Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
TWO ARE INDICTED
GRANDDAUGHTER
CHARGES BY JURY
Francis M. Tompkins and
Russell |. Wood Cited
in Death of Women.
FORMER IN HOSPITAL
WITH A BROKEN BACK
True Bills Returned Against TX
Alleged violators Of District
Gambling Laws.


Gambling Laws.
Now suffering with a broken back,
Francis M. Tompkins, ~, socially
prominent son of a well-known local
builder. was indicted by the District
grand jury on manslaughter charges
TODAY as the driver of speeding auto
mobile which killed woman at Four
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
last March.
Russell T. Wood, As, an employe at
the Veterans Administration also was
indicted on a manslaughter charge IN
connection with a traffic accident
which resulted in the death OF young
woman.
Tompkins, who received a broken
hack when thrown from horse at the
Middleburg, Va, hunt last month, was
driving an automobile which ran onto
a loading platform and then struck
Mrs Ruth storey, 80. of 3507 w street.
Mrs. Storey, a District Building
eharwoman. was knocked 10 feet by
the automobile, according to an eye
witness.
witnesses Disagree.
Although witnesses disagreed as 10
whether Mrs Storey was standing on
the loading platform or in the street
when struck, they said Tompkins ma
chine ran on to the platform and
then skidded in a half turn before
coming to stop.
Some onlookers said the automobile
was travelling between SIS and 60 miles
an hour at the time. Other witnesses
said they saw the machine being
driven at an excessive speed several
blocks from the scene of the action.
A police officer said Tompkins was
sober when he talked to him AFTER
the accident, which occurred about
4:30 am. on March 2. Ramon Bayas-
ca, proprietor of restaurant on Con-
necticut avenue, told police. however,
that Tompkins and two women were
in his place several hours before the
tragedy and drank about five high
balls.
The automobile, according to police,
was owned by Olga B. Sturtevant,
Oxon Hill, Md.
Car Hit Taxicab.
Wood, who lives at 2123 I street,
was the driver of an automobile which
collided with a taxicab at Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue on
April 2. Miss Theresa E. Wedel, %,
of 1904 Independence avenue south
west, a passenger in the cab, received
injuries which resulted in her death.
Witnesses said Wood was driving be-
tween so and 60 miles an hour, and
that they detected the odor of alco-
hol on his breath.
Following closely after the conviction
of Sam Beard, reputed leader of the
local gambling fraternity, the grand
jury returned charges against IL other
alleged violators Of the gaming regula-
lions.
AL. of them were charged with
operating lottery in connection with
the numbers game. They are Charles
L. Gear, John Herman Beach, Eugene
Talbert, Thomas A. Allen, Harry H.
Miller, Robert E. Mcdonald, Charles
Y H
Brosnan, Harry AbramovitZ, Bradley
A. Burkart and Gus L. Mullinax.
Peter j. 1asillo, former secretary to
Representative Edward A. Kenney OF 1
New Jersey, was indicted on charge
of forgery. It is alleged he forged
Kenneys name to a check for $3.50
and cashed it through the sergeant
Ut arms Of the House.
Roy H. Dale, former Bureau Of Nav |
igation official in the Department of
Commerce, was charged with convert |
ing to his own use $4,000 of Govern
ment funds. It Is alleged he sub
mitted false vouchers purporting to
represent the purchase price Of new
motors for tenders on Coast Guard
vessels.
Thornton H. johnson, colored, was
charged with first-degree murder in
connection with the shooting last
March 20 Of Alphonse Burwell at
Eleventh and o streets.
The grand jury returned q total of
70 indictments, including charges
against Is persons alleged to have
violated the liquor-taxing law.
OthCI AhOlStAuCukSs
Others indicted, with the charges
against them, are:
Herbert jackson, Luther Hustled,
Daniel Williams, Robert c. Gray and
Maxwell Adams, joyriding; Edward s.
Debethiey, Russell Netherton, Mack r.
James and William Stone, grand lar
ceny and joyriding: John D. White,
Thomas Brazzell, Vanderbilt English,
Edna Harrison, John Mitchell, James
Booth, william Brown, Theodore
Economou, Louis e. Brown. Leroy
J. Tiedeman. robbery; Leroy Waters,
Charles A. Immich and Paul J. Tiede-
man, grand larceny; George Brown,
Elmer Neal, James G. Moore. George
Harris. Lula Schools. Joseph B.
Robinson and Samuel Wooten, house.
breaking and larceny, and Brice Ga
briel and Edward Massey, receiving
stolen property.
Brice Gabriel, Bonnie Wolfson,
Franklin Dorsey, James Cooper, Dom
aid Campbell. Charlie McKeever, Sam
uel Herndon, Garfield A. Williams.
Eunice Jones, Norman Jones, Claude
Morton. Robert Butler, Nathan Gross,
Alven Thomas, Matthew Lott, Theo-
dore Medlock, John Beverly, Samuel
Bolden, John e. Ruff1n, Ralph H
Kilgo, Catherine Thompson, Thomas
Hawkins, Earl Brown, Helen A. Wood
and Clarence Uranium, violating
liquor taxing act.
Yancy Dean, bigamy; Harrison
Jones, Fred Palmer, Wildly Payne and
Charles Brown, assault with dan
gerous weapon: James Burt, carnal
knowledge; Earl Granlund and Pro-
cola r. Ynot, forgery and uttering;
Albert D. Brown, embezzlement; d.
Franklin Pyle, converting to his own |
use money received as executor Of an |
estate; Beatrice Corcoran, Rose Pei
ham. Harry H. Mitchell and Lillian |
Perry, violation Of section 70, title Is, |
United States Code; Holden Van Dorm |
Robinson, violating section 1874, United
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