Show Gambler Seeks Records Seized in Secret Raid NEW V YORK May 3 INS UNS- INS time Big gambler Frank Erickson is seeking the return Wednesday of records seized in a secret raid on his sumptuous Park avenue headquarters The raid was made Tuesday by detectives assigned by Dist Atty Frank S. S Hogan just four days after Erickson testified before senate senate senate sen sen- ate investigators in Washington that he netted a year by booking bets IJ a According to Sol Gelb Erickson's Enck- Enck sons son's attorney the raiders seized several filing cabinets containing canceled checks insurance policies policies policies poli poli- cies personal correspondence and other records To Argue Return Gelb said he is going into court Wednesday to argue for a return of the records on the grounds that the search warrant issued the raiders raiders raiders raid raid- ers was invalid and Investigators are reported to be studying the records to determine whether they link Erickson's gambling gambling gambling gam gam- bling operations with other cities and specifically with a national crime syndicate in control of gain gam bling The s syndicates syndicate's flung far-flung opera opera- Hons in key ey cities are the subject of a forthcoming federal inquiry The recent Gargotta Binaggio-Gargotta murders in Kansas City revealed the pattern of the s syndicates syndicate's 11 in influence influence influence in- in fluence in various ci clues cities ties and touched off renewed ren-ewed demands for fora a federal investigation Seen as Costello Aid The pudgy year old Erickson long has been regarded as ns Frank Costellos Costello's man in gambling enterprises enterprises enterprises enter enter- though Erickson denied in Washington that he was Costellos Costello's stooge Costello frequently identified as the prime minister of the underworld underworld underworld under under- world also was a Washington witness and he admitted that Erickson was his friend |