The Washington herald., 1913-07-08
GRAND JURY RETURNS
ten INDICTMENTS
Number Of Other Matters 10 Come Be-
fore Alexandra Body At
Session Today.
CASE OF A. sHANKs TO COME UP

grand jury with J. @. Cockey as fore
man, in the United States Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Ed
mund Waddill presiding. The jury at .
O'Clock was adjourned over until 1870
o'clock tomorrow morning when num-
Der of other cases will be presented to
1t for its consideration.
The case Of Arthur Shanks. alias Ar
thur West charged with improper con-
duct with a young girl on the govern
ment reservation. at Rosslyn. AleNan-
dria County, Is also slated for trial. be-
ginning tomorrow. A large number of
witnesses have been summoned In this
case. and II is expected that 1t will &C.
cupy the entire session OF the court to-
morrow.
Indictments returned by the jury are
as follows: c. p. Dean, Illegally shipping
game: William L. Young. larceny of in
terstate shipment: Robert 1. Scott, en-
bezzlement of moneys of national bank
ing association; Norman Levy, Nicholas
+. White. Archie Malbon, and Willie
Turner. conspiracy to defraud the United
States by carrying on the business Of
manufacture OF oleomargarine without
payment of special tax: Hugh Brooking.
Illegally shipping game: John Jones, plac-
ing together different parts of two or
more notes so as TO produce one instru-
States: John Jones. passing forged OBJ
legations of the United States; Eichel-
berger and Bradford. Illegally shipping
game. Chesterfield Jenkins. and others.
aiding prisoners to escape from work.
house at Occoquan: Harvey Williams,
violation of the white slave law.
All of the parties indicted are nom
residents of Alexandria. Virginia Carter.
charged with sending improper matter
through the mail. entered a plea of
guilty. and sentence was suspended.
Emma Fry. also indicted for sending
improper matter through the mail. en-
tered a plea OF guilty. and was fined SIS.
The grand jury is composed of the fol-
lowing: John G. Cockey. foreman: Carter
II. Smith. Charles A. Howard. Oscar W.
Phillips. George Triplett, c. p. Waller.
r. f. knight. all of Alexandria: George
Evans, Richmond; w. f. Brooks, Wilson
Burton, Norman Brown. Falmouth: C.
W. Hoge. Lincoln: Thomas r. Gray.
Arlington: Frank Haywood, Colonial
Beach; Hugh G. Person, Vernon Mills:
B. Lakin. Fredericksburg: ]. c.
Brooks, Swetnam: Charles E. Jeffries.
r. d. Haines. Fairfax
A list of the attorneys today admitted
to practice in this court follows: Charles
T. Jesse, George W. Lewis. r. Godon
all of Alexandria County: Green
vile Gaines. Warrenton; Charles H.
White. Culpepper.
A case OF interest which may be heard
at this term is that OF Minnie Hahn.
alias Minnie Smith. charged with violat-
ing the provisions OF the white slave
law.
The July term of the Circuit Court
for this city. Judge J. B. T. Thornton
presiding. convened today. In the case
Of the dissolution of the Federal Ameri-
can Banking Corporation. a decree was
entered authorizing Thomas II. Patter-
son. receiver. to pay stockholders and
for stock in that concern a
sum equal to 10 per cent OF the face
value of the stock issued to them, and
Mr.. Patterson was directed to pay him.
self a commission OF 10 per cent on the
sum OF IS, $3.50. In the case Of W. A.
Smoot & Co, incorporated. against the
Emerson Engine Company and others, a
decree was entered granting the Jones'
Company, Incorporated.
party plaintiff to the cause, leave to file
a petition as such. In the case Of Fred
erick P. Russell against the Colonial
Portland Cement Corporation, a final
decree was entered confirming the re-
port of Norvell L. Henley. special COM
missioner, and ordering cause removed
from the docket A final decree of d.
vorce on statutory grounds was given
in the case Of Marion II. Fender against
Mary Fender.
Reginald F. Cox qualified as deputy
clerk of the Corporation Court. Court
then adjourned for the term.
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rise tomorrow morning for the primary,
which will be held to nominate a candi-
date for the State legislature to repre-
sent this city and Alexandria County.
1t Is estimated that about 1000 votes
will be polled in this city, and approx
mately 600 in Alexandria County. The
saloons here closed a o'clock this even
ing, and will not reopen until o'clock
Wednesday morning in conformity to the
provisions of the Byrd liquor law. Many
patrons, who overlooked the fact that
they We're to be closed. were compelled
10 go to Washington in order to quench
their thirst.
Candidates for the legislature are: ].
Fred Birrell member of Common Coun-
ell from the third ward; o. P. Angelo,
1 Southern Railway locomotive engineer,
and Maj. E. W. r. Ewing. an attorney,
of Ballston. Alexandria County.
The board of school trustees of Jeffer-
son District, Alexandria County, has
elected the following school teachers for
The coming scholastic term: jefferson
H. Rollins, principal;
Misses NJ. B. mcfarland, Ida NJ Beagle,
Grace Rosenbaum, Martha G. Hussing-
ION, Anita Swingle, Fannie B. Gales,
louise NJ. Moore; Hume School-Miss FL
lie E Tayman, principal: Miss c. E.
Swain, assistant principal; colored
Jefferson School - Edward s. !
doofman, principal; Georgianna Jones,
assistant principal: Scott School-Alma
Y. Pinn, principal.
Annie Freeman and her daughter, Irene |
Freeman. colored. were in Police Court
oday held for the action of the grand |
ury on a charge of the larceny of $50
rom Mary Davis. who lives at a0S Prin- |
ess Street, and Edward Bryant and Rob- |
TT Bryant, both coiored, were also hello |
or the grand jury on a charge of being |
accessories after the fact. The arrests |
we're made by Policemen Nicholson and |
Roland, and the first named recovered |
20 of the alleged stolen money. Identi- |
Ication of the money was made by ciga-
cite burns.
In the Police, Court today Bud johnson. |
harged with disorderly conduct and |
Citing, was held for the action of the |
authorities of Fairfax County. Mason \
lore, a colored driver, employed at a |
very, testified that johnson made i'm