Evening star., 1936-04-29
TRYING TO WRECK
POLICE PURSUERS
CHARGED BY JURY
George F. Tear Is Indicted
on Two Assault AC-
cusati0nS.
DEFENDANT CONVICTED
IN LIQUOR CONSPIRACY
54 Indictments Are Returned by
Grand Panel-Five Cases
Are Ignored.

Alleged attempts to wreck purSu-
ing police car during a wild chase
through downtown Washington in the
early morning of April 2 resulted in
the indictment today of George F.
Tear, %, on charges of assault with
a dangerous weapon and assault with
intent to kill.
Tear was among 16 men and wom-
en- convicted about two months ago
of participating in huge illicit liquor
conspiracy, and is now at liberty on
bond, pending action on his appeal
He was sentenced to serve from four
months to two years in prison.
Police. who captured Tear after
pursuing him from Third street and
Indiana avenue to West Executive aV-
enue, quoted him as saying he was
employed to convoy another car and
prevent the arrest of its driver, even
at the cost of wrecking the police
car and killing its occupants. He re-
fused to name his employer.
Give Chase in Scout Car.
Sighting the two speeding automo-
biles about S am. Policemen William
Thompson and Irving Lubore. who
were in a first precinct scout car,
gave chase.
The fugitive machines turned west
on Constitution avenue, increasing
their speed to more than a mile a
minute. Lubore. who was driving,
pulled alongside Tears machine. he
reported, and Thompson called to him
to stop.
In answer, Tear is said to have
veered sharply to the left in an ap-
parent attempt to force the police
car to collide with a light pole at
Twelfth street and Constitution ave-
nue..
During the rest of the chase Tear
is alleged to have repeatedly tried to
wreck the police machine by running
it into the curb and against trees,
and by forcing it of the road and by
suddenly stopping.
Fifty-four indictments, in all, were
returned by the grand jury. which
ignored five cases
Waynon Keels, 20, colored, who was
said to have wrested away the service
revolver of Sergt. c. H. Lutz, second
precinct, and fired at the officer, who
was trying to arrest him, was indicted
for assault with a dangerous weapon
and assault with attempt to kill. The
bullet passed through Lutz's coat.
The alleged assault occurred March 20.
Others Indicted.
Others indicted were:
Theodore Woodward, Leroy w.
Brent, Hezekiah Blue, James Thomas,
William H. Harrison, Joseph F. Wood,
James Hogan, Clarence L. Gaines,
Gilbert L. Hunter, William H. HAM
ilton and Richard Washington, joy
riding; William Branch, Annie P.
Crowley, Manning Spehl, william A.
Spehl and Geneva Spehl, grand lar
ceny; Robert Bethea, Howard john
son, Louis Brown and Fulton A. Bond,
housebreaking; Philip Bundy, Francis
De Sales Carman, Cornelius D. Pitts,
Frank j. Gilmore, William r. Maddox,
Lafayette Alexander, Norman E. Craw-
ford. Robert Evans, Francis R. Wash
ington, Lawrence j. Fields, James
Gordon and Dennis D. Levy, house.
breaking and larceny; James Salamey,
receiving stolen property; James Cor
don, Dennis D. Levy, MARYLAND Davis,
Charles E. Gales, John F. Welton,
Samuel Minor, John w. McGuinn,
Grant Richardson, Elmer A. Adams,
David N. Parham, Dewey Adams and
Richard N. Shorter, robbery; Thomas
Richardson, Matilda Richardson, Will
liam Jones and Frederick M. Wood
cock, robbery and assault with intent
to commit robbery; Lee Elder and
Robert Harris, assault with intent to
commit robbery: James Robinson,
Lille Mae Stanback and William E.
Proctor, assault with dangerous
weapon, and John M. Parker, Ray
mond Simms and George Green, lar
ceny from the United States.
The following charges were ignored:
Dora Thornton, Louis w. Lytle and
Henry Scott, joyriding; Clara Will
lams and James johnson. housebreak-
ing and larceny, and Bernard Paige,
assault with a dangerous weapon.