Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-12
TWO ARE INDICTED
. ON CHECK CHARGES
CoupIe Were Arrested After
Chase by Merchant Who
Brought Complaint.

James r. MCQUEEN. alias James r. NIL
Ier and his wife. Alma Mcqueen, alias
Alma Miller. were indicted today by
the grand Jury on two charges OF false
pretenses as the result OF an early
morning pursuit Of the couple by Joseph
A. Berberich, F street merchant, who
suspected them of caShing q bogus
check at his store December Z.
THE merchant saw the couple De-
cember as they were about to drive
away from their boarding house and
followed them into Virginia, finally
overtaking them at Ashland, where the
Mcqueen car had been abandoned.
There the woman escaped, but was
later arrested.
The couple had bought a coat at
Berberich's store for $45 and rendered
a check for $50, receiving the balance
in cash. The check was returned as
not good and this formed the basis
of the first indictment. The coat is
said to have been found in a suit case.
A similar transaction is charged in
the other indictment and is alleged to
have occurred ON the same day at Gar
flnckel's, where a check for $3.50 Is
alleged to have been given by the
couple for a coat priced at $3.50 and
received $40 in cash.
Murder in the first degree is charged
in an indictment against zacheuS White,
coloreo, in connection with the Staying
of his wife, Alice, July IA In a Jealous
rage at 545 Twenty-fourth street. White
is already under similar indictment
for the death of Edward Hall, whom he
is said to have killed at the same time.
Mary Brewer, colored, is indicted for
manslaughter in connection with the
death OF her husband, James E. Brewer,
January 80, last. following a quarrel at
their home, 65l Second street.
Eighteen persons are accused Of vio-
lating the liquor laws and the charges
against three others were dropped by
the grand jury. Those accused are
Mosby Williams and Efle Lee, William
Leo LaFkin, William Cabell, John Ed
ward Eddy, Louis Mazer, Edward Buell.,
Sylvan Provost Taylor, Stanley Morris
Beaner. Stanley Gordon Gray, Thomas
William Collins, John Hauptman, Rob-
ert Lee Pitts, WoPster Penn Dorey and
Jen Holloway, Harry Lazarus, alias Hy-
man Lazarus; Frederick Oliver Rinker,
alias Frederick Oliver Cole; Joseph De
Mar, alias Joseph Pagiolo.
Liquor charges against Rena Nav
Cole, William David Goldberg and
Henry Augustine Cannon were ignored
by the grand jurors. Other cases in
which they refused to return indict-
ments were William j. Gillick, two
cases of false pretenSes: Charles H.
Olive and John Russ, embezzlement;
jesse w. Costello and Charles w. Ar
mold, forgery, and Willie johnson, rob-
berry.
Other Indictments Listed.
Others indicted and the CHARGES
against them include, Julia Accarino,
grand larceny; Nathan Scott, assault
with intent to commit carnal knowledge;
John p. OMalley, forgery 1.-TWO cases.;
Walter H. Schlott. forgery: Wallace w.
larceny after trust: James Kasardo, and
Paul Cibery, violating the national
motor vehicle law; Esther Cooper, SELL
ing mortgaged property; Louis Perry,
Richard Herrell, william r. Graham
and Moses Gary, receiving stolen prop
erty; Herbert Robinson, James T. VIII
liaTnS, James Thomas 6wo cases., Boil
den r. johnson ana Raymond g. Mid
dleton, assault with dangerous weapon;
John w. Taylor, Franklin r. Thompson,
Nelson j. Freeman, George Thompson
Bruffy. alias Robert L. Thomas, and
Frederick Weinor Scott. non-Support;
James Bratcher, Charles Davis and John
B. Nelson, robbery: Edward B. Dean, jr.:
otto Brockman, Howard Long, Howard
Acton, Wilbur Bowling. Dorothy e.
Smith, Mary Jackson. alias Mary An
derson; Major Jackson, Theodore
Thompson, Joseph Davis and Maurice
s. Valentine, grand larceny; Tommy
Tedore, alias Thomas Edward Tedore,
grand larceny and joyriding; John
Baldwin, william Smith, Norman z.
Thompkins and Lloyd H. Richie, Joy
riding; Joseph A. Simms, Ralph @.
Turner, william Banks. James Nelson.
Charles SchloSser, James Miller and
Albert Beasley 1.-TWO cases., housebreak-
ing and larceny; John william Barber,
carnal KNOWLEDGE