Evening star., 1936-09-16
GRAND JURY LISTS
50 INDICTMENTS

81. cllL dUclIl ) dlIcIll 10
Charged With MansIaughter
in Armstead Death.
The District grand jury today re-
turned 80 indictments, among them a
charge of manslaughter against
George w. Stevens, 22-year-old st.
Elizabeth's Hospital patient, who al
legedly killed Col Carroll F. Arm
stead, retired Army officer. with q
blow of his fist.
Col. Armstead, 64, who was pa
tient at the hospital, with Stevens
and 10 other patients, was being es-
corted from one part of the building
to another by an attendant, Orion j.
Lawrence, when the incident occurred.
Lawrence said Stevens turned sud-
denly and hit Col. Armstead heavy
blow in the face, telling him. His head
struck the stone floor, fracturing his
skull.
Officials explained that Stevens
probably will be brought before a
sanity jury before he is tried.
George F. (Teddy Tear, who is at
liberty on bail in three other cases,
was indicted again today. this time for
operating a smoke screen. He was
arrested August % by two internal
revenue agents, James w. Rogers and
Karl o. Spiess, who pursued him
through a cloud of smoke from N
street to Fifteenth and P streets. An
other man jumped from the car and
escaped. The revenue men reported
that the car had built-up springs and
a large compartment in rear.
Convicted Last March.
Tear was convicted last March as
one Of the participants in a liquor
conspiracy and is at liberty on bond
in that case pending his appeal. Later
he was indicted for assault with in
tent to kill for allegedly attempting
to wreck pursuing police car. Since
then he was arrested and bound over
to the grand jury in the gang shoot
ing Of Joseph E. O'Brien.
In another true bill, William F.
Daley, 81, was charged with embez-
element of s1,71265 from the Army
and Navy Club, where he was en-
ployed. Daley allegedly was given
checks and cash to deposit in bank
October %, 1885. The next day, club
officials received a telegram from the
Newark Airport, signed by Daley. stat
ing that they could find the money
bag in the Congressional Library.
When recovered, $l,l04.64 check
and cash weie missing.
Mrs. Eleanor Miller, 40, of Gathers
burg, Md, the mother of five chill
dren, whom she supported, was in
dicted on a charge of performing an
illegal operation on Mrs. Anna NJ
Rogers, 80, of 1905 Eighteenth street.
Mrs. Rogers died week later.
Others Are Indicted.
Others indicted were: John Brown,
arson; Robert Lassiter, first-degree
murder; George L. Jeffers, bigamy;
George L. Kidwell, receiving stolen
property; Nobel p. Grill, larceny after
trust; Raymond E. Hutchinson, non
support of wife and minor children;
Duncan Wright, carnal knowledge;
Neal Maben, forging Government
check; Willie Walter Lee, Robert B.
Storey and Edward M. Colbert, forgery
and uttering.
BENJAMIN w. Vincent, Walter c.
Martin, Allen F. Kennedy, Richard c.
Chandler and Maybelle c. Perry, false |
pretenses; Edward Samuel Harris.
violation Of the white slave traffic |
act and HOUSEKEEPING and larceny;
Charles w. Taylor and Robert Brown.
housebreaking; Clarence White. Rob-
ert Brown, John B. Tate. Richard |
Brody. Thomas Jones, Henry c. Bill |
ings, George Carter, James Lancaster, |
George w. Taylor, George E. Mitchell,
Claude M. Violet, William H. Minor, |
Claude johnson, Ural Beasley, Charles
Brown, Arthur Greenfield. Thomas j.
Salter, Warner Oliver Clements, Wal
ter A. McGonon, Herman Ritchson,
william E. Thomas, Walter Edmunds
and Leonard Cole, housebreaking and
larceny; Edward A. Parkman, house
breaking and larceny from the United
States.
James Thomas, Herbert O'Byrne,
Romeo Saunders, Hillary H. Price.
Richard F. Lucas, Arthur j. Lavery, |
William Broadly and Douglas H. Win
tiers, jr, grand larceny; William A.
Lusby, Gary z. Burrell, Herbert j.
Harley, Earl Mckinley, Robert Warm.
Ollie P. Boysworth, Patrick Riley,
Lewis w. Wright, James Hawkins.
John w. Cruz, Willie johnson, Robert |
j. Cadigan, Mabel c. Page, Robert |
May. Robert william Hines, Hursel
B. Vanover, Edward M. Perrine, Ernest |
F. De Sonic and Frank j. Kane, joy
riding; Vanover, Perrine, De Sonic
and Kane. robbery and assault with
a dangerous weapon; James D. Adams,
David N Parham, Furman Brubaker.
Arthur Jackson, Willie Archer. James
H. Morrison, Charles r. Worthington.
Cyril j. Thomas. James H. Gordon,
Livingston Hill, James D. Bradshaw,
Edward H. Moore and Elmer A.
Adams, robbery, and Frances Jackson,
Fannie Allen, Sebbron Holloway, Irby |
Workmen, Sadie v. Howard and Will
liam Rowe, assault with dangerous
weapon.
Cases Listed Ignored.
The following cases were ignored:
Thoile Fitch, carnal knowledge; Cliff
ton Davis, grand larceny; Clarence A.
Moten, assault with dangerous
weapon; Harry Wells, robbery. and
Charles johnson, housebreaking and