Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-03
YOUNG IS INDICTED
IN SAVINGS CASE
Custodian of Christmas
Cash of U. S. Employees Now
Free on $500 Bond.

George Harry Damon Young, Gus
todian of Christmas funds of fellow
employees of the War Department, was
indicted today by the grand jury on
charge of larceny after trust. The
specific complaint named in the indict-
ment is made by Stanley +. Burrows
of Bethesda, Md, an employe of the
Office of the quartermaster general. In
all, 101 indictments were returned, five
for firstdegree murder.
The indictments were reported to
Justice Hoehling in Criminal Division
No. 1. The jurors refused to indict II
persons against whom charges had
been preferred by the police.
This report concluded their work
and they were discharged.
According to the Young indictment
Burrows between December Is, 1924.
and November IS. 1925. intrusted
Young with a total of s265 for a
Christmas saving fund, which has not
been repaid, it is alleged While only
one charge is stated in the indictment,
Detective Sergt. James A. Springmann,
who investigated the case. said there
was a large number of the employees
of the War Department who had SINH
larly intrusted their savings to Young.
The total amount of the deposits said
to have been made with Young is
variously estimated from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Under $500 Bond.
Young is under bond of $500 to
await trial on the indictment, and At
torney K. J. Quigley, his counsel,
has been investigating mis- accounts, it
is stated, preparatory to making a
statement for his client. Young re-
signed his position at the War Depart
ment and was supposed to be in New
York until his counsel called on AS
sistant United States Attorney Ralph
Given in Police Court to arrange his
bail.
Henry I. Foster. former attorney
in the office Of the alien property Gus
todian, is charged with embezzlement
in two indictments reported by the
grand jury. After retiring from the
office, it is said, he appeared as at
torney for two alien women whose
property had been seized under the
trading-w g-with-the-enemy act and who
were entitled to have returned a por-
| ton of the amount seized with the in
come from certain securities. Foster
is charged with getting the checks,
| totaling nearly $500, and applying
them to his own use. Foster was
recently apprehended in Chicago and
an effort will be made by the local
authorities to have him brought here
instead of sending him to Oklahoma,
where a charge is also pending
against him, 1t is reported.
The checks alleged to have been
embezzled were drawn on the Treas
urer of the United States by the alien
property custodian. Two are made
! payable to the order of Foster as at
torney for Elizabeth r. Won Wright
and are for S3,289.01 and $1,592.55.
The other two are payable to Foster
as attorney for Victoria Won Ehren-
traut, one for $35O.95 and the other
for $251.05.
Lawyer Is Accused.
Embezzlement is also alleged against
Michael G. O'Brien. a member of the
local bar. He is charged with col
lecting rents belonging to Alfred w.
Cochran between August IL and De-
| cember, 1925, and with using the
money for himself.
! False pretenses are charged in four
| indictments reported against Harry
| NJ Sieber in connection with invest
ments by four women in a syndi-
| cate said to own large tract of
| land and known as the Macbeth Palm
Beach Syndicate In Florida. Laura
| f. Rosser claims she lost 500 on
! alleged Misrepresentation. while
Tuley w Nelson invested $1,000 Edna
Casbarian 500 and Margaret A.
Brown $500, according to the indict-
| mentS.
! Five persons charged with murder
in the first degree are all colored
! One indictment alleges a second-de-
gree murder and another charges
manslaughter.
Ira Ralph Gray is said to have
shot and killed Albert Gattas In front
| of a lunchroom at lis Four.and half
street northwest after Gattas had re-
fused the demand of the negro to
| turn over the contents of the cash
register. The attempted hold-up and
homicide occurred November 27.
David Lucas is held responsible for
the death of Thomas Blair, at 500
Christian court southwest, November
| 28. Blair was struck with an iron
bar following a "dice" game, it is
| stated.
First-degree murder is also charged
against Frederick M. Jackson In con-
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