The Washington times., 1936-11-04
GOODWIN CASE
SUSPECT IS
INDICTED

Norman W. Robinson, colored,
az, former janitor Of a rooming
house at 1902 Sixteenth st. N. W.,
was indicted by the Grand Jury
today on a charge Of first degree
murder OF Mrs. Florence Good
win, 43, a Government worker
and operator Of the establish
ment.
Her body, discovered on Sep
TENDER 18 by a roomer, led to
immediate search by police for
her murderer. A bloody furnace
shaker, found in the basement
Of the roming-house, furnished
the clue that led to the appre-
hension Of Robinson, police said.
Robinson, when arrested the
following day, is said to have con-
fessed crushing his victims skull
In a robbery attempt
Accused of Plot
Mrs. Virginia Josephs, 18-year-
old girl, was indicted as the al
legged brains of a robbery plot, in
which two colored men were i'm
plicated, on market proprietor
at the o Street Market. on Octo-
Der 10. Indicted also were Charles
L. Mitchell and John Harris, both
colored.
According to signed statements
by the three, which police claim
to have obtained, Mrs. Josephs, a
hostess in an uptown cafe by day
and a cashioer at Israel Orlove's
o Street Market by night, engi.
neered the hold-up of the market.
Mitchell and Harris were en-
ployes at the cafe where the wom-
an worked.
According to the story told by
police. Harris drove a car to ar
rive Just as Orloce's as closing
and Mitchell held-up Orlove at the
point of a pistol and robbed him
of $1,400.
According to the police the
three admit the hold-up but deny
having gotten the cash.
Three men, said by Narcotic
agents to be members Of gang
of dope peddlers, plying lucrative
trade in Judiciary Square, were
indicted on charges Of violation OF
the narcotic act. Two other mem
bers of the supposed gang were in
dicted last week.
The three indicted today are
Charles H. johnson, 81, and John
j. Hand, 40, both of the 800 block
Third st. N. w., and Raymond
Hitte, 48, of the 400 block H st.
N. w.
The Grand Jury also reported an
indictment charging John L.
Greene, TOO block Sixth st. N. w.,
with a statutory offense involving
a 13-year-old girl.
40 True Bills
The Grand Jury reported a
total of 40 indictments, including
the following:
James Skirty, nonsupport.
James Ross, John Davis, James
Spicer, James H. Winbrake, Ros-
coe Barnes, Frances Henson and
Andy AdUeEdS, IOOUcIy'
Andy Laderas, Alma P. Camp
bell, William Jackson, Amos Epps
and Leroy Murray, assault with
e dangerous weapon.
John W. ]. McGaha. Ellis Glenn,
Elizabeth N. Willis, Fletcher JEFF
ferson, Frank Grimes, James L.
Edwards, Henry A. Taylor, Ray
mond E. Dorsey and Albert A.
Williams. grand larceny.
Charles Marshall and Joseph S.
Fletcher, grand larceny and JOY
riding.
Berley Littlejohn. Charlie Hoch,
William Crop, Charles R. Smith,
Chris Karconanos and Ernest F.
Must. joy-riding.
Wilton P. Thompson, Lewis
Franklin and Cain Robinson,
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
Charles L. Anderson, gaming.
Rosie Walker, receiving stolen
property.
Earle F. Storke, mail theft.
Caumilla Wagstaff, mayhem.
Frank C. Courtney; forgery
and uttering.
Six Cases Dropped
Six cases were ignored by the
grand jury. They are:
Howard Payne, housebreaking
Charles Bagansk, robbery.
John Hawkins, grand larceny.
Wallace Martin. forgery.
Edward Terrence, rape and as
ault to rape.
Sam Wolfson, Nanny Kline,
gaming.
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