Evening star., 1933-01-25
.ECKLUND SLAYERS
INDICTED BY JURY
AS INQUEST PENDS
-Four Named as Principals
and Two as Accessories in
Fatal HoId-up Attempt.
ROVER CUTS RED TAPE
OBTAIN TRUE BILLS
Five Other First-Degree Murder
Charges Returned by D. C.
1nquisitorial Body.

-Four OF the six men held in the at
tempted $4,000 Browning Painting Co.
pay roll robbery. in which Elmer r.
EckIund, paymaster for the concern.
was shot to death and Harry Stumm,
nus assistant, seriously wounded, are
indictment returned today by the grand
jury. The two other men are named
as accessories after the fact
The men accused of murder are:
Claude Myers, %, and Fewell Work.
man, %, both colored, who are alleged
TO have done the actual shooting; Al
bert E. Cash, 20, said to have driven
the taxicab in which the gunner es-
capped, and Everett Blackwell, %, re-
puted to have acted as "tip-off' man
during the hold-up attempt
Those named as accessories are:
Clyde E. Templeton, 80, who is al
legged to have disposed of one of the
guns. and oscar M Cash, 25, brother
OF Albert Cash, who is said to have
disposed OF the other weapon. Temple
ton is a brother-in-law of the Cash
brothers.
Inquest Also Held.
The Indictment, in six counts, was
reported in District Supreme Court
while coroner's jury was Investigate
ing the case in the District Morgue.
The jury was sworn in over the body
OF the slain man last Saturday.
The accused men are expected to be
arraigned Friday in District Supreme
Court. United States Attorney Leo A,
Rover, who slashed legal red tape in
presenting the case to the grand jury in
advance OF the inquest. will request an
early trial.
Despite the protest of Assistant
United States Attorney Charles MURRAY.
the inquest was continued indefinitely
TO give the police opportunity to sum-
mon several witnesses who failed to
appear
Holding that enough witnesses had
been heard to enable the Jury to reach
q verdict Murray declared continuance
OF the inquest would serve only to EN-.
barrass the prosecution.
The District grand jury also reported
hve other first-degree murder indict-
menH. The jurors ignored two charges
Of homicide
The death Of Frank De Amato, q
workman on new Federal building,
on Constitution avenue between Ninth
ana Tenth streets. January 10, was
held accidental and Louis Biacanell
and Thomas Casa, who had been held
by coroner's jury. were exonerated.
De Amato fell into a tunnel in the
building. There were no eyewitnesses.
The grand jurors also declined to in
dlct Edgar j. Dugan, colored. who had
been held for the death Of William
Lewis, also colored. on January 4, at
1879 Six-and-a-half street.
Reindicted in Henry Case.
A separate indictment for first-degree
murder was reported against Charles
Harris in connection with the fatal
shooting of Milton w. Henry, local
gambler, near his home, 3428 Brown
street, April 81 last Harris and Harry
Davis had been jointly indicted for the
killing last August, but investigation Of
the evidence led the United States at
torney to seek the new indictment.
Joseph T. Barry is charged with first
degree murder for the fatal shooting
of Israel Seigel December 13. Seigel
was seated in delivery truck in front
OF $3.50 Eleventh street when the shoot
ing occurred. His attentions to Mrs.
Ruth M. Goebel are said to have led
to the tragedy. The woman had been
friendly with Barry, it is reported, and
to have left him a few days before
the shooting, taking her children to
alexandria. She had been seen with
Siegel, which is said to have angered
Barry.
A dispute over the dumping of some
trash Is said to have led to the fatal
| shooting Of Albert F. Wilson, colored,
December 15 in the rear yard of 1901
First street southwest. Graham Henry
Lee Gibson Farrell, colored, was in
dicted today for flrst-degree murder as
the result of the shooting.
Edward Henry Jones, colored. Is
charged with first-degree murder fol-
lowing. an attack December 81 with an
ak on Thurber j. Battle, also colored.
which resulted in the death of the
latter. The attack took place in the rear
OF l707 Eighth street.
43 True Bills Returned.
The fifth first-degree murder indict-
ment IS against Reginald Busey. colored.
He is accused of the fatal shooting Of
Walter Holloway, also colored, January
8 in st. Mary'S Court.
total Of 43 indictments was reported
to Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and
the grand jurors ignored Is other cases
presented to them.
Besides the two homicide cases mem
toned above, the grand jurors refused
to indict Charles Ingram, joy-riding;
Kelly w. Holmes and Clifford r. Scott,
grand larceny; William Davis and John
oAiA4tAi, 4diCCuy, CulIIl k1UOScS, house.
breaking; John Hall and Vivian Rober-
son, robbery; Mary Graham, George
Thornton and Harrison P. Brown, as
Sault with a dangerous weapon; John
Nocente, perjury; Edgar A. Muller and
James Coleman, arson, and George E,
Collier, motor vehicle theft act.
Others indicted and the charges
against them include:
James Henry Tate non-support Of
wife and minor children; Charles Ash
ton, Bernice F. Herring. Gresham T.
Cole, Verna Witen, william Lenard.
William Henry Day and Rudolph Brown,
| joy-riding; Benjamin F. Richards, Rob-
ert Venney and Clarence Bradford,
grand larceny and joy-riding; William
B. Phillips, alias Jerry B. Perry, alias
William Derrith, alias, George Costello;
Ralph Preston, Thomas Haynes and
Francis X. Loughran, grand larceny.
John L. Scott, Robert Venney, Clar-
ence Bradford, Benjamin F. Richards,
Clarence Bradford, Benjamin F. Rich
ards, Robert Venney, Willie F. Knight,
Frank Robinson, Benjamin F. Richards,
Robert Venney, Clarence Bradford,
Ralph Preston. William Alexander
Davis, Carroll Leon Ware, housebreak-
ing and larcenym Donald R. Tavenner.
Lawrence johnson, Melvin johnson,
John Rene, Cora Waters. Horace
Bell, Robert E. Lewis, Edward Harris,
Joseph Warren, Jesse M. Stewart,
Leonard A. Brown. Enock Neal. Leon
| ard A. Brown, Alfred A. Wood and
Bernice F. Herring. robbery; Joshua w.
Collins, william T. Watkins (alias Bill
Nutney), and william c. Hill, assault
with intent to commit robbery; James
E. Spence, James E. Spence, Alexander
r. Smart. John T. Butcher (two cases),
George w. Duncan, assault with dam
gerous weapon. and Francis Z. Lollahs