Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-18
Tong Convention Raids Last
April Fail to Produce
Proper Evidence.
RELEASE ALSO GIVEN
IN ID LIQUOR BILLS
Two Colored Women and Man Are
Cleared of Alleged Homicide Plot.
Two Others Held for Murder.

Narcotic raids on lower PENNSYLVANIA
avenue last April during the national
convention of the On Leong Tong, In
which ii Chinese were taken into Gus
tody and required to post bonds Of
$1,000 and $4,000 each. failed TO meet
with the approval of the District grand
jury, which today reported to Justice
Luhrfng an exoneration of all the men
taken into custody. The raids were
made by a lumber of narcotic agents
and officers from several police pre-
cincts at premises 345 PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. The grand jurors were not
satisfied with the evidence presented
to them.
Those exonerated were Lee Tet,
Charlie Wen, Lee Vow. lie Foon, Muck
Suey Soon, Lee Young, Lee Kim, Lee
Gong, Jew Yum Jung, Lee Sing and Lee
Lei Heigh.
The grand jurors also refused to IN
dict IA persons charged with violating
the national prohibition law. They IN
clude Elizabeth Grigsby, Lawrence y.
White. Cora White, Louis Goodney, Co.
lumbia Goodney. Earl Wilson, Raymond
Mickens, William H. Wright, Estella
Robinson, Clarence l.. Ware, Clarence
F. Petit, Luther Swartz, Charles CARL
and Tillie Litto.
Homicide Charge Fails.
A charge Of homicide was dropped BY
the grand jury against Philip T. Little
ton, who also had been exonerated by
a coroner's jury Of responsibility for
the death of Thomas w. Collins, who
was struck by Littleton's car May 23 ct
Thirteenth and Kenyon streets.
Charles A. Taylor, Lettie Hickman
mas
.exonerated of charge Of conspiracy
to commit murder for which they had
been held in Police Court. The women
were accused of giving Taylor $50 and
promising him another 500 If he would
kill Walter Hickman, husband Of Let
tie. Taylor went to Hickman and sug-
gested that he send his wife q telegram
pretending his death so that Taylor
could collect the additional 500, police
said.
Other cases dropped by the grand
jury include Granville Simmons and
Alton p. Beard, ROBBERY: Roger West,
bezzlement: Bernard j. Smith, larceny
after trust; Harry A. Cormack ant
William N. McNultys carnal knowledge.
Murder Is Charged.
Murder in the first degree is charged
In indictments against billiard E. Clark
and Charles Young. both coiored. Clark
is accused of causing the death Of
Thomas A. Davis, also colored, Novem-
Der 9, last. at 2008 Ninth street NORTH
west Young is said to have shot to
death E. Elijah Quarles, also colored.
November 2, following a quarrel over q
gambling game in house on Virginia
avenue near Second street southwest
Aaron Trachtenberg, who was re-
Gently before United States Commission
er Nesdham G. Turnage on a removal
proceeding from Baltimore on q charge
OF passing counterfeit money on mer-
chant in Hagerstown and whose re-
moval was refused by the magistrate,
was indicted today for violating the
national prohibition act He is accused
of transporting, sale and possession of
a quantity Of corn whisky November s.
Lydia e. Graves, 70 years old, Is
accused of forgery and uttering in two
indictments. She is said to have signed
the name Of G. Forest Dickey to two
checks for $40 each which she is alleged
to have passed on two local merchants
IN exchange for merchandise.
Theft Plot Seen.
Theft Of $1,000 worth of cigarettes
from freight car at Deanwood Is
alleged against Elwood ". Anderson and
Robert N. Hutchinson. They are sup
posed to have given $500 packages Of
the cigarettes to william B. Hutchin-
son, father of Robert, and Mrs. Ollie
Boxwell, and an indictment for receive
ing stolen property was reported against
the father and Mrs. Boxwell.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include:
Walter Walker and Arthur L. Wilson
(alias Arthur Lee Wilson, alias A. u.
Wilson,, forgery and uttering; Joseph
Harvey and John Baranchuk, assault
with dangerous weapon: Samuel Rives
Alley, violation national motor vehicle
theft act, and John Aberson ard Myrtle
act
Isaac Goldberg, Sidney Lee Jaronske.
Arthur Edwin Moulton and jackson
Royal, non-support; Lloyd Williams.
Charles Settles, Merrell Easton, George
A. Gather, Frederick Lucas and Hosea
Brown, alias Ralph Jones (two cases..
housebreaking and larceny.
Leroy Harris and Leonard J. Young
robbery; William r. Courson and PalIi
p. Brewington, grand larceny; Hosea
Brown (alias Ralph Jones), Commodore
W. Snowden and Henry T. Snowden.
Joyriding and grand larceny: William
Mitchell (alias "Bull') and Emnitt
Robert Wafrinq carnnI krouuIaISoa