Evening star., 1923-07-03
From Yesterdays $40 Edition Of The Star.
five MEN INDICTED
UNDERL|QUORACT
U. S. Attorney Seeks Peniten-
tiary Sentence for Alleged
Second Offenders. .

Penitentiary sentences await boot
Ieggers who are caught selling in
toxicants after they have been fined
in Police Court. Carrying out his in
tention to use the indictment as an
effective weapon to put a check on
violations of the Volstead act, United
States Attorney Gordon yesterday Sc /
cured from the grand jury indictments
for second offenses against the national
prohibition act.
Five persons were indicted, all of
whom have been previously fined for
first offenses of whisky selling and
are accused by the police and prohi-
bition agents with continuing to sell
intoxicants. Those indicted are: Ber-
nard Corridor, who conducts a gas
station at 13 II street northeast;
Henry White, dancing academy, at
sos 9Th street northwest; Louis Gritz,
534 8th street southeast; Samuel
Amato, 1452 p street northwest, and
Louis Turher, colored, 1880 Sth
street northwest.
Indicted for Larceny.
Embezzlement, larceny after trust
and forgery are charged in four in
dictments reported against John E.
Brown, 2162 Wyoming avenue. for
mer employe of the brokerage firm
of Redmond & Co. Brown is held
under $4,000 bond and the police
say his alleged speculations Will
reach $4,000. The figures used in
the indictments fall far short Of
that amount.
One indictment charges that whileJ
In the employ of the brokers Brown
came into possession of two bonds
of $1,000 each of the U. S. Hoffman
Machinery Company which belonged
to Maj. Clifford c. Early and that
he converted the bonds to his own
use.
Another indictment alleged that
while SO employed he was intrusted
with French republic bond of $1,000
and twelve shares of the stock Of
the American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company, which was the prop
erty of Mary G. Ogden, and that he
converted these to his own use.
Two Forgery Charges.
The two other indictments alleged
forgery. 1t is charged that Brown
signed the name of Maj. Early to a
receipt to Redmond & Co. for the
bonds which Brown is alleged to have
embezzled. A similar receipt is said
to have been made out and signed
with the name Of Mary ogden for
the French bond and the stock GER
tificates described in the other in
dictment.
John S. Mockabee is charged with
forging a certified check for s1,400
on the Lehigh Trust Company of Lam
caster, Pa. He is said to have repre-
sented himself as Richard Freeman,
representative in Congress, and TO
have used the letters IN. c." after
the name of Richard Freeman. to
whose order the check was drawn.
The check was given to candy firm
of Baltimore, Nd, June last in pay-'
ment for 1,400 pounds of candy.
The check was signed by George
Hutzler and was drawn to the order
of Richard Freeman. A stencil
stamped certification appears on the
face of the check bearing the name
of the alleged cashier of the insti-
tuition. The government claims there
is no such banking concern.
Henry B. Thaden, an automobile
dealer. is charged with false pre-
lenses. 1t is alleged he obtained 1925
from the General Finance and Sc
curity Company on an alleged con-
tract for deferred payments on an
automobile which he claimed to have
sold to G. NJ. Routzahn January %.
1t is declared the contract was not
valid and that the car held by the
purchaser was not the one described
In the contract of sale.
George Wilson is charged with
blackmail. He is alleged to have
taken Florrie Baggett and Lena Van
Wrinkle for a ride in his automobile
and to have represented that he was
a detective and obtained money from
them on threats of arresting them
Manslaughter is charged in an in
diotment against Murray Bias, COL
ored, who is said to have killed Ida
Thomas in motor accident last
april. A truck had been parked in
Shows court and Bias. who is said to
have nothing to do with the machine.
turned the steering wheel, it is said,
and started the machine down grade.
Ida Thomas was standing at the en-
trance to the court and was struck
and killed.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are:
Harry G.. Tritapoe is charged with
impersonating an officer. 1t is al
E. Long, manager of the Rialto Thea
ter, that he was an agent of the Sc
cret service of the Treasury Depart
ment and wished to enter the theater
to make an arrest. Patrons of the
theater were annoyed by him. it is
stated.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include Morris H. Dins-
more, Harvey K. Shaner and Ernest
NJ. Rupert, embezzlement; Johnnie T.
Redman and Arthur Hall. grand lar
ceny; Ralph d. Weeks. forgery; Rus
sell Dickerson, violating drug law;
Luther Ray. violating postal law:
Harry L. Serrin, false pretenses;
Phillip E. Strauss, jr.. false pre-
lenses; j. Edgar Benson. violating
bad cheek law; Joseph Bender, lar
ceny after trust: Octayia Scott SEC
ond offense, petit larceny; Nathan
Trent, Maurice Conradi, Richard
Shell, Samuel Johnson and Walter
Spriggs, non-support.
The jurors ignored charges OF
embezz1ement against Joseph Green
and Edward A. Roberts.
The grand jury completed its term
of service today and was discharged !