The Washington times., 1929-07-01

81 INDICTED BY.
D. c. GRAND
JURY

UUHI
In a final cleanup OF business be.
fore closing its term, the District
Grand Jury today reported total
of 81 indictments including three Tor
first degree murder. one for second
degree and IL for violation Of the
Jones Law.
An echo of the abortive gang war
in which two colored men. alleged 70
have been police dry informers were
killed last March 13 was heard In
the indictment for first-degree muir
der OF the four colored men accused
of the crime. =
Leon T. Brown. Lawrence Bias,
Theodore Smith and William Bfao-a
ley are held for the killing. Cor.
nelius Lewis Lyons, also coiored,
was exonerated of any connection
with the shooting. The four mem
are said to have swooned down on
the automobile containing three In
formers and opened fire on the
machine, causing the death Of Car
enee Harvey and Edward smith,
The shooting affray occurred ata
Broad Alley and G Street s. w. -
midnight.
Held Tor killing woman
James 7. Hughes, colored, is held
for first degree murder OF Ida M-s
Fortner, his alleged common-law
wife. He is said to have shot her
with a pistol at their home at 10
o st. n. w. last June 4.
Elous Williams, alias Bud Will,
liams, colored, is held for first De-
gree murder in connection with the
killing of Robert Jackson. also COLI
ored, with an ice pick at ZZS
Brooks Court n. w. last May 80.
Murder in the second degree Is
| charged against Lula Robinson, cols
ored, in an indictment which charges
that she killed her husband, Henry
Robinson. with a butcher knife DUR
ing an alteration at their home at
491 Missouri Ave. N. W., last May
25. =
A manslaughter Indictment was
reported against Henry Taliaferro,
a white man, for the automobile kill
| ing Of Benjamin Cady, also white, :
! last May 25, at the corner of Elev-.
enth and B Streets Northeast. Po-
| lice say that Taliaferro ran down
Cady while attempting right hand
turn at high rate OF speed. -Four
quarts OF alleged whisky were found
in his car after his arrest. police say,
and his brakes were said to have
been found to be in bad condition.
The first instance Of a defendant
under the Jones law, charged with,
manufacture of intoxicating EQuOrs.
| is seen in the Indictment OF Frank
and Jessie Nicciolino and Nellie Pit
tore, all white. who also face charges
of possession under the same tndict-
ment. They were arrested by Ser.
geant Letterman's vice squad last
May 10 at a house in the 1900 block,
Otis Pl. n. W.
A S00-gaIlon stiIl and 504 quarts
of alleged liquor were found in
the house, police say.
Others indicted under the Jones
law include: Willian1 9. Qtlirk, traF5s-
| pof6ation and possession on May IL;
Bessie Snow and Myrtle Bowery,
sale and possession on May S; John
NJ. Veatch and James r.. Moore
| transportation and sale on May s;
George T. Belew and Otto 5. Nc
Kay transportation and possession
| on May II: James W. shures and
George H. Stewart, transportation
and possession on April 22; An
thony D. Ambrosio, transportation
and possession on April %: Waiter.
E. Upton and william H. FIury.
sale and possession on April 50 and
other dates in early May; Dennis
E. Beatley and Leonard w. Beatlev,
| transportation and possession IN
May 81; William G. Donaldson,
transportation and possession on
May 25 and Richard s. Cole and
| Horace Wood, sale and possession
on April g.
Third Offense
Indictments for third offense
violations of the National Prohibi,
ton Law prior to passage of the
Jones Law are reported against
BENJAMIN Bernstein and William H,
| Marshall
An Indictment charging larceny
after tuust is reported against
Joseph c. Brown, real estate dealer.
who is said to have converted to
his own use a check for 1850 given
him by Mrs. Julia L. Massey ON
April 10. 1928. Brown was indicted
for a similar offense four Years
ago and entered a plea OF guilty..
He was placed on probation on Nav
D. 1926 for three years His present
Indictment was returned iust
Few days after his probation ex.
pired
The Grand Jury refused to indict
Forrest F. Damon, a young war
veteran. who killed Alfred Kirby his
ouody during a fist fight in the
900 block Pennsylvania Ave. last
Decoration Day. Kirby was drunk.
according to witnesses and attacked
Damron, who struck him in self,
defense.
John Herds, an inmate OF St.
Elizabeth's Hospital, was also exon
Grated of blame In the death Of e:
c. Taylor. another inmate. On Nav,
l6 last, Herds pushed Taylor as
they passed in corridor of the
hospital, causing him to fall and
break his hip. While in bed with
the fractured hip, Taylor contracted.
pneumonia, which caused his death,
The Grand Jury also refused to
indict Bernard Corridor of ganblinx.
charges. Policeman George I. He'll,
muth, chased Corridor into q. store
in northeast Washington last Nav
IL, he declared and found In his,
possession $500 in cash and some
race horse slips" The Grand Jury,
did not consider that there was
sufficient evidence to support an;
accusation that Corridor was taking
bets on the races.
Atlanta Police Probe
Staying of Educator
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