Evening star., 1937-09-01
454 Indictments Set Record
For Grand Jury in August
l3l True Bills, Reported Today, Include
One for First Degree Murder and An.
other Charging "ThHteen Gang.'


| charged with first-degree murder In
connection with the Staying July Ia
of James E. Brown. %. colored. 200
block of Twelfth place Flood al
legedly struck Brown on the head
with brick
| Charles j. Crump, former teller at
the Hamilton National Bank, was in
dlcted on a charge OF violating the
banking laws. He is alleged to have
taken 5000 Of bank funds during a
three-year period prior to January 80
the date of his arrest. Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation agents, who
worked on the case, reported he ad-
mitted the defalcation.
! Clarence N. Marshall, former
| Western Union Telegraph Co. en-
ploye, was charged with failing to ac-
| count for nine cash kilograms he re-
celVed for filing last April 10. The
| specific offenSe charged is violation
OF section of the Federal communl
cations act which makes it a felony
| to fail to account for such messages.
Pool Fatality Ignored.
The grand jury ignored the case
against the Welfare Recreation Serv-
Ice OF the National Park Service. in
connection with the death of Helen
Burger, colored, who was electrocuted
in the Banneker swimming pool Au-
gust IA, 1886. Apparently wire
/ llSnH II, tbo
became grounded.
An alleged bribe offered to a pros
pectlve witness before the Prince
Georges County grand jury, then in
vestigating graft charges. resulted in
the indictment today of Harry M.
Braxton. colored, on a bribery charge
He is accused of Offering s35 to
Charles Hamilton, also colored, 1888
T street, if the latter would withhold
testimony against a Prince Georges
officer
According to local police, Hamilton
had been arrested in Maryland on a
speeding charge and posted $1,000
oond. Later, however, he paid a s26. 10
nne rather than fight the case in the
county courts, police said. Last Nav.
ne told police, he was approached by
BraXton and colored woman. who
mas not been identified, and offered
money If he would not testify before
the Prince Georges grand jury.
Hamilton called police, and De-
tective Sergt. Jacob Wolf lay in hid
ing nearby when the money allepedlv
was passed.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted included:
James Wright. James Bell, William
johnson, Melvin M. Hawkins and
Floyd Melvin Grams, joy riding; AL
oerta Beard. Mary Brown. Garfield
Wood, Burleigh Jackson, John Nixon,
William Ferguson. Mary Taylor,
Arthur Scott and Charles L, Jenkins,
grand larceny; Francis D. Carman,
housebreaking; William H. Brown,
George w. Brown, Arthur w. Kirko-
rian, Daniel L. West, Dozier Balknight,
Daniel E. johnson. Richard r. May,
Louis johnson, Sylvester Davis, Ben
Jamin Hawkins, Joseph w. Petro,
Martin D. Mccarthy, Daniel Fitzpat-
rick. Charles I. Boyd and Charles A.
Grayson, housebreaking and larceny;
Edward A. Watts and Peter I. Riley,
grand larceny and joy riding; Gilbert
L. Hardy, robbery; Broadus NJ Var
ner, grand larceny; Clarence E. Lewis,
Howard B. Lewis, Frank P. Martin,
Alfred Smith. Jonah Gorham, Law
renee Williams, David Williams, Henry
Bernes. Avery Harvey, Clifton Lee,
James Burch, Stanley w. Merrell,
George Cash, James S. Claggett, Allen
E. Coates, William Robertson, Richard
Dulin and Vernon Brown, robbery;
Harry T. Dixon and William E. Cal
vim, forgery and uttering; William G.
Highfield and William j. Plummer,
embezzlement and grand larceny; L.
Lawrence Law & Robert Richards,
embezzlement; Ralph L. Gilbert,
Opal Marshall, Dewey M. Stew
art, Ray D. zirkle, Edward w. Tfllman,
John Poindexter, Lucille Miller, Mar
riot B. Fasnacht, Beatrice Perry and
Irwin Rosen, forging Government
check; Harvey Harold Thompson, r.
E. Hampton, James B. Kent and W.
H. Smell, postal law violations; Coler-
idge Williams, Alton B. Boone, Harry
Lee, FELTON, w. Pierce, George Green
Carter, Maryland Banks, Robert
Hatch, Leslie Williams, Phillip H.
Cobbs. Herbert Russell, Walter Ty-
Ter, Hubert Lee Turner, Will Har-
ris, William Twitty, Armita Fergu-
son, John w. Ferguson, Robert Har-
ris, Edward Smothers, Robert Smith,
Hoe Martin, Romolo Joe Gentilucci,
Earl Francis Roberts. Ora Lee Hall,
James Eugene Wilson and Harold
Wallace Moore, gaming law violations;
Dewitt Jones, assault with intent to
commit robbery: Clarence Crutchfeld.
Henry Green, Howard Gambrill, Mar
tina jackson, James H. Collins and
William D. Dyson, assault with a
dangerous weapon; Ruby Sercy and
zadie Waugh, receiving stolen prop
erty: Summie Long, assault with in
tent to commit rape; Frank E. Doten,
incest; Marie Collie, Aaron williams,
Carrie Cole and Julia p. Mcdaniel,
manslaughter, and Thomas Davis,
Isecond-deeree mu1dsr.