
officer as saying the woman
had been caught peddling dope
to a musician in the Boiling Air
Force Base Band. She said she
went out and found !. her and
brought her to the Roberts home.
Feared She Would Talk.
Mrs. Roberts, known to friends
as "Tinky," said 1t. Carper ex-
pressed fear the woman would talk
if arrested because she was an
informer.
with a Jail matron seated be-
side her, Mrs, Roberts related
that Roberts dope business pros
pered so much under the protec-
ton provided by the police that
she acquired such expensive pos
sessions as a star sapphire ring,
a beaver coat. paid for in cash,
and a Cadillac.
Roberts said he paid $500 to
81, 300 a month to 1t. Carper and
Sergt. Taylor:
1t. Carper, meanwhile, is study
ing his own testimony-given
Monday that he couldn't recall
where he got all the money he put
in the bank in 1948 and 1949.
Pleads Illness.
The lieutenant pleaded yester-
day that he was an i'll man. He
asked to be excused. Chairman
Neely ordered him to testify. but
when Mr.. Bauman said he couldn't
get adequate answers, 1t. Carper
was excused. The officer said he
would be back after studying the
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VA Announces New
Scale of Payments

The Veterans Administration
has announced the new table
of minimum down payments
now applying under the relaxed
mortgage credit regulations
that went into effect the first
of October.
According to the VA, the Ser
vicemen'S REIMBURSEMENT A t
does not require minimum down
payments; however, under in
flation controls, veterans must
make down payments as re-
quired by credit control regu-
lationS.
General, the VA said, home
loans will be eligible for guar
anty or insurance only if the
veteran makes a minimum
down payment in cash, or it's
equivalent in the form of equity
in a building site.
The following table shows
how minimum down payment
requirements are applicable to
G.. L. home loans:
Sale price, $500 OR less-No
down payment required; $2,501
to So, 000-Closing costs must be
paid in cash; $8,001 to $8,400-
4 percent of sales price; $8,401
or more - 5 percent of sales
price.
In addition to the minimum
cash payment, certain prepaid