Evening star., 1934-11-28
Game Requires Skill and Is
Held Outside Law on
Gambling.
JOCKEY AGENT INDICTED
IN TWO MARRIAGES
William F. Gillispie of Baltimore
Alleged to Have Wed There and
at Hagerstown in Two Weeks.

Bingo- archery, which consists Of
hurting darts at numbered placards
for prizes, is not gambling game, the
District grand jury decided today.
In making this decision, the jury re-
fused to indict 10 men said to have
operated a bingo-archery parlor in the
100 block of Connecticut avenue. The
jury decided the game was a matter Of
skill.
The case was placed before the
grand jury for investigation by United
States Attorney Leslie c. Garnett after
he had received complaints from resi-
dents living in the vicinity. Those
exonerated are Edward L. Mahoney,
John F. Storey, Claude w. Giles. Her
man L. Mcleod. Clarence B. Crosby,
Horace w. Trice, Lester P. Katchie,
Edward Juliano Henry A. Peckham
and George Chase.
William F. Gillspie, "a, a Jockeys
agent, alleged to have gone through
two marriage ceremonies with differ
ent women in two weeks, was indicted
on charges of bigamy and perjury.
According to the indictment, Gillispie,
wiz AANCo al Gu1 Ill
M Jenkins October rs in Hagerstown,
Md. and two weeks later married
Helen G. Redford of Baltimore in this
city.
Hall Charges Similar.
Similar charges were returned
against william George Hall, 27, who
allegedly married Sadie E. Hall here
In June, 1881, and last month married
Leona NJ Honeycutt without securing
a divorce from the former wife.
William Henry Moquin, former
Wardman Park Hotel auditor, was in
dicted on charge of embezzling $685.
OF the hotel funds.
Joseph Lilly, colored, 81. was in
dicted for first-degree murder in con-
nection with the killing of his wife
Bessie, who was fatally beaten with a
stove poker, November s.
Many Others Indicted.
Others indicted, with the charges
against them, are:
Milton Winslow. Samuel Davis,
Preston Hymes, Theodore Patterson,
Walter Watson. Arthur @. Doyle and
Milton Hicks, Joy riding; Monroe Bell,
grand larceny and joy riding; Alger
Cheeks. Jesse Greenwell, James Robin
son. Clarence Ashton, William john
son, Fulton A. Bond and William NJ.
Crump, grand larceny; Wallace w.
Elliott, house breaking and JOY riding;
James White, Mellon Springs. Nick A..
Sanpagna and George I. Mahoney,
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny: James
Clark, William H. Evans, Hey Moore.
Claude Rose, Scion Richardson and
George Bernard, assault with dan
gerous weapon: Richard o. Miller,
Samuel Hawkins. Daniel Davis. George
Bernard, Ollie Roy, James H. Neal,
William Frederick, DietZ L. Paris,
William M. Taylor and Charles Bass
ham, robbery; Herman Jackson, George
Smith and Michael A. Curtin, assault
with intent to commit robbery; James
Williams and George Jackson, assault
with intent to commit carnal knowl-
edge; Wilbur B. Peaire, carnal knowl-
edge: William Jackson, Thomas j.
Evans, Anselmo Arvillis and Irving
West, violating liquor taxing act Of
1894; Rosa Hines Lee. violating Sec
ton 70, title 18. U. S. code; Edgar
M. Campion, violating section 100,
title 18, U. S. code; Bernard D. Reed,
violating section 265, title l8, U. S.
code, and Hadley Lane, James Ralph
Harris and Willie Lee, manslaughter.
List of Those Cleared.
The jury cleared the following of
the charges indicated:
Benjamin r. Falkner, housebreak-
ing and larceny; lie Roy Day and
Lawrence Holmes, joyriding; Greed
Martin, grand larceny; Fred E. Fos-
night, Robert jackson, Herman T..
Lewis, Daniel j. Sanklin and George
w. Briscoe, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Joseph Miller, assault with
intent to commit robbery; George
Dodson and Priscilla Jones, violating
liquor taxing act: Herbert Barrett,
blackmail; Edward B. Gaskill, violat-
ing section 851-b, District of Colum-
bia Code; Stephen Russell Gates, vio-
lating section rs, title Is, United
States code; John Landon, violating
section 10. title 1s, United States
Code, and Harry Chester Smith,
violating section rs, title ls. United
States Code.