The Washington times., 1922-09-25
90|ND|CTMENTS
HANDED DOWN
BY GRAND JURY
Five Alleged Bettors or Horses
Charged With Perjury in
Swan Case. u

Ninety indictments, one OF the
largest lists ever prepared and pre-.
sented by the district attorneys
office to the grand jury and in
turn presented by the latter to the
justice presiding in criminal courts
in the District, were returned by
the grand jury today.
The most prominent OF those in.
| dicted are five alleged hOrse-racc
bettors, who are charged with per.
jury in connection with telling diff.
ferent stories to the grand jury,
and at the trial OF Charles r.
Swan. convicted last April of set
| ting up a gaming table where hand
books on horse races were made,
were indicted.
The indicted are: Clarence Lee
Porter, John T. Ryan, Robert Lee
Pitts, Roy b. Johnson, and Verne
NJ. Hartman.
The accused are charged with
testifying at the trial that during
the months OF February. March.
and April, 1920, they did not place
any bets with Swan. At the lat
ter's trial at which he was convict
ed Assistant District Attorney Bill.
brey, conducting the prosecution,
in cross examining the accused,
showed them sworn statements in
which they admitted to have placed
bets and identified slips with the
names of the horses and the
amounts OF the bets.
Stock Frauds Scored.
Solomon l.. Gurney was indicted
! for false pretCnses in connection
with q stock fraud by means of
which Melvin f.. Myers parted with
$500. The accused is alleged TO
| have told Myers that the stock Of
the Metal Cap and Seal Company
was selling for $40 a share. when
| the president OF the company told
Assistant district Attorney Bilbrey,
who investigated the case, that the
stock was worth only 1925 per
share. Transactions of this nature
caused Eugene T. Thompson, fore
man of the grand jury 10 invite bus
mess men to confer with the grand
Jury to discuss means for putting
stop TO making Washington a
dumping place for wild cat securi-
ties.
Thirty.five indictments charge
non.support Those indicted and the
charges against them arc:
Horace Kinard. Robert Purcell
violation Of white slave act; HenTiet
ia Smith, assault with intent TO com.
NIT mayhem Ernest Hughes. Joseph
Mack. rape: James Lowe, carnal
knowledge; Robert +. Rose, Vincent
II. Fairlis. Moses Harris, Harry j.
Williams and Charles a Seebold. vio-
lation Of section 326b District of Co
lumbia Code; Albert I. Brooks, Annie
G. Morris, Thomas Miller, Susie
Dodd, Joseph Rollins and Benjamin
Frank Oliver, grand larceny; John
F. O'Donnell. viotion of section 2ll
penal code, violation of section S5lh
District of Columbia Code; f. Il.
Crosby, c. A. Ruddleston. James L.
Curtin. Milda Rhodes. Eli Gary,
Spaniel jackson, Charlie White.
Archie Lee. Jack Frisby and Robert
J. Clancy. robbery; Joseph E Hodge,
William Irving Hosley, JOhp II. Hen.
derson, Aloysius Vincent. William
A. Anderson, James Hawkins. Carey
Rosebourgh and Richard Pope.
house-breaking and larceny.
Lillian Price, alias Lillian Thomas,
Louis Diggs, John Wells, John w.
Campbell, Bishop Bearfield, Gibbs
weapon; James Graham, assault with
intent to kill: Louis Williams, as.
sault with a dangerous weapon and
intent to kill: John Kottea. John ID.
Wilson, Thomas Brawner, Christ
Limperos. Frank Dodson, Peter Far.
dulis lanes F'reder ck Pantor, Alva
d. Williams, George II. Washington,
Willie Wtnams, LonZie l.. DIakv,
non.support of wife: Albert Marbury.
Nathan McIlwain, Benjamin Jenkins,
James Vincent. non.support Of minor
child: Joseph Nicholson, non support
Of minor children; Charles Watson,
William Makell, william Parker.
George n. Miller. Harry NJ. Fridley.
jr., Lawrence +. Henderson, Alex
ander LaMay, William II. Canning.
George G. Elliott, Chester Z. Jones.
non-support of wife and minor child:
George r. Jones, George Barnes,
William Bell. Clarence Johnson,
James E. Williams. William johnson,
Alfred T.. Johnson, jr.. George NJ.
Steele, non-support of wife and minor
children