Evening star., 1933-06-14
ALLEGED to Have Taken SIS, ,044
From Fashionable School
Owner.
BLACKMAIL is CLAIMED
IN ANOTHER TRUE BILL
"Slusher" Howell Charged With
Threats With Intent to Extort
Money From Woman.

The Countess Grace de Benque, 24O0
block. Of Wyoming avenue, and George
A. Gormley, 1900 block of Hall place,
were indicted by the District grand
jury today, charged with the larceny
Of more than $4,000 from Miss Louise
Maret, 60-year-old co-proprietor of the
fashionable Maret School for Girls.
The indictment charged that Miss
Maret was induced to turn the money
over to Gormley after she had been
led to believe she was in danger of be-
ing arrested on statutory charge.
Gormley is said to have taken Miss
Maret for an automobile ride into Mary
land on the night of October 6, 1881,
and to have parked the car on a lonely
road. As he cut OF the lights, the
Government contends, man posing as
a police officer approached the car and
told them they were under arrest
After they had returned to Washing
ton, it is alleged, the Countess told Miss
Maret 1t would be necessary to bribe
the officer. Gormley is alleged to have
said this could be done for S15,000
Miss Maret, according to her statement
TO Assistant United States Attorney
William A. Gallagher, raised 5,044 for
this purpose, which she gave to CORN
ley.
Howell Indicted.
James 8. Howell, alias "Slusher"
Howell, was indicted on a charge of
blackmail.
The Indictment charges that Howell,
with intent to extort money, threatened
TO expose the fact that the wife of an
employe OF the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. had one husband at the
time she married the telephone company
empolye. The latter Is said to have paid
cut large sums of money to keep Howell
from making this information public.
Lille M. Walker was charged with
the embezzlement of $7,208 from the
estate OF Mrs. Flcrence Varney King
Eillie serving as executrix. The offense
ailogedly occurred December l, 1881.
1 An Indictment was returned against
"A nur Graham Freese of Cairo. N. Y.
Ulo is accused of stealing an auto
mobile while a salesman was demon
strating it to him. According to the
lndl-tn.ent, the salesman, Sanford
Cr.gg5, got out Of the car to let Freese
take the wheel and the latter drove
away. leaving the salesman standing
In the road. Fresse allegedly sold the
car in New York He was charged with
grand larceny.
Messenger Charged.
Raymond E. Grant, junior messenger
In the office of the Secretary of Labor.
was indicted for the larceny of Sl8
from the United States last November
18
Others indicted, with the charges
against them. were:
Patrick j. O'Connell, joyriding:
Stockton Bryan, Edward Reed, Jennings
D. Barnhart, Joseph w. King. John
billiard and Ella billiard, grand lar
ceny; Henry Charles O'Dell and James
Posey, housebreaking and grand lar
ceny; Thomas Elam, Booker Thomas
ana Rebecca Bratcher, assault with
dangerous weapon; Eugene Bailey. as
sault with intent to kill: Frank C
courtney, forgery and uttering; William
Holmes, Ashby Swailes, Leonard w
shoemaker and Allen Edward Moore
violation of the national prohibition
act; George Cole Levister and David
brenner, violation Of the Harrison mar
cotic act.
=, The following were exonerated Of
the charges indicated:
George Williams, joyriding; Carl RAN
ooiph, grand larceny; Pete Rockelli
robbery, and Magglin Thomas and
Laura Slater, assault with a dangerous
weapon.