Evening star., 1937-09-29
EX-PARK SERVICE
WORKER INDICTED
IN $4,000 FORGERY
Reno E. StiteIy Charged on
IL Counts in Pay Roll
''Padding."
90 TRUE BILLS ARE
RETURNED By JURY
Franklin J. Moore Is Accused of
Bigamy-Youth Is Cited in
Five Robberies.

Five Robberies.
Reno E. Stitely, 90, chief of the
voucher unit of the National Park
Service, who is alleged to have taken
some $4,000 in Government funds,
was indicted today on II counts.
Eight charged forgery and four that
Stitely presented false pay rolls to his
superiors for approval.
Alleged peculations discovered by
Interior Department investigators COW
cred period Of about five years.
Although Stitelys salary was only
$4,000 year, he lived in an expensive
home at 2704 Cortland place. and it
was there he was arrested last Spring
The defalcations are said to have
occurred in the following manner: To
the regular semi-monthly pay roll
would be added fictitious names of car
penters who had never worked for the
Park Service. The pay roll then would
go through usual channels to the
Treasury. and the checks would be re-
turned to Stitely for distribution.
Charged With Forgery.
Stitely it is charged, would indorse
the checks, which later would be
cashed at various banks.
The indictment specifically charges
him with forging four pay rolls, total
ing S3,946, and with forging the in
dorsement on four individual pay
checks. The other four counts aver
that he presented the false pay rolls
to various Government officials for
approval, violating a Federal statute
rendering the making of false claims
against the Government criminal
offense
Stitely had been employed at the In
terror Department for seven years and
previous to that had been War De-
partment civil service employe.
Ninety-two indictments, in all, we're
reported. Among them was one
charging Franklin J. Moore, Al, with
bigamy.
Moore, with his 26-year-old third
wife, Lucille, was arrested early last
January for leaving their 8-month-
old son locked in an automobile while
they went to movie. Investigation
allegedly revealed that Moore had
another wife, Ina, and three children
in Detroit
Moore is alleged to have admitted
ne was married in Detroit September
30, 1925, following divorce from his
first wife. In April or May. 1885, he
abandoned his wife and three children.
coming to Washington and marrying
Lucille E. Conner September of the
same year, officials say.
Charged With Robberies.
Arrested in Baltimore recently, Jack
F. Davis 18, was indicted in connec-
ton with five recent robberies. He
was charged with holding up the
Little Tavern lunch, 1926 New York
avenue, September 4; the White Tav-
ern, 631 F street, August 80; the Fed
eral Gas Station. lexington place and
o street northeast, September 9; a
High Ice Cream store, 1841 First street,
September 8, and a Little Tavern
Lunch, at 1874 G street, September g.
The loot in each robbery was COM
paratively small.
James Dyson, II, and Conrad F.
Carter. 20, both colored, who are said
by police to have admitted breaking
into the Georgetown home of James
Roosevelt, son of the President, Sep
tember and stealing a quantity of
jewelry and other articles, were in
dicted in four HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny cases, including the Roose-
welt burglary. Carter, alone, was ac-
cused of three other housebreakings.
William T. Jackson, former Recon-
etruction Finance Corp. messenger, was
indicted on charges of stealing 80
blank checks from the r. F. c. and
forging the names of officials to "a Of
them.
Two indictments charging rape and
incest and one charging arson were re-
turned against Walter A. Walker, 36.
a District fireman, who since has been
suspended
Other Indictments.
Others indicted were
Leonard E. Coleman, John H. STAN
ton, Daisy M. Thomas. Elizabeth T.
Morrison, Mabel L. Juggins, Marie
Smith, Annie Smothers, Lacy Smith
erman, Edward E. Reed and Harry
Foster. violation of gaming laws; Gus
sic Fletcher, assault with dangerous
weapon; William Gibson, Robert Rol-
lins and Charles Afford, grand lar
ceny; Gibson Rollins, John w. Lloyd,
Charles Grantham, James Barrett,
Raymond Bradfleld. Henry Brice,
Freddy Munroe, Howard F. Combs,
Floyd Hemphill, Arthur j. Spears,
Clarence Harrison, James Mcneil, Cleo
Dancy and John NJ Garner, house.
breaking and larceny; William H.
Proctor, HOUSEKEEPING; Ruth Hair
ston, James Butler, James Brooks, Ida
jackson, John Hughes, James Durham,
Charles j. Kelly, Frederick w. Camp
bell and Claibom B. Morton, assault
with a dangerous weapon; Reginald
j. Wheeler, Herbert j. Skinker, Earl
w. Black, Randolph Milton, Melvin
Gillikin. Clifton Spaulding, Willie
Scott, William Seymore, Agnes Spur
ell, John w. Landlord, Nero Jeffer-
son, John Simms, Hattie L. jackson,
Edna Owens and Albert Harley,
robbery; Lawrence Leslie Watford,
Harry Lewis and Benjamin H. Jones,
forgery and utttering; James A.
Green, forging Government check;
Howard johnson, possessing and at
tempting to pass counterfeit bill;
Albert Oleisky and Arthur j. Tolson,
embezzlement; Charles Carter. Frank
Washington, Jerome Washington,
Theodore Gaddis, Aaron King, Alex
ander Jones and Robert v. Gets, vio-
lation of the liquor taxing act; John
W. Ehrhardt, Acie Cockrer and Mar
ion johnson, grand larceny; Albert
Coleman, George j. Vorobey, Walter
Houston, Samuel Kelley, Melvin G.