Evening star., 1933-08-30
D. c. RELIEF WORKER
INDICTED IN CHECK
CASE AS EMBEzlER
Morris M. Fox Faces Trial in
, Deals Involving $137-58
Others Are Accused.
TITLE FIRM EMPL0YE
HELD ON SAME CHARGE
Car Theft and Purse Snatching
Laid to Two Caught in
Auto Chase.

Morris NJ. Fox, accused of embez-
zling Sl37 from the District Emergency
Relief Fund, WaS named in one of SO
indictments returned today by the Dis
trict grand jury.
Fox. who lived at 1451 Park road,
was employed by the District Emerg-
ency Relief Committee as case work.
er. In this capacity, it is charged, he
authorized the issuance of checks to nine
needy persons. After the checks had
been issued. it is alleged he telephoned
the recipients, told them a mistake had
been made. and requested them not to
open letters they would receive from
the committee Then, according to the
indictment, Fox went to the homes of
the recipients. obtained the checks.
forged Endorsements and Cashed them
himself. The indictment alleged the
OffenSeS occurred last January and Feb
ruary
George s Oa,tner, assistant secretary
and treasurer of the Maryland Laud
. Title Co., l413 1 street, was also indicted
in two cases OF embeZZlement. The
first alleges that in March, 1892, hs
misappropriated $4,000 he had collected
as agent of the Land Title Co. The
other asserts he embezzzled S2il while
acting as agent of the District Title
Insurance Co.
Two Accused of Robbery.
Norman C. Rogers and Hubert H.
Council were indicted for joy-Iioing and
robbery II is charged that on August
18 they stole a car in front of the
Hamilton Hotel and drove to Connecti-
cut avenue and Ingomar street, where
they snatched a purse from Caroline
M. Shelton, 5l2I Connecticut avenue.
They were pursued by eighth precinct
police and captured after colliding with
a parked car
Charles McAvoy was charged with
first-degree murder in the death OF
Charles Neill, who died August II after
being shot by McAvoy on July l8 in a
pool room at 744 Ninth street. Accord
lng to police McAvoy was shooting at
Frank Snow. who was killed. one Of the
bullets striking Neill, bystGnder Nc
Avoy has already been indicted for first
degree murder in connection with
Slows death McAvoy was captured
after he had been shot by Policeman
Ule N. Gale.
Aaa Catoe and Isaiah Plummer, both
! cOlCred. were charged with flrst-degree
r.rC3er. The woman is said to have
fatally wounded Robert E. Jones, also
oo,o-ed. with pistol on August dur
ing a quarrel at 631 w street. Plummer,
according to the indictment. stabbed
and fatally wounded Lenora Butler,
cclOred, during fight August at 1905
Carrollburg street southwest.
Counterfeit Charge Made.
Paul G. Montfort, 1907 Massachusetts,
avenue northeast, was charged with
passing a counterfeit $40 bill last July
q at the Fox Theater. Miss M. 1. Dean,
cashier. called police and had the man
arrested after she noticed the bill was
spurious.
James M. Curtis. So. of 1852 Half street
southeast, was charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon. According
. to police. he shot a 13-year-old colored
girl IN the leg because she was max
ing too much noise while playing in
the street and refused to be quiet at
his command.
Other Indictments Listed.
Others indicted, with the charges
q, ,egainst them, are:
William F. Tear and Fred Bryan,
9oy-riding and grand larceny; Chester
W. Lewis. Dorothy A. Howard, Kendall
e. holland. George E. Wood, George L.
Ridley, Marion L. White, James M.
Bryant grand larceny Donald c. Par
ker and William O.. Turner grand lar
ceny. violation of the national prohibi-
tion act and Illegal use of smoke screen;
SJames NJ Bryant, Leo J. Moran, James
Wonder and Randolph Johnson, joy
riding; John Dean, William Chapple,
Henry w. Bates. Clayton Sweeney
Shirley MCGEE, James Mack, Griffin
Smith, James L Williams, Arthur Rock
ard and Edward Diggs. robbery.
Henry W. LeBrun. violation Section
20. U. S. Penal Code; jerome Williams,
Virginia Parks. Hank Allen, George A.
Brice, Joseph Wright, Percy N. john
son. James Campbell and Beatrice
Howard. assault with a dangerous
weapon; Charles Cook. Elmer King
Harry L. West, Helmuth Fischer, Archie
c. Brown, Oreandruis G. Liberty, Vim
cent Dixon, Benjamin F. Taylor, Carl
r. Longerbean. Roy C. Spain. Adam
Carr. Wallace Heart, jr.. and Julius
Pearsall housebreaking and larceny;
Whitfield Neville. Elizabeth D. Tate
and Joseph Black. receiving stolen
property: Leonard Fields, violation of
Section 834, D. c. Code; Leonard H.
Beattis. Peter Rockelli and David Bren-
ner, violation of the Harrison narcotic
act. and Sam Lapas, rape.
The following were exonerated OF the
charges indicated:
Clarence Smith, non support; Charles
H Holmes. Stewart Marshall, John E.
Arnold and Hooper Craft, assault with
a dangerous weapon, John H. Brown,
housebreaking; Oscar Vanover and Al
win Mullins, grand larceny; BENJAMIN
F. Smith, grand larceny and joyriding;
Iaisend Brown and Clarence AShe, rob-
berry: Wiley Crouch, depreciation on
private property; Herbert M. Lambert.
forgery and uttering, and Arthur w.