Evening star., 1954-10-09
By Jack Jonas
Ssor Staff Correspondent

Lawyer and Accountant.
Mr.. Nimro described himself
as an accountant and a lawyer.
He said he once kept books for a
man named Joe Raines and first
learned of Boards interest in
the betting operation in 1945.
"Mr. Joe Raines contacted me
and asked me to come to 427
Massachusetts, avenue" he said.
when I arrived, Mr.. Raines
said he was having difficulty
with the Social Security Board
in that there were four or five
employees there.
HE was a bookmaker, and
the Social Security Board wanted
him to register the employees. He
didn't want to register them.
"Mr. Beard interjected about
that time and said, We bought
you this house. and you have got
to take some of the responsible
ties. You have got to take these
boys on your own responsibility.
l don't want them"
Tells of Auditing.
Mr.. Nimro said the gray ledger
books were audited by him every
quarter. This led Defense Attor-
ney Thomas j. Kenney to ask:
That's a fancy word for run
ming tape, isn't it?"
There are all kinds of audit
ing" Mr.. Nimro replied.
The books, Mr.. Nimro said,
were a daily record of the bets
made and the amounts paid off
He explained that a notation on
many of the pages, ITO Sam,
horses" meant Boards share OF
the daily winnings on horse race
bets, and other notations "To
Sam. Nos" meant his share of
the numbers take.
The front pages of the books
bore codes.
What does this mean, Blake
equals Sam'?" Mr.. Doub asked
THAT meant that Blake was
Sam Beard" Mr.. Nimro said.
Other Code Notations.
Other notations in the code
included:
Wilbur Dorsey = State Wide
"Joe Raines - Mass. ave-"
81. Clements - Du Pont."
"Pete Gianaris - Colma1
Manor"
"Chas. Lamar = Schweitzer
House"
"Dietz = Rear Ceader Hill
Inn"
Perry - Marlboro Hotel"
"Sussman % and N. OAK"
"Bresnahan = Blad. rd."
At the top of the 1916 ledger
books title page, the words Sam
Beard, Joe Raines Collection
Gray Book" were penciled in
At the bottom of that page were
the penciled words:
Mote Sam says do not cal
at home unless emergency"
Says Beard Forecast Raid.
Mr.. Nimro testified he got one
of the books in 1949, when Beard
called his Office and said
They're going to have raid al
427 Massachusetts, avenue. &c
get the book"
The daily entries showing bets
placed by various persons iden-
tilted these persons as "Stan,'
Michael" III. X.," Oscar
"Melrose," Lady Moss" etc.
Mr.. Nimro admitted, unde,
questioning by Mr.. Doub, that he
had served two prison terms fol
embezzlement.
Newspaper clippings show he
once served a prison term after
being convicted of embezzlins
$2,628 from 10y w. Henderson
a State Department official. The
clippings also show that Mr.
Nimro sued Beard in 1949 fol-
$14,349. stating that the gambler
converted Mr.. Nimro's money tt
his own use.
Under cross-examination, HI
said he had dropped that suit. HI
also said, under cross-examina.
ton, that he had been disbarret
"at my own request" in Wash.
ington in 1885.
Mr.. Doub said Mr.. Nimro's ap,
pearance as a witness came abou
when a confidential informan
notified us that this witness hat
a connection with Mr.. Beard"
Special Agent Testifies.
Earlier, E. Russell Kennedy
il. oNCN1d4 dSCA1U 4OA VAC 4AAtCA
nal Revenue Service, testified
that Boards holdings had in
creased from $289,754 at the ent
of 1943 to $595,735 at the ent
of 1947.
Mr.. Kennedy said he included
properties that Beard or his wifi
had owned at 1902 Thirty-sev'
enth street NV, in Washington
3701 Bladensburg road, Colmal
Manor, Md: 1903 Thirty-eightf
avenue, Colmar Manor; the Con
tee Farm, near Laurel, Md; tn,
Marlboro Hotel, at Marlboro
Md; 307 Ninth street NV.
Washington; Massachusetts, anG
F streets NV; 312. S. Z and
F street NV; 424 r street NV.
1860 Fourth street NE, 740t
Alaska avenue NV. (his home)
unimproved lots in Cedarhurst
Md; 321 Fourteenth place NE.
3216 Rhode Island avenue, Noun
Rainer. Md. and 436-38 Eleventh
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