Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-27
.Warrants0ut
For II Indicted
In ST. Marys
Fulton Lewis, Jr.,
Among Those Named
>ln Probe Of Feud
By J. 1. Michoel
Sior Staff Correspondent

LEONARDTOWN. Md, Feb.
27.-Fulton Lewis, jr., two mem
hers of the st. Marys County
government, a Washington real
estate man and seven tavern
keepers face trial on indictments
6temming from a feud between
the radio commentator and Re-
publican politicians.
MIR. Lewis, who has charged in
newspaper statements and ma
tional radio broadcasts that in
cumbent G. o. P. officials have
failed to halt tavern liquor sales
to minors, is named in two in
dictments handed in yesterday
to Circuit Judge j. Dudley
Digges.
One alleges that the common
tator libeled the county's Re-
publican State Senator, Paul j.
Bailey, in letter to the editor
Of The Enterprise, a st. Malys
County weekly. The letter was
published last July %.
The other accuses Mr.. Lewis
of libeling ST. Marys County Trial
Magistrate j. Donelan Hurry, ST.,
of Clements, who also is chair
man of the local Republican
Central Committee, and Substi-
tute Trial Magistrate Wilson H.
knight. who lives at Compton.
The allegedly libelous material
in this case is part of a letter
written to Gov. McKeldin last
April 10 by Mr.. Lewis.
Two Politicians Named.
Joseph D. Weiner of Leonard
town, acting chairman of the St.
Marys County Republican Gen.
trail Committee. who also is Sec
rotary and counsel to the local
Liquor Board, is one of the poll
ticians named in '37 true bills
returned by the jury after a
seven-day investigation of Mr..
Lewis allegations.
The other political figure is
Mr.. Weiner'S cousin, Abe Weiner.
a member of the county School
Board and Lexington Park
tavern owner and slot machine
distributor
Four indictments naming the
Weiners and Orville Staples. a
District real estate man, charge
that the three conspired to vio-
late State gaming laws and laws
pertaining TO houses of i'll fame.
They also are accused of OBJ
structing justice in St. MaryS
County.
All the true bills naming tav-
ern keepers accuse them of SELL
ing liquor to minors.
Bench Warrants Issued.
Bench warrants were issued
for the defendants and the
sheriff's Office was to begin serv-
ing them today. Bond for Mr..
Lewis was set at $3.50 on each
indictment, or a total of $500.
The Weiners and Mr.. Staples
will be required to post $500 bond
each on each of the four charges.
Bail for the tavern operators
was fixed at 500 on each charge.
Mr.. Lewis in a statement yes
terday afternoon said:
THE charges against me are
completely unfounded they
are the product Of retaliation
by the political gang I exposed.
appealed to the Governor to
clean up the corruption and i'm
moral conditions that existed in
St. Marys County and he refused
to do so. My letter of complaint
to him is now used as the basis
of these charges"
Quotation From Letter.
49," said Mr.. Lewis, 1.-The
Maryland story begins to achieve
results. 81 indictments have
come from it. two of which are
against me, and if this be the
price that I. as a reporter and
citizen, must pay I am more
than happy to pay the price"
Mr.. Lewis did not mention this
quotation which also was a part
of his April 10. 1858. letter to
the Governor:
II shall appreciate a confir-
nation in regard to the school
board appointment. I am sure
YOU will find widespread COM