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THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1943 Mayor Tight Lipped Bookies to Face Bushnell Invites Aid of Police Here in Cleaning Up Situation The Wilson clock nuit running recently and they" were unable to purchase another one. But Kit, the cat, jumps on the bed at the same time and awakens the Wilsons so that they can let him out on schedule. -Tortheraore, Too Can't STurn This 'Off NASH, Ok. (AP) Now that alarm clocks are scarce, Hugh and Pearl Wilson are glad they raised their family cat to want out promptly at 6:30 every morning.

if. Ir When Requested to Comment on Raids Mayor Maurice Tobin last night refused to comment on the State Police raids on Boston gambling establishments. At the Boston City Club, where he attended the banquet of Ex-Senator Norris of Nebraska, Mayor Tobin, when asked by a. Globe reporter what he had to say on the raids made by the State Police, replied, "Not a thing." Hinting that an "intolerable" gitua-tion would soon be brought to an abrupt end with the cooperation of the loyal rank and file of the police force. Atty.

Gen. Bushnell yesterday VV VYI. tod Sagansky's Bail Set at $15,000 in Racket Drive Free until the initial hearing Jan. 27, the 24 alleged members of a $90,000,000 numbers racket ring said to be operating in this area were released on bail yesterday when each pleaded not guilty before Judge Frank A. Tomasello in-Municipal Court on a total 14 couifrs brought by the Attorney General.

Charges and bail follow: Receiving money in fictitious lottery: Harry Sagansky Nathan Goodsnyder 8,000 Sally Goodsnyder 5,000 Joseph Palladino 4,000 Conspiracy To Promote Lottery Nathan Goodsnyder 5.000 Sally Goodsnyder 4.000 sent all Boston police officials an official statement to be read at rollcall: half a chance, they will do thi duty every time. There are plenty of officers in all ranks upon whriS integrity I would stake anythir They are present on the Boston police force in just as large a prrl portion as on any other, and that proportion is high. 1 "For obvious reasons, police offi cers of lower rank are practically helpless when criminal syndicates are- allowed to take over. "I shall accept the help of manv fine officers of the Boston force have no doubt that we shall be abli to remedy a situation the contin uance of which would be intoler. Up to last night the statement had not been received, police officials reported.

The text of the message follows: hope that the number pool raids and which will follow will not destroy public confidence in WVK if A the Boston police force as a whole. It should not do so. "The rank and file of the Boston police force are all right. Given 13 auje in pcuveume and which doubly so in time of CQAT SANFORIZED Prosecution on OPA Violations New Cars arid Tires Gasoline Supplies Studied by State Investigators State OPA joined lorces with Atty. Gen.

Robert T. Bushnell yesterday to investigate allegations of gasoline, tire and automobile violations by the defendants in the Boston number pool and bookie rackets cracked Tuesday night by state police. According to authorities, the number pool and horse betting promoters in Boston obtained new cars and tires and carried auxiliary tanks of gasoline in the backs of automobiles bearing stickers in violations of OPA regulations. Investigators in Atty. Gen.

Bushnell's office said they took moving pictures of the new cars and tires and the transferring of gasoline from auxiliary cans to the tanks of cars. "I have issuer', orders to Edward O. Proctor, our attorney, to make a complete investigation of the entire situation," stated Lawrence J. Bres-nahan, acting state OPA director. He explained that the findings of the OPA investigators will be turned over to the United States Attorney for Federal prosecution.

"Such violations as have been reported," he added, "carry serious penalties." Attorney Proctor stated that he has "offered the Attorney General th rnoneratinn of the state OPA in iff iism Ilaurice Helman 4.000 W7 not shrink more thanyl CATHERINE E. CREMINS limited to printed racing charts and forms. Prior to a fire which hit the hall a couple of weeks ago, Roughan Hall was the headquarters for the betting ring, authorities say. For the next few days the head of the ring carried his business "around in his hat" and then set up headquarters in an apartment in the Back Bay, This shifting of headquarters was given as one reason for delay in knocking off the There's the combination known in the trade as "bleeders." That means playing the first two numbers. Since the chances of winning are 1 to 99.

instead of 1 to 999 the payoff drops to 80 to 1. Then there's the four-number combination. This is tougher, so the payoff is correspondingly bigger, 4000 to 1. The fourth number is found in the second digit preced Max Rudkin 4,000 Guy Cirrito 4,000 Joseph Palladino 4.000 Louis Hodess 4.000 Edward Hotze 4.000 Domonic Palladino 4,000 Lee Goldblatt 5.000 Joseph. Snyder 3.000 Joseph Stepner 3,000 Curley Verifies Naming Sagansky as Insurance Beneficiary in Loan Ex-Gov.

