Evening star., 1952-03-11
Admits
Loose Ends in
Warning Case
Probers Are Cunning
For Gambling Boss,
Prosecutor Says

Prosecutor Says
The special District crime grand
ury is cunning for Emmitt War
ing, big-shot Washington gam.
Her, United States Attorney
Charles M. Irelan disclosed yes
erday.
At the same time, the prose-
'utor warned that the gambling
,ase against Warning is far from
He did say, however.
hat I'VE have gotten some testi-
nony (regarding Warring) which
$ encouraging. and we hope for
more.
1--WE have additional witnesses
% be called along the line Of in
Iuiry into Warnings activities"
ne added.
While Warning has been linked
'or years with Washington's
multimillion dollar gambling
racket no one has ever made q
gaming charge stick when the
,hips were down.
Currently. possible contempt
charges against Warning are be-
ing prepared for presentation.
The charges stem from Warnings
refusal to answer questions put by
Senate crime probers.
Four Witnesses Heard.
The grand Jury yesterday heard
four more witnesses testify as to
operations here. Mr..
Irelan refused to identify them.
saying all are prisoners in Dis
trict jail and that they must re-
main anonymous to protect them
from retaliation at the hands Of
mobSters.
From the investigation this far.
Mr.. Irelan said. he had concluded
that New York Is the center Of
dope racketeering, with local
dealers journeying there to pick
up supplies for distribution here.
MIR. Irelan said that the smaller
fry are more cooperative and
testify much more readily "in
general" than do the big dealers.
He admitted that the author
tiles have been unable to get
any Corporation" from Joseph
"Peter Rabbit" Smith, believed to
be among the top three narcotics
racketeers in Washington, who
was arrested several days ago.
The prosecutor told reporters
narcotics indictments naming at
least one big-time operator will
be returned by next Monday.
20 Indicted Yesterday.
The grand jury yesterday in.
dicted 20 persons on gambling and
narcotics charges.
It was the first return made by
the special grand jury since 1t
convened in February. Yesterdays
indictments, however, were de-
|scribed by Assistant United States
Attorney Thomas E. Walden as Q
backlog of routine dope and
gambling cases."
The prosecutor indicated there
was no big group concerned in yes
terday's list and there were no So
called "big shots.
Named nm Drug CHARGES.
Those named on narcotics
charges included:
Joseph Iveson. 20, Of the 1000
block Of Barnaby terrace Sc, and
Richard D. Murdza, 10, Of the
2700 block of Bramble Wood drive.
District Heights, Nd, who were
arrested at the Penguin Club in
the 1900 block of Eleventh street
Sc; Albert Brooke. 20, 200 block
of F street NV; Carl r. Stangle.
20, of the 7400 block Of Blair
road NV; Edward D. Monahan,
20, of the $500 block Of Second
street NE; all of whom are>white.
Other narcotics indictments
named: Leroy Troy, 30, of the
1900 block of Seventh street NV;
Palmer L. Austin, 26, Of the first
block of @ street NE: ESly Cole
man. ~. of Baltimore; John e.
johnson, 10, of the TOO block Of
Morton street NV; Albert w.
Lyons, Is, of the 600 block of Co
lumbia road NV; Theodore e.
Smith, 20. Of the 1000 block Of
New Jersey avenue Sc; John
Daniels, %, Of the 300 block Of
Tenth street NE, and a woman.
Jean Stafford, 81, Of the II block
of Eighth street NV; all of whom
are colored.
Those named on marijuana
charges only include: Walter
Brown, 20. colored, Of Fort Bel
voir, Va; Alphonso j. Cephas, 10.
colored, of the 800 block Of Spring.
man court S.W.; George Alfred.
jr., 20, colored, Of the 600 block
of Seaman court NV; Ernest l..
Dorsey, IS, colored, Of the 800
block Of M street S.W.; James e.
johnson. 10, colored, TOO block Of
Morton street NV: Frank L. Gall
liant, 81, Of New Bedford, Mass.
and George L. Wands, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Indicted as Gamblers.
Five of those named on gam
bling charges are accused Of set
ting up and keeping q place for
betting on q dice game. They are
Milton M. Rubin, AZ. Of the ZOO
block Of Princeton place NV:
Walter s. Fincham. 81, of the 1900
block Of Rosedale street NE;
Cleveland p. Donaldson, 80, of the
1900 block Of Holbrook terrace
NE, and Nathan Weisburg, 80, Of
the 1400 Eighth street NE.
Indicted on numbers charges
were Samuel w. Clement, Al, coll
ored. Of the $500 block Of M street
NV: Joseph A. Rice, 81, colored,
Of the 1900 block Of Irving street
NV: Matthew Thomas, Sc, coli
orel, 1900 block Of T street NV,
and George Shelton, AZ, colored.
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