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Page 2, Sec- n Lubbock (Tex.), Evening Journal. Wed., Feb. 14. 1351Gambling Payoffs Are Under FireKeyWitness In GrandJury Probe In HidingFORT WORTH. Fob. 14 lt;u.pj—A I witnesses yesterday, including; key witness in the grand jury in-1 some police officers and former vestigation of gambling payoffs Fort Worth Chief R. E. lt;Bob Dys-was in hiding today, his attorney' art. then recessed until Thursday, said, because of threats on hisJay Harris' brother, Nelson, was life. slain gangland fashion last Nov. 22 jJav Harris, brother of a slain | by a dynamite bomb hidden in his ! gambler whose private papers 1 car. Nelson Harris private papers, t started the investigation, failed to; made public two weeks ago, hint-appear before the grand jury yes-1 *d at the possibility of a payo.f terdo-’. ! racket for gambling protection,RosV Kerdm, his attorney, .vaicl Among other grand jury wit- \ ••Jav is hiding. He received calk; »«*«» yesterday was Ray Pool, a from people who told nun he'd be i Dallas oil man for whom Nelson a dead man if he went before this Hams once worked. Pool was joey. ; named Saturday as defendant inHardin said he was in contact | a civil suit filed by heirs of Nelson with his client and promised Har-! Harris, who seek recovery of oilIi™.^?“r.alk To WmCran° • ‘■“■in* West T-r Dyisrt Testifies i as property said to be wortn someThe grand jury heard several1 $500,000.
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Evening Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Feb 14, 1951
Page 14
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