The Washington times., 1922-05-26
&C. TOPHAM|S
MADE FOREMAN
Of FRAUD JURY
Panel, Completed, Advised By
Court to Consider Serious
ness Of Issue.

Chief Justice Mccoy. Of the d.
trict Supreme Court, today a..
pointed George C. Topham, retir-d
trunk manufacturer, foreman u
the additional grand jury recently
authorized by Congress to hear tie
timony in alleged war contrsct
frauds.
The court cautioned the nerT
Jury, saying that mo man Is to b
indicted lightly, because by an ip'
dictment a stain which may be T..
delible is left on the name Of
citizen. I am sure you will drSw
proper lines between the public n.
terest on the one hand and the ic.
terest Of the citizen on the other."
The complete list Of the now
grand jury is as follows: George
IC. Topham, Dresden apartmenE
street; Noble D. Larner, $500 Kan
sas avenue northwest; David B.
Fegan, 655 Sixth street northeast:
!, Christopher ]. Gockeler, 1745 Q
street northwest: F. E. Mack. 1905
Lamont street northwest; Joseph
Loughran, 1927 Sixteenth street
northwest; Corcoran Thorn. vice
president Of the American Security
and Trust Company; Philip Happ.
teller Columbia National Bank: B.
A. OLeary. 1904 Massachusetts,
avenue northwest; John ]. Dicker-
son, 1927 p street northwest
Thomas Neacey. 643 @ street north
west; Walter Farran. 335 Maryland
avenue northeast: Jacob Zarin, 1884
Riggs place northwest; r. M. Jack
son. 1882 Columbia road; John y.
Sullivan. 316 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; John Ford, 1879 Seventh
street northwest; E. c. Davis. 764
Varnum street northwest: Mark
Sloan, 715 Thirteenth street north
west; Louis Kulle, s03 Vermont
avenue southwest; F. A. Newman,
349 street southwest; John d.
Garman. District National Bank.
and Arthur Furr, AIS Columbia
road northwest. -.
After the grand Jury had been
completed and sworn, District At
torney Peyton Gordon sriefly Out
lined the duties of a grand Juror.
They will reconvene Wednesday
of next week to begin hearings.
Three of the special assistants to
prosecute war fraud cases were an
| nounced late yesterday by Attorney
General Daugherty. They are:
| Congressman c. Frank Reavts, Of
| Nebraska, who will be in charge Of
quartermaster department cases.
Former Congressman Roscoe G.
McCulloch of Ohio, in charge Of
camp and cantonment cases.
Col. Henry w. Anderson Of vh-
ginia, whose assignment was not
stated.
Reavis to Resign. -.
| CONGRESSMAN Reavis will resign his
seat in Congress Immediately and as
sumo his duties at the Department
Of Justice June 4.
Attorney General Daugherty an
nounces he will personally direct all
war fraud cases, with the assistance
Of assistant to the Attorney General
Goff. the several assistant attorneys
general, the three special assistants
| named, and others yet to be named
| Congressman Reavis was chairman
OF the subcommittee OF the Graham
| investigating committee dealing es-
pecially with quartermaster supplies.
The so-called salmon case. involving
subsistence contracts, will be one OF
the first to which he will give at
tention.
| McCulloch was chairman OF the
subcommittee OF the Graham comit-
tee that investigated camp and can.
tonment contracts. The Phillips
Stevens lumber case is one OF the
more important ones TO come under
his direction.
| Colonel Anderson and two other
| special assistants will be In charge
OF aviation, ordnance, ana foreiep
contract cases.