Evening star., 1952-01-27
Prosecutors 10 Bare
Nelson Gaming Data
|Af Trial tomorrow
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The Government expects to
wind up It's gambling conspiracy
case against Charles E. Nelson and
is co-defendants In the next two
|or three days.
About half as dozen prosecution
witnesses, an believed to be former
|employes Of the big. inter state
numbers syndicate. remain to be
called before the District Court
Jury Of three women and nine
men.
Virtually ali testimony OF IA
witnesses heard in the last two
weeks has revolved around ACTIVE
ties within the headquarters Of
1.-THE ring in Seat Pleasant, Md,
North Beach. Md. and Alexandria,
Iva. The highly mobile headquar-
tiers operated only briefly in Alex
Iandria. and kept returning to
Seat Pleasant, witnesses said. 4.
ID. c. Activity Probed.
New testimony to be presented
Iby the Government probably viii
deal exclusively with Washing
lton sources Of an annual business
ESTIMATED by Senate investigators
lat So million ayear Five or six
men said to have written bets in
the District or operated collection
routes here are scheduled to take
tthe stand.
OF the II witnesses already
heard, half Of them testified they
were former employees Of the ring
Four were women who operated
adding machines. sOf three mer
who turned States evidence, one
told OF the formation Of the syn
Idicate here more than 20 years
ago, and another said he made ur
to $4,000 in one year managing
the headquarters Office.
The jury tomorrow viii begin
Ito receive the records Of the sym
|dicate which. witnesses have tes-
titled, were voluntarily turned
over by Nelson to an. agent Of the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
|mittee last summer.
Admitted into Record.
Judge James r. Kirkland has
admitted the ledgers. bank rec
|ords, income tax return copies
and correspondence of Nelson in
ito the trial record because, he
said, Nelson made no objection
when he handed them over to the
|agent.
This material has been grouped
into IS items, ranging from 1942
ledger covering a years opera
Itions, to books of check stubs, sim
gle letters or Cancelled checks.
The judge allowed the items to
go into the record despite protests
Iof defense counsel.
The attorneys were delving into
the various documents over the
week end. and probably will offer
further objections to individual
items as they are presented to
the jury tomorrow by Assistant
United States Attorney John w.
Fihelly, in charge of the prosecu-
ton.
Government witnesses under
subpoena and still to be heard
from include Irwin I. Main, Prince
Georges County political leader,
and former chairman of the board
OF directors Of the Seat Pleasant
Bank.
Linked With Transactions.
Entries in Nelson's newly-intro-
duced records link Main with
financial transactions Of Nelson.
He has been mentioned by prose-
cution witnesses in connection
with lottery operations.
Main refused to answer ques-
tions Of the Senate committee on
grounds his answers might tend
to incriminate him. Whether he
will be called to the stand by the
Government was undetermined
today.
Nelson's records Of disburse-
ments over a 10-year period have
failed so far to implicate any po-
lice officers.
From year to year. he listed
sums ranging from $4,000 to $10,-
500 for goodwill and advertis-
ing" and there were cryptic SYM
bols or abbreviations opposite
other substantial sums listed in
his accounts.
The Government contends that
the big syndicate was protected
by Washington Police Inspector
Albert I. Bullock and Detective
Sergt. Robert G. Kirby of the
homicide squad, who were sus-
pended from the force after their
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