Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-03
MRS. WADE ACCUSED
Indicted Jointly With Mrs.
Harris for Forgery.
TWO HELD FOR MURDER
Grand Jury Also Returns True Bill
for Manslaughter Against
Anderson.

| Mrs. Adell Winifred Wade and Mrs
Josephine Harris were jointly indicted
today by the grand jury for forgery
and "uttering." The women are al
legged to have signed the name of VIII.
liam Schoneberger, morsue master. as
an fndorser on two promissory notes
signed by Mrs. Wade. one for s224
dated December 5, 1910, and the other
for $3.50. executed December IL. The
| indictment charges the notes were
| uttering" or passed as genuine OH Ed
ward p. Powers and Martin De Mass
Mrs Wade lived at 2O6 f street north
east and Mrs. Harris at Capitol Heights.
Mrs Wade. it is alleged. was conducting
a high finance scheme of loaning
money for small investors and paying
high rates of interest. Mrs. Harris, it
| is understood. claims she was only an
employe OF Mrs Wade in collecting
| money and carrying interest payments to
the investors.
Mrs. Wade was sought for several days
by the police and was apprehended in the
southeastern section of the city, while
attempting to secure a boys suit with
which to disguise, according to the police
her little girl. who accompanied her. Mrs.
Wade wore a wig, it was stated, and
denied her identity when arrested.
Two Indicted for Murder.
Murder in the first degree is the charge
! contained in an indictment returned
against George Malaciah Williams in con-
nection with the death of Ananias Shelton
January 10. Williams is charged with
assaulting the deceased using a sharp
metal instrument, a description of which
is unknown to the grand jury. The as
sault occurred January and Shelton
fingered six days before dying.
Frank MannarinO, an Italian fruit store
proprietor. who shot and killed his SON.
in-law, Frank CriStando in his store on
lower Pennsylvania avenue, December
"a last, was indicted today for murder in
the second degree. Cristando died on
Christmas day.
Manslaughter is charged in an in
dictment against Charles Anderson,
colored. 1t is alleged that March II
last Anderson cut Joseph Auburn. a
waiter in cafe, in the neck, infiicting
a wound from which the waiter died
the next day.
Another Charge Against West.
Hume II. West. alias Lieut.. Com
mander Henry Knowlson. United States
Navy, who is in Jail awaiting trial on
charges of forgery and false pretenses
In connection with securing $4,000
worth Of bonds from a local broker.
| and a diamond ring valued at $3.50
from a jewelry firm, was again indict-
ed by the grand jury today. The ad-
ditOnal charge is that West stole
money order blanks from a substation
in a local drug store and forged and
passed them.
Only five alleged forged money orders
figure in the indictment, covering in
amount about $50. but the post Office in
spectors charge that eighteen such orders
were stolen and seventeen passed In ALL
many of them in New York state
Other Indictments.
Other indictments include the follow
ing: Isadore CHASER. receiving stolen
property: Frederick Owens, assault with
dangerous weapon; George A. Roberts
and Dudley Moore, robbery; Frank West
depreciation on private property: William
Fortune and William Kelly. depreciation
| on private property; William Il. Brown
grand larceny; Walter Dolby. rape and
| assault. with intent to rape; Isadore OPP.
penheimer, embeZZement; BENJAMIN
Minor. alias Bonnie Minor. grand larceny
| John NJ. Hale, grand larceny; Charles r
johnson. false pretenses and James A
Johnson, housebreaking.
The report concluded the services OF
the present grand jurors. a new pane
will be sworn this week.