Evening star., 1928-03-02
PRISONER INDICTED
IN THEFT Of RING
Grand Jury Charges Couple
With Abduction of
Girl. 7.

T. A. Kent, alias Herbert McClair, 30
years old. was indicted today by the
grand Jury for grand larceny. He is
said TO have posed as doctor and to
have stolen a ring valued at $500 be-
longing 10 Edmund B. Connolly. october
20. 1924 He had been fugitive and
the statute of limitations did not run
against the charge
Kent or McClair had been given per-
mission 1t is reported. to witness an
operation at Emergency Hospital and
is said to have taken the ring from
! the pocket OF the street clothes of one
of the surgeons working on the case.
Kent is said TO have pawned the ring in
Baltimore.
Abduction Charge.
Pauline Spellman and her second hus-
band. Raymond Spellman. are charged
with abduction for taking possession
of Dorothy K. Magruder. 7-year-old
child of the woman by her first hus-
band, Lewis E. Magruder. 1919 Chaplin
street. The child was kidnapped from
the Cook School or from her home
February 81 and taken TO Baltimore
where the accused still reside Custody
of the child had been awarded the
father by a decree Of the Baltimore
; courts.
Second Lieut.. Joseph B. Darcy of
the 29th Military Police Company of the
District National Guard was indicted
on charge of forgery of a Govern
ment security. He is said TO nave in
dorsed the names OF two men of his
company TO checks for 0r!.l duly One
| check was TO the order OF Edwin K
| Mitchell for SIT and the other TO the
order OF Morton Levy for sl20o.
/ George Edward Roulhac, colored. who
admitted that he committed highway
robbery for which John Butler, COL
ored, is now serving sen.erce, was
| indicted for the robbery and tor four
charges of housebreaKing and 'arceny.
On April Z, 1927. he held tp Phi,ip
Topper at 460i Hunt place northeast
and took 81 .25 from him. Roulhac told
/ the police that he sat IN courr and
heard Topper identify Butler as :his
assailant The housebreaking charges
include also visit to ti1f, Topper home
October 4. from which slO0 in cloth
ing was taken: residence os Rev. J. A.
! l.. Washington. SOB Division avenue.
where Clothing and $50 were 'ckcl. De-
cember 81: home of Edward Williams.
1929 Dean avenue northeast. January
2. where more clothing was taken, and
January 8, at the home ef DIR. James
A. Porter. Jay and Catherine streets
northeast, where he took $500 worth cf
jeweiry Roulhac is said to have ad-
mitted other cases of n3usebreakiug 10
the police.
Indicted in Staying.
Martin Luther ROulhac. brother of
George, vas indicted for murder in
the flrst degree In connection with the
death OF Thomas w Sill. also colorcd.
January %. Roulhac and sin renewed
an old quarrel. 1t is said. when they met
on Sheriff road northeast. and ROulhac
II charged with shooting his adversary
10 death.
Murder In the first degree Is also
charged against Thomas Smith, c0iored,
In connection with the death Of Andrew
TolSonh, also colored. November IS The
men were engaged on the same job al
Twenty-eighth street and Rock Greek
Drive when quarrel engued and Smith
Is said To have struck T'olson with a
shovel infiicting "A wound resulting In
the death Of the latter, Smith has not
yet been apprehended.
i Clarence j. Quinian was indicted on
three charges of forging doctors pre-
bcriptions for drugs. He Is said TO have
| forged prescriptions on DR. Henry
| Richard Rosenberg. 1882 street north
west. and DR.. William j. Ially. who has
offices at Tenth street anc Massachti-
sets avenue northwest. II Is alleged
tHai g'iinlan went 10 two Of the doctors
ana tbic them that he wanted ia have
MS sons tGEgils taken out and the
docnrs wrote their names, 50 he would
Know "htfe ~ come, and that he used
These signatures 10 get the drugs.
me grand Jurors refused to indict
william Weighiman, 81 years old said
70 pe hien of prominent Phiiadet
Lhia laH1ily, who vas charged with
iaiT I,feNhbes. He Ii said 10 have given
ban check IN payment for AN a.rl,Iate.
Eto,hff cilafse of bad cheek In con-
A'cticn WIN The purchase of an auto
tn"hilr Is iii pending IN lie tff,ce r.
IHiNd States httyfney GORDON.
Charges ignored.
Ihf grand jurors also ignored charges
~ terminating against two t,e,..,,,,
,"ErH III faidh ny police. They are Ruby
HAbrfmhn, 521 Eighth stree, ubo
! tah fal0ed February 20 and Mickev ME-.
ihpii"id. 1850 Fourteenth strre, raided
FfbfnhfJ II. Other cases dronned t,u
."f Efand jury include Harry Rossn
i"'k' fobbery, CannlIl Morris earu,l
s,t""@ase, John SmaliWood srduetlo,,.
EoHafd IL Cause, Joy~ridlug. WnI,n,
N MiJff. assault IL rape. ferov Mnunc
assault with DANGEROUS WeauDn. Iarv
"lIhS ana Daniel Chew. grand larceny
Oilers indicted and ths charm.
against then are
william Gfahau rgybefv. f,.orae
WTIHgtoh Murphy, forgery. ,josenL Il
Daicsy forgery. Fred FltzpatrjcE
!ai"thy hfttt trust Edgar Mc-
Hambf9 Two cas"sb, fDipefy aud utter.
Hk gregory A. EtgaT and james T..
Gallagher. setting up gaming table
! ibpbfTt l., Davis. jGyriding. William A
| Hanson two caAeaD Fan IL Jones
| Edwafd Johnson Wesley Hjli anf
Erfnrljik Alexander h0tikekrtakjuR nnf
larceny. George 20iuR. grand isrc.ny
ltefbtri 4 jili and Charles Ehhnkiin
assault ~ commit fGbbefY. William &
/ Ware FGDbsFy
Ray Minor, WIiism H. tshluman Biif
John II JackS1D, grand larceny. Henr'
jBckApn. iD.IsebteaslnR, William 4
Dayih aud J0hH y. isaaf. tH,usrbthak
inR nnf larceny ffedorIfs Yates nW'
easeat IiiaTits IyfeiB aud Elan Hnne
4auE!ret ftlIIee rabfSl, Webster J ktf
D1uaid i1offfl w Can. Carl IL Eeily
sU1fa Virgins Weliyu L. EIeHA uM'