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[flicerialICUOil31ri-23vtch41-G7nsjnibal’in1CSG'gid• • \ isRaiding Parlies Swoop Down On Lower Valley; Equipment SmashedA well-planned and neatly executed gambling raid Into Thursday night resulted In open sledgehammer destruction of an esiimated 220,000 worth of gambling equipment today.The equipment, confiscated by raiders in four parlies was picked up at the La Loma del Rey club, the Vallay Country club, iho Sunland club and iKa Anthony Country clab, all in iho lower valley.Thro© man were cited as operators of gambling paraphen-alia and action against iho fourth was expoctod momentarily.All three entered pleas of not# --------- *guilty this morning before Pence Jusllqc A. J. Unbci'tKon. Two wei-oreleased on bonds of $250 tnu*h. They were Benmnl Mnrin uf Iho Smwlinvii, and Sid Herman o[ Llie Valley country clut,Frank Adovhio .operator of the Lit Loam del Key, posted $000 bond as a second offender. 311k establishment wna raided less than a week ago.No charges had been filed this morning against C. E. Bahllnist, m hunger of the Anthonymountry citib; 'Fi|iii; Separate. (Iron jmStaiemenf Given By Joe DeTuro.Toil DeTuro, luenl liquor store owner who v/ua Iho employer of two girls aaiil to iJHve been molested by u Dan* Ann county law officer. lasitod Uiis statement tr, Tho 3un-Nevya today:, Since sp much puWUdty hna been published ^nrenilng-'-'thA1* .. . .... nctlvltleu iJ oer kiln employers atAt lh» r.^ommeiiilollun of. II,- ,„y ,,i,ine, , wM| lo m4]lB ,ha,fthnd jury, Uio raider* left In tout scpnmlo pailiea with wnrrSntii signed by Supremo, .Court, justice J nmcs 13, McGhee, \yHo rypluCvs DVst. Judge V, T..Scuogiu,..lr„ in Mill Third Jydiclat dlablcl. :Tho rhldocs hi ruck .siinultnnciiun-ly, lit 10 p.m. ul the l'oilr gambling GKUbilaii meats.Lending the raiders was (Thief of Iho Stale Police Hubert Hensley. Other officers pnrliclp/illng were State Police Captain Pen Marlines, and officers Ulz, Salazar, a ml Salnc, and deputy sheriffs Sandman and Hinojosa,Grand Jury JU'presrutcd Members of the grand jury nc-cnmpanlcd each party.. Six sloi machines/ vouletto wheels. dice I Abies, cnnls, an electric bingo emtio, and electric lwr.s© race machines were.Confiscated In the raid. * •. i • 'Italicr3 had to wait at the Valley country club until 2:30 u.ln' for a truck largo enough lo hnul away Uic Illegal equipment.All members of tho grand Jury, inkling officer*, atlorncyn and newspaper reporters were forced to remain In Lhc courtroom until the raldn were begun. The tightest curtnln of ceciccy wan Uirown about the opcmllon, to eliminate possibility uf a llp-olf. The auc-ccas of the mid proved llie. worth of the precautions.No gumbhng wus In evidence at the Anthony country club. Hold* era, did, However, find complete bingo equipment In tho ladles’ lounge, and two cups of dicu on the bur. Alf wetu confiscated. Lurk Lousy I •The raid them at nick nn ironic note when DQh.Hnrat, the numagm* oycil his confiscated bingo wheel a ad remarked, *? We’ve never got A clmnce to lUSO \l ycL Tho price lug was still nn it. tin gnvp ll a whirl, then stared. The bull turned up was No. 13.Many of tho raiders denrrihed their oxjierioncoii alter they re*.-tunlt;ed. At the Valley country club r.lklcis fnunil the prize roulette whcols behind n cleverly disguisedmirrored, iloor. • . -A pnvllnent fnet, lied In with to-day’M dlHi’lnsnreu in the grand Jury Invosllgatlon was iho glaring circumvention of local officers, Sheriff A. ‘is. Apoiloon, now indicted on a rnj e chargo ami under accnsallons seeking- to remove |ili\ from office ,\vfw in complete ignorance uf tho raid. After of fleers joining tho mldur* wore Informed of the plan they were kept com* pJotfly out of contact with others In I he coarl house.The r?!d was a tribute to tho grnrd Jury‘if rfforls lo .ntamji out all gambling in l|io county.fallowing public. hIii tomcats •.Hoik Sirs. DeTuro mil! myself liAVO been te'furo ft?' BTUiljl .Jury.mid hki’C. Jxji(JLlpr4't«) ISuha ialiy1our knoivledgo .jif (heso judlvl-'-lw*- %•».\\ i I* 1CWe have In fn» wdy ultenipled s lo KldrlU anyone coni'erjirtl, unit 4 to not nun re of ihi'so even la a« they have lx*4*n [ilelurril.If nay portion Js guilty or surJi crime an the grand Jury will determine. wo have not, or will not,In uny wny s«*U lo protect or HlileW (but ptrNon.(Signed) ,loe DeTuro.Abo receive,I by the newspaper Ih a copy of u letter sent tn the Cunndjun woman, who woji nllegally I'MptKl by u.law officer here, he-' caiilliig to cx-pollco Jiulgij Sam PeArson. .Tlic United Council of * Church Women sent the letter to lho !wo-mnn after i*ceulvlng her ftfldress from n loeuJ pourco. Sh«‘ waa I13-' eurad til the letter that «l\c would bu afforded the. tifmont proleotJon-If she returns here, even to the' extent of being cared for in a private home.The letter, In part, toirows:The United Cmmell of Church Women of Liu Ci’ucts haR been deeply enncrrniNI about the terriblo crime that bus been committed agjilnst you and the dreadful or-'1 i’iiI which you are now undergo-!ng.Wo wish you In know that wo sympathize with you and understand your position und that iho Council os a group of ChrisLlHii women sland back of you svhule-lieurtedly la this trial that you ar« facing.It may he of some comfort tn you to know that iho people of f.un Cnires definitely louk upon Ihlu awful hoppening as n crime and trngedy nn,J not as a stigma nt-lached on your pari. \Yo. realize ’ that this could imvo happened to nny woman ia Lua Crucija or her daughter nnd ohe would havo been j.k helpkoia na you were under Uic Aiinin clvcuiusliincpfl. ,Alao we led deeply humiliated Uiat you iii! u visitor from a iml»h-loiing country should come to our If ul tod States and to our city of Us Cruces ond find your life In Jeopardy ond this tragical clrcum-Htnnce which bin broup.ht dLsgraca la our city—not to you In any way,We urge ylt;ni to return to Laa Cruce.i linmudlntely and apfearbt fwt lha investigating grand jury now in Region. Yon will bo ren- . dertiig fWL’lely and our country an liivnlunble soivlcn in help expnao live crime timt h:i» been committed an,l kept covered because of / o‘rii»pllou nmong mir nfilcialo lC,VnthHit'd on Putfo 3)
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Las Cruces Sun News
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jun 24, 1949
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