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CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1964 VOTE 5 THEFT Consul's Plight a Bar to Congo Drive Bookies Hit by Raiders (Story start on page 1) Stanleyville Can with American, Belgian and Congo officials. Williams spent INDICTMENTS IN ZAUN CASE t. -vis; long hours with the Congo's new premier, Moise Tshombe. In general, it appears the 1 American and Belgian govern- ments have agreed to "stiffen" the Congo army, or what remains of it. The most promising path would be for Belgium to supply a few well-trained -fighting men, officers and ser- geants, who would live with Jury Names 3 Others 129)0 W.

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I II II X. -1 Be Won, but at What Cost? Arthur Veysey, chief of The Tribune's London bureau, is in the Congo where Communist-led rebels have taken over most of the country despite United Nations efforts to bring peace. Now the United States is deeply involved in. trying to preserve the central government against communist encroachment. BY ARTHUR VEYSEY IChicose Tribune Press Service LEOPOLD VILLE, Republic of Congo, Aug.

21 Four Americans, the official representatives of the strongest nation on earth, sit in a wide spreading house a Belgian doctor built for his family on the banks of the Congo river in the good old days before 1960 independence. Mrs. Hoyt and their son, Evans Congo squads and platoons and direct their activities, while, the United States would provide the transport, radios, guns, and other things needed. Had this been done 'three months ago the collapse of authority in the countryside might not have been so complete. Now such a policy would mean in effect reconquest and administration.

Victorv: Then What? story brick building, attached to a two story frame structure, at 7019 Diversey av. 7. The first floor of a three story brick building at 260 N. Hamlin av. 8.

The basement of a Vi story brick building at 2501 S. Gunderson Berwyn. 9. A 1 story gray sided house with lannon stone facing at 2215 N. 73d Elmwood Park.

10. A second floor apartment in a three story brick building at 720 S. Laflin where police seized more than a dozen phones in another raid last year. This location was also raided last Jan. 24 by police.

Break Thru Doors At the 5447 Chicago av. wire-room, hoodlums began burning records as agents broke thru the doors. The raiders reported the bookmakers had barricaded the place "like an English castle." Agents made it thru the door before the records could be completely destroyed. One bookmaker tried to jump out of a window at 7019 Diversey but was collared by agents as he straddled the window sill. Another bookmaker sought to destroy records kept on a new type of paper, which immediately dissolves when plunged into water.

Water splashed around the wireroom at 2501 S. Gunderson Berwyn, as the agents wrestled the records away from the gambler. During the investigations, which began Sept. 1, 1963, the wirerooms changed locations often to thwart identification by investigators. Frank Kiernan, head of the justice department's organized crime division here, said two of the wirerooms shifted loca- Michael Hoyt when last heard from.

Then the consulate radio went dead. From Leopoldville the embassy sent a series of messages by every means it could think of, but whether any got thru no one here knows. At the start of the second week, a postoffice messenger delivered to the United States embassy in Leopoldville a telegram signed by an African who called himself a general and The reconquest would proba- bly be fairly easy and not very bloody, because the- so-called -rebels would probably run as fast before the approaching i forces as. most of the Congo army has run before approach- 1' i tary operation against Stanleyville. The Congo army has a few hundred men trained in Israel as paratroops.

Currently President Kasavubu uses them, in effect, as his personal bodyguard. Foreign military men say that in the Leopoldville area are perhaps a couple of thousand other Congolese soldiers who have shown spunk in the past and might not run at the sound of a shot. Since last week the United States air force has here four large turboprop C-130 transport planes. One of these could drop 90 paratroops on the Stanleyville airfield. The other three could land another 270 soldiers as soon as the paratroopers controled the runway.

Then all Beatles Escape Teens in Ambulance Aug. 22" Saturday BOY, 14, ADMITS KILLING GIRL, 4, IN CINCINNATI Cincinnati, Aug. 22 Saturday W) Police Chief James Finan in Bribe Attempts Continued from first page alleged to have taken place April 13, the day or tne raid on Marino's garage. The Wageman attempt is alleged to have occurred on or about June 1. Neither the prosecutors nor Heggaton had publicly disclosed either of these alleged bribe attempts prior to yesterday.

