The Washington times., 1923-03-11
CHARITY WORKER
ARRESTED As FAKE
Frank O'Hare Put More Than
$1,000 to Personal Use,
Police Charge.
FElGNED AID TO CHILDREN
Sold Candy to Prominent Men
ITO Save Babies Lives"
Is Claim.
FEIGNED AID TO CHILDREN

Accused by the police of apprc.
priating charity funds totaling
more than $1,000 to his personal use,
Frank o'Hare, thirty.six years old,
OF Baltimore, was arrested yester.
day at his offices. 1918 sixth street
northwest, by Detective Sergeants
Lawrence o'Dea and Dennis Cul.
linane.
Detectives started their investi.
cation Of the business being con.
Quoted by 0'Hare following a mum.
Der OF complaints which were re.
ceived from clergynen and others
who claimed they were victims Of
a swindle, which was exclusively
printed In The Herald on informa-
ton furnished by the Better Bust
ness Bureau.
O'Hare. who police accuse OF lav-
ing swindled hundreds Of prominent
business men out Of sums ranging
from 50 to $40, was charged with
false pretense. He was lodged at
the Second precinct station.
USED CHILDREN AS BLIND.
Coming to Washington eight
months ago. police say. O'EIare EN-.
ployed about a dozen girls and
opened offices at 1873 Sixth street
northwest. Police say he purport.
ed himself to be representative
Of the American Children's Aid
Society, $40 C street northwest;
Charlotte Nellie Day Nursery, 1919
Calvert street northwest, and the
Washington Cancer Hospital, Four
teenth and Girard streets north.
east
Picking names at random from
the telephone book, police charge,
the girls employed by O'Hare would
arrange for the sale of boxes Of
candy at large price, telling the
prospective customers that by pur.
chasing the candy they would be
saving baby's life.
PLANNED A CONCERT.
In a brief case found in O'Fiare's
room were checks written by some
of Washington's most prominent
people for tickets for q concert
which police say O'4are had adj
vertised would be held in Odd Eel
lows Hall. 419 Seventh street north.
west. April 2, to benefit the Wash
ington Cancer Hospital.
Among the Washington persons
who police say O'Hare obtained
funds from are:
LIST OF VICTIMS.
Jerome Saks, w. Loney, J. A..
Taylor, Nath M. Summers, G. r.
Staples, r.. M. Waldron, Anna r.
Volk, Anna NJ Turley, Mrs. viii.
helm Schulze. John Van Sickler,
j. L. Warfield, Madam Vibond.
Marva Food Product, Dupont Rid
ing School, Charles J. Brown, A. @.
Spaulding Co., Capt. r. d. Peyser,
Sterbel Motor Co, Wade Barrill.
Fl. Johnson, John r. Shields. Charles
Merillitt or Thee. Man, Garden r.
Warner, William Mills, J. Fl. Taylor,
l.. w. Parker, Western Auto Supply.
William r. Winslow, Earl p. War
field John r, Wallor. Frank r.
White. Lee Walsky, James A. West,
William v. Cox, Edward w. White
F. Denley. M. A. Griffin, Walter J.
Calhoun. Samuel Craley, Walter
Case, Oscar Weaver, c. M. Cohen,
Frank b. Essex, j. w. Cain, r. A.
Cochrane, Michael Doyle, Edward
d. Freeman, Edward c. Ernest,
Ralph Wallace, Lewis Hotel School,
Charles .. Sager, Samuel ScriVener,
Hubert e. Peck, J. P. Henshaw, w.
B. Howe, Harry K. Hickey, Willard
Tailoring Co., Fleischrnann Yeast
Co., Vendor State Co., Mrs. Edna
B. Daniel, Louis Nesline, Richard
Bright,
s. NJ. Darragh, Fred j. Essary,
Otto H. Franklin, Gerald Fftzger.
aid, John Frisina, c. H. Farrell, S.
Deckelbaum, F. J. Davidson, J. m.
Down. M. Ehrhanit. Aloysius j.
Fealey, Henry J. Goodman Co.. J..
D. Watkins, G. G. Pearson, Arthur
Smith, C. w. Ward, Ohio Lunch,
c. A. Camalier, H. Scheffert, A. H.
Burdine, Luther r. Speer, s. T.
Schwartz, c. w. Steers, Paul Bley.
den, C. l.. Sturtevant, G. c. Brad
ford. j. r. Ellerson, ST., Brice Bowie.
Samuel scrivner, E. c. Bosworth,
w. l.. Brown, j. D. Garman, H. r.
Stutsman, C. S. st. John, L. II.
Sutton, Morris SCHNEIDER, A r.
Spear, J. E. Battenfield, Milton ].
Boucher, D. Bulloch & Co, H. r.
Breslan, Fl. c. Birge, A. l.. Straut,
w. H. futile, S. Segal. Mr.. Ward
H F.. Schlegel. National Laundry
Company, r. d. Seiffert, A. N.
Trivett, Abraham Silberstein, S. \.
Taylor, S. A. Slaughter, George
Stein, w. L. Lowe, DR.. D. P. Cash,
J. A. Torrille, J. A. Sterett, J. r.
Shields, w. F.. Hissish, p. T.
Weldon. r. H. ponnelly, B. N
Timmons. Morris Stein. Leonard
Sergeant, S. l.. Price, J. b. Kin
near, Carroll & Martin, Anton Koer-
Der, Connolly Chemical Co., Rlick
Bros, Emerson & Orme, Samuel c.
Palmer Co., Allen G. Clark, Eugene
C. Brown, e. f. Winkelman, J. M.
Green, J. B. Shapiro, Elias Joseph,
d. ]. Callahan, w. T. Crounsy, Ar.
thur Sinnott, Browne & Phelps.