Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
BENNETT INDICTED
I
i'm BANK SHORTAGE
ton Faces Count of Muir
Yer in Death of Marjorie
O'DonneII.

tGeorge Willard Bennett, IS years old,
f4rrler teller Of the Farmers g. Me-
c1sGics' Branch OF the Riggs National
H4r-k, was indicted today by the grand
tttY for the alleged embezzlemsnt OF
pTNe indictment contains 81 counts,
of which 80 relate TO separate trans
aCtstns and the thirtieth charges the
aRS, S,gate of the previous 20 counts,
with is stated as ST8.43l.59. In ad-
dis, Bennett Is said to have been
sh91@ in his cash vault July IL, 1929,
TO extent of SIG, 348.65, which forms
thd asis OF the thirty-first count.
other indictment returned today
wa that of Dexter Churchill Dayton,
cor ssed stranger of Marjorie ODon-
nell The charge is first-degree murder.
II theory of the prosecution in the
Der lit case is that the bank teller re-
ceiv deposits from certain customers
of bank. and instead of crediting
tho accounts with the amounts. APP
pre- ated the money to his own use.
False Entries Are Charged.
an additional indictment. he is
cha ed with violating the National
bar 1g laws by making alleged false
ent 5 of the total of deposits received
witt ED deposits.
II first count of the indictment
cha rs the embcZzlement of S5,64539
Jul last: the second count charges
tina ne withheld $65750 on the same
day he third alleges the embezzlement
of 0l882 on the same day. The
four and fifth counts relate to al
lege transaction July 10 and charge
the mbeEzlement of $3,4l5.67 and
SAL 67, respectively. On July 6 he is
said 10 have embez2led $2.485.05, and
this ! set out In the sixth count. All
of II alleged populations are said to
have occurred on the five days, July ],
S, g. o and IL.
Iry the other indictment charging
vol ons OF the banking laws, there
are We counts, one relating to each
of t five days named above on which
the REGULATIONS are charged and on
whi Bennett is said to have entered
a Il lie total of deposits received in
stea bf putting in the banks books the
PROP figures.
Follows Smith Indictment.
III murder indictment against Day
ton connection with the death OF
MisS O'Donneil, young stenographer,
slair In the Roosevelt Hotel October z,
Is 81 single count and follows closely
The NNst count Of the indictment against
Of death for the killing Of
his laughter Bessie in September, 1928. |
The Imith case is pending on appeal
In tAs Court Of Appeals.
Dayton is charged in the indictment |
WithE choking the girl to death.
TC4timony concerning the death OF !
the Nirl was presented to the grand |
juryfby Assistant United States At |
tornsy Arthur G. Lambert. Dayton |
probABly will be arraigned Friday or |
Saturday.
G4p;ge Lee. alias Lee KEN Hem, is
heldEa first-degree murder for the kill |
ing pr Lee Mum Kate, elderly Chinese.
withs q nat iron during an alteration !
bloch -Four half street southwest, |
last fAptember 3. Lee confessed the |
killiIig: which he said resulted from a |
and was found in the build |
ing by Policemen j. d. Oppert, Henry
D. Darcy and H. H. Hefiin, who were
sentSt3 the place while the quarrel was
SSkslssa sHeiE eplored, is also charged
withN Frst-degree murder Of Alice Metz |
also &0lored last August 16 According |
to p&lsce,. Bell had threatened to take |
the ;SiAing. He is said to have seen
her Snter an ONCE in the 600 block N
stress and went after her, carrying a
shot, IN. After shooting her, Bell fed,
and Aas arrested several blocks away
Tlt1 grand Jurors exonerated Walter
e. HAytt. driver Of an automobile which
CAUSED the death of Catherine Davis in
fronk Of premises 491 G street southwest
MaySi6. The child stepped from the
sideFFlk In front Of the machine, 1t was
testified.
OGlsr cases In which the grand jurors
decljA6d to return indictments included
HillNsn p. Holloway and James S.
Murray, charged with embezzlement.
and WILEY Nicholson, charged with an
assault with q dangerous weapon.