Evening star., 1932-05-10
UN|ON|ST INDICTED
AS GUNMAN FIRING
ON LABOR LEADER
Chicagoan Named AttaCker
of Frank E. LangdOn
in Lunch Room.
THREE FACE CHARGES
IN COLORED SLAYINGS
Doctor Accused in Fatal Operation
Case-Two Held in Auto Death
Freed by Grand Jury.

George MacScullen, Chicago unionist,
was indicted today by the District
grand jury on a charge Of assault with
intent to kill Frank E. Langdon, local
union official, May 20 last in lunch
room at Tenth and K streets. where
Langdon was lunching with other Off
cials of the International Union of
Operating Engineers.
MacScullen is alleged to have escaped
after the shooting and to have returned
to Chicago. Recently he was arrested
with three other persons charged with
a conspiracy to kill Charles E. Haury.
supervisor of the union, who identified
him as the gunman, who figured in the
lunch room attack. Haury was seated
at table with Langdon, who was shot
in the eye and suffered the loss of the
optic. MacScullen is being detained
in jail on the conspiracy charge.
First degree murder is charged in
three indictments reported today TO
Justice James NJ. Proctor in Criminal
Division /, Chester Cay, Ryland Du
prey and Ernest Veney, all colored, are
accused. A charge Of performing a
criminal operation resulting in death is
alleged against DR. Samuel l.. Starks,
| colored, 433 M street. Two homicide
charges were ignored by the grand jury.
NOAOACN DONhOi SNNNuoSOs
Cay is accused of killing Ethel Robin
son. also colored. April 18. at 2716 N
street Duprey is accused Of Staying
Booker T. Michel, also colored, in a
fight over a 10-cent debt April 16.
Veney is alleged to have fatally shot
Walter Coates also colored, April IT.
DR.. Starks is accused of performing
criminal operation on Elizabeth E.
Baldwin a white woman March 20. She
died April 13 Lettie King Hickman,
colored is accused of performing a
criminal operation on Mamie L. Tindel,
also colored, April %, in the 1000 block
of Forty-fourth street northeast. The
woman survived the operation.
The grand jurors eXonerated Walter
McIllwain and James RAIDER, who had
been held by coroners jury for the
death of Cora V. Thurman, who was
killed in an automobile collision at
Thirteenth street and Massachusetts
avenue April 20. The men were drivers
of the cars that collided. They also
declined to indict Romeo Robinson. COL
ored, who was accused of the death
of Ira G. Payne. who was struck by
Robinson's car April % at Thirteenth
and G streets southeast. Other cases
ignored include Eugene E. Coates. lar
ceny after trust; Lewis Buckner, larceny
after trust; John A. Van Schuesler,
false pretenses; Harry Wells, assault 10
rape; Walter Smith, assault with dan
gerous weapon, and Arnold Wolfe, JOY
riding.
Charged With Robbery.
Patrick Henry Newsome is charged
with robbery. 1t is claimed he robbed
Thomas w. Jameson while being taken
in a cab to Union Station April 81
Rubin Hughes, Charles Hughes, Le-
roy Samuels and William l. Faulkner,
all colored, also are charged with rob-
berry. They are said to have entered
the Capitol Park Hotel April % and
to have robbed Milton NJ. Plowman of
SlOO96.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include:
Elijah C. Lee. Thomas w. Treynor
and Raymond Anderson, non-support:
Daniel J. Stotts, Charles L. Proctor and
Fred James Poston, joyriding; John R.
Hill and George F. Wormley. grand
larceny; Ray Ware, alias David Wettem-
berg Perry. alias James Williams: Leroy
Warren, Thomas Capers and Nathaniel
Jackson, housebreaking and larceny;
James Grimes and Gladstone Nesbit,
assault with intent to commit robbery;
James R. Toliver (two cases. and James
Haynes, robbery; Harry B. Lewis, alias
Joe Burke. robbery and blackmail; John
William TreVathan, alias John w. Ma
honey, alias Harry Kelly, and Leonard
Ferguson, alias Andrew Coleman, rob-
berry and blackmail; Robert Lewis, Will
liam Henry Norwood, Benjamin Cole
man, Robert Jasper, James Winfield,
Roland G. Ferguson and Howard
SchlosSer, assault with dangerous
weapon; James R. Toliver, rape; Charles
Sumner Lee, alias William Sumner Lee,
smoke screen; Stewart S. Shelton.
forgery and uttering, and William H.
Curry, violating postal laws.