Evening star., 1936-05-27
LAWYER INDICTED
THTWOOTHERS
IN STOCK SELLING
Violation of Securities Act
Charged in Liquor Firm
Registration.
|TAXICAB DRIVER HELD
FOR SLAYING OF GIRL
Two Other First.Degree Murder
Cases Listed Among 81
Indictments.

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and two New Workers were indicted
by the District grand jury today for
conspiracy to violate the securities act
Of 1888 in connection with registration
of the Continental Distillers g. I'M
porters Corp.
They were Dan F. Reynolds, men,
Der Of a prominent local law firm;
Harry E. Hanes, general manager and
member Of the Standard Appraisal Co.
of New York, and Milton Janis, sales
man for New York stock UNDER
writing concern.
Some $4,000 of stock in the dis
tilling corporation was sold. although
the corporation never began operation,
officials declared.
Reynolds, Hanes and Janis were
charged with conspiring with Ira Janis
of New York, now dead, and Daniel
Reich, president Of the distillery. to
| misrepresent facts in the concerns
| registration statement, which was filed
with the Federal Trade Commission
December 20, 1888. Reich was not
indicted. --
Property Description Questioned.
The alleged false statements con-
cerned the value and description of
the corporations property at Shrews-
bury. Pa. Oficials say that buildings
| on the property were not suited for
distilling purposes, as asserted in the
registration statement.
Several prominent persons were di-
rectors of the concern, although not
connected in any way with the con-
spiracy. They included former Sem
ator Marion H. Butler of North Caro-
lima. Harry E. Hull, former commits
sioner of immigration, and the late
DR.. James F. Coupal, private physi-
clan to President Coolidge, directors
of the corporation.
Seven overt acts were set out.
| A total of 81 indictments were re-
ported Among them were. three
charging f1rst-degree murder.
Carl r. Loveridge. 29-year-old taxi
cab driver. of 1906 N street, was held
for the Staying May of Jessie E.
Posey, "a, of 244 Ninth street south
east, whom he is alleged to have shot
in a jealous rage. Loveridge was
quoted by police as saying he resented
Miss Posey associating with another
man.
Charged With Murder.
Helen E. Stolaman, colored, 20, was
charged with numbering William
Bowen, jr., colored, 38. Both lived at
1925 Huntoon court, police reported.
The woman allegedly stabbed Bowen
at their home March 28
In the third case Leroy Liggett, COL
ored, 81, of 1921 Eighth street, was
charged with the fatal stabbing, April
Is. of j. C. Mayes, colored, 10, of the
same address. The two men were
brothers-in-law.
Others indicted were:
Claude Summers and Charles Sum-
mers, JOY riding; James Mason, house
breaking: Leroy Mason, John T. Kidd,
Charles r. Sangster, Darnell Kinnard,
Nathan Strong and Roger c. Ham
mond, housebreaking and larceny;
Freddie Washington and Oden Left
wich, grand larceny; John Komlos, en-
bezzlement and grand larceny; David
Weathers. Isaac Weathers, Joseph
Jones and Charlie Miller, grand lar
ceny and larceny after trust; Walter
Elder, assault with intent to commit
robbery; Charles Dunmore, Moses ST.
mon, Grant Massie, Ruth e. Queen,
Rose Viola Brown, Nathaniel Edelin,,
Herman Scott, Thomas Bell, Marvin
B. Darlington and Frank Harris, rob-
berry; Frank Harris, James Walker,
Walter Nelson, Clarence Beals, Thomas
Filloramo, Don1inick Anastasia, Fannie
Tolson, Fred Blackwell and Robert
David Kitchen, assault with danger
Gus weapon; James w. Patterson and
william N. Magruder, carnal knowl-
edge; John Manoi, Milton Jake Lerner,
Lila Policy, Helen Kile, Blanch Neal,
Dorothy Strickland, Lonnie willis, Ar
thurWashington, Arthur White, Edward
Bean, Rita Mayfield, Charles Jones, Lu-
cille Jones, Elizabeth Evans, Grover
johnson, Gus Evans, d. w. Simmons,
Ella Bell and Jennes Cockrell, vio-
lation of the liquor taxing act;
Charles L. Flynn, James P. Kane,
Mary Jones, Raymond Jones, Roger
Simkins. Rudolph johnson, Zadie A..
Ridley, Evelyn B. Hughes, Edith c.
Perkins, Sikh Jackson, Shermont
Jackson, Henry jackson, Horace Mel
son. Earle Frazier, Pafthenia Adams,
Josephine Elizabeth Allen, Olivia
Mason, Bula Parker, Marian Samuels,
M. Lucille Smallwood and Mildred
Terry, gambling; Eta Logan, forging
and uttering q Government check;
Rebecca T. Jones, manslaughter, and
Octayia B. Turner, forgery and ut
tering.
| The following charges were ignored:
Charles G. Early, Robert L. Pritchard
and Alfred w. Manning, impersonat-
ing an oficer; George Drost, Rupert
J. Mccormick, Leila Mccormick, Alex
ander Davis and lone May, robbery,
and William H. Siegman, larceny
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