James M. Curley, accord, ing to an'-Associated Press dispatch from Washington last night, said he had named Dr. Harry Sagansky under arrest in this city, as the beneficiary of an insurance policy two years ago as security for a loan 'Leak Suspected ia Bookie Raids Continued from the First Page '6. Discovery that one of the spots raided and found to be the storage center for gambling paraphernalia was owned by the City of Boston and was less than the proverbial stone's throw from a police stationhouse. Policy in Sagansky's Home During the search of Dr.

Sagansky's luxurious Brookline home, it was disclosed, the insurance policy bearing Congressman Curley's name was found. From Washington, where he has just taken his seat in Congress, Curley reported that he had never met Sagansky prior to the time of the business transaction which resulted in the dentist loaning him the $8500 and the acceptance of the life ing the decimal point in the third mutuel figure. The "box" system furnished an John Cavagnaro 3,000 Louis Popkin 3,000 John Benelli 3,000 Peter Kelley 2,000 Jennie Rubenstein 2,000 Irving Rosen 1.000 George A Bailey 1,000 Isaac Spiegel 1,000 Nathan Auberg 1,000 Present where gaming implements were found: Lee Goldblatt $2,000 Nathan 2,000 Louis 1,000 Louis Popkin l.COO City Divided by Pools The general outlines of the division of the city into three areas of operation for a like number of number pool outfits was seen in the way betting was carried on yesterday. In the northern section West other variation. The player takes any combination th three numbers and wins if the figures appear in any order.

The pay-off hinges on the agent or operators of the pool. You can also play each number separately, naming its place. This pay-off is only 8 to 1, your chances of picking the digit being 10 to 1. But by far the three-digit combination is the most popular. Like every well-run business, the industry, sometimes known as the "racket," has its rules to protect its The ex-Governor, now, a member of the "national House of Repre-sentatives, said he borrowed $3500 through the arrangement, which he described as a "straight business transaction," and was paying Sa.

gansky at the rate of $100 a month, the dispatch said. Curley said he had been "trying to raise some money" on his insurance policies two years ago without success when he was told of the possible transaction. tallroH x.MtVi "Kir nni1 and North End and Charlestown vestigators in connection with the insurance policy as collateral. betting of any kind was nonexistent. In the South End-Roxbury district The Congressman said he has been offenses disclosed.

"Everything," he said, "which this office can do in such a manner betting was carried on furtively paying Sagansky off at the rate of $100 a month since and has tried A gay print with big, red apples. Featuring a 108" swing skirt which wraps 'way around. As pretty as it is practical. uhiVh will not interfere with or re during the early part of the day tard in any way the Attorney Gen without success to raise money on his insurance policies to pay off the interests. k.

tsi, r- and then, as the last races were being reported, the runners were told to close up shop and keep eral handling ol tnese cases we shaU do." He stated that he will confer with There are a lot -of numbers to, "Zhn f. Am ton, who said, I think I can get you from ranging from 001 to loan. "I borrowed the money and that was all there was to it," Curley Maurice Helman 1,000 Harry Sagansky, own reog- nizance 1.000 Joseph Stepner. 1,000 George A 'Bailey .1 ,000 Jennie Rubenstein 1,000 Sally Goodsnyder .1,000 choose of the way of police until further declared. notice.

The Attorney General's statement 999. But that doesn't preven a lot of customers from concentrating their money on the same combina relative to the calibre of Boston po Bushnell today. Building Commissioner me money tnrougn one 01 my Curley is said to have stated. "I had never met Dr. Sagansky before.

I borrowed the money, and that was all there was to it." Further into the suburbs, in the Jamaica' Plain, Dorchester, West Eoxbury area, bets were made and Irving Rosen, -own recogniz ance 1,000 John Benelli 1,000 lice officers was first released to the press and then sent to the various divisional headquarters. "For obvious reasons, police officers of lower ranks are practically helpless accepted almost as openly as usual. Eut even here the agents learned at the end of the day that operations Unaware Raided City tions, 711 for instance. It would be a tough day if one of these showed up, so the syndicates pay only 50 percent on certain designated numbers. Since public tastes for figures (numerical) change from time to Peter Kelley 1,000 Nathan Auberg, own recog Returned Casualty Property Was Altered mzance 1,000 Edward Hotze 1,000 when criminal syndicates are allowed to take over," Bushnell said.

