Evening star., 1924-03-31
Sc INDICTED HERE;
PLOT TO VIOLATE
DRY ACT CHARGED
Three Deputy Marshals, Po-
lice Officer, Marine, Caterer
and Women Accused.

Three deputy United States mar
shals, a lieutenant OF police, a sar-
geant of marines, a member Of the
| terminal police force at Union sta
ton, two colored Pullman car por-
ters and six other persons were in
dicted today by the grand jury in an
alleged conspiracy to violate the ma
tional prohibition act.
Three young women and fourteen
men also were indicted for conspiracy
to commit 100 offenses against the
United States through the alleged il
legal transportation and sale of
whisky.
A Washington caterer to society
functions, his wife, a waiter and two
others are charged in a third indict-
ment with conspiracy to violate the
Volstead act by furnishing intoxi-
cants at dinners and other social
events
The deputy mArshals are Patrick
H. Barteman- Charles Marshall and
John Il, Newman, who. with Ernest
4. Weaver and John ]. Clarkson.
were suspended from office some
weeks ago by United States Marshal
charges. The Indictment does not
mention Weaver and Carkson.
Lieut.. Joshua L. Sprinkle of the
eleventh precinct is named as one of the
alleged conspirators. He has been un-
der suspension pending action by the
grand jury.
William Holler is the member of the
terminal police who is said to have been
working with the alleged gang of boot
leggers, and Ralph Mccullough is said
to be the sergeant of marines involved
III the alleged illegal transactions. The
others named as conspirators are Jo-
seph E. Beudwin, his son, Joseph T.
Barcsdale. Claude McNeill, James Hunt
er, Bromley Hunter, James Arthur Will
hanson, Emil Krause and John j.
Lynch.
Porters Central Figures.
The alleged conspiracy was oper-
ated. it il charged, by the Pullman
porterS bringing suit cases full of
liquor from points in Florida to the
Union station, where they were met
by others of the alleged gang" who
transported the whisky to the place
of business of James Hunter at 919
ID street northwest and elsewh here
whence it was distributed to pur-
chasers in varying quantities.
This Indictment alleged that Dup
uty MarShals Barteman and Marshall
May l, 1928, transported thirty-six
quarts of liquor from Union station to
the home of James Hunter, in Foxall
Heights. No overt act in connection
with the alleged conspiracy appears
to be charged in the indictment
against Deputy Marshal Newman and
Lieut. Sprinkle, although both are
named as among the alleged conspir-
ators.
John J. Hickey is said to have sold
James Hunter thirty-six quarts of
whisky October 13 last Hickey tes-
tined before the grand jury. it is un-
him being named in the Indictment
Three Girls Indicted.
Benjamin Morris, Milton Scarbor-
ough and II. Curtis Lamson. who are
said to have conducted a large busi-
ness in the sale of intoxicants and to
have had mysterious list of promi-
nent people for customers, were in
dicted today with eleven other men
and their three young girl telephone
operators on a charge of conspiracy
to commit 100 offenses against the
United States in connection with the
sale and possession of whisky. The
young woman employees are Marion
Adams, Naomi Middleton and Pearl
Bryant.
others named as conspirators are
Bill Murphy, alias Joe Marks; John
c. Mack, alias William SchellenberE;
Allen c. Witherite. Louis DeLane,
John Foley, Roland Penneli, Jake
Lloyd. alias Jesse Lloyd; Herman
Yates, Harvey Pcss, John c. Schellen-
berg and John Warwick Birch.
Various places of business and
apartment houses, where the alleged
conspirators had offices and rooms
are set forth in the Indictment, and
would-be purchasers are declared to
have been furnished with code num-
bers to be used instead of their
names in ordering.
The young women would receive the
orders over the telephone, it is al
legged, and would give them to some
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