Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-19
q ARE INDICTED
BY FAIRFAX Jury
Six Charged With Theft of
Lee HeirIooms From
RavenSWorth. Il
Special Dispatch to The Star.

epeclai Dlspatch TO The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, March l9.-Twenty-
one indictments were returned by the
grand jury yesterday at the opening
session of the Fairfax County Circuit
Court. Andrew Nelson, caretaSer of
the DR.. George Boiling Lee estate
Ravensworth Farm; his grandson,
Douglas Dove; two Alexandria women,
Mrs. Eva Garlen and Mrs. M. L.
Minter; Mrs. Jessie Derosier of Wash
ington and L. j. H. Newman of Alex
afdria were all indicted for grand
larceny and charged with stealing from
Ravensworth Farm large quantity of
china and glassware, property of the
Lee estate; the historic pistol case be-
longing to the late Gen. Robert E. Lee,
and other vases and antiques. All en-
tered pleas of not guilty. Nelson's trial
is set for March 26. The others will be
heard on the goth.
Alfonzo Tyler was indicted for grand
larceny and later in the day pleaded
guilty before Judge Howard Smith, who
sentenced him to serve three years In
the State penitentiary for theft of the
automobile of j. r. Shory of Forestville
on February Is. John Kline, alias John
l.. Klein, jr., and M. j. Riley were in
dlcted for felonious larceny and chraged
With breaking into the Stor of L. T.
Dowden at BaileyS Cross Roads on 4
February and stealing merchandise
They entered pleas of not guilty and
will be tried on the 21st.
Three Gypsies Indicted.
An indictment for grand larceny was
entered against Mary Smith, Elizabeth
Smith and Pete Smith, three gypSies
charged with robbing Mrs Mary E. r.
Trumble of $40. A capias was issued |
for their arrest and their bond of 81, 500
declared forfeited. Mrs. Trumble teSti-
he'd before the grand jury yesterday
that the three gypSies had promised to
cure her sick child if she would give |
them all her money and allow them to |
lock 1t up in her bureau drawer, from |
which at the end of three days she was /
to get 1t back, together with her child's |
health, If she burned ball of resin |
each day. The gypsies were arrested |
later the same day by Sheriff z. P. |
Kirby when Mrs. Trumble's daughters |
skepticism caused her to break open the |
bureau drawer. Five hundred dollars |
cash was deposited with Justice Charles |
Zoll as bond for one of the tribe, the |
other two securing bail from Thomas |
g. Blumenfeld, bondsrnen of Alexandria |
Mr.. Thomas last night went to New |
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jail sentence il recaptured.
Peyton Ballenger, ST., Victor Mori- /
arty, j. d. Blanton, Charles Mergler, |
Harry Harris and E. A. Fletcher were |
indicted for violations of the prohibit |
ton law, Blanton being also indicted |
Tor carrying a loaded gun at the time |
An indictment for murder was entered |
against A. Lester Gruber, driver of the I
car In which young Berenice Gard of
Washington was riding on July IA
when near Pohick Church she was
thrown from the car to the roadway. |
The indictment charges that Gruber
ran the. machine over her body. A
capias was issued for the arrest OF
Gruber.. Indictments for felonious rape
were entered against william Eskridge
and Edward Coppage.
Indictment Dismissed.
The grand jury dismissed the indict-
ment against Cora L. Ballenger charged
with obstructing officers engged In
searching her premises for liquor, and
hiding evidence. The grand jury also re-
fused to iifdiEte Joe Hitseiberger, Joseph +
G. Herbert and Harry. Payne. three
young statesmen of Newark firm charged
with selling extract of Jamaica ginger
containing 80 per cent alcohol It was
brought out at the hearing that JUS
tice OF the Peace Zoll had already fined
each of the men $50 on a charge of
peddling without license and the jury
felt that it was not fair to require them
to pay an additional fine when similar
flavoring extracts with equally large
alcoholic content are on sale in drug
stores and available for public purchase
With this decision Commemorative At
torney Wilson Farr differed and so ex-
pressed his objections to the court. The
result OF the argument was the unusual
spectacle Of a man freed by the grand
jury voluntarily pleading guilty there
after to the same charge and being I
fined In the Justices court.
Commonwealth Attorney Farr
agreed to compromise the case by I'm
ing Hitselberger s25 and canceiing the
warrants against Payne and Herbert.
The grand jury which freed the three
men and whose action was overridden
included r. r. Buckley, foreman:
James o. Cobb, T. Bentley Mason, E.
B. Harlow, Amos H. Chilcott, z. d.
vosbury, z. E. Neff, H. B. Mitchell and
James II. Craig.