Evening star., 1937-01-04
MURDER CHARGED
| TO LANDLORD IN
| DEATH Of TENANT
66 Other True Bills Also Are
Returned by Grand Jury
in Last Report. |
THREE ARE INDICTED
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Criminal Assault Laid to Man In
in Attack on 14-Year-0ld
High School Girl.


lord who allegedly shot his tenant,
Ray E. Childress, IS, October 2 during
dispute over repairs to Childress'
basement apartment at SO New York
avenue northeast, was indicted today
on charge of first-degree murder.
Sixty-six other true bills also were
returned by the grand jury, which
made its last report. Its term will
expire tomorrow and a new panel
will be selected.
Chlldress was fatally wounded about
1880 pm. as he attempted to smash
his way into his apartment, which was
being boarded up by Stanton in re-
talation for Childress' refusal to pay
back rent. Childress, a taxicab driver.
nad explained to police beforehand
tnat he was withholding $3.50 rent
money In an effort to compel his land.
lord to put rug on the floor and
provide screen for the window.
Both Childress and Stanton had
visited police for advice before the
tragedy. the tenant to find out what
could be done to force Stanton to
make the desired Improvements, and
the landlord to present his side of the
case and to find out whether he might
keep gun in his home for self protec-
ton.
Police Called by Stanton.
1t was Stanton who called police
after the shooting.
Another first-degree murder indict-
ment charged Frank H. Acton, IS.
with the death of Donald e. Mursch.
1900 block Of Rhode Island avenue,
who was shot on the night of October
4 at Eleventh and E streets. southwest.
Police said there was bad blood be-
tween the two men as a result of q
debt Mursch allegedly owed Acton.
Acton allegedly attempted forcibly to
collect and during a later alteration
Mursch was shot, police declared.
In three other homicide cases two
women and q man were indicted for
manslaughter and a woman was
charged with second degree murder.
Anna Marie Sanford and Edna
Weaver were named in a manslaugh-
ter indictment in connection with the
stabbing September Of William G..
Jenkins. ~, at a rooming house in the
500 block of Tenth street southeast,
where all three lived. The weapon
used never was found.
The other manslaughter indictment
was against Carroll v. Henkel, 20, first
block of I street. who allegedly caused
! the death October 4 of Ernest Nc.
Crory. 38. Henkel said he found Nc
Crory intoxicated under a bed in his
home. Dragging him out. he took
the man to the street. An alterca.
ton occurred there, Henkel reputedly
told police, and McCrory was knocked
down. his head striking the side
walk. The impact of the fall frac-
tured his skull.
| Elizabeth Buchanan, colored, So,
was charged with second degree mur-
der. Police said she dubbed William
RawlS. colored, 80. on the head with
a shotgun October 90 at a house in
the 300 block of South Capitol street.
An indictment charging criminal
assault was returned against Edward
j. MCGEE, %, of the first block of
street, who allegedly attacked a IA
year-old Langley Junior High School
pupil while she was returning home
from the school on the night of De-
cember 10 in company of another
girl.
The child said MCGEE dragged her
up an alley off the 100 block of X
street and finally was frightened away
by persons attracted by her screams.
He was arrested nearby.
Embezzlement Charged.
Robert L. Seymour, an employe Of
the N. E. Ryon Co., real estate firm,
was indicted on an embezzlement
charge which contained 10 seperate
counts. Officials of the firm said an
audit showed $4,000 shortage from
1929 to the present date. but the In.
dictment alleged defalcations totaling
only S465 from April IS, 1884, to
October 4, 1895.
Seymour was bookkeeper for the
concern and entered its services in
1921.
Others indicted we're: Ford Ware
and James Oliver Young, nonsupport
of minor child John Hopkins. Benja-
min ]. Inabinett. Joseph Smith, Willie
| White, Sylvester .Malloy, Albert Ball
lenger, William Jones and Ernest Hall.
joyriding; Raymond Redgraves, house,
breaking; Frank j. Parker, jr.; Law
renee F. Scott, George Henderson.
John Jones, Carl Pollard, Robert Cobb,
jr.: Hilton Moore, Aubrey Moore.
Albert r. Marshall, Paul Larry and
Phillip Smith, HOUSEKEEPING and lar
ceny; Bill Leach, Charles j. Coleman,
Jesse T. Murray, Thomas Anderson.
Russell Combs, Claude E. Randall and
George w. Brown, grand larceny:
Stanley c. Creswell, petit larceny:
Fred Melton and Clifton Wright, as
sault with intent to commit robbery:
John Gill. attempt to commit robbery:
Joseph Harris, Thomas Brown.
Tom Marsh, Condee Watts, Semper
Raday, Joseph Jones, Gus Morris.
Charlie johnson, Maurice Mitchell.
Charlie Davis, Joshua Hawkins, James
E. Matthews and Monroe Agee, rob-
berry; John c. Yeldell, larceny from
the District of Columbia; George
Haynes, assault with a dangerous
weapon and with intent to kill; James
o. Lewis and Marion G.. Rogers, en-
bezzlement; Arthur K. Brown, false
pretenses; John Ferguson, Russell r.
Riddell, Stanley Grady and Howard
T. Conn, forgery and uttering; DOM
mick Mimi Cassetta and James N.
Ostrander, violation of the white slave
traffic act; Frank M. Rowley and
Corliss H. Bowen, abortion; John s.
McCauley and lone A. Alger, larceny
after trust and grand larceny, and
Carnell L. Thomas, altering Federal
currency.