The Washington times., 1929-07-01
DOCTOR
SEEKING j. S.
POSITION

The indictment of Stephen Sowin.
ski, alias Stephen Steuben, on
charges Of impersonating another
and in making q false oath on an
application for appointment before
the United States Civil Service Com
mission by the Grand Jury today re.
veaIed a droll story which would
have delighted the heart Of De Mau-
passant.
Sowinski was known to Washing-
ton several years agp as DR.. Charies
I.apierre, clinical director OF Gar
linger Hospital. Later he went to
New York. where he was attached TO
the staff OF Bellevue Hospital and
was regarded as an expert on nerN'
Gus and mental diseases.
Asked U. s. Job
when he made application for ap.
uointment as an associate menlcai
officer in the Civil Service last Jan
nary Is. Government officials be.
came interested in his career ana
caused an investigation to De mace
Investigation revealed that SOW
;nskI alias Steuben, had heard or the
real DR.. Lapierre, q Canadian. VINO
once served on the staff OF DanVeFs
asylum in Massachusetts where
SowinsN was employed.
sowinski had graduated from an
unaecredited medical school ana
after Lapierre returned to Canada
adopted the latter's name ana
credentials and passed himself as
very creditabIe DR.. Lapierre until
he ran afoul of the Government
authorities.
Others indicted an the charges
against them include Willis Thorn
ton. Andrew Green, Lewis Walker.
Melvin Hamilton, Kenneth Morgan,
David Brenner, Marvin /. Harlow,
Thelma H. Wisotzky, Albert Thomas,
Jerome l. Barnes, Rosella Dobson,
Cyril Maxwell, Frank /. Murphy,
Carl Richard Smith, Charles Mills
and Smithson Banion, housebreak-
ing and larceny: EIeanora johnson
and George Spriggs, receiving stolen
property; Lonnie Green, alias Lon
Chaney. depreciation on private
property; Dennis c. Jenkins, Francis
Beall. Hubert Jarboe, Vincent
Pegarars, Louis G. Stephenson,
James A. Mahoney and Douglas
Jones, grand larceny; Augustus
Gaddis. grand larceny and joyrid-
ing; Charles E. Hunt and George
H. Raum, larceny from the United
States; James A. Rawlings, joy
riding.
Violent Crimes Cited
Elwood O. Kissenberger. James e.
Bolger, Thomas A. Holt, Joseph
Thomas and Archie Gillian. rob
berry: James Roberts, David Maha-
pha, and Archie Gillian, assault to
commit robbery; Benjamin E. Coop
err, Leroy Davis, Charles w. Beas.
ley, Frank Washington. and John
Fl. Carter, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Edwin williams, Alonzo
Brooks, Carl Pollard, and Thomas
e. Robertson, carnaI knowledge;
Wesley Mccoy, seduction: Joseph
o. Lawrence. incest; Benjamin H.
Smart, abortion: Augustus F.
Wright, John 8. Reed. Roy A. Nc.
Coy and Harry c. Smith, nonsup-
port: Thomas r. Fitzgerald, violation
OF the national motorvehicle theft
act: Thos E. Robertson, violation
Mann act: Dominick J. Ciaffone,
Anna Margaret Ciaffone and Harry
Smith. violation Harrison narcotic
act: Ralph Hutchinson, Charles E.
Keller. Karl Esper, Margaret Bob
binger. Philip r. Manson and Victor
Lehto. forgery and uttering: Harry
F. Freund, r. E. McCammon and
Samuel H.. Friend. false. pretenses;
John J. O'Brien, William L. Benson,
Joseph w. Geddes. Horace Andrews
and James III. Lineberger. larceny
after trust; Nejib Hekimian, embez-
element and larceny after trust; AL
fred Douglas and William z. Etchi-
son, embezzlement; Bernard L. Bon
ner, violation gambling laws.
The Grand Jury also refused to
indict Boden r. Purdy on charge
OF housebreaking: James A. Brown,
joyriding. and James L, Slsight and
William Handy for violation OF the
national prohibition act.