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GAMBLERS(Continued from Page Itway of their cwn r.rplane. .• |It is hoped that the ar-f'st.s mad*' over the week*personal’ One hote! ever, went to theextent of hiring private eyes to tal! their employes and to I discover how the expert’i nd will brim to a nalt anlcheatinsr was .accomplished e-timaied $2f0,0C0 less suf-( we accomplished more Infered ty Strip hotels during a week than the eyes did in a ’he past two months caused month,” other detectives said bv various t; pes of expert about Brown and Downing’s cheating investigation.Brown and D-vnin.: sadWe know of two or threethat there was evidence that ihotels who are so shook up cheating had also been going I they are firing eft and on along Casino Row in] right,” the two gaWdowntown Las Vegas. ‘We also know that theyThose arrested and re-j (the gang) were workingleased yesterday on writs of habeas corpus were:Alleged kingpin William C. Cowboy Pearce, 32, charged with felony carrying of a concealed weapon, possession of cheating devices, possession of an unregistered firearm and attempted grandlarceny.Douglas Atwood, 36. of Fort Worth. Texas, accused of vagrancy;Audrle Z. Haskell, 40, charged with possession ofnarcotics, suspicion of grand larceny and suspicion of burglary;Harold G. Grayson, 38, of Fort Worth, suspicion of illegal possession of narcotics, attempted grand larceny andvagrancy;Doris Rebecca Gibbons, 26, of Reno, possession of narcotics and suspicion of burglary;Richard M. Mills, 32, of Pan Francisco, vagrancy.The two quiet and profes-i* nal detectives to.d the SUN how the gang was picked up together in a fancy Strip apartment hcu.se after an accused woman memberwas arrested in connection with a $5,(KW jackpjt slotbilking attempt in February They said Pearce and) Grayson were observed by a waness fixing the machine fcr the big payoff When Mrsdowntown, as they were working with quite a few dealers who were employed along the Row.”The gang worked the slots and crao tables primarily, and used a variety of methods Including paying off dealers, using rigged dice and expertly palming money. Sometimes they made as much as $1,0€0 in a fewhours.The two detectives said that thev tied about eight dovmfown deaiers into the gang during their investigation. They notified casino executives who fired them.They also saiu the suspects spend time hitting lodges. espe*ially in the Northwest, using fake membership cards to get near slots and the relatively inexperienced gambling that quasi-legally often takes place.The group's airplane, which detectives said they usually employ in their operations, was not in evidence on this trip to Las Vegas.Deputies Probe Possible SuicideSheriffs detectives were last night investigating the death of a 33-year-old Strip hotel cashier who was foundHaskell then attempted to collect the winnings she was! dead by her husband from arrested, but later released i an apparent overdose of pills, when she steadfastediy de-Detective Joe Calabresenight if Virginia Over, of Harmon Road in Paradise Valley, died accidentally orbecause of suicide.* It was possibly accidental.” Calabrese said. But it is still under investigation,• mm-w.'O—Mm. Strike ThreatenedAt Beloit Corp.n.td knowing the two ‘ ad-1 said it was undetermined lastmitted and known cheaters She. In fact, later sued the hotel for false arrestShe was in the room with four other members of the alleged gang when deputies swooped down on them earlySunday.Pearce was arrested in the apartment’s parking ot carrying a snub-nosed 38 and attempting to hide a bag of! devices to cheat slots.“The hotels have been losing large amounts to cheaters In the last 'wo months,”Downing and Brown said. jThey estimated it at $200,000 and $60,000 from one hotel 1 alone The cheaters also worked with c:\sino employes,they said.They said that many employes have been fired by both Strip hoteis and downtown casinos as the result of the losses.BELOIT, Wis. (UPI) — Astrike of 1,000 workers at the Beloit Corp. has been set for Friday at midnight unless agreement is reached on a new contract.l/»cal 1197 set the strikedeadline yesterday after reacting the company's latest contract offer.Issues include the union s demand for a full union shop, and elimination of incentive and merit pay systems.
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Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Tue, Apr 17, 1962
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