Evening star., 1937-09-01

Reporting l3l indictments today
the grand jury closed months work
which is believed to have set an all
time record for the District.
During August the jury acted on
SAG cases, voting 454 indictments and
ignoring 95. This is almost 100 cases
more than is handled in the average
month. The beginning of September
finds the work of the grand jury prac-
tically current, with not more than a
half dozen cases pending.
Indictments today ranged from first
degree murder to joyriding, and in
cluded charges against gang Of col
ored safe robbers whose loot is said
to have exceeded $4,000. and the group
of juvenile desperadoes who called
themselves the Thirteen Gang" stole
automobiles and broke into stores in
their brief career of crime Eight of
the Thirteen Gang" were indicted.
Others of the clique, because of their
ages, come within jurisdiction of the
Juvenile Court.
Accused Stealing Safes.
The alleged safe robbers, Robert T.
Brown, 25 Mike Mitchell 30, Richard
Goodwin, "a, and Robert G. Moseby,
30, all colored, were charged with
stealing safes and their contents from
the Garden-T Shope, 1885 Columbia
road. and restaurant at 1912 U
street, and with forcing open safes at
the Nunnally Co. store, 1903 F street,
and the Liberty Laundry Co., 437 New
York avenue northeast during the
past few months.
Dr. James w. Hart, 62year-old
physician with Offices in the 2100
block of F street, who was acquitted
of an abortion charge last June, was
indicted today on similar charge.
He is alleged to have performed an IL
legal operation, March is, on 22-
year-old unmarried girl, who subse-
quently died in Sibley Hospital. DR..
Hart was arrested April S, while the
former charge still was pending, and
denied his guilt. He was at liberty
under bail at the time Of the most
recent alleged offense.
Held in Rooming House Sale.
Charged with having contracted to
sell the same rooming house business
to six different persons within a
month, Mrs. Sara F. Sandridge, 81,
was indicted on charges Of grand
larceny, false pretenses and larceny
after trust.
She allegedly obtained sl,180 from
six persons last April under an agree
ment to sell them rooming house
business at 1903 Clifton street, and
then failed to 60 through with her
bargain.
In another indictment she was
charged with embezzlement and lar
ceny after trust in connection with q
similar transaction involving house
at 1881 Lamont street.
Alleged to have struck and fatally
injured colored man March "a and
then to have fled from the scene Of
the accident, Jack Berger, 81, Of the
1900 block of Park road, was indicted
on a manslaughter charge. The ac-
cident occurred in the 1900 block Of
Georgia avenue. Police reported that
Berger's car was speeding past an
other machine when the accident oc-
Cured The man killed was Lorenzo
Jackson SO, of the 700 block of Rock
Creek Church road. The impact hurled
him onto the running board Of an
other car proceeding in the opposite
direction.
Another true bill charged William
Law, 25, with carnal knowledge Of a
13-year-old girl, who ran away from
home August 10 and was picked up by
police three days later. Law allegedly
met the girl on the street and took her
to downtown hotel.
Harvey Flood, colored, 80, was