Evening star., 1926-11-05
Z MEN INDICTED
ON GAMING CHARGE
Four Others E:xonerated in
Report of Grand Jury.
81 True Bills.

The grand jury today indicted IL
men on charges Of setting up a gaming
table by having places where bets
could be made on the results of horse
races. The grand jurors eXonerated
four others of a similar charge. The
indictments are the results Of several
raids made by the police during the
past Summer. The indictments
charge a violation Of section S65 of
the District code. Persons convicted
under this section may be given q
maximum sentence of 5 years in the
penitentlary.
Those indicted under this section
are: Barney Rubin, Dave Samaiow,
Frank Mccormick, James J. NoOnan,
John l.. Frazier, Collie J. Timmons,
Frank G.. Lynn, Norman j. Pryor,
Hanson Bailey, John> f.. Miller, Les
ter f. Manokey and Clarence Rob
erts A total of 18 indictments was
presented, two of the alleged offend
ers being joined in five of the indict-
ments.
Those exonerated of the charge of
handbook making are Howard NJ
Fowler, Thomas Il. White, Frank
Terrill and Jack BabcOck.
Three Indicted i'm HOld-Up.
Three Oft the four men recently in
Leo W. *. Busch, were also indicted
for robbery today in connection with
the hold-up at the Million Dollar Gro
Gerry on Connecticut avenue, Septem-
Der 90, which was three days before
Busch was shot Those Charged with
the robbery are John Proctor, NichO-
las Eagles and Samuel Moreno tin
dicted for the death OF Busch), and
John a. Shepherd and Jacob Sager.
The grand jurors also eXonerated
Benjamin Cooper colored Of a charge
OF homicide for the death of Walter
Carter. a passenger in his automo-
bile. which ran into an electric light
pole August 8. last. The grand jurors
ignored a total OF 16 cases. Others
whose cases were dropped are:
Dorsey String, assault dangerous
weapon; Mack Smith and Edward j.
Lille, grand larceny; Alex Pappas, dis
posing of mortgaged personal prop
erty: Charles Taylor. assault to rape;
Eugene Hudson. housebreaking and
larceny; Alexander Rogers. robbery;
Ernest Colbert, carnal knowledge;
Robert Grinage. assault dangerous
weapon: Morton Brooks. assault dan
gerous weapon; Thomas j. Hickum
bottom, violation section S26b, Dis
trict of Columbia Code; Maurice Tur-
ley, perjury.
81 True Bills Presented.
4 total Of So true bills were pre-
sented to Justice Hoehling, naming
in addition to those mentioned, the fol
lowing persons and the charges
against them:
; Louis Burrs and James G. Boyd
alias James NJ. Boyd, larceny after
trust; c. B. Mckeag. alias Charles B.
McKeag. and Harry j. Graham
false pretenses; Vernon johnson, as
sault dangerous weapon; Sylvia
Washington, receiving stolen prop
erty; Henry Smith, assault dangerous
| weapon; James Clarkson. assault dan
gerous weapon and assault intent TO
| kill: Paul It. Wright. assault dan
gerous weapon; Nick Christ. as.
sault with intent to rob; James How
ard, Walter A. Smith e bills), Alex
Jones, James Munroe and James II.
! Dyson, joy-riding; Hamilton Whit
| tington. housebreaking and larceny
, Hamilton Wilmington. assault dan
| gerous weapon; Hamilton Whiting
on, housebreaking; Nathaniel Thomas
! 9 cases. housebreaking and larceny
| Nathaniel Thomas, joy-riding: Alonzo
| Saunders, housebreaking and larceny
Alonzo Saunders. Andrew Hinton
| "A IIlle hdTllIlShy ALIAS AHiHt
| Mccoy. Mary Reed TchinSkf
! Samuel Nottingham, Joseph NJ. Tighl
man and Harold Dunbar, grand lar
ceny; Harry G. Dunbar, alias Charles
| Harold Dunbar, robbery; Albert
J Brown, seduction: Bennie Newman,
Contee Gattis and John Flood, rob
berry; John Moseley and Joseph T.
Breedlove, non-support; William j.
Allen, Howard Delaney and George
Walter Wilson. bigamy; Walter K.
Roberts, violating white slave act.