Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-30
Z MEN INDICTED
|N$l,0DO SW|NDLE
Sought After Charges by
Ex-Navy Officer and
His Wife.


Hawkins, former naval officer, and
his wife out Of a 81 900 bill here sew
eral weeks ago, Joseph Collins, 80, of
many aliases, and Jack Arlen. 81, alias
Anthony Mino, were indicted today by
the District grand jury on true bills
alleging grand larceny.
The two alleged confidence men now
are being sought throughout the coun-
try. They are believed to have come
here from Philadelphia.
Sixty-eight other indictments were
returned by the grand jury, which
ignored "a other cases.
According to information furnished
the grand jury, Hawkins, a former
lieutenant commander, met young Ar
len in a downtown cocktail lounge
August IA and, after several drinks,
brought him to his apartment, at 240l
Calvert street. Hawkins attractive
wife, Eve, was there at the time.
After several more drinks, Arlen is
said to have left the apartment.
Warned Of Notoriety.
The next day Collins Is said to have
appeared at the Hawkins apartment,
representing himself as Detective
Thompson from headquarters" and
told Mrs. Hawkins that the young man
had been picked up by police on Con-
necticut avenue after leaving her
home Mrs. Hawkins said he told her
that if $1,000 bail were not furnished
for Arlsn the case might result in
considerable nasty newspaper noto-
riety."
Mrs. Hawkins went with him in a
taxicab to the Hamilton National
Bank, drew out a $1,000 bill, dove to
police headquarters and is reported to
have given 1t to Collins to post as bail
The next day she and her husband
became suspicious and went to head
quarters, where they discovered the
hoax. Meanwhile the alleged conf
dence men had left the city.
Murder Charge Placed.
A second degree murder charge was
placed against William Henry Platt,
~, formerly Of the 1000 block Of
Eighth street, as result Of the kill
ing July 6 of George H. Mullen, %.
of the 400 block of Sixth street, in
a dispute said to concern a girl.
Others indicted were:
Clinton L. Coleman and James
Butler, HOUSEKEEPING; Paul McClese,
James z. Foster, James Gordon, John
Herrod, Henry Washington, William
Higgins, Harry Gross, Benjamin
Shields and John H. Brown, house.
breaking and larceny; Arthur john
son, Alfonso Budd, Preston H. Lowell,
Russell Brown, James E. Green,
william Golden, Francis E. Miller,
Jay Bryant Baker and william G.
Davis, joyriding; Frank H. Tighten
walter, Joe Mcdonald, Bertha Brooks,
James Hayden, Melvin E. Baker,
Robert Ross, Robert Contee, Jack L.
Shirley and Benjamin Neal Gary,
grand larceny; Thomas Filloremo,
Richard Mahoney, Nathaniel Hayes,
John B. Wisemiller, Gladys Cis-
sci, Otis Cranberry, Chester A.
Adams, Bonnie 'Marinari, and John
Martin, assault with a danger
Gus weapon; John Martin, Robert
Mcbride, Daniel Galloway, William
Wilkerson, william Enoch, Joseph
Davis, Otis Williams, william Davis,
Leroy Smith, Paul Gold. Norman Hart,
Mary Watts, Frederick Vernon and
Arthur Hurndon. robbery; Robert
Mcbride, attempted robbery: Arthur
B. Ward and George Currie, robbery
and assault with a dangerous weapon:
Jones, Spencer H. Cleveland.
william Hinton, Howard Coleman and
Robert r. Henderson, violation Of the
liquor taxing act Of 1894; Henry Clay
Robinson, larceny after trust, forgery
and uttering: Nathan Mcdonald and
John w. Arnold, carnal knowledge and
assault with intent to commit carnal
knowledge; Asa Bernard Carter, as
sault with intent to commit carnal
knowledge: Claude Barbery and James
Roberts, accessories after the fact:
william Robert Ridley. first degree
murder: Jessie Houston, Sylvester
Perry, Lucy L. SiInms and Ernest Lee
Lawton, second degree murder, and
Philip n. Mandrake, false pretenses.
Gases Ignored.
Cases ignored follow:
Richard ]. Rouzee, John H. Rock,
George Daily, John Wilson and Julia
Turner, joyriding; Elzina Howells.
forgery: Irene E. Longerbeam, grand
larceny: Inazio Digiro, HOUSEKEEPING;
Clifton Simpson, Richard Grigsby,
Jessie Z. Houston, Helen T. Barnes
and James Walker. assault with
dangerous weapon; Jasper g. Gilmer,
carnal knowledge; Harry M. Williams,
violation white slave traffic act; Nellie
Masters, abortion; Eugene Tate,
Gladys Epps, Nina Bryant, Jeanette
Kidd, Mary z. williams and John
Woods, robbery; Samuel H. Hall.
Maceo Colbert and William Beatty.
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