Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-26
J. A. MCGOWAN and R. E,
MaTtz Are Accused on Man.
slaughter Count.
SUSPENDED POLICEMAN
EX0NERATED IN DRY CASE
Officer Attempted to Resign, but
Mai. Pratt Refused to Accept
While He Faced Charge.

Manslaughter is alleged in joint
indictment returned by the grand jury
Today against James A. MCGOWAN and
Robert K. MaItz in connection with the
death of James E. Ward December 20,
1929 MCGOWAN is said to have been
operating an automobile owned by
Martz, in which MartZ was riding when
it struck Wards car at Sixth and *
streets, inf1icting injuries which resulted
in the death of Ward.
Theft of an Army automobile Is
charged in an indictment against VIII
liam c. Longstreet, colored, who is said
to have taken the car from garage
where it had been left by Capt. Gwynn
Conrad, attached to the washington
General Depot. The machine was re-
covered at Bowling Green, Va, and
Longstreet was arrested.
Drug Order Forgery Charged.
Forgery of narcotic prescriptions is
alleged in an indictment against Pleas
ant Arthur Polling, Who is said to have
used the names of one Virginia doctor
and two local physicians on orug
prescriptions which were hlled at local
drug stores.
Thomas Henry Hook, suspended thir-
teenth precinct policeman, was exon
Grated by the grand jury OF Jones law
violation charge preferred against MN
by police of the fourth precinct. HOOK
recently attempted to resign from the
force but NAL Pratt refused to accept
the resignation, declaring that no off,
Ger NAV resign while charges are pend
ing against him.
Similar action was taken by the
grand Jurors in relation to Paul Hyde, "a
who was a companion Of Hook at the
time of the arrest Richard johnson,
the third member of the party, 25 years
old. was indicted for violation of the
Jones-Stalker law. He was seated, II
was reported, at the wheel of the rum
laden car, while Hook and Pyle were
on the sidewalk.
A Jones-Stalker law indictment was
reported against Richard Elmer Rose
berry, and a similar charge against
Edward A. johnson was ignored.
Ignore Several Old Cases.
The grand jurors went back several
years to ignore cases that have been
pending. They reported ignores in %
cases. among which was a charge OF
manslaughter against Dolores Monroe,
alias Dottie King, alias Margaret Rob-
erts, who was said to have been con-
nected with the death Of Eleanor NJ.
Lehman, for which Louis W. Hoffman.
80 years in the penitentiary.
A charge of attempted prison break
which has been pending since Septem-
Der Is, 1923, was ignored today. An
gelo La Bouna had been charged with
unlawfully aiding and assisting Frank
Durso to escape from the House Of De-
tention. Other charges dropped by the
grand jurors include: James G. White
and Olive Cameron, bigamy: Walter B.
Erik, non-support: James P. Machen,
libel; Lawrence Briggs and George w.
Reed, joyriding Earl r. Fitzgerald.
Mann act violation; William Rosenberg
and Irving Kogood, setting up gam
ing table; Carl M. Marshall, Robert l..
Dodson and Charles NJ. Kennedy, rob-
berry; Harold Reed 1.-TWO cases., house
breaking and larceny; Paul Hill. house
ment; Walter r. Mcmillan, false pre-
lenses: George F. Ellis and Fred Stro-
man, forgery, and Miles Clark, assault
with dangerous weapon.
50 Indictments Are Returned.
The grand jury reported total of IS
indictments, among which are included:
Herman Walter Balderson, non-sup-
port; William Joyce G. cases.. Clarence
Armstrong. Samuel G. Dawson, alias
Samuel Collie; Frank Body and Robert
Fox, alias, Robert Thomas grand lar
ceny; Morris Johnson and Howard Tan
ner, robbery; Howard Tanner, assault
with dangerous weapon; George M.
Quinn, alias Vernon Railey, alias Robert
Dalton g cases., housebTeaking and
larceny; Robert Jackson, John Middle
ton and James M. Kelly. HOUSEKEEPING
and larceny; William j. johnson q
cases., destroying private property;
Charles S. Beall and Crawley F. Smith,
receiving stolen property; John w. Bar
Der, abandonment of child: Frank
Sweettiey, George Wharton, Henry Al
bert Jacobs. James I. Stansbury q
cases., assault with dangerous weapon.
Frederick Oliver Rinker, alias Fred
erick oliver Cole, and Joseph DeMar,
alias Joseph Pae iolo, smoke screen;
Katie Bruce, alias Katie Warden Burns.
alias Katie Dorsey perjury; Owen
Hughes Morris, James F. Gilmore
(three cases. and Luther c. Bushong,
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