Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-27
z Gaming Raids
Hold 13on Bond

Thirteen men. including Will
liam (Snags> Lewis, once boss
of a multi-million dollar num-
bers game syndicate. were held
under bond blythe United States
Commissioner today on charges
stemming from two separte
raids before dawn yesterday
A fourteenth man, also ar
rested in one of the raids. was
i'll today and is due to
go before Commissioner Cyril
Lawrence later this week.
Commissioner Lawrence con-
tinued the case in which Lewis
was involved until March IL and
the other case until March 20
after Assistant United States
Attorney George Donegan told
him an essential witness was
unavailable.
Lewis and four other men were
arrested in a 4 am. raid on the
Round Table Club on the Sec
ond floor of 923 Eleventh
street NV.
Capt. John B. Layton, head of
the gambling squad, said dice
games were not in operation at
the time of the raid but the men
were playing cards. He said he
did not know If they were
gambling.
Charged In Another Raid
Earlier yesterday. gambling
squad raiders broke open the
front and back doors of a house
at 4427 Ninth street NV. and
reported a poker game in prog
ress. Nine men were charged in
that raid
Capt. Layton described the
poker game as professional
with a house cut of $25 an hour
The raid on the Round Table
Club was the second club raid
by police in 10 days and one OF
those arrested had also been
charged as a result of the earlier
raid. He was William Walter
Smith, So, of l719 Allison street
NE. who was free on 81 ,00o
bond after being charged with
setting up a gaming table in
the February II raid on a third
floor room of the Atlas Club
1349 E street NV. Smith was
the defendant reported i'll today
Lewis Released In 1852
The Round Table Club arrest
was Snags Lewis first brush
with the law since he was re-
leased in 1852 after serving 14b
months of a 6-to-18-month jail
term. Lewis pleaded guilty to
gambling conspiracy charges in
District Court in 1850 in the
wake of an anti-gambling cru
SADIE by the United States At
tcrney's Office in 1949. He lives
at the Woodner, 1886 Sixteenth
street NV.
Charged with setting up O
gaming table in the Round Table
Club raid were Lewis, Smith
Nick Keart, 48, of the 1900 block
OF Massachusetts avenue NV.
who told police he was president
OF the club; Frank B. Martin. 80
of the $500 block Tenth street
NE, and Frank M. Goldberg
so. Of the 1900 block Of Saratoga
avenue NE.
Is Are Released
The five posted $1,000 bond
each before arraignment before
Commissioner Lawrence, who
continued the bond Fifteen
other men rounded up in the
club raid were released after
questioning.
Capt. Layton said he had CON-
missioner's warrants for the five
men charged.
In the poker game raid, also
on warrants, Arthur K. Ker-
coude. "a. of the 1900, block
street NV; Joseph
Stempel, jr., 80, Of the 100 block
place Sc, and Phillip
Stein, 80, of the 1900 block
Peabody street NV, were
charged with setting up a gam
ing table Kercoude also was
charged with operating a lottery
and was held under $500 bond.
The others posted 81 900 bonds.
The six charged with being
present in an illegal establish
ment posted $500 bond pending
arraignment in Municipal Court.
Four others arrested in the raid
were released after questioning