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gate a complaint.

‘that fear of a gambling” investiga~| ‘tion caused Detective Chief O. N. . Martin, 51, to kill Lieut. O. P Deuhbler, 31, with a riot gun, then

| commit ‘suicide. They said his fear

|was unfounded. Chief Martin went to police head- | quarters yesterday and asked Detective Deubler to accompany him, to the Lakewood area to investi-

Hunter Finds Bodies An hour and a half later, Grady F. Ratcliff, 27, a who was

ted about $50,000 to the Greater New York Political -Action Co-ordination committee and te New York county American labor party campaign committee, | Both committees supported Rep. P| Vito Marcantonio (A.-L. N..Y.) in his successful re-election campaign. The 11 corporations were citéd for making contributions to Amer-

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Inc. None of the firms is nationally a The committee's report would be

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self point-by-point sgeirist, the war contract accusations He said the report was full of “inaccuracies and misconceptions.”

Senator Bilbo ister told a rePoet 2 XO nba, te senaie

“Why,” Be said, “even if" a horse thief was elected by th’ people of -his state, if thére was no evidence

penditures in the election itself, a - couldn't be prevented from

his seat.”

‘The committee sald it was convinced “from the testimony and the circamstances” that the $6658.40 worth of real estate improvements given Senator Bilbo by his contractor friends — an artificial lake, a . swimming pool, and a paint job on “dream house No. 1”—were “sn at- . tempted subterfuge. to conceal the . ‘donation of funds in payment for service rendered to them’ by Senator Bilbo.” “The ‘committee is unable to acy pe the theory that Senator Bilbo's to those dealing in government pontracts and the benefits he reved were unrelated,” it said. All told, the committee estimated, Bilbo received gratuities grateful contractors worth a of $567,000—or a maximum

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rangement with local law enforce- | ment officials was possible. Since all bookies would benefit from “quiet conditions,” tt was felt| all should contribute. Farb paid! about half the loss, well-informed | Sources say, with the rest coming’ from the out-of-town chance art-| Rts, in addition to the other local ones,

The money was paid to the former union official, who is ready to make restitution to the bonding com- | pany and thus relieve the “pressure.” | Gaming Picture Confusing The local gambling picture became more and more confusing. One squad of police is reported to have told a prominent Indiana ave. gambler that “we'll have every- | thing fixed up in a few days.” Meanwhile, standstill,

One “Avenue” gambler,

Joining a tavern, Bome police

paign promises carried definite | threats to “place behind bars those | responsible for lawlessness in our community,”

At any rate, no one was anxious to make any move that would ex- |

cleared.

Police ‘Undermanned’ "William Remy, saf ident, mdrhitted an “u ‘control of gambling, “When traffic deaths ‘increase, we throw our available men into the breach,” the city official explained. “Then, when the cry goes up about gambling,” we have to] switch the men to that assignment | for awhile.” ¥ . Not "only. were the big places closed, but county filling stations, pooirooms, patriotic clubs, other so-

only as “resorts”

followed a “closed-door” policy.

wateh method of

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activities were at a

| Archie (Joker) Young, was not operating a familiar crap game in a room ad- |

expressed fear of! indictment undér the new prose- | cutor, Judson L. Stark. His cam-

pose him, until the scene had

ety board pres- | ndermanned” | police department had handicapped |

al organizations and places known - City: smoke shops, always hard to because of their gig and |

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Dr, Howard Disongh, | Pulaski county coroner, said Chief Martin shot Detective Deubler with a po= lice riot gun, then ended his own lite with his .45 caliber automatic. There was. no sign of a struggle ‘at the scene of the De-

side northeast of the

with three blasts from the riot gun

back, left side and chest. His service automatic was still in its holster. body of Chief Martin was in ed nearby. He had shot himself through the head. : Friends of Chief Martin said he {A* had been brooding for some time over the possibility of his indictment by the grand jury and had

. [threatened the lives of various A county and city officials, ae

he feared Detective Deubler would incriminate him.

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