Evening star., 1952-03-18

accepting bribes or money--an,
! was skeptical about 1t.
@. Did Frye indicate how yo,
would be able to work If yol
made your deal?
A. Not at that time.
@. Did you see Frye at the cor,
ner Of Seventh and T some tim,
thereafter?
A. Well. it was around q weel
or 10 days.
@. Where did you see Frye Al
that time?
A. I was at the corner Of Sew.
Ienth and T. talking to some
friends. and Frye came along.
@. As you stood there ane
talked did somebody else drive
up and join the conversation?
A. We had been talking five
minutes and he asked what
thought about it. ] told him
hadn't done much thinking about
lit. A fellow drove up in q car
Robert Williams.
"Had Go-Ahead Sign"
@. What is Robert Williams
business or occupation. to the best
LOT your knowledge?
A. He had. the go-ahead sign tc
operate. It meant that he was
the head man at that time anc
anybody who did any business
would have to do it through hin
or they wouldn't do any business
@. You are talking about selling
narcotics?
A. That's right.
@. Williams was the man tt
make the arrangements?
A. He was the big man.
@. What kind of arrangements
A. You wouldn't operate unless
you operated through him at thai
time.
@. Did Frye say anything to you
lat that time?
A. He said Bob would verify Il
and he did.
@. During that conversation, die
Williams tell you about a meeting
to be held?
Meet to Arrnage Prices.
tRoberts told the committee
about a meeting of peddlers
called to arrange a schedule of
prices for drugs. He mentioned
names such as Black Sammy
(Joseph Walter Davis), Catfish
(Randolph Turner, Nose Par
ker and Willy Coates as among
those who were to attend the
meeting.
GA line of questioning then
developed that Roberts had
since become familiar with 1t.
Carper's voice on the telephone.
He said there was mo doubt
that he was talking to 1t. Car
PERI
Q. What was it you talked
about? ~
A. We didn't talk about any.
thing important. but we arranged
to have a meeting. / told hin
not to come to my mothers home
- didn't think that would bs
right-so I arranged to meet hin
at TOT First street NV.
@. About a week after that tele.
phone conversation. 1t. Carpel
came to see you at TOT First streets
A. He did.
@. When he came there did you
and Carper have q conversation!
A. We stood In the hall and
talked. He told me he had in.
CURED around and found ont that
Z could bring the STUFF III from
New York. ! had brought some
samples in.
Cat this point Roberts testified
he had given some Of these SAM
Piles to John (Bull) Leach. and
that Carper had learned Of the
transaction. Roberts said thai
Carper fined me for it.")
Says He Gave $3.50.
@. He fined you?
A. He told me it would cost me
$780, I didn't have $500 so I gave
him $3.50.
Q. Before you gave him the
$3.50. he outlined the circum-
stances?
A. He said he couldn't use q
man unless he had been proven
or had . record words to that
effect.
(Roberts said that at that time
ne made no further arrangements
with Carper. He said he arranged
. later meeting with the cone
squad chief. after he had received
. $4,000 shipment Of drugs from
New York City.
(He said he then arranged an
other meeting with 1t. Carper On
November II. 1947, at TOT First
street in Apartment 8, and showed
him the drugs.)
Q. What happened when 1t.
Carper came in on that occasionp ?
Arranged to Borrow.
A. I went to the bed and cot
the stuff. I was kind of scared
and ! told him. "If you want to
arrest me, you got me now" But
when I opened the suitcase. he
was tickled to death. I showed
him what I had. He made ar
rangements to meet me that eve
ming and said he would bring his
boy with him. We made arrange
mentS to meet at New Jersey and
Massachusetts, avenues. I asked
what 1t was going to cost me. He
said 10 would cost me $500 a month
then. ] didn't have the money.
! made arrangements to borrow
the money and met him around
dusk.
@. When was the first payment
to be made?
A. ] made the first payment that
evening. but we made arrange
ments for the first Of each month.
but they let me skip December