Evening star., 1936-07-22
SAILORS INDICTED
ON CHARGE THEY
PASSED BAD BILLS
Police Say Pair Made Five
Trips to New York for
Spurious Money.
YOUTH, II, IS CITED
IN THEATER STABBING
Total of 35 True Bills Reported,
While Eight Charges Are
Ignored.

Accused of passing some $500 worth
of bogus money which they obtained
from an extensive New York counter
feiting ring, two sailors stationed here
were indicted today by the District
grand jury.
Police said the men, Stewart b.
Hitchner and William K. Greene, made
five trips to New York for the spurious
currency. sometimes travelling by air.
plane. They allegedly disposed of the
bulk Of it here. but also are said to
have passed counterfeit $40 and $40
notes in Baltimore, Norfolk and Fred
ericksburg.
Hitchner was arrested June % in
Mount Rainier, Md. and on July 2
police apprehended Greene here. Both
pleaded guilty before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage.
Secret Service operatives who in
vestigated the case obtained state
ments from both men.
Bought Notes for $50 Per 500.
They said Greene told them of buy
ing the notes in New York at $50 per
S100. He was quoted as saying the man
who sold him the bills told him of
three methods of ageing them. One
was to dip the bill in glycerin and then
into a half -and-haf mixture of coffee
and water. Another was to rub them
with the inside of fresh banana peel,
while the third was to apply the white
Of an egg. The ageing was presumed
to make the notes appear more natural,
thereby lessening the chance of detec-
ton.
In the indictment Greene and Hitch
ner were charged with seven instances
of passing the counterfeit money.
They purported to be issued by the
Federal Reserve Banks of New York
and Philadelphia.
Youth Is Indicted.
The curious assault on Miss Virginia
A. Blunt of 1920 First street southwest,
in downtown theater on May 16. by
a 17-year-old youth who said he was
excited by the picture being shown on
the screen and wanted to see blood"
resulted in the indictment of John T.
Trazzare of the 200 block of Fifth street
southeast.
Miss Blunt was sitting in the balcony
of the theater when Trazzare, who was
sitting behind her, suddenly reached
over and stabbed her in the neck, just
missing the jugular vein. The motion
picture depicted a man battling with
an alligator.
John w. Tucker, 20, was indicted
for an alleged criminal assault on a
l4-year-old girl July 8.
IS True Bills Reported.
A total of IS true bills were re-
ported Others indicted were: Joseph
Paul Spencer, ST., non-support of minor
children; Joseph Francis Robertson,
Francis Bozzi, Jack M. Harrer, Wilson
Nolan, Wilbur williams and Edward
Marsellars, joyriding; William Banks,
grand larceny; Ellis Hamilton, Theo-
dore Harrison, William T. Hill, Bernard
Dillon, Matte Humphlett and Ray
Humphlett, housebreaking and larceny;
Joseph G. Stewart, Vernard A. Martin,
Mellon Springs, Austin Stewart,
Theodore Brown and James Edwards,
robbery; Martin D. McInturff, assault
with intent to commit robbery; Ben
jamin Cheek, James Marrow, Leon
Clark, William Jones and Alphonso
Brown, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Ivory Gather, assault with
intent to kill; Clarence Robinson and
Paul Parker, criminal assault; Clifford
Williams, James Earl King, Ralph o.
Fowler, George W. Douglas, Martha A.
Burnett, Claude Vincent Reeves, Milton
Donald Reeves, Catherine C. Carpenter
and Helen I. Smith, gambling, and
John Komlos, forgery and uttering.
Charges Are Ignored.
The following charges were ignored:
Lucy Patrick, assault with a danger
Gus weapon; Harvey CAN'T, abduction;
Moses F. Galloway and William H.
Fling, joyriding; Frank r. Wesley,
false pretenses; Prosser I. Jeffrees,
grand larceny; Robert L. Brown, as
sault with intent to commit robbery;
Jack s. Crosslin, forgery and uttering,
and George B. Havener, housebreaking
and larceny.