Haggaton had reported the alleged Velez bribe attempt the day after he said it happened. Velez was arrested at the North-lake station as he walked out the door with $1,000 in his hip pocket. Heggaton said this was $1,000 which he had kept overnight but had returned to the truck driver. Five Arraigned in Niles The five men accused of possessing the $50,000 in stolen drugs had been arraigned before Circuit Judge Herbert R. Stoffels in Niles court.

Judge Stoffels overruled a motion to suppress the evidence and bound them over to the grand jury. Pettit was captured by Sgt. Henry Prokop of Northlake police, and Montelone was seized by Sgt. Ralph McLean of the suburban force. Both sergeants and Heggaton testified before the July grand jury.

The case was presented to the jury by Edwin Spiro, a veteran assistant state's attorney. After the jury returned a no bill, Heggaton told reporters that Spiro had not read the saying Hoyt and the other four must leave Stanleyville. For six days there was a worrying silence. Another Wire Arrives Then came another telegram bearing Hoyt's name and saying that the five Americans were all well. Mrs.

Hoyt, 37, who was evacuated with her son, uig i cuti uanus. Aincans here are not stand up fighters. Hit and run is what they like. But administration would certainly be a very long term project. After the armed forces of law and order passed, small group of administrators would have to be left behind of suburban Fairfax said early today that George Rickey 14, who lived only a block from could hurry off into the city.

alone with a sauad of nnlicp or troops to guard the adminis Debbie Dappen, 4, admitted killing her. Study Other Possibilities To make certain that the (If) A screaming, howling mob of teen-agers, most of them girls, trapped England's mop-haired Beatles in the Seattle Coliseum for 59 minutes last night before police rescued them in an ambulance. The teen-agers, who had screamed and stamped thru two hours of rock 'n roll music, surged against police and sailors, locked arm-in-arm, in repeated efforts to get at the singers. For 29 minutes the quartet had a crowd of 14,000 screaming in a continuous roar. The admission ended a hunt for the brown-haired child that invading troops fought, some of the 40 American paratroops trators and knock down any violent obstructors.

There must be no compunction about kill-, ing. i i it. a. -j who arrived last week could started when she went out to play Wednesday. be included as stiffening.

rw ueai icsuus uie auminis- A. Rickey was asleep in his rrnrnrc cnntun no i rmrrri dco Another source of backbone A thick lawn of tough tropical brightened by clumps of purple bougainvil-lea, opens a magnificent view of the mighty river. At dusk it is pleasant to sit on the veranda, a tall, cool drink at hand, watching the world go by. Consul's Fate Unknown It sounds like paradise, the life of these four Americans at Stanleyville, but for the last two weeks, since law and order disappeared from the city of 300,000 people, now all except 500 of them black, the Americans have been prisoners and hostages. Our government, which sent them there, is unable to aid them.

Not much is known of the fate of the consul, Michael P. E. Hoyt, 34, a graduate of the University of Chicago with an M. A. degree in 1956 from the University of Illinois; his vice consul, David Grenwis, 35, of Maplewood, N.

or the two communications officers, James Stauffer, 31, of Findlay, and David Pariles, 34, of Bloomfield, who had arrived only three days before the trouble set in. home when a reporter found However, where could anvone Debbie's body under some build could be the 400 Nigerian police who remain here to guard those of the 2,000 United Na find in the Congo the 2,000 or so men who would be required? Loyalty Rare in Congo The administrators must be intelligent, kind, patient, edu- At times they were peppered by peanuts, jelly beans, and even a fountain pen. When they attempted to leave after the show, their limousine was mobbed. The four were escorted ing materials beneath the Rickey porch. The boy at first denied knowing how the body got there.

