Evening star., 1936-11-12
NINE ARE INDICTED
IN DRIVE AGAINST
COUNTERFEIT RING
Jury Acts Against Men Ar.
rested Here Last August
and September.
SECRET AGENTS TRACED
SOURCE TO new YORK
Among AZ True Bills Returned
Is Murder Charge Against
Colored Man.

A drive by Secret Service operatives
10 clear the Capital Of spurious money,
which has flowed into it in steady
stream from New York City for the
past six months, resulted in the indict-
ment today of nine men on charges Of
passing counterfeit Federal Reserve
notes.
Most of the bogus currency, which
consisted of $40 and $40 bills sup
posedly issued by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, has been passed
in the southeast section OF the city,
with liquor store proprietors and other
merchants the chief sufferers.
Almost a dozen men have been in
dicted here on counterfeit charges
within recent months, not counting
those charged today. In each case,
Secret Service investigators traced the
money to New York City, where 1t was
purchased usually at the rate Of $50
per 500.
Arrested in August.
All nine indicted today were ar
rested in late August or early Sep
tember after numerous complaints
from merchants who had been VIC
timized. Those accused are Salvatore
Tamorria, said by agents to have been
in contact with the New York ring;
James Maimone, Homer Roy Gamble,
jr.; Leroy Watson. Leroy Ambers, Ar
rington David Richardson, Erwin H.
Udell, Edward Klugman and George
L. Mccall. The last three named are
enlisted men stationed at the Bellevue
Naval Research Laboratory.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested with
Tamorria and Maimone, but was not
indicted. He is being held at the
Receiving Home.
Ambers is quoted by agents as say
ing he found quantity of spurious
money in trash can in New York
City. Gamble. Watson and Richard
son allegedly obtained some Of it from
him.
Tamorria is alleged to have fur
nished the three sailors, Maimone
and the boy with counterfeit notes.
AZ True Bills.
THE grand jury,s report contained
a. true bills. Among them was an
indictment charging James Bostic,
colored, Is, with flrst-degree murder
in connection with the shooting
October of william Tuckson, jr., 16,
also colored. Tuckson was killed
about $50 pm. on the street in the
first block of L street. Police say
there had been a dispute concerning
o girl.
Vernon S. Story. %, was charged
with attempted criminal assault on
Matte Cora Passman, 423 Massachu-
sets avenue, who told police Story
entered her apartment November 3
and attempted to attack her. She
escaped and called police, who ar
rested him there.
Others indicted were:
Zachariah Gums, Matte Dupree,
Harry c. Horne, Myrtle Kinard and
James M. Coates, grand larceny; Karl
Perry, Carlton Holcomb, Peter Jami-
son, Thomas w. Weems. Eldridge Nc
Conchie, Melvin Stokes and Herbert
Watson, joyriding; Herbert Watson.
Emanuel Carter and Raymond
Buchanan, housebreaking and larceny;
Eva Nell Pollard, Gannell Kidd, Leroy
Sport, Nose Faison and Andy Laderas.
robbery; Pleasant Henry Rucker,
Frances De Leon, Francis De Leon,
Theodore Brock, Milton Simon and
Barney Susser, gaming; Harold j.
Sweeney and Nathan Cosman, VIOLA
tion Of the liquor-taxing act; Henry
Beatty, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Robert Mahoney, assault with
intent to kill; John Heagy, embezzle-
ynent; Nathan Sondheimer, Elsie
Burke, George B. Burke and Edward A.
jackson, forging a Government check,
and Norman w. Robinson, first-degree
murder.
! The following charges were ignored:
Marjorie A. McCauley, William S.
McCauley and Edward M. Perrine,
robbery; Edward Pratt, violation Of
The liquor-taxing act, and Benn
Kolodin, gaming.