The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
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Holt and Davis Indicted for
Alleged Signing Wifes
Name.

william II. Holt. soldier. and
Mary II. Davis, with whom 1t Is
claimed he has been living, were
indicted by the grand jury yester-
day on a charge Of forging the
name of Ada May Holt. wife of the
soldier, to drafts on the U. S. Treas
ury that had been sent to Holt as
allowance and allotment each
quarter for Mrs. Holt.
Policeman J. r. Stringfellow, who
arrested the Davis woman. says she
told him she did not sign the check
and never received any Of the
money; also. that Holt was not mar
Erisd Il ,Iy to his wife, as she had
fafo OF husbands from whom she
had never been divorced at the
tlne al ? Is alleged TO have married
Tie enlisted man. Mrs. Davis is a
Faltrcss at a local lunchroom.
The srand jury also indicted Will
liln Clements for frst-degres muir
tcg as having. on April 4 last. shot
ARD Killed James W. King, the night
watct rnrh at the Bureau Of Public
III foraB ION. S Jackson place north
rusf. Clements was the negro janitor
tcf ne ace. and the two are said to
he scrorle involved in u quarrel
f-Ig,y r. The morning
rnes Mathews likewise was in
4fst-d for first degree murder.
AL 20 last. he is alleged to have
lSt1 kaed Lloyd Graham, another
1nes-o. IN a lunchroom at 97S Four
,znd. 4 half street southwest. during
a quarrel.
1anes 4. Rustin, alias James A.
DacEatt. was indicted on a charge
- ssaalt with a deadly weapon.
aiss last, he is alleged to have cut
Icsrrh D. Shaw with a razor.
FTank Hawkins was indicted for
accault with a deadly weapon as
having rut James Warren with a
razor.
shot Her in the Face.
For shooting Lucretia Tolliycr in the
face three times with a revolver at Az
Casey's court. southwest. April II
last, William Webb was indicted on
a charge Of assault with intent 10 kill.
Joseph Mack was indicted for rob-
berry as having stood up Floyd +.
Payne. Of ld6 L street southwest, near
the lattcr7 home on May L last and
securing HiSO after knocking Payne
down.
John Delaney was indicted for an
assault with q deadly weapon. and is
alleged 20 have cut Robert cOI bin
with a knife.
Bill Nor, alias ''SOloman Fatman,"
is charged with obtaining money by
false pFstehses in an indictment re-
. turned against him yesterday. 1t is
alleged that he sold John Drotar a
: half interest in a shoe repairing shop
at S+5i Fourteenth street northwest.
claiming it was free from all incum-
Trance, whereas, il did not belong 20
him.
George II. Baldwin was indicted for
grand larceny as having enIered the
store of William Hahn and Company,
90 Seventh street northwest, NJ u,
and stealing a quantity Of shoes.
Richard Black. alias William Blair,
Vas also charged with robbery. lie is
SIleged TO have snatched purse from
Luvenia Johnson. OF So c street
southwest, containing $3.35.
Clarence E. Tucker was charged
with having. on February y last.
forged the name of Joseph II. Hill
10 q check for $3.50 drawn on the
Commercial National Bank, and
CUshed IL. Hill resides at Round Hill,
Va, and says that Tucker has OBJ
tanned about 500 at various tiries by
forging his name.
Samuel Line was also indicted for
forgery. 1t is claimed that on Fsbru-
AIRY ~ last he forged the name OF
Srnjanin d. Friedman. 1Gl3 i'ennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, to q check
for N5 and got the money.
Harry w. Bowman was indicted on
a unique charge. II is alleged that
on November 15. 1871. he removed an
auto from the District that had been
obtained from the Combs Motor COM
paBy and not paid for. This was in
violation OF sectIon S33a. District code,
it is claimed. and he was charged
with this offense.
Some Alleged Joy-TIders.
-Four joy-riders will have to answer
for their alleged crimes of taking ma
chimes thai did not belong to Ihcrl AID
venturing forth to make night hide
Gus with their orgies, according 10 in
dictments returned yesterday by the
grand jury.
Clarence Z. Wye Is alleged to have
stolen the machine Of Frank J. Her
man, 1pO FairmOnt street northwest,
on May ;.
F'cnwiCk Harris and Richard Blue
were indicted for alleged stea !..g
machine from the undertaking es,ab-
lishment of William w. Chambers.
1H0 ChapIn street northwest. and TAX
ing two girls out for a joy ride.
Robert Satterwhite, ali0s Robert
Copeland. was another graduate from
the Joy-riding class. The grand jury
gave him a diploma for taking 4 ma
chine belonging to Gustave ErlebG cher
and venturing forth in the baimy at
rIOsphere that characterized the night
of May Is. Everything went along all
right until Policeman John O'Connell.
of the SiXtk precinct hove in sight
That ended everything. because he
landed the offender behind the bars,
and now he must plead to an indicJ-