Evening star., 1934-05-09
INDICTED
FOR VIOLATION Of
E[K|NS ACT OF 'O3
Three Firms Also Accused
of Interstate Commerce
0ffense.
CONCESSION ON RENT
FOR FREIGHT CHARGED
Club Mayfower Proprietor Faces
Indictment With Four on
Liquor Counts.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Co and
three local commission merchandising
firms were indicted by the District
grand jury today on charges arising
out of alleged violations of the Elkins
interstate commerce act OF 1903.
1t is charged that the railroad, at
the request of the commission mer-
chants, refrained from charging them
rent for quarters they occupied on
Water street southwest in return for
freight business.
The local concerns indicted are
Glove & Davis, Inc, l2l5-l7-l9
Water street; Leventhal & Oxenburg.
Inc, l2O7-09 Water street, and Max
Shapiro, 1307-09-1l Water street. The
indictment against the railroad also
charged that the j. T. Richards Co.
Inc, l2ll-l3 Water street, vas not
required to pay any rent, but this
local concern was not charged with
soliciting the concession.
htht HcIu NOT Pald.
The indictment, presented bv As
slStant United States ATTORNEYS Harry
l.. Underwood and Charles 3. MURRAY.
alleges that Glove & Davis was sup
posed TO pay monthly rental of S34O;
LeVenthal g. OXenburg, S255; Shapiro.
$3.50, and Richards Co., $3.50, From
March l, 1881, to March |, 1894 it
Is charged, no rent was paid.
During this period, according IN the
nolctment, the railroad did an extern
slve business for the merchants in
shipping lettuce, melons, peas. pota-
tees and similar vegetables. The
merchants allegedly could specify the
road on which this produce was TO be
shipped
The railroad company alIegedlv or
gained the Potomac Freight Ter.
mmalS Co., in which the other de-
Ienoants have their places of busi-
ness, IN July, 1925. and owns 90 prr
cent of the capital stock.
Inc Indictment against the railroad
contains 20 counts. Upon conviction.
the defendant would be subject to a
maximum fine of 100000 and min
lmum of $4,000.
The individual merchants are
charged in indictments containing five
counts each with soliciting and re-
| celVlng concessions from the railroad
IN connection with the freight ship
ments."
Liquor Violation Charged.
zachariah T. (zebbie) Goldsmith.
erstWhlle proprietor Of the Club Nav
lloWer, was indicted with four other
men IN connection with a raid on his
establishment last February II. They
are charged with violating the LIQUOR
| taxing act OF 1884. The others named
are William H. Nelson. joseph
Cochran. Thomas J. Sullivan and
Robert H. Corzine.
The raid was made by Lieut.. George
| Little and his vice squad after an
undercover agent had gained entrance
10 the establishment and purchased
sl3 worth of drinks and a pint of
whisky.
The grand jury also returned an in
dlctment against Goldsmith, Cochran
ana CorAne. accusing them of
gambling
Ten other persons were also indicted
Tor alleged violations of the liquor tax
ing act.
Ralph N. Walker, colored was
charged with first-degree murder in
connection with the fatal shooting
April of Henson Brooks. also colored'
IN front of the latter's home at 1O19
P street.
| Others Indicted.
Others indicted. with the charges
against them, were:
Edgar Raymond Hodgkins. nom
support; Clarence Daye. Louis A An
cerson, Daniel E. Davis, Edward lie
Roy Carroll, Robert w. Seeley. Tru-
man l.. Jackson and William A. Ban
ia, loyriding; John Edward Proctor
Joyrlolng and grand larceny: Truman
L. Jackson, William A. Banta. Raw
mond Boyer and Guy Freeman. rob
berry; Garfield Blanton, robbery and
assault with a dangerous weapon:
Rlchard Vernon, housebreakine. Err
nest l.. Williams. Frank Spriggs. Alb
raham jackson, Presley E. Ayers.
raymond Haynes, housebreaking and
larceny; Joseph Cunningham, assault
win dangerous weapon; Henry
Leach, Benjamin Berger. Richard C
Woltz, Eddie Dean, John Mont, James
Gary, George L. Collins, Saul Eron-
some, William Carl Smith. Richard
Carroll Woltz, Glenroy H. Toombs and
Emma Robinson, violations of LIQUOR
taxing act of 1884.
The grand jury exonerated the fol-
lowing of the charges indicated:
John w. Leon, Lawrence Krooler,
Russell S. Craig, Roy F. Wyne and
Joe Dean, joyriding; Charles Brown,
Stewart PoSey, Raymond Boyer and
Cullen T. Goodliffe, grand larceny;
Harry H. Pelham and Clarence E.
Curren, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Henry Landry, Mike Kap-
Ian, Graham Williams, Joseph F.
Mesline, Ebert Cohl and Jack Ready,
violating liquor-taxing act of 1894;
Edward Kaiser, william Nelson and
Thomas j. Sullivan, violating section
865, District of Columbia Code; Mil
burn Read, violating sections / and 2
of motor vehicle theft act; Alice Vir-
ginia Grace, forgery; j. Henry Du-
Bose, embezzlement: Lawrence Berry
Yates and Joseph Castonguay, homi-
eide.