Sgt. Russell Jackson, chief of the homicide department of the Cincinnati police department, questioned the tions technical persons and administrators who remain. African troops might be brought in from other newly independent countries which fill ivt fha r'tnftA IsivvaI Ta nr sua ui viae vuuku-iu ai. iu oav there is no such thins as a have not yet cascaded into chaos. South African whites husky, crew-cut boy for a few minutes when he sobbed out Evans, 4, from Leopoldville on July 28, said that she was informed by the state department Monday that her husband was safe.

She stopped briefly at O'Hare field en route to Jerome, where the couple's three other children have been staying with relatives since their evacuation from the Congo. The American ambassador to the Congo, G. McMurtrie God-ley, desperately wants to get the five men out. He has tried every way he can think of to reach anyone in Stanleyville who might promise safe conduct to the Stanleyville airport, carved from thick jungle forest not far from town, plus permission for a rescue plane to land and depart. Similar efforts are being made ceaselessly by many other persons responsible for the 500 other white persons still in Stanleyville.

The 500 include representatives of the United Nations, the new American-backed university which was to start its first university level classes in October, church missions of various faiths, Unilever and other plantation companies, and trading concerns, back to their dressing room. The youngsters fought to break thru lines of police and sailors while officials sought ways to get the teen-agers and the Beatles out of the building. citizen loyal to the Congo may be an exaggeration but not a big one. Loyalty here, gener-, allv. is to familv and trihp.

the admission: "I don't know why I did it," he said. police reports before presenting the case. Heggaton indicated that he and his officers had not been asked questions which would have led them to identify the defendants. He also disclosed existence of a "mystery witness" whose identity the chief said he had not previously disclosed. Garippo Given Case 200 so far offer their gun services.

Were the four planes considered insufficient, a sky-ful could be brought here from the United' States in 48 hours. There is little doubt that Stanleyville could be retaken SEEK DALEY AID Finally, an ambulance was The Congo was a Belgian con--ception generated to suit Bel- cinn nnrnncoc Dnns tVia Roloian ON MISSISSIPPI SEATING FIGHT backed into an alley in the rear of the building. A group of sailors climbed in, the Beatles among them. administration ended, the only reason for Congo unity van-- I.11JIU Mayor Daley met for an hour yesterday morning with 10 rep Some people here think the American, Belgian, and Congo governments have acfrpprl nmnntr thimcolvoc in Reports 5 Men Safe For the first week Hoyt, who served in the air force from 1951 thru 1955, reported that altho there was turmoil in Stanleyville and Africans had resentatives of the rreedom Democratic Clubs of Illinois, who asked him to support the work toeether in a lone-term The foreman of the grand jury, at the request of State's Atty. Daniel P.

Ward, issued a statement, saying that the no bill was voted because "of the uncertain testimony rendered by Northlake police." Ward announced that the investigation would be reopened. The August grand jury heard seating of the delegation of the cana, who "bankroll" the rackets. Gagliano, Messino, and three others were recently acquitted of having kidnaped, beaten, and tortured a victim of their juice loan operation. A government spokesman said that Veesart, Ciconte, Douard, Freedom Democratic party of roamed at will thru the con 1 1 Mississippi at the Democratic national convention. It opens sulate taking what they wished and drinking Hoyt's duty-free reconquest of the Congo.

But as with the retaking of Stanleyville, the program can hot be launched openly and forcefully now. Just as the 500 whites in Stanleyville are hostages, so Monday in Atlantic City. (TRIBUNE Staff Photo scotch, the four Americans Al Raby. convenor of the Catapano, Moliere, Blando, Del-Monico, and Perry have records mostly Eritish and Belgian. But all so far is to no avail.

Urge Drive on Stanleyville Louis Gramas who was found with one telephone in rear of of arrests for gambling. 48 hours after the order went out. But What Would Happen? However, what would happen to Hoyt, his colleagues, and the other 500 white persons in the city? There is widespread fear here that the bands of men who have been masters of Stanleyville for two weeks would, on seeing the paratroops drop and the other planes hovering about, run amok in the city, knifing, spearing, shooting every white they could find. And, remember please, the whites are apparently by themselves defenseless, spread widely in ones and twos and families. Most of the white men probably have guns, altho by law they have been denied this last stand, protection, but one man and one gun are no match against a band of 20 or more charging, incensed Africans.

