Evening star., 1934-05-02
Taken to Hospital.


Miss Ritchie fed it a fried egg sand
Wich.
Taken to Hospital.
On April "a, the childs condition
became serious, and the landlady
called for help After appeals for four
hours to police, the Fire Department.
hospitals, the Welfare Board and the
WomenS Bureau, the baby finally was
taken to hospital.
Arrangements were being made to-
day to care for the child upon her
discharge from the hospital either
through District or North Carolina
welfare agencies. Miss Ritchie said
she and the childS mother were in
destitute circumstances.
Doctors at the hospital today said
the child probably would recover. al
though symptoms of bronchial pneu-
monia still were present. Hospital
records listed the young patient as
Baby Chapman"
Miss Ritchie told policewoman
the child, Virginia Farrell, is the
Charlotte, N. C.
Indicted for Hold-Up.
Three men-Elmer Sweeney, John
A. Mullins and William F. Lowry
were indicted on charges of robbery
and assault with a dangerous weapon
in connection with a holdup and
gun battle in a filling station at Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east April l. in which one of the
hold-up gang was killed by a police
man.
The men indicted, with Clifford
Young, colored, allegedly were inter
rupted by police while robbing the gas
station Young attempted to draw
gun and was fatally wounded by
Policeman Watson Salkeld. The
others were captured after being
routed from the basement of the sta
ton with tear gas
Similar charges were brought against
the trio in connection with the hold
up of filling station at Fourteenth
street and Maryland avenue north
east. Mullins was indicted in the
hold-up OF another station at First
and < streets northeast.
SwindIe Plot Charged
John F. LeBeau, head of the John
F. LeBeau Co., Inc, and his foreman,
Michael F. Daily, were charged with
a plot to sWindle the B-W Construc-
ton Co. of large sums of money by
padding" pay rolls. The LeBeau Co.
was a subconUracJor installing plumb
ing and heating equipment in the new
Post Office BUILDING. 1t is alleged
LeBeau boosted his labor expense
from $35,O00 to 100000 by calling in
non-employeS to receive wages and
then paced the money III MS own
accounts.
LeBeau was named in another in
dictment charging larceny after trust
The B-W Construction Co. charges
he converted to his own use 81 ,oUO
given him to deposit at the District
Building for water and sewer con-
nectionS.
Frank J. Gardner, 81, was indicted
for allegedly violating the Federal
statute prohibiting purchase and saIe
OF public office. 1t is charged he re-
ceived $100 from w. E. Hawkes., 5O4
B street noreaSt, after promising to
secure him job as electrician in the
new House Once Building.
First-Degree Murder.
John Greenwood. colored, was charg-
with first-degree murder in the fatal
stabbing April OF James Smith, also
coloreo. Second-degree murder was
charged to Philip Patterson, colored.
for the shooting March 13 of Edward
Bullard, jr.
tlI III,
against them, were:
Joseph De Palma, non-support;
Howard Acton, RuLIedge MounLer
John Hassett, David Hawkins, Carroll
Washington, Earl C. Spencer and
Edward J. Burke, grand larceny
Bernard Ballard, John Clement ana
Clarence X. Hubbard, housebreakng
and larceny; Leon Merrick, Jesse
Thomas and James De Witt Booker
assault with a dangerous weapon;
CletlS G. Hutton and Camp Jacobs,
carnal knowledge; William Raynor
Hoffman, Walter James King, Henson
o. Hail. Meyer Shapiro, James B.
Montgomery, George +. Hill, James H
Colbert, Samuel BeaSley, Everett Ford
MoXley, Richard c. Woltz and Stewart
PoSey, violating liquor taxing act of
1884; Stewart Posey, smoke screen;
Morris Wooden violating section 90,
United States penal code; William H.
Fugitt, abortion, and Wesley Jackson,
manslaughter.
The grand jury cleared the follow
ing of the charges indicated:
William Morris, joy-riding; Charles
Leapley and Joseph Pier, housebreak-
ing and larceny; Watkins Lee Young,
Viola Mckinley, Harry Greer and
Evelina Martin, assault with a dan
gerous weapon; Thomas Vrana and
Melvin 1. Lineback, robbery; Willard
Brown, Barney W. Wilson, James
Fenwick, jr.; Allen Ross and Samuel
Myers, violating liquor taxing act of
1884; Samuel w. Saxon, depreciation
on private property: James William
Chochos, manslaughter, and Alfred
Lee Jones, homicide.