The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-28
D0CkE IS
REDUCED
TO 1000
CASES
Statute Of Linlita tipns asd
Lack 81 Witnesses actpf
II Sweeping Cut

BY wiping from the crimins
docketa Of the District Attorne !
once $40 cases, SONS Of which
dated back twelve years, inclnd-
ing indictments and presentments,
District Attorney Peyton Gordon
today reduced the cases now
being investigated BY his once
and pending for adjudica don to
less than 1000, thereby clearing
his Office of much useless and
cumbersome material.
He appeared before Justice
Bailey in Criminal Court No. 2
this morning and moved that the
cases be nolle pressed. /,
Witnesses Are Missing.
In many, of the cases witnesses
cannot be found, and in others the
statute Of limitations bars pFosecu-
ton. Among the indictments
dropped are $50 nonsupport cases
Following is a list of the .1ollo
pressed cases:
Cases in which the defendants
were held for the grand jury, but
for which witnesses were not found
or facts did not warrant prosecu-
ton and are now barred by the
statute of limitations, follow:
Abraham Rice, homicide, held in
1911; Emma Bryson, grand larceny.
1916; Fisk Elgin, abortion, 1911:
Frank Manning, dope, 1917, Her
bert Kepler, dope, 1917; Clarence
P. Sewers and Joseph Naily, grand
larceny, 1918; Henry Schmidt, Law
renee O'Donnell, HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny, 1918; Jason D. Stone
larceny from the United States,
1918; John Burton, adultery, 1918;
Henry Barber, adultery, 1918; Louis
Nichols, receiving stolen goods,
1918; Alfred Gardner, ;conspiracy,
1918; Hugh B. Dobbs. forgery, 1918;
FRANK B. Taylor, joyriding, 1913;
Albert Smith, violation postal
regulations, 1918; Edward SMITH
robbery, 1918; Charles Hill, adultery,
1916; Edward e. Medford, grand
larceny, 1918; Leo w. WiIbert, JOY
riding, 1918; Robert /. Lansdowne.
adultery, 1918; Ender Sellers, grand
larceny, 1918; Henry L. jenkins and
Ethel Conner, adultery, 1918; Carrie
Allen, Howard Anderson, adultery,
1918; Ruth Hill johnson, adultery,
1918; julius Engelhardt, adultery.
1918; Ralph Johnstone, grand
larceny, 1919; Willis Bell. joyriding,
1919; May King, dope, 1918; Will
liam G. Davis, alias Billy Madden,
dope, 1919; Donald o. Ringer,
pandering. 1919; Wynter Bradley.
perjury. 1919; Harry Prensser, Vio-
lation Of section S14; John BaIlinger,
Will Chamberlain, joyriding, 1919;
John H. Frazies, joyriding. 1919;
Clarence e. Brown, housebreaking
and larceny, 1919; Eugene Hawkins,
housebreaking and larceny, 1919;
Earl r. Fry, grand larceny, 1878;
Charles l. Booker, receiving stolen
goods, 1919; Thomas Carter, Nose
Gregg, Joe Fleet, housebreaking
and larceny. 1919: r. Terris Dozier,
grand larceny, 1919: Daisy Lewis,
grand larceny, 1919; Robert Neale.
false pretenses, 1919; Bruno Fisher,
receiving stolen property. 1919: Fer.
bert M. White. receiving stolen
property, 1919; Lopis r. Shea,
Frank Anderson. RECEIVING stolen
property, 1919; Herman Fields, re-
ceiving stolen property, 1913;
Earline Fields, receiving stolen
1919; Frank Bourell, re.
ceiving stolen property. 1919;
John Gartrell, receiving stolen
property, 1919: Earl Richard.
son. Henry Lincolns, joyrtding,
1918; Randolph ROwlss, tor
gerry, 1914: Alfred Gardaers VII