Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
MOFFATT INDICTED
ON ALIENS CHARGE
Investment Broker Accused
of Converting Clients
Money to Self.

William Lee Moffatt, local investment
broker, was indicted today on a charge
Of larceny after trust, on which he was
arrested october IT by Policeman
Robert j. Allen and which arrest led to
the filing Of charges against Allen before
the trial board and a charge Of in
subordination against Police Capt.
Robert E. Doyle, eighth precinct, for q
letter written to Maj. Henry G. Pratt
in defense of the policeman.
Allen was dismissed by the trial board,
but an appeal is pending before the Dis
trict Commissioners. Capt. Doyle was
exonerated by the trial board.
The new indictment against Moffatt,
two previous indictments having been
returned against him in February, 1928,
charges that he was entrusted by G. r..
Orndoff with q check for $5,023 to pur-
chase stocks It Is alleged that, instead
Of buying the securities, Moffatt con-
verted the proceeds of the check to his
own use.
Man Faces Forgery Charges.
Three charges of forgery and utter
ing are made against Robert B. Mac
Intyre, who is said to- have forged the
name of Lieut.. Comdr. Joel T. Boone,
President Hoover's physician, to three
checks for $50 each last September.
MacIntyre, it is stated, offered one
check at the Raleigh Hotel which was
questioned by the cashier, but whose
fears we're allayed when a phone call
came from person assumed to be the
White House physician. The trick also
was worked, it is stated, at the Army
and Navy Club and at a business house
Two indictments for second-degree
murder and five for manslaughter also
were reported by the grand jury. John
D. Fours, white, and Julian Saunders,
colored. are named in the murder in
dictments. Fours is said to have shot
to death George Nichols June 26 on the
street in the TOO block of S street and
was later apprehended in Virginia
Saunders is said to have stabbed Harry
r. Washington, colored, with a pairing
knife September % at 1889 Ninth street.
The manslaughter charges are against
Henry Pratt. William Walker, Edward
Johnson and Joseph Harrison, all COL
ored, and Michael Duffy, white. Albert
B. Smith was indicted on lottery
charge.
66 Indictments Reported.
The grand jury reported 66 indict-
nents and ignored 10 cases. Among
others indicted are John Silvos, Fred
erick Eugene Kerfoot Stephen Bradford
Crowley, Leon Carl Brown. James
Smith and william S. Hart non-sup-
port; William jackson, Edgar Williams
and Carl Rivers, robbery; Richard
Franklin Biggs, Frank Contee, Oden s..
Carr, Thomas P. Midland, John Kidd,
Edward j. Adams, Howard Poster, alias
Howard Foster: owen jackson, Frank
Smith, Clifton Reeder, Nathaniel Edelin,
and Joseph Erps, grand larceny.
Louis Jones, Chauncey Med. Ashton
a cases., John Moody q cases., Willie
Jones (alias Charles Benjamin), Milton
D. Reeves and Marshall Hunter, house.
breaking and larceny; Roy r. Holmes
seduction; Lillian N. Henson, receiving
stolen property: George William Phillips
g cases. and Robert B. Mcintyre (alias
Norman K. Wilson, 3 cases., forgery
and uttering; Charles H. Daniels, lar
eeny after trust; Raymond Edward
Arnett, theft.
John D. Caldwell, embezlement; Au-
gust j. Haag. Osborne Scott, Spencer
r. Hayden, John E. Carter. Samuel
Floyd. John T. Oden, Charles Adams
and William SmotherS (twO cases), as
Sault with dangerous weapon.
The grand jurors exonerated the fol-
lowing of the charges preferred against
them: John Jones, Oden S. Carr and
Thomas P. Midland, grand larceny; Ed
ward Clark and John Moody. house.
breaking and larceny; Charles Henry
Brent, joyriding; Gilbert w. Cave and
Escaroe Robinson, larceny after trust;
Claude Aubrey Thompson, assault with
DANGEROUS weapon.