Williams Sees Tshombe So great is the fear of a were safe. Also safe, he said, was another communications officer, Ernest Houle, 53, of Providence, R. who had been trapped in his apartment in town and was still there empty store in Elmwood Park Freedom Democratic Clubs, said Daley, who will be the leader of the Illinois delegation to the convention, refused to commit himself, saying that he Here in Leopoldville some officials, both Congolese and Perry's real name is Charles Nicoletti. His brother, Joseph, by raiders. several new witnesses, including the "mystery witness" and Sgt.

Wageman. Garippo did not disclose that the "mystery witness," a woman, had testified until 24 hours after her grand jury appearance. The grand jury yesterday returned the indictments before foreign, propose an early mill was convicted in 1963 of per tions 11 times each but never would make his position clear jury in the income tax trial of Accardo and sentenced to 18 at the delegations caucus tomorrow in Atlantic City. Raby added, however, "The mayor Congo Army Drives months in federal prison. are tne rest ot the 2,000 Americans, mostly missionaries, the equal number of Britons, and the 40,000 Belgians still spread thruout the Congo with the heaviest concentrations in, Leopoldville and the mining capital of Elizabethville.

For the time being, there appears to be nothing to do but sit and wait and Some people contend that the "rebels" are like a wildfire that will die down as quickly as it came up. Most of the Belgians out in the bush have been saying Ciconte was the wireroom Judge Walter P. Dahl, acting assured us we find him on operator who most frequently visited Gagliano's juice loan Rebels from Bukavu chief justice of Criminal court, who set arraignment for next Friday before Judge Thomas H. Fitzgerald in Criminal court. headquarters.

the right side." The meeting was held in Democratic party headquarters in the Morrison hotel. invasion by 60,000 giant Watusi FREAK MISHAP The Freedom Democratic refugees bent on exacting ven Bond was set at $10,000 each for the five indicted on theft charges and at $5,000 each for INJURES 3 ON party delegation is asking to geance for being driven out of Continued from first page rials here said Bukavu tonight was without water, electricity, and telephones. The telephone exchange was blown up during be seated in place of the regu Rwanda by the majority Ba SKOKIE SWIFT the three others. AVOID HIKING lar delegation from Mississippi on the ground that the regular delegation is not integrated eluded surveillance of the agents and detectives. On numerous occasions, some of the bookmaking personnel were also reshuffled among the various rooms, helping the government prove its contention that the 10 wirerooms are part of an interlocking gambling operation.

Fail to Buy Tax Stamps The gambling centers were raided by agents armed with warrants obtained secretly several days ago from C. S. Bent-vley Pike, United States commissioner before whom those arrested will be arraigned this morning. The arrests were based on failure to have purchased $50 federal wagering tax stamps required by law. Federal prosecutors indicated that the cases would be taken before a federal grand Skokie police told yesterday that, if left alone, they will be able to make peace with the local Africans and carry on.

Most of these, however, Jiave sent away their wives and children. how a freak accident on a the fighting. United Nations officials counted 300 dead in the streets. Seven Europeans Skokie Swift rapid transit train and does not represent an accurate cross-section of Democrats in Mississippi. injured three persons.

The acci CONGO WAR AID MANSFIELD Washington, Aug. 21 UP)" dent, at the Oakton street were reported killed in the massacre tnat all American and Belgian planes have so far stayed clear of the Stanleyville area. Thruout last week end a downhearted. United States undersecretary of state for Africa, G. Mennen Soapy Williams, who once declared innocently that Africa is for the Africans and was recently sent here from Washington to try to work out a new American policy toward the Congo, talked hutu tribe.

