Evening star., 1954-10-07

$4,000 entrusted to him by Capt.
Edward w. Erickson, New York
tugboat operator, to be applied
in building of a six-unit motel
at La Plata, Md. Contract be-
tween Erickson and Bryant Roof
ing and Home Improvement
Corp. March 10. 1858, Bowles
signed agreement following civil
action, handled by Sherbow &
Sherbow, 1915 Munsey Building,
Baltimore, to pay Erickson 81 200
on each of five successive Mon
days starting March Is, 1858.
With deduction for surveys. etc.,
the total due Erickson, Sherbow
g. Sherbow says, is $4,700.
On April 80, 1854, Edward F.
Shea, jr., of Sherbow & Sherbow
wrote to N. Peter Moser, assist
ant States attorney, as follows:
"Our file further shows that on
March 16. 1858, Mr.. Bowles tele-
phoned our Office several times
during the day and assured us
he would appear with the pay
ment that day. Mr.. Bowles never
appeared and never made any
payments under the agreement. :"
Charges Made Public.
Delaware State police OBJ
served activities of Mr.. Bowles
in connection with what he
called "our great victory" oyer
integration moves at a Milford
school last month. In an un-
usual move they made public
several police records. These
indicated that at the time of
the Baltimore arrests Mr.. Bowles
was believed wanted in Tampa,
Fla, on a bad-check charge. It
was learned later that he had
made restitution and was no
longer wanted there. police said.
At the time of the arrest there
also were two warrants on file
against him in the sheriff's Office
at Bel Air, Md. They were nolle
pressed last April /.
Mr.. Bowles declared today and
on previous occasions that the
Baltimore convictions on the
false pretense and wage charges
resulted from refusal of five Ne
gro workmen to come to his Of
flee to collect their pay. That
occurred when he was an officer
and part owner Of the Bryant
Roofing Co. in Baltimore. He
said he saw no reason to take
the pay to the employees at a
place they specified.
The incident in Tampa, he re-
called, arose when he bought a
trailer and wrote the purchase
price on a blank check from a
bank other than the one where
he had an account. He neglected
to write the name of his bank
on the check, he said. but the
difficulty was Strengthened out
when he made reimbursement,
he said.
AS for the one-year suspended
sentence imposed last July, Mr..
Bowles said today that II under
stand from what the judge said
that I was not put on probation" +"
The Bel Air (Md.) warrants
Mr.. Bowles recalled. involved a
dispute over whether a workman
had finished some. plumbing
Mr.. Bowles asserted that the
work was incomplete but that in
any event nothing came Of the
warrants. One of the check
charges. he said. developed from
forgery Of his name by another
man he did not identify.
In commenting on the various
cases Mr.. Bowles said he had for
| gotten some Of the details and
had no immediate opportunity
to consult lawyers or court rec
ords. Asked about a psychiatric
| report concerning him and given
to the court, he said it was SUBJ
mitted at the request of his at
torney and not by State officials.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Bowles voiced
confidence that he and the
NAAWP have little cause for
worry despite the charter revo-
cation suit filed in Delaware this
week and increasing attacks from
several quarters.
Brothers Elected.
He disclosed that some
changes have been made in the
organizational set-up in recent
weeks. He still is president but
since July 20 has received a
salary Of $500 a year. His
wife, who was born in Texas, is
secretary-treasurer under her
maiden name, E. Lois Williford.
She Is unpaid, he said, as are
Joseph M. Danes of Hartley,
DEL; the Rev. Manaen Warning
ton of Selbyville, Del: Henry
Fountaine of Alexandria. Frank
Fountaine Of Washington, and
Emery Thompson Of Arlington.
The Fountaine brothers and
Mr.. Thompson were elected di-
rectors last July, Mr.. Bowles
said. He added that they are