Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29
Borum, Logan and Guy All
Accused Of Staying Lamar
Watson York.
THIRTY-FIVE TRUE BILLS
FOUND BY GRAND JURY
Dexter Dayton Is Again Formally
Charged With Taking Young
Woman'S Life.

John Borum, John Logan and Milton
Guy, all colored, were indicted today
for murder in the first degree in con-
nection with the death Of Lamar Wat
son York, prohibition agent, April IL
last, In Brooks Court. York had fol-
lowed supposed bootlegger's car into
the alley and while waiting for It's owner
to appear was shot and killed. The
men arrested are reported by the police
to have accused each Of the others of
firing the fatal shot.
The indictment is In three counts
each of the accused being charged with
holding the gun in separate count.
Logan recently asked for the return
Of his automobile, which he claimed had
been seized by Lieut. Edward ]. Kelly,
head Of the homicide squad, without
authority Of law. He claimed that Kelly
battered open the door of his garage
without search warrant and after
seizing the car had pictures taken of it.
Dayton Indicted Again.
Dexter Churchill Dayton, 25-year-old
salesman, was again indicted today on
nection with the killing of Marjorie
O'Donnell, 24-year-old stenographer, in
a room at the Roosevelt Hotel, october
z last. The indictment contains only
a single count and alleges that Dayton
choked and Strangled the girl to death
The new indictment was made necessary
because Attorneys Ring and Cobb, for
the accused, attacked the validity Of a
former indictment which had been re-
turned by a grand jury on which there
was woman drawing pension from
the United States. They also attacked
the array of the present grand jury,
but the case had already been submit
ted, it is reported.
ManSlaughter is charged in an in
dictment reported against Alfred G.
Curtis, colored, in connection with the
killing Of Alfred Crawley, March 2.
Curtis was driving an automobile which
struck Crawley on Wisconsin avenue
near VeaZey street.
Violations of the Harrison anti-nar-
cotic law are alleged in indictments
returned against Guy E. Knott, former
policeman, and John G. Callahan. Both
men were arrested recently and held
by U. S. Commissioner Turnage for
the grand jury under bonds of $1,000
each. Several sales are alleged against
them. Callahan is under q similar In
dictment.
Woman Is Accused.
Mrs. Edith Mamie was indicted for
~
she stole a pocketbook from clerk in
a department. store containing seven
platinum ring settings. Mrs. Mamie
was accused of using her 9-year-old
daughter to attract the attention of the
clerk while she took the pocketbook.
She pleaded guilty in Police Court April
Is, to the theft Of two other pocket
books from clerks IN the same store and
was given 90-day suspended sentence.
A total Of 50 indictments was re-
turned by the grand jury, which also
declined to indict SO other persons
charged with various crimes. Those
whose cases were ignored: Jennie Dur
ham, arson; Joseph Davis, William @.
Baker, James z. Armstrong, Robert
Tyler, Wilbur wallace, Joseph Sewan,
Ernest B. Bryant and Grace Hutchin-
after trust; oliver Kinnard, George E,
Deacon, Harvey Lewis and Joseph
Jones' grand larceny; Harvey Lee
Schultz and Mable Schultz, violating
the national prohibition act; Severance
A. Farmer and Timothy w. Temple,
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny; James
Hemphill and Theodore r. Poole, as
sault with a dangerous weapon; Au-
gustus Wallace, assault to commit rape;
John T. Commodore, assault to commit
carnal knowledge; John Goetzinger,
rape; Robert Rogerson, Mann act;
George Nicholson, bigamy; Irwin Rosen-
berg, Helen Moore and Charles A. Lo-
max, perjury; Garnet Mayhem, alias
Buck Mayhem, and Nellie p. Ernest,
abandonment of child, and Helen
Speaks, robbery.
Others Indicted.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include: John c.. Yates,
larceny after trust and embezzlement
(reindicted) Russell Carlin Brown,
James Cleveland Spencer, Roy T. Dam
eron and Harrison Willis, non-support
of minor children; Arthur Johnston
Charles Walker, alias Charles johnson,
James F. Heeney and Richard Adams,
joy-riding; Richard Adams, Andrew
Smith, Francis w. Legge, George Du-
pree, alias George Ransom, and George
e. Hicks Cour cases., HOUSEKEEPING
and larceny; Alphonso Newton, Eric
Edmonston, Edith Mamie, Denis Col
lier and John Thomas Donnelly, grand
larceny; Raymond N. johnson and
George B. Mason, robbery; Andrew B.
Johnson, receiving stolen property; Ed
ward S. White, carnal knowledge; Mar
shall p. Frye and Henry w. Waters, as
sault with dangerous weapon; John w.
Ballinger, embezzlement.