Evening star., 1933-02-08
MAN IS INDICTED
BY GRAND JURORS
AS HOUSE STEALER
Accused of Tearing Down
Two Buildings and Parts
of Two Others.
SCRUGGS is NAMED
IN CHEST FUNDS THEFT
Five Members of Gypsy Tribe Face
Charges of Robbing Two Women
of Rival Clan.

Alleged to have stolen" two houses
and parts of two others, James Thomp-
son, colored, was indicted by the Dis
trict grand jury today on charges of
destroying private property ard grand
larceny.
Thompson is said to have torn down
two brick houses at 419 and 421 First
street southwest and the front walls
of houses at 423 and 423l2 First street
southwest in the belief the buildings
had been condemned and that he was
at liberty to help himself to the ma
terial.
The first two houses belonged to
Miriam Solomon of the Wardman Park
Hotel and the others to the Washing
ton Housing Corporation. Thompson
is said to have sold the material taken
from the houses, which were estimated
to have been worth about 1000 each.
John A. Scruggs Indicted.
John A. Scruggs was indicted on q.
charge of larceny of $500 from the
Community Chest on November 25,
1892. Andrew c. Landrus, Chest audi
tor, said the money was in canvas
bag, which disappeared from shelf
at the Chest headquarters.
Five members of a Gypsy tribe, Mary
Stanley, Bolita Stanley, Steve Stanley,
Thomas Stanley and Louis Stanley. were
indicted on robbery charges after the
grand jury had been told they took $3.50
from Rose Demetro, 18, and her
of another tribe. They are said to have
held up the two women with pistols.
The Stanleys escaped, but five suspects
answering their descriptions are being
held in Philadelphia.
Homer B. Shropshire, 20, was re-
indicted for violation OF the white slave
traffic act on complaint of Della Wills,
alias Dorothy Pollard, who said he
brought her here from Roanoke, Va.
A similar indictment was returned
against him in the case of Essie L..
ParkeT, who charges Shropshire brought
here from West Virginia.
Others Are Indicted.
Others indicted, and the charges
against them, were:
John Oliver Scott, nonsupport of
minor children; James A. Washington,
Robert L. Collins, Alfred G. Les Callett,
Edgar J. Brown, joyriding; Donald
Henshaw and Lawrence Vanover, JOY
riding, grand larceny, HOUSEKEEPING
and larceny; Lester c. Jackson, James
Matthews and Clarence P. Bailey,
housebreaking and larceny; Fred Cam
bridge and William Stoney. grand lar
ceny; Vincent Costello, William Robin
son. Luther Bethel. Willie Adams and
James T. Wills, robbery; Winnie Car
rington, receiving stolen property; John
Cave. Robert Wells, jerome A. Steven
son and George jenkins, assault with
dangerous weapon; James Graves, as
sault with intent to kill: Lucien II:
Benedict, grand larceny and violation OF
the national motor vehicle theft act.
The jury refused to return 1ndlct>
ments in the cases Of William E. Cross
field, charged with grand larceny;
Joseph D. Canty and George Harris,
robbery; Alice Holt and Howard Actor,
assault with dangerous weapon; HUI
bert Matthews, Harvey Lee Holton, Wal
lace j. Curtin, and Harvey A. Love, vi
olation of the National prohibition act;
Abraham Blum, carnal knowledge;
Robert w. Arnold, forgery; Paul j.
Byrne and Jack W. Kelley, homicide,
and Earl F. Goodwin, violation of the
National motor vehicle theft act.