Evening star., 1934-10-24
GETS
PRISON SENTENCE
Given Two to Four Years.
Pleads Guilty Three Hours
After Indictment.

Three hours after he had been in
dicted on two charges of embezzle-
ment today, Norman B. Landreau,
well-known attorney, was taken from
the District Supreme Court room to
begin serving a sentence of from two
to four years in the penitentiary.
Sentence was imposed by Justice
Oscar r. Luhring after Landreau had
pleaded guilty to both indictments,
which together charged him with
embezzling $13,569 from two insane
clients.
Landreau told the court he lost the
money "speculating." A plea for
leniency was made by Attorney Rich
ard E. Wexford, who said Landreau
was the possessor of long and en-
viable record at the bar prior to the
bringing of these charges against him.
One indictment charged him with
misappropriating $5,062 belonging to
Walter r. Marsh. The defalcationS,
it is alleged, occurred from April, 16,
1882, to December % of the same
year.
In the other case, Landreau was
accused of embezzling S8507 from
Vincent L. McCarty. an insane World
War veteran In this case, the in
dictment alleged embezzlements from
June 2, 1882, to December Of that
year.
Was Active in Legion.
Landreau. who had been active in
American Legion circles here, was
cited for contempt of court in the
McCarty case. Ordered committed to
Jail by Chief Justice Wheat, he was
released when he produced the records
of the estate and said he did not have
the assets. The court had ordered him
to produce the records and assets
He was eXonerated by the grand
jury on two charges of perjury. The
grand jury was asked to investigate
the possible perjury charges when 1t
was at first thought he had made an
erroneous statement to the court in
connection with his accounts.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted today, with the
charges against them, were:
Joseph James Joholski, non-support
of minor children: James White and
Denton c. Morgan, joyriding; George
W. Walker, grand larceny; Earl Leon
Williams, robbery; William Hood,
Purcell Green, Clarence Parker, Alvin
D. Limerick, William D. Gleason,
Thomas Jasper Newly, Robert E.
Raines. Ira M. Hatch, George T. Curry
and James White, housebreaking and
larceny: George T. Curry and James
White, assault with dangerous
weapon; James Lee, assault with a
dangerous weapon and larceny; Sylves-
ter Wall, Henry Cornelius, Buford
Findley, John Thomas, Bernard D.
Hawkins, Amos Irving, Laura Tobias.
Sena E. Chambers Edward M.
Schooner and Bennie Wolfson, viola
ton of the liquor taxing act of 1884;
Elmer B. Stewart, carnal knowledge !:
Jesse Hayes. assault with intent to
commit carnal knowledge; Fred Ansley,
violation section 851-b, D. c. code:
Henry c. Privette and Otho Conyer,
embeZzlement.
Several Cleared.
The grand jury cleared the follow
ing of the charges indicated:
George w. Donald, assault with a
dangerous weapon; Albert johnson,
joyriding; Elizabeth Marsh, grand lar
ceny; Allen L. King, James Thomas,
Bailey Flood and Bernard Wade, rob-
berry; Alfred G. Smith and Alex Jones,
violating liquor taxing act of 1894 !;
Veoda Williams larceny from the Dis
trict of Columbia; Edward L. Tyner,
larceny frcm the United States; John
Crispins, embezzlement; Ernest John
son, violation section 85l-b of the
District CT Columbia code; Jamie H.
Elkins, violation section 814 of the Dis
trict Of Columbia code, and Carroll
Thomas, violating section IS of the
United States penal code.