Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-18
WOMAN IS INDICTED
AGAIN IN BANK CASE
Dora L. Davis Accused of
ENLIGHTENMENT = Other
Grand Jury Reports.

Dora L. Davis, Laurel, Md, who was
acquitted by jury in Criminal Division
last month of charges Of making false
entries in the books of the Second Ma
tional Bank, where she had been en-
ployed as teller of savings accounts, and
of enbezzlement of bank funds, was re-
indicted today by the grand jury. The
charges in the new indictment, while
similar in nature, represent alleged
peculations on later dates than those
of which she had been acquitted.
The new indictment is in eight counts,
the first four charging embezZlement
and the other four alleging false en-
tries The charge is made that when
a deposit was given in on certain
date the teller would appropriate the
money to her own use and on a later
date she would put through a deposit
been taken by her on the previous date.
Dates of Alleged Acts.
The four alleged embellishments are
for 5000, April 80, 1923; $323.75, Oc-
tober Is, 1928; $184. May Is, 1929, and
$189.50, May 81, 1929. The other four
counts treat of the alleged false entries
the first, May IL, 1923; the second, Oc-
tober %, 1928: the third, May %, 1929,
dtlQ Tic lOuElIl, JuitG o, 1898.
Larceny from the United States is
charged in an indictment against NAL
colin Young. former employe of the
Library of Congress and former high
school teacher, who is accused of tax
ing 325 books belonging TO the library.
The books were recovered February "a,
in the basement of West Clifton Ter
race, when the janitor of the building
had received orders from the fire mar
shall to clean up the basement. The
books were identified as belonging to
the library by Martin A. Roberts, super
intendent of the reading room, who said
that Young had been employed there
until November IS, 1929.
Violation of the copyright laws are
alleged in two indictments reported
against alleged wholesale distributors
Of song sheets, containing words form
ing part of musical compositions which
have been copyrighted and which the
copyright owners alone have the right
to sell. The accused are said to have
sold the sheets in large numbers to
persons retailing them on street cor
ners. Those named in the indictments
are Abe Schrott and Joe Ansbatino,
alias Joe Dagostino, 937 H street.
Sale Charges Specified.
The Schrott indictment charges that
January 10 he sold to Daniel w. BriScoe
certain song sheets containing portions
of Three Little Words" copyrighted
August 81, 1880, by Harms, Inc; of
Betty Coed" copyrighted August /.
1880, by Carl Fischer, Inc, and of
"Baby's Birthday Party" copyrighted
October 20, 1880, by Famous Music Cor
poration. Exclusive rights to vend these
songs, it is stated, are in the named
| corporations.
The Dagastino indictment charges a
sale OF number of sheets December
29, 1880. to Gordon w. Riel containing
the words Of the same copyrighted
| songs.
| Robert Shine and Rita Van Buskirk
were indicted for violation of the ma
| tional motor vehicle act. They are
| under arrest in New York City and a
copy of the indictment will be for
warded to secure their return here
| They are accused of renting a car in
! Baltimore January 9 and having an
| agent of the company bring them to
| Washington. When the agent is said
have left the car for time the accused
/ are alleged to have driven it away from
| Washington. They were apprehended In
| New York March 4.
| A total of 81 indictments were re-
turned and the grand jurors declined tc
| indict in nine cases. The cases dropped
by the grand jurors included Arthur
| Ferguson 1.-TWO cases.. Roland TURK
Davis 1.-TWO cases. and Samuel J. Smith
1.-TWO cases.. violations Of national pro-
hibition law; Floyd Stanfield. assault
Sterling A. Reed. Preston Henry anC
George Buck, robbery.
Others indicted and the charge:
against them include: Peter j. Duncan
grand larceny; Samuel CHASER, Ches
ter Greshal and Fred Stewart, violating
national prohibition act; Otis Freeman
assault, dangerous weapon; Boyd Ben
nett, assault, dangerous weapon anC
assault with intent to kill; Albert N
Wildman and John w. Brown, falls
pretenses; Albsrt N. Wildman anC
Earle Smith, embezzlement; Charles H
Vossell and John H. Hensley, forgery
Lynwood Booker and Wilbur Morris
Docket 1.-TWO cases., houSebreakini
and larceny; Mamie E. Thomas, re-