Evening star., 1954-10-11
Woman Tells
Of Drug Deal
With Carper
Testifies She Sold
Dope z Years With
No Interference
D. IEL D d
By Joseph B. Byrnes

mo interference
By Joseph B. Byrnes
A woman dope peddler told a
Federal court jury today that
suspended Police 1t. H. Carper
permitted her to run a $1,500-
a-day narcotics business for two
years without arresting her.
The witness, Mrs. Lee Verna
Dixon. colored, testified for the
Government in the trial of Car
per. former chief of the mar
coticS squad, and his principal
aide, Sergt. William Taylor. The
two policemen are charged with
accepting four $1,000 bribes from
James (Jim Yellow Roberts, a
big time dope peddler.
Mrs. Dixon testified she had q
business relationship" with Rob-
erts from October, 1947, until
the latter part of 1949. When
asked by Prosecutor Frederick
Smithson what the business re-
lationship consisted of, she re-
piled, selling heroin and CO.
caine."
Quarters on First Street.
She said she sold the mar
cotics for $50 an ounce and
generally disposed of from 40
to so ounces day. Her head
quarters at the time, she teSti-
fed, was in an apartment in the
700 block First street NV.
In the middle of 1948, she
continued, she said her apart
ment was visited by former De-
tective Sergt. Lloyd Furr, now a
private investigator. She said
Furr came to her place looking
for a stolen camera.
The witness explained that
she had taken the camera and a
huge quantity of clothing from
addicts who used them in pay
ment for some stuff"
Two days after the visit from
Furr, the Dixon woman said,
she received a phone call from
1t. Carper. She said Carper de-
manded in an angry voice:
What the hell are you trying
to do, put us all in Jail by &C
cepting stolen goods?"
Testifies About Visit.
The following day, she testi-
fled, Carper, accompanied by
Roberts, a man named Leroy
and Furr came to the house. She
said Furr remained outside with
an automobile and the other
three bundled up the stolen
clothing and took it out to the
auto.
Mrs. Dixon asserted that
Roberts contacted her in October,
1947, shortly after he was re-
leased from the Milan (MichD
Federal Penitentiary and asked
her to go to work for him. She
said Roberts told her that he
ORoberts) didn't have anything
to worry about because he had
Lieut.. Carper in his corner and
he (CarpeD was a good man."
On another occasion, she teSti-
fed, Roberts told her not to sell
any heroin to a man named
Whittingham. She said Roberts
told her he had been tipped off
by Carper that Whittingham
was wrong"
Saw HerOin in Drawer.
In describing Ex- detective
Furr's visit, Mrs. Dixon said Furr
''looked around the place and
saw some stuff heroine) in a
drawer"
She said the detective asked
her what it was and that she
laughted and answered. Il don't
know"
Whereupon, she continued,
Fur asserted Il know what's
going on"
Mrs. Dixon testified that Furr
then handed her his card and
asked her to give it to Roberts.
Roberts, the principal accuser
of the two policemen, is now
serving a 5 to 15-year sentence
for dope peddling.
Chauffeur on Stand.
Earlier an convict, Kermit
r Croxton. colored, testified he
was a $50-a-Week chauffeur for
Roberts during the period be-
tween 1947 and 1949 when the
alleged bribes were made. He
said he drove Roberts car on
many occasions to various spots
in the city where Roberts alleges
the bribes were passed but that
on no occasion did he see either
Carper or Taylor.
Croxton testified he had no
idea of Roberts business. He
said that on each occasion when
the alleged bribes were passed,
Roberts would order him to park
the car, would get out and walk
down the street alone and re-