Evening star., 1924-10-07
43 ARE INDICTED
ON LIQUOR CHARGES
SO Others Exonerated by
Special Grand Jury in
Last Report.

The special grand jury. which last
week indicted 5S persons and ignored
charges against 20 others of violating
the national prohibition act, yester-
day made it's last report. involving 43
more persons in alleged violations by
way of possession, transporting or
selling liquor. and ignored charges
against 60 others. This makes to-
tai of l0l people indicted and 139 ex-
onerated The special grand jury was
discharged with the thanks of the
court.
Leon Alderman and George A.
Fugett, former Federal prohibition
agents, were indicted on a charge OF
asking and receiving bribe to IN
fiuence them in the performance of
their duties. Raymond A. Prettyman,
who kept a deficatessen store at
Twentieth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, is said to have
paid the accused $3.50 on Ackerman's
request and statement that he would
see that the case against Prettyman
in the Police Court did not go against
him. Ackerman had conducted a raid
on Prettyman'S place, and the alleged
acceptance Of the bribe came at a
later visit to the store. where de-
tectives were hidden, it is stated.
Conspiracy Charged.
Conspiracy to transport intoxicants
from Savannah. Ca, to Washington is
charged in an Indictment against
Abraham 5. Levine and Ed" Keller
They are said to have shipped trunks
loaded with whisky from Savannah
TO Baltimore, Md. and to have inter-
copied the shipment here. The whisky
was traced to a local hotel, II 49,
stated The alleged transaction is
said to have occurred May 10, 1922.
Others indicted include Fred Bel
ford. George R Butler. Marie F'ragi-
mails. Fred Douglas Wilson, Virginia
Bell Edmonds. William Wright, James
l. Taylor, Clarence Brannum, James
Tolliver, Morris Cohn. Louis GritZ,
George Greenfield, Mary c. Adams,
John Dutch, Florence White. Richard
Robinson. Basil Maynard. Jacob L.
Rosenberg, James r. Steele, Thomas
F. Gardner. Alvin G. Ogle, George
Lawrence Cassiday. Nettie kokinos,
Fannie Clark, John w. Young, Silas
Jefferson, Albert Stephenson, Beatrice
Perry Joseph Inoff, Isaiah Shelton,
Joseph Glass, Marie Meyers, George
Jason, William Wright Dennis, T.
Darcy (alias Patrick ]. Sullivan),
George w. Meade (alias "Chickieo,
John J. Lynch, Frank Ceccarelli
(alias Frank Dano) Robert Johnson,
John Hauptmann and John Lewis.
Those against whom charges were
dropped include: w. II. Garth, Della
ware Carter. Lula Hoskins. James
johnson. Annie Williams. Laura
Hackett James F.. Jarboe, John Ed
wards, alias John Lauford; Frank
jackson, Burns Anderson, DR.. ii. Clay
Bradley, Earl Russell, Theodore
Duckett, Jacob Candy, Estille Thomp-
son, Annie Garrett, William Bait.
Paul j. Brown, Arthur Nebb. Joseph
killroy. Robert Thornton, Bernard NJ.
West, Morris Cohn. Armon Williams,
William H. Hassett, Bertha Dudley,
Frank Simms, Jack Perry, Sibley
Buckley, John Grimes. Louis Gritz,
Frank Washington.
William Green, William Butler,
Alice. V. Wiklow, Joseph Heath. Rose
Dudby. Peter Thomas, Rosetta Ian
caster, William Hill. Henrietta Hill.
Frank Richard. Anna kelker. Gui-
seppe Giovinnte, Thomas Harpster.
Ellen Franklin. Jennie Jaggi, Patrick
J. Murphy, George Alexander Burgan,
Clara Lee. Eliza Burns. David E.
Brown, Ralph Thompson. Joseph
Louis CARL, John c. Brown, Nary
Brown, Edward c. Thompson, Sher-