This statement by the Attorney at Haverhill Inducted David Belinski 200 were ending as 01 the last race yesterday. Sagansky Freed in $15,000 Bail When taken into custodv San. time, the cut-rate list is revised occasionally. Latest reports say that 40 or 50 numbers fall into this category. General was considered as a tlap Maintaining a Lottery: Into V.

F. W. Post Catherine Cremins $100 at many Boston police captains who permitted the operation of the giant betting ring in their divisions. sky was ordered held on hail in HAVERHILL, Jan. 13 This citv's MAIL ORDER COUPON $15,000 and rather than raise this first war casualty to arrive home.

NAVY COPEN WHITE SIZES 14-20 To order by phone call HUB. 2700 'til 9 or ELI. 3000 'til 6 P. Mi Profitable for Agents The origin of the number pool in iun, ne elected to spend the nignt in jail and also snnk-f fnr Roufhan Hall Owned ty City JORDAN MARSH COMFANT, DEPT. 319 Fleave send me Corp.

Harold E. Wood. 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E.

Wood of 2 19th was made James Mooney, building commissioner, said yesterday that he had received ho reports that any property raided in Tuesday night's raid on gambling centers had 'been operated in violation of building and fire laws by means of unauthorized alterations. Mr. Mooney said that should he receive any such reports he would conduct immediate investigations and would issue cor- 'aints against any person who had done such work, and that any licensed builder fnr the first time his in-laws who were arrested with dustry goes back 18 to 20 years. that the nremises known as Roughan member of Lorraine Post, V. F.

at induction exercises tonight, pre mm. Yesterday, bail was cut to $15,000 and when he was arraigned, the SUm was turned nver in iho Mall in ritv sn dharlestown. are It's birthplace is generally regarded as New York's Harlem, where a new wrinkle in wagering catches on owned by the city and were leased a MXT 1 sided over Dy commander James E. Gallagher. fast.

on last )JCi. i 10 uames i. neu, rharlpstown business man. for $3000 From time to time the formula in QUAN. SIZE COLOR NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE Corp.

Wood is home on furlough, court in 15 crisp $1000 bills. At the araignment, it was revealed that the officers had made 24 arrests rather than 23 as first announced. Asst. Attv. Oen.

FYanV a year. The lease was made through Daniel M. Driscoll, custodian of city recovering from a wound near the left eye. sustained in action some designating the winning figure has taken many forms from baseball statistics to the nation's Treasury where in the Southwest Pacific War tax titles. Th hall wa camouflaged.

G. Volne broueht Miss rrpmins balance. About a decade ago the area. into court and US-nnii- a involved would have his license Australia has 7,000.000 inhabitants, distributed over a continent the size the authorities state, as the offices nf a naner comnanv. with a "nhony" Tomasello ordered her held in $100 powers decided race track payoffs were adaptable.

Other systems have continued, but they never reached CASH CHARGE r-j C. O. p. sign on the door to that effect The can. Anions thr nthpro nrraicrno4 urcra COTTON DRESSES MAIN BASEMENT paper handled, tne omciais say, was of the United States.

I the scope of the current method. some of the smallest fry in the number pool racket, including one First full expose of the numbers game was made in 1939 in the trial of James J. Hines, New York Tammany district leader, who was sen sup couecior wno wonted tor a nominal salary. Others were book keepers and door guards. tenced to four years in prison for having given paid political protec 1 7 'i MOLLERS Arraigned in Seven Groups tion to a gigantic $100,000,000 policy The defendants were arraigned in racket headed by the slain gangster Number Pool Based on Age-Old Instinct Continued from the First Page everywhere, even in the State House, Boston City Hall and the Courthouse.

The agent might be the neighborhood storekeeper, who would sell a number along with a loaf of bread. Some beauty parlors or their employees, barbers, bartenders and elevator operators could take your money. Some made it a full-time enterprise. The number pool system is the world's biggest guessing game and choosing the number the world's most screwy process filled with superstition and hunches. The aim is to select a three-digit number which later shows up in previously-designated mutuel race' track payoff fig' ures.

