Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-06
GRAND JURY FREES
THREE POLICEMEN
Extortion Charges Against
Two Ignored-Three Cleared
in Tea Shop Murder.

Three policemen were exonerated to-
; day by the grand jury of charges pre-
ferred against them. none of which had
to do with the brutality investigation
: by the Department of Justice. A Liquor
law violation charged against Mrs. Ann
Elizabeth Jet. 80. former police tsle-
phone operator, was also dropped by
the grand jury.
Alexander D. McKinnon, whose re-
moval from the force was recommended
Wednesday by the trial board, was
exonerated by the grand jury OF an
ENHANCEMENT charge growing out oil
a shortage in the funds collected Tor
the Police Relief Association. Capt..
Plemmons and Inspector Burke, on pc
half of the association, told United
states Attorney Rover that the money
had been repaid and that the associa-
ton was mot inclined to prosecute.
Extortion Charge Fails.
Edward Willis Gore and Frank j.
r4osnidor. fourth precinct patrolmen,
were freed by the grand jury OF charges
of extort;on They had been lnolcteo
nv the previous grand jury, on when
there was a pensioner, but when the
matter was presented to the present
grand Jurors they declined to moSt.
The policemen had been charged Dy
Lieut. Oscar j. Lettelman, nlgnC m
spector. of extorting $40 from Frank
Adams, colored, to protect him from
charge of bootlegging.
Mrs. Jett had been arrested with her
husband. Jay Franklin Jet. 81, ano
John Tyler Gill. 81 roomer IN their
home. 370l Seventeenth street north.
east. when police claimed to have found
"a still on the premises. Mrs. Jett was
SUSPENDED and later dismissed from her
.nosition The grand jurors also re-
fused to indict Gill, but reported an
indictment against the husband Jeu
lis accused of possessing articles IN
with the manufacture OF ahegeo
whisky and with possession thereof
October 10 last.
Twenty EIGHT Charges Ignored.
The grand jury presented to Justice
Proctor 81 indictments ana lgnoIeu
charges against 28 persons. Among tne
-tndicfments were several that had been
= previously reported by the illegal gIano
hurry and had to be again presented.
- The grand Jurors ignored charge
of conspiracy to rob which police NAG
-nreferred against Thomas JORDAN Ealph
= Akin and Edith Magruder Doos-
tion in connection with the hoid-up AT
the Garden T Shoppe April 8, when the
' woman cashier was kllleo
Williams owens, 70, river captain,
was reindicted for first-degree murdef
An connection with the death OF Elsie
Louise Bryant. IA years oio' IT, ~ a;ri
home. ass N street southwest. Inc enl
Is reported to have spurned the atIen.
tions of the elderly man, which RESUMED
in the tragedy. The girl was shot July
last and died six days later.
First-degree murder charges are also
made against William Watkins ano
AIonzo Dunbar, both colored. watkins
is accused of stabbing to death Wesley
: Phillips. also colored, in nght IN front
: Of premises 1911 Sixth street, OCTOBER
Z o. Dunbar is alleged to have shot ana
: killed Cicero Dodson, also colored, Sep
: TENDER 10, in Schott's alley northeast.
Physiciansys AceWsed.
. Violation of the anti narcotic law Is
3 charged against Dr.. Bittle C. Ketster,
Z nracticinH physician, 346l Fourteenth
Street. He was arrested by Feoerai
agents September and 1t was cnargeo
: that he had purchased 5000 morphine
: tablets between July IL and September
The agents reported that they nae
: bought 1856 tablets September and e35
: On September AZ When arrested the
: doctor is said to have had In MS pos
session ,232 tablets.
!. Mrs. Ruth Stevens her husband
Robert: william 1. Green, Clarence b.
= Rockenbaugh and Robert Ely, were re-
+. indicted on a charge of assault In
4: connection with the welding OF
2 I1orseWfip ON a member of the Inter
p national Union OF Operating Engineers.
An assault charge against Charles Il.
Haury. the victim of the horsephipping,
was ignored by the grand jury FMS
attack was alleged to have been made
on q man at a meeting OF the UNION
+ Others Are Cleared.
. The grand jury refused indictments
: in the following cases: George H. CASH,
non support; George Presley Joseph
:. S. Warren, Carl Cook, George w. Pat
= ten, Clarence Millner, Hoyt Arnold'
= James A. Mailman and George W:
White. joy-riding; William WINSTON ano
Wilbur Jones, grand larceny; Austin
Garlic, housebreaking; Chester Hard
ing. carnal knowledge; Chiffon G. Dill
= lon, manslaughter; James M. TANNER
hill. liquor law; Percy Hammock, rod
berry: Alphonzo Smith, assault with
dangerous weapon; George V. Brene-
.. man, impersonating an officer; MARX
Koblegard, ir.. forgery: Luigi PoiiSeiio'
false pretenses, and Henry M. Ray
mend, embeZzlement.
Others indicted. ana the charges
against them, include Anthony j. ST.
: rock. Lonnie L. Haley and Joseph A.
Pesavage, joy-riding; Theodore H.
Younger and Harold T. Rowland. en-
bezzlement; Isaac Mostow, perjury
Walter II. Schlott, forgery; Frank w.
Bailey. violating anti-narcotic law: Ber-
nard Simpson. sale of copyrighted song
: sheet Robert F. Allen. manslaughter;
James F. Butler. Julius l.. Lohoefer
Paul f.. OConnell. George L. Sweeney.
Isaac F. Greene and Malcolm H. Will
. mer. non-support: Joseph L. Mundy.
Albro l.. Stewart Paul Pratt. Philip
Pratt and Olivia Pratt. HOUSEKEEPING
q Joe Dyer grand larceny; Benjamin L
Sneeds. Floyd Robinson. Samuel L
Thomas, Leon N Sutton and Arthur E.
> French. joy-riding; John A. Woods, as
saillt with dangerous weapon; James A.
Carr, assault to rob- Mckinley Baxter
Milton w. Thomas. Nellie Thomas. Jo-
Seph Cittadino and Harry A. Sweeney,
violating liquor law; David L. Russell
and Hazel M Chinn. abortion; Irwin
Abrams and Writ r. Douglass. embeZ-
element.
? THIEVES STEAL GEMS