Evening star., 1935-09-13
R|SEY IS INDICTED
FOR FIRST DEGREE
IN KILLING WOMAN
Grand Jury Holds Printer,
Though Motive Not Yet
DivuIged.
MISS LYTTLE SLAIN
BY W0ULD-BE SUICIDE
Six Indictments Against One
Man, and Many Others Made
Defendants.

A first-degree murder indictment
was returned by the District grand
Jury today against Charles Frederick
Hisey, 52-year-old printer, who is al
legged to have shot and killed Virgie
Rosella Lyttle, 26, August 20, with a
gun he had purchased to take his own
life. Sixty-three other true bills were
reported and the jury ignored 90
cases.
A motive, which is an essential part
Of flrst-degree murder case, has not
yet been divulged by the government.
Hisey, an employe of the Washington
Daily News. contends the shooting
was accidental.
Miss Lyttle. room/ in Hisey's
home at Ala Rittenhouse street, was
shot as she was about to depart for a
downtown department store where she
was employed. A few minutes later
Hisey turned his gun on Policeman
r. T. Talbert. who had been called TO
the scene. Disregarding the bullets,
one of which struck his arm. Talbert
mounted the stairs of the residence,
hurled Hisey down them and over
powered him.
Indicted on Six Charges.
Six indictments. charging first-de-
gree murder, rape, bigamy and three
instances Of HOUSEKEEPING and lar
ceny, were placed against James Mat
thew Smith, colored. The jury al
legged the murder was committed in
the course of q rape
Smith is alleged to have strangled
Mrs. Florence Dancy. IS. colored, April
IL in her home. at 2l39 L street,
where he had rented room. The
victim Of the alleged rape was Mrs.
Martha P. Chase, so, colored, of Rock
vile, Md. Mrs. Chase said Smith
gained entrance to the home OF a
friend at 1903 Swami street. where
she was staying. through a subterfuge,
and choked her into Inconsistencies.
The grand jury refused to indict
William c. Taylor. "a. of 745 Sligo
Mill road, who had been held by
coroner's jury in connection With the
death August "a of Mrs. L abel A.
Flora. who IS said to havt walked
into the side Of his aueomcs The
accident occurred on Blair road near
Piney Branch road.
Many Others Named.
Other indictments follow:
Grand larceny-Charles C. Wilson,
James Pitt, Alfred Pinkney, Joseph
Wilson, Edward Cook, Robert C. Jen-
nings and Melvin r. Baker.
Grand larceny and -riding-Mel-
vim r. Baker, Louis Spears and Theo-
dore Thomas.
Joy-riding-John Hamilton, Robert
z. Mahoney and James Davis
Robbery-Thomas w. Holiday, VIII
liam c. Wilson. James Crosby Joseph
Smith and Julian Burd.
Assault with intent to commit rob-
bery-Allen CASTOR, Clarence Jones
and Lewis Fannings.
Violation of the liquor taxing act of
1934-William Abraham Toliver, Al
bert Taylor, Ruth Butler, William S.
johnson. Agnes Bailey, Bertha No
Ian. Orin Whiting, Berthe Crawford,
Canada Mcdowell, Nathaniel Hunter,
Ewes Spiney, Francis Palmer, Herbert
B. Smith, Geneva Bean, Odell Chicks,
Carrie Hibler, Thomas J. Evans and
William J. Morgan.
Assault with q dangerous pom
Jane Jackson, EldridCe ackson,
Wheeler wilkins, David Jon z. Thomas
r. Jones and Garfield PribIeau.
Carnal Observation-Disclosures Stew
art.
Forgery and uttering-TLomas Nc
Kinley Coles.
Observation-Disclosures H. Trostle.
Violation of national motor vehicle
theft act-JameS H. Colbert.
Violation section 1874 of United
States penal code-James A. Finch.
Observation-Disclosures Starks.
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny-Evins
Starks, Charles E. Ellis, James E.
Brown, Ollie Henry, Jeter Rucker,
Warren Burgess. Ralph Sands, Robert
Thompson, Monterey Evans. Thomas
Smith, Harry A. Walker, Lawrence
Monroe, Norman Garrett, John L.
johnson, Henry Brown, Nahio James
and Albert Brown.
Second-degree murder-Alfred c.
Curtis.
Cases Listed rs Ignored.
The following cases were ignored:
Joy-riding-Benjamin F. Blakeney
and Adolph De Sales Juenman.
Robbery-Clarence Washington, Ar
thur Pannell, Juanita Harris, Theo-
dore Garnes. Phillip Simms and
James Sharps.
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny-James
T. Hawkins.
Grand larceny-Raymond H. Per-
kins, Mary Swingler, Walter Childs
and william Banks.
False pretenses and grand larceny
Earl L. Morfitt.
Assault with a dangerous weapon
Henry O'Conner, Irene Moody, VIII
liam J. Marshall, John T. Gill, Zack
Ellerby, Robert Jones and Dora Jones.
Carnal knowledge7James M. He
bron.
Assault with intent to commit carnal
knowledge-Leo Charles Brown.
Violation Of liquor taxing act of
1s34-Leon Smith, Dorothy Wilson,
Arthur Green, Raymond Moten, Els
worth Fenwick, Marie Richardson,
F. Jackson, Ida Hawkins
and Samuel Hawkins.
Smoke screen-Norman Goodwin.
Vocation Of the gambling laws
Leonard Francis Hill, George william
Sullivan and Walter williap, pirkett
EmbeZzlement-Edward w. Peters.