It's purely guesswork and no one knows what the figure is going to be. There are almost as many methods of picking a number as there are players. Some lay their money on their automobile registration plates or one that catches their eye. Others may find their "lucky" figure in a gas, telephone or electric bill. A popular choice is the player's telephone or street number.

Or anybody's will do if a hunch goes' along with it. Guilt Ort VALUE Dutch fachultz. seven groups. The first, those charged with being concerned in a fictitious lottery and with conspiracy to promote a lottery, were SERVICE uominic Palladino. Isaac Smeeal.

John Cavagnaro, David Snyder, Max The conviction brought fame to Ex -New York Dist. Atty. Thomas E. Dewey, later candidate for the, Republican nomination for President and present Governor of New York state. 5 For the agents, writing the numbers is a profitable undertaking.

Their earnings are computed on the basis of 15 percent of all money KudKin, Joseph Palladino and Guy Cirrito. Charged with being present where gamine implements were round and with conspiracy to promote a lot tery were Maurice Helman, Louis collected and 50 percent of the net profit after the payoffs are made to ropKin and Louis Hodess. Nathan and Sallv Goodsnvder. their clients. Just as it is consid Jenny Rubenstein, John Benelli and Join the Army That Is Warring On Vivisection Every new member strengthens the organization in its all-out battle to conquer trie cruelties of surgical and drug experiments en helpless animals.

Will yoi enlist TODAY? COMPLETE LIVING ROOM GROUP AT SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS! ered good form "to pay a waiter 10 percent of the check, it is an unwritten rule that winners reward Irving Rosen were charged with conspiracy to promote a lottery, re ceiving money from a fictitious lot their agents with 10 percent of their winnings. tery and being present where gam ing implements were found. The next group consisted of North Adams Masons Will George Bailey, Nathan Auberg, Joseph Stepner and Edward Hotze who were charged with conspiracy Close Temple Until May I to promote a lottery and with pres NORTH ADAMS. 13 The entjwhere gaming implements were Masonic Temple on Church st. will found.

be closed before the end of the THE NEW ENGLAND ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY Dept. G. 6 Park St. Boston Associate Membership tl Active Membership $5 Includes subscription to our monthly magazine Send FREE Literature Enroll ma as an Miss Lee Goldblatt and Peter i i month until about May 1 because of the fuel oil situation, it was announced today. Inability to convert from oil to coal was responsible for Kelly, who were with Sagansky at the time of his arrest, and Sagansky were charged with conspiracy to Procedure Is Simple The system of basing the number pool on figures appearing in the race track's payoff figures is arbitrary and nationwide.

All the syndicates got together and decided that it was the best method, the fool-proof method, immune from tampering. That's because no one knows what it's going to be in ad jC I i 1 the decision reached. promote a lottery, being present where gaming implements were 1 found and with receiving money Minimum estimate of a United til HiM from a fictitious lottery. Nama Address States soldier's demand for bread is a half pound per day. David Belinsky was charged with being present where gaming imple ill Urn, ft til 1 I vance and no one can control the figure.

And there is always a race track running somewhere. ments were found. All defendants were released in bail for hearing on Jan. 27 in Municipal Court. The procedure of arriving at tne CHOICE OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF.

numerical combinations in which the number pool figure is hidden is complicated, but any player can pick out the number itself. First a race track is designated. Any one will do, so long as the syndicate operators are in agreement. "Fictitious Lottery" a Felony The "fictitious lottery" charge which was placed against several of the defendants it was learned is a felony charge seldom used. Other lottery charges are misdemeanors, punishable by terms in the House of Correction at the most, which the fictitious lottery charge is punishable by sentences up to three years in State Prison.

The charge dates back to early The track changes from time to time, depending upon which are in operation. The number is contained three sets of figures. The first is the total payoff of the first, second, sixth and seventh races. The second is the SHOES FOR WOMEN IN TWO GREAT SALE GROUPS total of the first, second, third, fifth Colonial days. The test as to whether or not a lottery is fictitious is and seventh races and the third is the total of all sevtn races.

whether it is authorized by a State All our $8.95 shoes All 1 0.75 to 1 4.75 Shoes By taking the figure before, the Legislature. If not so authorized a lottery is automatically fictitious. $A95 $8- Operating a lottery has generally decimal point in each of the three totals the number is determined. For instance, the winning figure, 270, would come from these totals: $142.80. $177.80 and $230.20.

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