Evening star., 1936-09-29
TWO ARE. INDICTED
ON bLACKMA|L|NG
ALLEGATIONS HERE
New York Lawyer and For
mer School Teacher
Are Defendants.
ALEXANDRIA BANKER
WAS ALLEGED VICTIM
IA Other True Bills Are Reported
on Various Counts by
District Jury.
An indictment charging a New York

An indictment charging New York
lawyer, who sought nomination for
Congress, and a former Oklahoma
school teacher with blackmailing and
conspiring to blackmail Carroll Pierce,
president and trust officer of the Citi-
zens National Bank of Alexandria,
was returned today by the District
grand jury.
The defendants-Samuel Leighton
Frooks, So, of jackson Heights, N. Y.
and Mrs. Mary Krieger, 35, Of the
Kennedy Warren Apartments - were
arrested several weeks ago in down.
town hotels after investigators allegedly
made arrangements for Pierce to meet
them with $2,500. Frooks was taken
into custody at the appointed place,
while Mrs. Krieger was arrested in
another hotel nearby.
With what is described as an intent
to extort $2,500, Frooks and Mrs.
Kreiger allegedly made certain accu-
sations against Pierce and claimed he
had promised Mrs. Kreiger employ
ment for life in the Citizens National
Bank, the indictment charged.
Second Count.
A second count of the true bill
charged the man and woman with con-
spring since August l to commit the
blackmail.
According to Assistant United States
Attorney Roger Robb. the scheme was
concocted several weeks ago when Mrs.
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a safe deposit box. In doing so, she
became acquainted with Pierce.
Later, she is said to have threatened
to sue the bank president if he did
not employ her as she claims he
promised.
Mrs. Krieger allegedly engaged
Frooks as her attorney, and he made
several trips from New York to talk
with Pierce.
Frooks told Robb he had been prom
ised a fee of 81 500 to represent Mrs.
Krieger. Robb said there have been
previous complaints against Mrs.
Krieger for allegedly making false
claims for damages.
Frooks' campaign manager, L. j.
Ievisee, said the lawyer is a candi-
date-at-large for the Republican NOM
ination for Congress from New York
He ran in 1910 and 1920 for nomina-
ton to the Assembly and in 1922 was
Republican nominee for Kings County
Judge. He was appointed special as
sistant to Attorney General John
Bennett of New York in 1884. He is
at liberty under $1,000 bail, while Mrs.
Krieger is in jail.
Ia Other Indictments.
Fourteen other indictments also
were reported today. One was the re-
suit of Justice Department investi-
cation of what was termed wide
spread white slave conspiracy head
quarters for which was in the 1400
block of Belmont street.
Named as conspirators were Mary
Sherman, alias Mary Nipple; Joseph
Sherman. Joseph Marback, Ida Eliza
beth Jackson and Jean Gordon. They
also were charged with an actual vio-
lation of the white slave traffic act in
bringing girl here from West Vir-
ginia for immoral purposes.
Others indicted were:
Louis D. Barbozon, HOUSEKEEPING;
James H. Patton, non-support of minor
children; Horace w. Trice, Charles E.
Hodge, Jesse Davis and George w.
Windsor, housebreaking and larceny;
James L. jackson and Pete Castanzo,
assault with dangerous weapon;
Jasper StottS and Fred B Rhodes
grand larceny; Fred B. Rhodes,
forgery; Nathan Sondheimer, larceny
Of mail, and George H. Dunnington,
false pretenses.
The grand jury ignored charges of
housebreaking and larceny against
Richard A. Lemon. and of joyriding
against Ernest r. Smith.