Evening star., 1915-01-04
TRUE BILLS AGAINST
HENRY AND WOODRUFF
Additional Indictments Affect Two
Members of Lewis Johnson
& Co. Firm.
Embezzlement and Larceny After
Trust Alleged in Grand Jury Re-
port-Other Presentments.

Three more indictments growing out
Of the failure of the banking and
brokerage firm of Lewis Johnson & Co.
were returned today by the grand jury.
which made its final report to Chief
Justice Covington. The total of the al
legged embezzlements Is $38.906.25. A
new grand jury will be selected tomor-
row.
Two Of the indictments are against
]. William Henry and Benjamin W.
Woodruff, who comprised the firm at
the time Of its bankruptcy. Embezzle-
ment and larceny after trust are
charged in each Indictment. The third
true bill" is against ]. William Henry
alone. Mrs. Constance Shack Oracle.
widow Of Col. Archibald Oracle, is the
complaining witness in all three cases.
The Indictment against Mr.. Henry
alone charges that he converted to his
own use 200 shares of Pacific Coast
Company stock, Of the market value of
$65 per share. Four counts are set
forth, two charging embezzlement and
two larceny after trust. The allega-
tton Is that Mrs. Oracle deposited the
certificates with Mr.. Henry for her
benefit and that he hypothecated them
without her knowledge or consent.
LII luo IrSI JOlIll luulClHeDl DOLN
members of the firm are charged with
embezzling three other certificates of
stock belonging to Mrs. Oracle, to the
value of $19,500. In the second joint
Indictment both are alleged to have
appropriated to their own use S6,406.25,
being the proceeds of a check given
the firm by Mrs. Oracle to purchase
for her account fifty shares of United
Fruit Company stock.
The defendants were notified and
additional bonds probably will be ar
ranged.
Three Charged With Murder.
two indictments. in which Lawrence
Robinson, colored, and Joseph Haw-
kins, colored. are said to have been
the principals. Frederick Williams.
colored, is also charged with murder
as being accessory to Robinson, it be-
ing alleged that he gave Robinson the
pistol with which, it is claimed, Rob-
inson killed his sister. Gertie Jackson,
in Decatur court September last.
Hawkins is alleged to have killed his
wife, Bertha Hawkins. at 1913 G street
northwest September last.
Violations of the opium law are al
legged in Indictments reported against
two Cinnamon, Lee You and Moy You
Ten alleged recreant husbands were
indicted by the grand jury for non
support.
Walter L. Rhine, policeman of the
seventh precinct, was indicted for
blackmail. The Indictment alleges that
he accepted a bribe of SIS from a man
against whom the officer had made an
improper charge.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted were: Nelson "
Of goods in interstate commerce
George r. Chinn. assault with danger
Gus weapon; Sydney w. Langford
libel; Emanuel Pope. grand larceny
and robbery; Thomas Jackson, arson
William w. Dewitt, forgery; Mamie
Waters. robbery; John Corcoran, as
sault with dangerous weapon; Henry
Green. embezzlement; Virginia Adams
housebreaking and larceny; Cyprian
Wade, larceny from United States
John Coleman. perjury; Claude Nc
Cauley, robbery; Wesley King. assault
TeWs Tash nopbery csrenee DaMs
robbery: Winston Manning, forgery
and uttering: Creed M. Fulton, embez-
element: Charles E. Holmes, embezzle-
ment; Sylvan A. Boudreau, Frank G.
McCracken, William Webb Fickling
Charles R. Hazel. John Reeves, Robert
Forrest, William H. Herbert, James r.
Rideout. Joseph Michaelski and Rhoda
Harris, non-support: James Hill, for
gerry: Frank Milburn and Henry C.
Owens. robbery and assault with a
embezzlemept; John Braxton, house
breaking and larceny; Nathan Welt
meyer and Vincent M. Gonzales, grand
larceny.