Evening star., 1935-09-30
De PASS INDICTED
ON MURDER COUNT
IN FEUD S[AY|NG
Also Cited by Grand Jury on
Two Charges of Grim
inaI Operations.
WIFE AND MALE NURSE
HELD AS ACCOMPLICES
Homicide Charges Against News
boy Ignored-True Bills Returned
in Restaurant Hold-Up.

Three indictments, one charging
first degree murder and two charging
criminal operations, were returned to-
day by the District Grand Jury against
David L. De Pass, alias Russell, Al,
who allegedly shot and killed Ray
mond o. Conrad, 27, in the early
morning of September l, climaxlng a
seven-year feud between the pair.
Both illegal operations were per-
formed at De Pass home, 4753 Reser-
voir road, on the afternoon or evening
preceding the shooting, police said.
Indicted with De Pass in both the
latter cases was his wife, Mrs. Grace
G. De Pass, while Corliss H. Bowen,
described by police as male nurse,
was charged In one of the cases.
Gun, Knife and Pipe Used.
The fight between De Pass and
Conrad, in which Conrad is said to
have used revolver, butcher knife
and a gas pipe, ended when De Pass
sent a 25-caliber rifle bullet through
the other mans body, police stated.
The immediate cause of the fight was
a dispute over one of the women on
whom De Pass is alleged to have
operated, and who still is in the hos
pital Conrad, who was her frieod,
sought to compel her to leave the De
Pass home, but De Pass objected,
officials said
De Pass and Bowen are said to
have driven Conrad from the house.
He returned, armed with a gas pipe,
and Is alleged to have struck De Pass
with it several times before he was
shot.
De Pass told police there had been
bad blood between himself and Con-
rad since 1928, when Conrad broke
his jaw during fight at party.
46 Indictments Returned.
Forty-six indictments in all we're
reported and six charges ignored.
The jury then was excused by JUS
tice Peyton Gordon, having completed
its three months Of service. A new
panel will be chosen tomorrow, the
first day Of the Fall term of court.
Three men and woman were in
dicted on robbery charges as result
of the "blackface" hold-up of Thomp-
sons Restaurant, 1113 Pennsylvania
avenue September 4, when a patron
was shot in the wrist.
Those named by the jury were Nor
ris Carlton Beck, "a; Edward Joseph
Fitzgerald, IS; Vivian jenkins, 20, and
Martin J. Walsh, 35. AL three men
are said by police to have served
terms In the Lorton Reformatory.
Beck and Fitzgerald are alleged
actually to have accomplished the
robbery, while the woman and Walsh,
it was charged, knew Of their activ-
tiles and associated with them. Only
Walsh, who was indicted last week on
other robbery charges, has been ar
rested.
Homicide Charge Ignored.
Among the cases ignored was
homicide charge against Paul John
Morrison, 26, a newsboy, who was
held by a coroner's jury in the death
Of Hyman Azervoitz. Is, of sos Fifth
street, August 3, during tussle in
front OF the Munsey Building. AZer-
voitz, who Morrison said took news
paper without paying fer it, died of a
broken vertebrae.
A second-degree murder Indictment
was returned against Albert Taylor,
IS, colored, whose truck, from which
he had leaped during pursuit by
revenue man, struck and killed Annie
E. Briscoe, 60, colored, of 407 K street.
Another colored woman, Edna Chase,
~, of MAYORS court, was seriously in
jured by the runaway machine. The
accident occurred in the 100 block of
MAYORS court July S. Taylor was
being pursued by James w. Rogers Of
the alcohol tax unit Of the Treasury
Department, who finally captured
him. Two and half gallons of liquor
are said to have been found in Taylor's
truck.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted were Cease B. Hath
away and Deward Edgar Walker, non
support Of wife; John Henry Murray.
non-support Of wife and minor chill
dren; Willie Welsh, Benson Pough,
Eugene Jones and Sidney Mudd Price,
assault with dangerous weapon;
George S. White, Lorraine Hammett,
George r Warrick, Willie Shields,
Rudolph Pediford and Edgar H.
Richardson. grand larceny; James E.
Robinson, William Thomas, Edward
Webster. Joseph Fowler, Daniel T.
Holton, John r. Hall and Constantine
P. Pergantis. Joy riding; John F. Hall,
Constantine p. Pergantis, Paul Mueller,
Antono Domingas and Walter Crosby,
housebreaking and larceny; Harry
Jones, HOUSEKEEPING; Jesse G. VIII
nams, Thomas Knox. Joe Tabbs.
Lander Dodson, John Traverson, Mike
Coovage, Leroy Brown, Lee Mcclure,
Louis 3. Richards, Hide A. Klein and
Robert Daniels, robbery; Horace e.
Davis and James Thompson, robbery
and abduction: Genevieve Waller, ab-
cfuction; william r. Countee, Ernest
Ercus. Mary johnson, Simon Herson,
Frank Partee, Charles Ezer, Beulah
Clarke, John JONES Hawkins, Dennis
p. Tinney and James A. McEaddy,
violation Of the liquor taxing act Of
1884; Milton s. Taylor and William
Rose, false pretenses; John Cheathan,
violation section SO United States
Penal Code; Willis Palmer Harris and
; Herbert Bailey, violation section 1874
United States Penal Code: Sigurd Bo,
violation section 218 United States
Penal Code; Archibald Lyles, Clarence
Back, william Tierney and Robert
Louis Austin, violation of national
motor vehicle theft act, and Albert
Taylor, second degree murder.
The following charges were ignored:
Fred Naylor, David Jones and
Wheeler wilkins, assault with q dan
gerous weapon; James H. Marvel.
grand larceny; Frank s. Guy and
Odell Cheeks, violation Of the liquor
taxing act Of 1884, and Arthur L.
Pope, carnal knowledge.
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