Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-03-11
YOUTHFUL TRIO
IS INDICTED ON
ROBBERY CHARGE
Parks and Phelps Are Said
by Police to Have Ad-
mitted Crimes.
DANERI MAINTAINS
STAND OF NOT GUILTY
Jury Returns 50 True Bills, In
Guiding One Against Liquor
Salesman.

Red-haired Richard C. Parks. 49,
year-old leader Of what police describe
as robber gang, who was arrested
when his mother told police she sus-
peeted he was wanted" was indicted
today on Is charges along with James
K. Phelps, 10, and Silvia J. Daneri, %,
his alleged accomplices.
Washington merchants were harassed
by the youthful gang for the first two
weeks in February, yielding hundreds
Of dollars in loot to the bandits.
Parks was arrested February Is at
his home, 6916 Willow street, after his
worried mother, Mrs. Richard Morley,
had gone to police headquarters be-
cause she heard police radio lookout
for boy answering the description of
her son.
Daneri was taken into custody the
same day al his home, ia Quincy
place northeast.
When police went to the Phelps
home, however, in the first block OF
Randolph street, the boy jumped out
of a second-story window and escaped,
He was arrested four days later.
Confessions Reported.
Both Parks and Phelps are said by
police to have admitted many of the
crimes Of which they are accused, but
Daneri has steadfastly denied his
guilt. He is described by police as the
driver of the car in which the gang
made its getaway from the various
places robbed.
Small arsenals of firearms were
found in the rooms of both Parks and
Phelps. Police say the weapons were
stolen from a sporting goods store at
e27 D street, into which Parks, Phelps
and Daneri broke February T. taking
IA revolvers, rifles and l shotgun.
Robberies in which all three youths
were charged with taking part were of
stores, restaurants and branch news
paper station located at 81 K street,
1925 Pennsylvania avenue, 5013
Georgia avenue, GOT H street, 1852
Mount Pleasant street, 20l6 P street,
1900 Georgia avenue, 1916 New Hamp-
shire avenue and garage in rear OF
2348 Wisconsin avenue, which housed
the branch newspaper ONCE.
Charged With Burglaries.
Parks and Phelps alone are charged
with robbing the driver Of bus parked
at Huidekoper place and Benton
street February 2 and with house
breaking and larceny in connection
with burglaries at the following adj
dresses: 37l0 Garfield street. the Cor
don Junior High School, 1924 Davis
street. 1920 Benton street end 1907 S
street.
A total of 80 indictments we're re-
turned. Among them was a true bill
charging Sam Wilmer. 3l-year- old
salesman for the Maryland Distillers'
Products Corp, with embezzling
$470.4O he collected for the firm.
Marvin r. Harlow of the 900 block
of G place and Aldo Pieri Of the 800
block of Butternut street, who were
arrested January Is by Narcotic Blu
reau agents, were charged with dope
law violations. Federal agents re-
ported they made six buys" of dope
from each man.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted were:
John w. Williams, Roland R. Tay-
lor, James Brown, John H. Brown,
Walter Young, Lii Mccoy Mary Knox,
Rosalee Watkins, Frank E. Byrd and
Mary L. Sheckles, robbery; Robert G.
Chambers, Clifford L. Gibbons, Ma
thaniel Cobbs and Anthony Kirby,
assault with intent to commit rob-
berry: Maude E. Shepherd, Milton
Potts, Henry G. Barrett, Albert Jack
son, Furman o. Cant. Paul Hill, Edna
M. Hill, William N Waters, William
J. Dorsey, William H. Walker, James
Brooks, Sidney Goodman. Sonny Par
ker, John H. King James B. Mcdaniel,
Roger E. Spriggs, Oscar Cleggett John
w. Norwood, Lester w. Weaver, Junius
r. Byran, Arvern G. Plumley, Paul
Lowry, William Teale and Clifton
Wimbush, HOUSEKEEPING and larceny;
Hubert B. Savage, Louis Bryant, Her.
bert Whitby, Arthur Blanks, Jasper
1llSl, 1AdllS halls, IlSSlOuS II.
Brown, Alfred N Jackson and John
R. Hodges, grand larceny; Carlotta j.
Smith, receiving stolen property;
Chester r. Wilson, Walter l. Reeves,
Albert H. Rowe, James Brown, Percy
B. Azerovitz, John R. Murray, Ed
ward L. Mawson, Charles c. Lee
Richard Owen Taylor, Harry Lee
Brewer, Bruce E. Moore, Harvey
E. Moffat, Joseph A. Wines, Frank
Dellerba and Amory A. Sibley, joy
riding; Bryan Thompson, Russell Fer
nandez, Hoyt Arnold and George How
ard, assault with dangerous weapon;
Theodore R. Grant, assault with in
tent to kill; Charles A. Wyles, assault
with intent to commit rape; James
Wells, sodomy; John S. McCauley,
embezzlement; George Bost. Herbert
Schlicting and James R. Thornton,
forgery and uttering Herbert Donald,
Robert Green and John w. Donald,
gaming, and Jack S. Macon, depreda-
ton on the mails
The following cases were ignored:
George E. Sanford and Merk F. Pes
sagno. joy-riding; James A. Spooner
and James E. Low, grand larceny;
Frances Burns and Frances Evans,
robbery; Jack T. Frost, receiving
stolen property; Samuel Johnson, rape,
and Charles w. Eslin, assault with a
dangerous weapon.