Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

/ himself and his partner, Jinlm,
Matthews) sent rs slots and q
stands to D man named
tn the Leonaratown area. III
told Bailey the man hangs
around that place in Great
Mills that Eddie O'Brien runs.
Mr.. Bailey tler, said: !: ..oh. vel
know him He's q fellow VI,
call Reverend Jones. He run,
1.-The Del Rio Restaurant. II,
! came from down your way ].
Shepherd explained to MI
Bailey that he and Matthew,
had made d deal with the othel
st. Mary,s man to send the q:
| slot machines by express; tina
the man was to obtain and pa,
for a license to operate then
because hes native up there
the man was to operate then
and I'VE were to get half thu
proceeds. "
The deal had been made thres
or four months before. Shepherd
continued, and UP to that time
he and Matthews had not re-
ceived any money from the man
He wanted Mr.. Bailey to take
legal action to recover the slot
machines. He asked Mr.. Bailey
II he could bring criminal
charges against the man for OBJ
tanning the machines under false
pretense, explaining such action
could be taken In Alabama.
Mr.. Bailey ruled out the pos
sible criminal action by telling
Shepherd his deal with the man
was illegal.
That kind Of an agreement ID
against the law up here" Mr.,
Bailey said.
Unable to Contact Man.
Shepherd related how he and
Matthews had been unsuccessful
in all their efforts to contact the
man. He also said they made two
trips to Maryland but the man
had successfully avoided them
on both occasions.
Mr. Bailey advised Shepherd
to send him the serial numbers
OF the machines and he would
try to recover them.
Shepherd then asked what
kind Of fee Mr.. Bailey would ex-
pect. Mr.. Bailey said that would
depend upon the value OF the
machines.
Shepherd said they aare in
good shape. None of them we
sent up there had been run over
three weeks down here He
valued them at $3.50 apiece and
placed the total value at about
$780,"
Explains Fees,
Mr.. Bailey told him the fee
would be 5000 If he could re-
cover the machines without a
court fight. If he had to go to
court 1t would be $500.
Shepherd said he didn't be-
lieve he would have to 60 to
court because the man saint
got a leg to stand on
Shepherd then made reference
TO some lawyer he believed
was working with the man in an
attempt to get the licenses to,
operate the machines. He said
ne understood the man hadn't.
lived in Maryland long enough
although earlier he had referred.
% him as a native of Mary /,
and.
At that point one side OF the
'ecording played out and in /
ihifting to- the other side there !
vas a break In the conTersat ton /
" picked up without The law
1er working with the man be-
ne identified. but with Mr.. Bal /
ey saying:
You couldn't operate 'em up I
acre like that you'd have
lothing but trouble. He's az
,rook ). you were mighty trust
ng to let him have that much
equipment. "
"Helluva" Big Man.
A few minutes later. Matthews
commented: Il don't know
whether you know 1t or not. but
Senator's q helluva big man up
here. That ought to mean he's
lot some character"
Another record contained a |
conversation between Shepherd
md a Mrs. Eve Lepman in Chi |
ago which dealt with slot ma |
hines in Maryland. 1t apparent-
y was made before his talk with
Ar. Bailey.
He placed q person -to-person
all to Buddy Lepman in Chi
ago. After the operator had
ried unsuccessfully three times
o locate Lepnlan. he finally said
le would talk to Mrs. Lepman.
In the course of this talk, Mrs. |
.epman disclosed that her hus-
,and had returned. to his job
BECAUSE there was nothing doing |
it the tracks in the Chicago |
rea. Shepherd told her he had |
proposition in mind which |
.epman might be interested in. |
He told her he and Matthews /
lad recently made a deal with |
he st. Marys man to operate Is |
lot machines in Maryland. He |