Evening star., 1935-01-23
I ARE INDICTED
IN NUMBERS WAR,
2FOR RACE BETS
Grand Jury Clears Mrs. Ham
in Traffic Death of
Miss TeeI.
GAME SUSPECTS TAKEN
IN GENERAL RAID
Hold-up and Wounding of Bank
Runner Results in Charges
Against Two.

Continuing its drive against gam
bling, the District grand jury today
indicted II persons on numbers game
charges and 2 others in connection
with operation of an alleged horse
race betting establishment.
Mrs. Suzanne M Ham, wife OF
William F. Ham, president of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., was ex-
onerated in the traffic death December
% of Blanche L. Teel, 60, a school,
teacher. Miss Teel was run down al
Connecticut avenue and Calvert street
by an automobile driven by Mrs. Ham
The grand jury investigation was made
at the request Of a coronerS Jury
lmpaneled in the case
Most of the alleged numbers game
operators were picked up by police
in lunch rooms, barber shops and poo
rooms while allegedly taking bets
They are:
William Jimroglou, 81; Nichola,
Jimroglou. 81; John R. Forte. 81: Peter
c Coyle, 80. and Carl Cummings. al
white; Walter G. Bethea. %; Theodore
Nichols, %; Charles Elmer Pinkey
"a; Mary Gibbs, 25; Eva Jane Hen
derson, %: Eva Florence Cotton. 26,
Elliot D. Rattley, 80: John Kelly. 26;
John Howard, 20: Elizabeth Lou Free
man, %; Frank Partee. As, and Will
liam Mckay Chichester, "a, all colored
Race Betting Alleged.
Gilbert Falcone, "a, and Herman E
Roach, 80, were charged with violat-
ing gambling laws in connection with
raid at 713 I street, an alleged
race betting establishment. The raic
was made January g.
Ernest N. White, %, was indicted
under a new law in connection with
the $4,000 hold-up of Riggs Nationa
Bank runner at Union Station De-
cember II. The new law, which
applies to the robbery of a member
bank of the Federal Reserve system
provides maximum penalty of q
years upon conviction instead of Il
as prescribed for ordinary robbery.
The runner, Frank M LaPorte. so
was shot during the hold-up, but i.
recovering.
Fifteen housebreakiug and larceny
indictments were returned against
Lonnie StillWell, colored described BY
police as the "toothpick burglar" as a
result of his alleged practice of Stuffing
keyholeS with toothpiCkS after enter.
ing house to prevent the owner from
returning and surprising him. Police
claim they cleared up more than 1OC
houSebreaking cases in the northwest
section after the arrest of Stillwell.
Store Robberies Charged.
William j. Dant and Bernard E
Nichols were indicted for robbery in
connection with two grocery store
hold-ups. It is charged they robbed
the establishments last month after
entering on the preteXt of buying 2
pounds Of onions.
Others indicted, with the charges
against them, are:
James Monroe, joy-riding; LIE Roy
Jenkins, Williams j. Dart. 10y C.
Smith, Wilton j. Green, Wyatt W.
johnson. Frank Hall, Paul E Arthur,
George w. Curtis, AlphonSo Thomas
and Alfred Davis. joyriding and grand
larceny; Robert Crawford, Willie
Smith, Francis A. Barbee CoSmaS
M. Barbee and Timothy j. O'Shea,
grand larceny; Charles Rhone, John
Douglas, oscar G. Schley, Stanley A.
Kidwell and Vincent l. Nordstrom,
housebreaking and larceny; Charles
M. Martin, housebreaking; James w.
Kalsic, housebreaking and larceny
and assault with dangerous weapon;
Henry H. Mackell. Norman R. Brown
and Booker T. Huss. assault with a
dangerous weapon; Price w. Ram,
Fred S. Ginyard. Obie StimSon and
Fred Henderson, robbery; Charles T.
Keefe, non-support Frederick Red
mond, assault with intent to commit
carnal knowledge; BrutuS Lane and
LuchiouS Scott, violating liquor tax
ing act; Robert Oliver Cornwell and
Elizabeth Miller forgery and utter
ing, and Florence Johnson, violat-
ing section 78, title 18, United States
code.
Number Are Cleared.
The jurors cleared the following
Of the charges Indicated
James Turner, William H. Broadly
and Timm A. Luebf1ert, joy-riding
Mark Noll, James Robinson and John
Snead, grand larceny; Ellwood S. Obrey
and William Collins, Lawrence Den
mis-, houSebreaking and larceny; FL
lott Henderson, Samuel w. Murray
and Thomas Overton, assault with q
dangerous weapon; Ernest Newton
White and William c. De Graftln
robbery; Alfred A Moore, assault with
intent to commit carnal knowledge
James Hall and Edward Hall, violat-
ing liquor taxing act; Samuel Band
Ter, violating national motor vehicle
theft act; William L. Overcast, false
pretenses, and John BurdwiSe, violat-
ing section 312, Federal penal code.