The Washington times., 1930-12-30
SEVEN ARE SENT
T0ELECTR|C
CHAIR !.
20 Homicide Cases Make Rec.
ord for District Supreme
Court; Campbell Is Freed

Climaxing q year Of almost a
score Of the most sensational
murder cases in the history OF
washington and its environs, the
trial Of Herman and Leroy Brady,
husband and brother Of Mrs.
Naomi Hall Brady, will begin some
time next month in Annapolis,
Md, when the. two men will be
charged with the Staying Of the
young woman.
Mrs. Brady died on the first day
Of this year when a christmas
gift" exploded at her home IN
Seat Pleasant, Md.
Seven Sentenced to Die
Seven. persons were sentenced
to death in the electric chair and
20 homicide cases were disposed
Of by the criminal branch Of the
District Supreme Court during the
past year. This is the busiest
record ever achieved by the court,
according to Assistant District At
torney William H. Collins, chief
criminal prosecutor, who handled
personally most Of the important
cases.
In addition to those who re-
ceived the death sentence for first
degree murder following their
conviction by juries, 1S persons
pleaded guilty or were convicted
Of murder in the second degree
and four were given life SEN
tences. Six persons were con-
victed Of manslaughter and one
man was found insane.
Killed Dry Agent
Among the sensational cases
were:
For the murder of Prohibition
Agent Lamar Watson York, on
April IL, three colored men,
John Logan, John Borum and
Milton Guy, were convicted and
sentenced to die on July 40.
Alfred s. Aldrdge, colored, was
given the death sentence for the
murder Of Policeman Harry NC
Donald on July g., 1929.
Franklin Ellsworth Smith,
elderly bank watchman, was con-
victed Of first-degree murder for
the Staying Of his daughter, Bes-
sic Smith, on September 26, 1928.
The youthful Dexter Dayton,
who strangled his sweetheart, Mar
jcrie ODonnell, In q hotel room
on October o, 1929, was sentenced
to q life term upon his conviction
OF second.degree murder.
Got Life Sentences
Life sentences were imposed
on James II. Hatton and Joseph
e. Crawford. Other second. d.degree
murder charges resulted in SEN
tences for zaccheus White, so
years; Joseph Hardy, 40 years;
John II. Williams, Harry Brown
and william Carter, 80 years;
William G. Butler and Isaiah Pot
ter, as years: Amos Mungo, Ben
jan1in BranSon, Frank A. Couz-
zens, Lloyd hewitt and Eddie
Stewart, 20 years.
Sentences OF 10 years and 6
months each were imposed on
Leon T. Brown and Lawrence
Bias, both colored, who were con.
victed Of lnans1aughter follow
ing the gang war" in which two
colored police liquor informers
were killed. -...s -.
Others who received lesser
terms for manslaughter included
Elous Williams, Buster Buchanan,
William c. johnson, Walter C..
Burris and Condee Harris.
Campbell Was Acquitted
The most famed of those ac-
quilted Of homicide charges was
Herbert M. Campbell, Virginia
real estate operator and admit.
tedly the greatest liar on earth, "
who injected himself in the case
Of Mary Baker and was forced to
go to trial on a charge of her
murder.
. Others acquitted were Lee Din,
who had been accused of murder
ing the Chinese narcotic in.
former, Lee King: Eugene Brooks
and Theodore Smith.
Albert r. Pumphrey, a baker,
who went herserk and killed his
two small children, was adjudged
insane February Is and COM
mitted to ST. Elizabeth's Hos
pital.