Evening star., 1926-04-17
JAIL FOR STEALING
DIPLOMATS SL|QUOR
CoIored Men Get Three Years
for Halted Robbery-Oth-
ers Sentenced.

| An attempt to steal - quarts of
whisky from the apartment of the sec
retary to the Greek legation. will send
! Bun O. Kelley and James Jones, both
colored to the penitentiary. A SEN
| tence of years each was imposed
| today by Justice Stafford in Criminal
| Division , on their plea of guilty to
grand larceny.
! The indictment valued the liquor at
S5 per quart, but the court suggested
that if the men had been successful
and had retailed the intoxicants a
! much larger sum than $3.50 probably
! would have been obtained.
Jones was janitor of the apartment
| house where the Greek secretary re-
sides, and had access to the keys of the
various apartments. Kelley also had
| been jaintor. He had an automobile
which was parked near the basement
entrance to the apartment November
%, when the attempt was made to
get the liquor. The door of the Greek
secretary's apartment had been taken
off the hinges to give the appearance
of having been forced and the liquor
was removed to the basement near
window where it could be passed to
the waiting automobile. The police
heard of the disappearance of the
liquor and arrived before it could be
placed III the automoDlle.
Boy Lookout Sentenced.
Joseph T.. Cameron, a young White
boy who has been a ward of the
Children's Guardians, was given
year at Occoquan for standing guard
while James I.add broke into store
at 1919 Pennsylvania avenue March
1 and stole clothing, some of which
Cameron was wearing when arrested.
The boy recently served 30 days In
Jail for stealing pennies from news
paper boxes on the street.
Horace Turner, 10. and Edward c.
Smith. 20, both colored, will serve
three years each in the penitentiary
for housebreaking. They entered the
store of the Atlas Sporting Goods Co.,
at 927 d street. last February and re
moved a quantity of merchandise.
Three years in the penitentiary was
the sentence imposed on VIII Small,
colored. for grand larceny. He took
an automobile January l6 and drove
it to Danville, Va, where 1t was re
covered three days later.
Earle Lee. 19, colored, was given
two years in the penitentiary for
housebreaking. He at first admitted
that he broke into premises 441 NJ
street January and later denied the
charge. Still later he pleaded guilty
Rum Carrier Convicted.
Bernard Richardson. colored, was
fined 500 or 80 days in Jail for trans
porting three half-gallon jars of liquor
in a basket last Thanksgiving eve.
He saw policemen approaching him
and ran, he said which caused his
arrest.
Speros Super, 16, was sentenced to-
day to serve years in the peniten-
tiary on two charges of housebreak-
ing. He has been in criminal trouble
on several occasions. He broke into
the store of Harry Rubin March IA
and stole a quantity of jewelry and
later entered the store of Samuel
Weisenberg. but was discovered be-
fore he could take anything.
Isaac Burroughs, colOred. was given
five years in the penitentiary. He
assaulted Harry Kyvelles with a razor
March 2. Andrew Butler. colored.
was given three years for carnal
knowledge. and John II. Edmonds. col
ored, drew one year at Occoquan for
using a razor in an assault on Allan
Malley January IL.