Evening star., 1937-08-11
Police Probe Third Strong
Arm Robbery in Which
Victim Died.
MEN HELD BEATEN
AND THEN FRISKED
Cecil Kennedy, George Waterloo.
ter, Chester Geesling and James
Frady Are Named.

recent strong arm hold-ups in Potomac
Park, were named today in two rob-
oery indictments, while police contin-
ueo thelr investigation of third case
IN which the victim later died
Those indicted we're Cecil r Ken-
neoy, George Waterholter, Chester A.
Geesllng and James w. Frady.
! Police said it was the practice of the
gang to get its victim in a scheduled
portion of the park, where the BOYS
would leap on him and belabor him
| With their fists and rob him,
| shortly after being set upon and
robbed July is, Anthansius P. Econom,
4o-year-old w. P. A. writer, was found
dead in the park in the rear of the
State, War and Navy Building. An
autopsy indicated that death was due
to natural causes, but Coroner A. Ma
| gruder Macdonald sent the brain to a
| patholog1st for further study The case
is being kept open until a report
OF the pathologist's findings is re-
ceived.
Two Victims Bea ten.
Kennedy, Geesling and Fradv are
charged by police with having been
involved in that case.
| One of the indictments TODAY
charged Kennedy, Geesling and Water
hotter with robbery July-l5 of Maurice
E. Moore of Chicago, who was so
badly beaten that he required hospital
treatment. Moore said he was at
tackled in Potomac Park while the
Boy Scout Jamboree was in progress
and robbed Of S26 in cash and a watch,
pencil. pen and hat worth total Of
$3.50.
Kennedy, Frady and Waterholter
were accused in the other indictment
with robbing Andy Evans, 921 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. of SLIPS,
a few days later in the park near
ninth street and Constitution avenue.
Evans also was beaten.
In two other robbery indictments,
Charles Walter Luttrell, 10, and
Joseph Thomas, 54, were charged with
hold-ups last June IA and "a, respec-
lively. Of Tom McCann Shoe Stores
at 803 H street northeast and il24
Seventh street. At both places the
manager was tied up by the robbers.
The first hold-up netted s2l.57 and
the second sl5.59.
Shooting Ignored.
A long pending assault with a dan
gerous weapon charge against Hazel l.
Tadlock, 49, who was accused of
shooting her employer through the
arm, was ignored by the grand jury.
John S. McCauley, 1862 Columbia
road, complained that the girl, whom
he employed as a secretary, shot him
at his home.
Five colored men were charged with
flrst-degree murder as result of the
shooting last April of Samuel Keys,
colored, 1900 block of Eleventh street
They were Edward Goffang. Albert
Coleman, Joseph L. Pollard. Claude C.
Branch and Nathaniel Berry. The mo-
tive for the killing, which took place
in Davis court, has not been developed.
Two colored men and a colored
woman were indicted on a second
degree murder charge in the Staying
February %, 1896, of William R. Ed
monds, colored, during hold-up of
Sanitary Grocery Store at 1929
Ninth street Edmonds entered the
store during the course of the robbery
and was hit on the head. Those in
dicted were James Booth. Dolorls Gar
cia and John Henry Joseph.
A total of 81 indictments were re-
turned
Others Indicted.
Those indicted included:
Harold E. Bowen. non-support of
minor children; William Wesley Rob-
ertson, William w. Gray, Joseph E.
Thomas, Myandier B. Fox, Riley john
son, Alfred E. Bell, Frederick S. Tur-
ner, Jesse P. Shankle, Nathan Stewart,
William Shankle, James F. Thomas.
Daniel L. West, Jerome Morris, Robert
D. Berry, Herbert B. Cowden, Murrell
James Dawes, James P. Hayes, Thomas
E. Youngblood, Willie Smith. William
F. Lane, John K Davidson Horace S.
Rodgers, Carl F. Behney, James J.
Jackson, William E. Biggs, Joseph F.
Diorio and Shirley w. Hutchinson.
| housebreaking and larceny Matthew
Novak, Hugh Wilson, David Gunner,
Charles Morris, Charles H. Franklin,
Eugene Freeman. Ernest Williams.
George Willis. Charles Atkins and
Claude Weaver, grand larceny: Homer
Bryan, Edgar L. Barber, Edward E.
Davis, Robert J. Anderson Jimmie
Knight, Joseph r. Bright and Charles
Stewart, Joy riding; William Simms,
Walter Bell, WILDER H. Grimmett and
Eugene Fox, robbery; James Taylor.
assault with intent to kill and with
dangerous weapon; Edward Boil
ing, Rufus Boiling, John Hitter, Will
liam F. Coachman, Thomas Reed and
Ambrose F. Young, assault with
dangerous weapon; Willie Davidson.
bigamy; Harry R. Moir, George Mass
and Arthur J. Allen, false pretenses;
Charles J. Nolan, embezzlement; Ray
mond E. Zell and Helen K. Fifer,
forgery and uttering; James Simms.
assaulting policeman Hezekiah
Bryant, possession of an unregistered
still; William v. Curry, false pre-
lenses: James M; McGill, assault
with intent to commit rape; Edward
Mopp, rape: James r. Griffin, jr:
Charles Wilson and James H. Bris-
bon, manslaughter
The following cases we're ignored:
Joseph Dellawood housebreaking
and larcey; Harry Biglin. grand lar
ceny; Hazel I. Tadlock, assault with
a dangerous weapon: Leroy Richard
son. assault with intent to commit
rape; Edward M. Colbert, false pre-
lenses; Samuel Courtney. attempted
robbery; Jesse M. Stewart, Harry
Thomas and Joseph E. Thomas. rob-
berry; Albert Rowe. violation of the
national motor vehicle theft act and
Mildred jackson and Acker Summers,