Evening star., 1932-07-29
BRICK THROWERS
TO FACE CHARGES
Three Among IS in Court
Include Chicagoan Accused
of ASsauIting Police.

Three Of the veterans who are al
legged to have participated in the brick
throwing on lower Pennsylvania avenue
Yesterday face criminal charges of as
sault with a deadly weapon, it was dis
clo-ed today when Is persons, in all,
were haled into Police Court as a re-
suit of the disturbances.
Bernard Mccoy, 37-year-old Chicago
veteran, who, according to police, tore
off Police Supt Glassford's badge. faces
three counts of assault with a deadly
weapon. as well as charges OF dlsorderly
conduct and throwing missiles.
He also was named by Policeman
Henry Prince as the aSsailant OF 20
licemsn Edgar E. Scott, who now IS in
a serious condition at Emergency Hos
pital after having been struck over the
head with a pisce of marble. In add
ton. McCoy is alleged to have assaulted
Policeman F. H. Hartung.
The others facing criminal charges
are John o. Olson Of Sacramento
Calf and Brcaddus Faulkner, colcred.
Olson is accused of striking Policeman
r. o. Bankert, Gen. Glassford'5 Chauf
fpur. with a table leg. Faulkner IS
charged with assaulting Officer Prince
Continuance to Be Asked
Assistant District Attorney Michael
Keogh said he would ask Judge Isaac
r. Hit for a weeks continuance in
these three cases in order that they
might be presentd Immediately to The
grand jury. Meantime. the three men
will be held under $4,000 bond each.
Charges of unlawful detainer" were
placed against three of the veterans oy
Edward r. Whitman, Treasury official.
PT-l-; refused
to leave the premises at 334 Pennsyl-
vsnia avenue after Whitman had re-
ouested them to and forcibly prevented
officers from removing them. Those
who were thus charged were Ralph E.
McCabe. Harold Erwin and Pomeroy
Grave,y, colored,
Seven veterans faced Judge Ralph
Given on charges of diSorderly con-
duct and the magistrate ordered the
maximum sentence in five of the cases.
Charles P Ruby, 100 block OF
Fourteenth street southeast, whose ar
rest Gen. Glassford ordered near the
beginning Of the melee, was released
ss the police chief said he was unable
to state definitely whether the man
actually took part in the disorder.
Ruby Greeted President.
Ruby was described by friends as the
first man to greet President Hoover at
the public New Years Day reception in
1880 The President invited him and
q companion to breakfast that morning
at the White House, they said.
Ruby, who is said to have won sew
eral decorations in the World War. in
cluding the Distinguished Service Cross
and the Croix de Guerre, denied par
ticipating in the disorder He said he
was merely "ducking bricks. and not
throwing them, when a group OF po-
lcemen surrounded him.
Harold Evans, who Policeman S. F.
Gravelly said was throwing bricks in
ths early Pennsylvania avenue disorder
and rioting, was sentenced to pay a
S25 fine or serve 30 days in jail. His
head was bandaaed.
Crawford Gray of Cleveland also was
fined S25 and given 30-day jail sem
tence as an alternative. Police said he
was haranguing mob when they ar
rested him. An officer quoted him as
yelling Waters wants every man to
go in there and fight police Comdr
Walter w. Waters, who was referred to
here, denied afterward that he had
m1de this statement
Others who were given the maximum
sentence for disorderly conduct were
Robert Hailigan. Dennis Cavanaugh
and Joseph T. Granger. Judge Given
took the personal bond of Thomas
Donlon Philadelphia, who said he was
attempting to quiet the disturbance.
Harry Saxton a veteran who was ar
rested by Policeman Gravelly for drunk
enneSs, also was released without fine
when he informed the court that his
wife and two small children were with
out a protector in the scattered mass
of the B. E. F.
Fined for Drunkenness.
George Thomas, who gave a local ad-
dress, was found guilty of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct and fined SIS
on each count.
During the march on Camp Marks
lest night. police arrested three vet
Grams in an automobile on Nichols
avenue in Anaccstia who also were
brought into Police Court today. George
King, IS, colored, of New York, the
driver, was sent to Jail for As days on
a charge of driving while drunk. Two
other counts of driving without per-
nit and driving with dead tegs drew
tct9l CT $40 in fires.
His two companions. Thomas Tag
ga.t. As, End Thom2s Golding, 34 both
OF New York, were ordered to pay $40
fine3 each for intoxication. They were
arrested after a short chase by Police
men j. c. Riley and L. A. Wehrle.