Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-24
.GRAND JURY MAKES
TWO INDICTMENTS
IN DEATH OF GIRL
Grand Jury Also Returns Bill
Accusing New York Pair
of Mail Robbery.
BOGUS CHECK PASSING
is ALLEGED TO COUPLE
Other True Bills Include Accuse
tons of HOUSEKEEPING, Larceny
and False Reports.

Premeditated murder is charged In
an indictment reported today by the
grand jury against Hazel M. Chinn. "a.
1920 Vermont avenue, and David Le-
roy Russell, SO. 1872 Ogden street, in
connection with the death Of 19-year-
old Thelma r. Cain March IL, as the
result Of a criminal operation. The
two are also accused in separate in
dictment Of performing the alleged
criminal operation.
Miss Cain, who lived at 1924 Chaplin
street, died at Garfield Hospital, where
stan physicians told police her death
nad resulted from q criminal opera
ton.
The murder indictment is in one
count and charges that Russell made
an assault on the young woman March
with an instrument unknown to the
grand jury and that as the result the
victim fingered until March IL. when
she died. Miss Chinn is Jointly ac-
cused, 1t being alleged that she aided
Russell in the attack. Conviction un-
der this indictment would result in the
death penalty.
Miss Chinn Also Accused.
The other indictments alleging the
criminal operation lays the assault on
Miss Cain as Of March z, through the
use Of an unknown instrument and
charges that the death Of the young
woman resulted therefrom.
Joseph Mccain and Edward J. Nc
Namara, New York gunner, were in
dicted for assaulting a person in charge
OF the mails and for robbing the mails
In connection with the $500, 900 gold
brick" mail robbery at Union Station
February IL. The maximum penalty
under the two counts Of the indictment
Is said to be IS years. The men are
expected to be brought back from New
York today under a warrant issued last
Saturday by United States Commits
sioner Turnage. They are said to have
assaulted Peter johnson, who was In
charge Of the mail shipment.
Mccain is said to have confessed 20
New York police, who had taken him
into custody in connection with a rob-
berry in New Jersey. He Is reported to
have implicated Mcnamara. Both men
have long prison records, 1t Is stated.
Forgery Charge Made.
Forgery and uttering are charged in
an indictment against Dorothy A. Belo-
deau, 10, and her husband, William T.
Belodeau, 1886 Belmont road, who were
recently arrested following their ar
rival here from Cheyenne, Wyo, where
they had been married few weeks ago.
Police charge that they had been pass
ing bogus travellers checks throughout
the land. The specific charge here Is
that February % the girl entered the
drug store Of NJ. S. Fealy, 11OI Penn
Sylvania avenue southeast, and got him
to cash bogus check for SO and gave
the money to her husband, who waited
outside in an automobile. They posted
bond Of $4,000 in Police Court.
Looting the store of Dina Gofdn, s29
G street, of several hundred dresses. is
charged in an indictment against
Charles Henry washington and william
Ward. both colored They are said to
have taken dresses, suits, coats and hose
valued at S4,155, March 19, and are ac-
cuSed of HOUSEKEEPING and larceny. A
similar indictment alleges q breaking
into the store Of Joseph RoSendorf, GIT
Eleventh street, where 1t is charged furs
valued at $2,245 were taken November
"a, last.
Larceny Indictments Returned.
Ethel Louise White, colored, Is accused
in two indictments of receiving the
stolen goods from the two robberies.
Her address Is said to be 1905 Seventh
street northeast, where police say they
identified a fur coat worn by her as
having been taken from Rosendorf's
store and where they recovered q large
Of the dresses taken from the
CONN establishment.
James A. Stewart and John Douglas,
both colored, also are charged with
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny. They are
said to have entered the Spindler's
dyeing and cleaning establishment at
Ais Neal Place March 8 and to have
taken clothing valued at $3.50. Clara
E. Rogers, colored, is separately in
dicted for receiving the property alleged
to have been stolen.
Willie McKoy, James Bankhead and
Lynwood Booker, all colored, are in
dicted for HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
They entered the store of Levy g.
627 Seventh street, March 70,
according 10 the indictment, by cut
ting way through the ceiling. They
are said to have taken clothing valued
at 1888.
George Tucker and Spencer Ander-
son are alleged to have broken into the
store Of Martin O'Boyle, 3125 Eighteenth
street, March 20, and to have taken
clothing valued at $50.
False Report Alleged.
Charges of making false reports In a
divorce case in which he had been en-
ployed to shadow the wife, are made in
an indictment against Walter Parsons,
q private detective, who Is accused of
false pretenSes. Attorney Cornelius H.
Doherty complained to the grand jury
that he had employed Parsons TO watch
Mrs. Jeanette Hofer, who had been
sued by her husband, Louis Hofer, for
divorce. He said Parsons made reports
which he found were untrue as to his
activities in shadowing the woman and
received a total of 5000 from him. The
indictment sets forth only five alleged
false reports, for each of which Parsons
had been paid So by Doherty. The re-
ports were made September 6. 16, II.
30 and 81 last, according to the indict-
ment.
Others indicted by the grand jury
and the charges against them include
Alton H. Brown, Sidney r. Winchester
and John Gaghan, violating the ma
tional prohibition law; Clarence Cromer
and Frederick Anderson, assault with
a dangerous weapon; Hazel Chopper,
grand larceny; Anthony Mallers, en-
bezzlement and grand larceny; Earle
Smith, embezzlement; George w. Sell
lers, robbery; James Wise, carnal
knowledge; Dudley Lyles and Howard
Butts, HOUSEKEEPING and larceny, and
Harry Burchman, grand larceny.