The Watusi, who often grow seven feet tall, had been the Bahutus' overlords for centuries. In Leopoldville, expulsion of citizens of the Congo Republic Brazzaville got under way. Premier Moise Tshombe hopes by the move to put pressure on the Brazzaville formerly French Congo regime to stop helping the rebels. crossing, involved a car driven fighting. ASSURE SIMON by Leslie A.

Silver, 22, of 9106 Lamon Skokie. No Trace of 3 Yanks There was still no word of ON LEGALITY OF Police said a southbound train passed the crossing W.aA A a 'BVGIRL CURB three missing Americans who were trapped in Bukavu by the Thursday night, the crossing The state's attorney's office gates started up, and Silver Mike Mansfield Senate majority leader, urged today that the United States avoid increased involvement in the Congolese revolution. "The history of Africa is one of European involvement, not American," he told the Senate. "The mess in Africa is not of our doing and while we cannot disassociate ourselves from major situations of this kind, it swiftness of the rebel advance Wednesday. They are Col.

Wil drove forward. The gates came reported yesterday to Seymour Simon, president of the county board, that a proposed ordi liam A. Dodds, 50, Lt. Col. down again as a northbound train approached.

Silver crashed into the gate, and one Donald V. Rattan. 39. both jury next week and that indictments would be sought both on the wagering tax nance to eliminate drink solici- counter-insurgency experts, and tating unescorted women section of the gate went thru his windshield. Another section stamp violations and for fail in taverns would be legal.

THE BLAZER for he Lewis R. Macfarlane, 25, Seattle, the American vice would be most unfortunate if Choice Lakefront and -Wooded Lots ONLY 50 MINUTES N.W. OF CHICAGO la Beautiful ing to have registered with the Simon said he would submit went thru a train window, injuring the three. IRS as bookmakers. we were drawn into the internecine warfare of the EtlG During the investigation, agents penetrated the bookmaking nerve centers, using various guises.

They identified every bookmaker in each of mm Administration sources said there is no intent to send American military personnel to the Congo except in such capacities as those already there Those hurt were Thomas Walsh, 43, of 630 Carriage hill, Glen view; Mrs. Alice Lobell, 60, of 8250 Niles Center Skokie, and Robert Schinkel, 29, of 1131 Pitner Evans-ton. All were released after treatment in Skokie Valley urn the 10 wire rooms, maintaining surveillance as the nerve cen that is. to service United ters used 29 different locations AT tINDENHURST ESTATES. States equipment, protect it, Going in Chicago and suburbs.

Link to "Juice" Racket the measure, proposed by Sheriff Richard B. Ogilvie, to the county board for action Septv 9. The girl measure provides possible fines and jail sentences for violators, in addition to possible loss or suspension of liquor licenses. Simon said he questioned whether the ordinance is needed since he, as liquor control commissioner, has power to revoke or suspend licenses for such violations. He said he would object to one provision that a warning of the ordinance provisions would have to be posted in taverns.

Elgin Guard Dies and help in transport and evac uation if necessary. consul. United States embassy officials said they had not given up hope of finding the three Americans alive. Both Dodds and Rattan are described as "tough cookies." They are members of a United States military mission to the Congo. Macfarlane, a fluent speaker of Swahili, the inter -tribal language of central Africa, was believed to have been acting as their interpreter when they disappeared.

May Spare Rwanda By saving Bukavu, the Congolese army also may have spared the neighboring pint-sized Rwanda republic from an -Mm hospital. ROBS WOMAN A definite tie between Gagli- McNamara Completes DOCTOR; TAKES 3-buHon, 8'2-Ouner with natural shoulcUr, lower flap pock-t. Black, Navy, Charcoal, Oliva. Sizes: 38 to 52 Extra First Stage of Climb 1 li $10,000 IN GEMS ZERMATT, Switzerland, Aug. Long, 44 to 60 Stout, Dr.

