Evening star., 1952-03-26

months Broussard paid Carper this
500 . month?
Mr.. Cole From around April
that year, he had.
Mr.. Baunlan-April Of what
|year?s
Mr.. Cole April Of the year 1850.
Mr.. Raurnan-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Cole He had reported to
me that he had been paying Car
per OF for protection.
Mr.. Bauman Until when did
that payoff continue?
Mr.. Cole That payoff, to my
knowledge, continued until I was
arrested. March 10. 1851.
Mr.. Bauman-Now, did you see
this undercover man by the name
Iof Green over at the prison at any
time before you made bail?
Mr.. Cole-I did.
Mr.. Bauman And could you
tell us when that was?
Mr.. Cole-It was between the
18th and the 20th, If / am not
mistaken, Of April.
Mr.. Bauman-Well now, on
this. / have asked the prison au-
thorities to check their records
and this morning about 9:I5 ]
received from the Department Of
Corrections information indicat-
ing that Pvt. william Green Of
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment visited this man on April
10, 1851.
What happened when Mr.. Green
came to see you In the prison?
Carper In Hot Water.
Mr.. Cole-Well, he came to see
me and he told me that ! was in
a lot Of trouble and that he heard
that I had animosity towards him
and I intended to harm him and
I assured him I did not have any
Ideas concerning harming him
and he told me something about
my personal affairs and about my
clothes had been stolen and diff
ferent possessions of mine and
he told me that could do my
self a lot Of good because Mr..
Carper was in hot water and
could use some convictions and
it would be q credit to him and
the Government il I could get
some people for him.
Mr.. Bauman-Did he tell you
what, If anything, he would do
for you?
Mr.. Cole-He told me that Mr..
Carper could arrange to do me
some good in the courts there.
Mr. Bauman-Was there any
talk about narcotics for you at
that time?
Mr.. Cole-Well. I explained to
him that practically every one
was in jail and they were very
skeptical Of people coming out of
jail. selling narcotics to him, and
he told me that If could do it
I wouldn't need any narcotics,
that he would give me narcotics
and I could furnish them to peo-
pie and they could make the ar
rests.
MIR. Bauman-Now, you did get
out on bond shortly after that
interview, didn't you?
Mr.. Cole-Yes, Mr.. Green called
my mother and told her to do
whatever she could for me.
Mr.. Bauman-Did you 60, In
July Of 1951-did you get a call
from Detective Sergt. william
Taylor?
/ Mr.. Co1e-I did.
Mr.. BRumaIl-Do you remem-
Der about what time that was?
Mr.. Cole-I think it was dur
ing thesday. about 1870, If I am
not mistaken.
Mr.. Bauman-Well, what was
the nature Of the call?
Went to See Him.
Mr.. Cole-He told me to come
down and see him, that / probably
could do myself some good, and
] came down TO see him about i.
about s o'clock that evening.
Mr.. Bauman-Where did you
so to see him?
MIR. Cole-f went to see him in
the narcotics ofice, the bureau.
Mr.. Bauman--Who was there
when you were there. Mr.. Cole?
Mr.. Cole-Well, when I entered
the door. Mr.. Taylor was there.
Mr.. Bauman-Was anybody else
there?
Mr.. Cole-Not at that particu-
lar time. but later an agent come
there, an undercover agent.
Mr.. Bauman-Do you remem-
ber his name?
Mr.. Cole-I don't remember his
name.
Mr.. Bauman-What happened
when the three of you were in
this room?
Mr.. Cole-Well, Mr.. Taylor told
this undercover agent that I knew
the ropes and I knew quite q few
people in the narcotics business
out there and that I was :. and
for him to follow me and make
whatever plans
Mr.. Bauman-Go ahead.
Mr.. Cole-And that he would
ultimately get some convictions
and I told Mr.. Taylor that I was
sick and that / needed my mar
|cotics. that my habits was done
and he told me .. he signed
|. he filled out q paper, a
voucher I think it was and he
told me to sign 1t and / read it
and signed it and be. laid S. on
the desk, . IS bill that was, and
that updercover agent took five
81 bills out Of his pocket and
laid them on the table and took
the IS bill.
I started to take the money and
he told me not to take the money
Mr.. Bauman-Who did?
Received Six Pills.
Mr.. Cole Sergt. Taylor, and he
produced q box that opened from
the top and handed me six pills
iof narcotics and told me that they