Evening star., 1934-09-11
70 INDICTMENTS
RETURNED BY Jury
Charges in Three Cases Are
Ignored-John Howell
Held for Trial.

edly shot Abraham Lipshultz after
the latter had refused to sell him
liquor, was indicted by the District
grand jury today on charges Of as
sault with intent to kill and assault
with intent to rob.
The jury returned a total of 10 in
dictments and ignored charges in
three cases.
Faces Robbery Charges.
Howell is said to have entered Lip
shultz's lunch room, at 206 Fourth
street southwest, on August Is and
sought to purchase liquor. Told that
it was after hours, he asked for beer.
When this, too, was refused he drew
gun and told the proprietor to open
the cash register, according to police
Lipshultz ran toward the kitchen, but
was shot through the arm and chest.
Two other indictments charged Howell
with robbery.
Florence Virginia Craig, 81, colored
was charged with flrst-degree murder
in connection with the fatal shooting
Of her husband Robert Craig, on
August Is at 2818 Robinson place
southeast. She told police she fired
after Craig had beaten her.
John E. Jackson and James Gas
kinS, both colored, were charged with
holding up the delicatessen of Samuel
Chaikin, 1900 block of Vermont ave-
nue., on August %. They allegedly OBJ
tanned SIS.
Others Indicted.
Others indicted. with the charges
against them, are:
Garner w. Windle, Charles Beal,
Normand A. Maynard, Robert Brown,
Upton Dorsey, Frank Morris, Alice
Carter, Robert w. Langston, Annie
Bell, Turner Landor, John Thomas
and Sidney Harris, violating liquor
taxing act of 1894; George E. Ward,
James R. Peed, Henry T. Alexander,
William E. Metz, Lawrence E. Cook
and William Thomas, joy riding and
grand larceny; Adolphus Jones, VIII
liam T. Jones, Charles Daniels, Joseph
Coates, George Dodson, Horace Bellew,
Bernie Smith, Warfield Grooms, Will
liam Thomas and John r. Bowman,
Joy riding; Fred Faison, Joseph Daw-
son, Adella Broomfield, Eva Graham
and John Edward Jackson, assault
with dangerous weapon; Donald J.
Hamilton, assault with a dangerous
weapon and assault with intent to
commit robbery.
John Edward Jackson, James Gas
kins, Nathaniel Don Jones, James
Kenney, George w. Broadus, Hobart
StawerS, Clarence Daniel Back. John
Ciccone and Archibold Lyles, robbery;
Theodore Harris, James D. Posey,
William A. Haislip and Charles E.
Leapley, HOUSEKEEPING; John Ciccone,
James D. Posey, William A. Haislip,
Charles E. Leapley, Emmett Waller,
Calvin w. Edwards, Ray Allen, Essex
Morgan, John Kidd, Robert Wilson,
George Carter, Jesse w. Springs, Le-
roy D. Washington, Henry B. Shartzer,
George M. Washington and Frank
Mooreman, houSebreaking and larceny;
Frank Mooreman, Clarence Daniel
Back, Donald H Merrill, James Han
non, Elwood Reid, William Newton
Good, Carrie C. Weldon, John Linkins
and George Anderson, grand larceny;
Albert M. Lehman, John G.. Mosby
and Horace Potts, receiving stolen
property; George Gill, violating sec
ton 867, District of Columbia code;
Thomas r. Ratcliffe and Harrison e.
Stone, false pretenses; Ruth Anna
Hopkins, violating section 73, title 1s,
United States code; Thomas Triplen,
incest and carnal knowledge, and
Francis H. Harding, carnal knowledge.
Three Cases Dropped.
The jury cleared the following of
the charges indicated:
James F. Graham, grand larceny;
Wilbur Davidson, assault with a
dangerous weapon, and Frank and
Amos Kendrick, violating national
motor vehicle theft act.