Janice Herz, 7924 Court- 21 Reuters Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and $45 land Elmwood Park, was 13 companions tonight com robbed of $10,000 in jewelry ether sport coats from S29.95 to S59.50 pleted the first stage of their and $200 currency last night by attempt to climb the a gunman in the garage of her Formerly a hsh, prfrat germ pmmrv; studded with cmimrf old oakt, thommdt of tvfgreens, and dill inhabited bf wild seer. Pictarw lakm wll stocked with bats, northern, blue qills, croppies and other fisherman's favorites. A limited number of oere and larger parcels are now available to the public Matterhorn when they reached home. the Hotel Belvedere at an altitude of 9,780 feet.

They plan to matching SLACKS All-Wool. Flannel. Dacron and Wool. Wash'n Wear. Sizes 30 to SO extra long.

George McCutcheon, 50, 758 Pennsylvania Elgin, a security officer at the Illinois State in Elgin, apparently died of a heart attack yesterday at 915 Addison st. Dr. Herz told Lt. Frank Lacey and Sgt. Carl Messina begin the last four-hour climb ano's extensive loan shark or "juice" operations was found by investigators, who observed some of the bookmakers making frequent visits to Gagliano's, loan shark headquarters in Moon's restaurant, 3756 Chicago during the year.

Once during the investigation, an undercover federal agent stood by in an Elmwood Park cocktail lounge used as one of the alternate wireroom locations as a Gagliano henchman berated a juice victim for tardiness in making a $300 usurious interest loan payment. Cerone a Target Altho government spokesmen refused comment, it was obvious that Gagliano and his No. 2 man, William Wee Willie Messino, onetime flunky for Anthony Big Tuna Accardo, that she drove into the gar To win stature, Actor Connors to the top tomorrow. age at 7 p. m.

and that, a man 44 to 60 stout. wearing black gloves and I I carrying a pistol ran in as she Lakefront lots from S3. 500 It'a BAILEYS Wooded Lot from 1.495 FINANCING AVAILABLE Wooded Lots from 1.495 Sport and Dress SHIRTS Solids, Stripes and Ivy Pat. terns. 1 4 'A to 18 extra Jong.

17 to 20 stout. did so. She said the bandit took her wedding and engagement rings valued at $10,000 and her purse containing the money. The gunman jumped into a car driven by a second man. Paved Roods, City Water, Nat $5 s8" ural Gas and Electricity to the property.

Foil Police and Fire Protection, Schools, Shopping, Churches iust minutes away. OFFICE OPCN DAILY SUNDAY FROM 10 A.M. TIL DARK Pullover, Cardigan, Zipper-Style SWEATERS Wool, Wool Mohair, Alpaca. Solid Colors or Latest Patterns. Sizes 38 to 50 extra long, 44 to 60 stout.

disappeared When Mike Connors felt that he was a man on a tightrope, he decided to disappear. He went to Mexico and South America. How it paid off in a big way is told by Hedda Hopper in tomorrow's CHICAGO TRIBUNE MAGAZINE 1 semi-retired gang chief, would be ultimate targets of the justice department's crackdown WRITE FOR BROCHURE OR 0 ENGLISH WESTERN on the Chicago crime syndicate. DRIVE OUT TODAY: TAKE EDENS EXPY. -SKOKIE HWY.

NORTH TO ROUTE 132. TURN LEFT FOR i MILES. WATCH FOR LINDEN- You'll Find Everything for the Rider but the Horse! i5 Another target is Jackey The Lackey Cerone, also a former Accardo errand boy, who functions as intermediary Open Sundays 10 to 4 Monday and Thurtday 'til 30 P.M. FREE PARKING acron the street FREE BIG MEN'S CATALOG Writ or Phone 7-777 HURST ESTATES SIGNS. N.

H. ENGLE SONS, INC 1819 E. GRAND AVENUI Llndanfcarst, HI. 356-8282 between Gagliano's loan shark and gambling operations and BIG MEN'S SHOP center Dearborn ft Wacker i Chicago's Loop the too mob bosses like Ac cardo and Sam Homo Gian-.

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