Evening star., 1938-02-24
FEDERAL WORKERS
HUSBAND INDICTED
IN BEATING CASE
Thomas W. BIackstock Is
Charged With Assault With
Dangerous Weapon.
KINGSBURY IS HELD
ON BAD CHECK ACCOUNT
Colored Man and Woman Accused
Of Second Degree Murder In
True Bills.

Thomas w. Blackstock, ~, who al
legedly beat his estranged wife on the
head with a hammer in a crowded
Internal Revenue Building corridor
February IA, was indicted today on a
charge Of assault with . dangerous
| weapon.
According to the police report Of
the indictment, Mrs. Ola Mae Black
stock, 1901 Massachusetts, avenue
| NV, who is employed at the bureau,
was walking along corridor OF the
building when her husband, from
whom she had been separated for q
year, seized her and struck her on
| the head three times with . hammer.
The man was overpowered by two
| male employees Of the Government
agency and was turned over to police.
Indicted on Check Charge.
Daniel w. Kingsbury, indicted q
week ago for allegedly forging the
name OF Representative Albert Thomas
OF Texas, for whom he had worked,
was named today in another true bill
which charged him with forging a $25
check and cashing it with w. H. I.
Fleming, an architect of 1928 Con-
necticut avenue NV, on September 9,
1885. Mr.. Fleming was quoted as say
ing that Kingsbury posed as Royal
Barry Wills, prominent Boston archi-
tect.
Kingsbury is said to have identified
himself as Mr.. Wills by displaying a
medal presented to the latter by Presi-
dent Hoover. The medal had been
stolen from Mr.. Wills Office, police
stated
Kingsbury cashed bogus checks in
several Eastern States by displaying
this metal, officials here said they
learned from police Of other cities.
While in Brooklyn, N. Y, the alleged
imposter is said to have married q
pretty nurse. still representing himself
to be Mr.. Wills.
Just before last Christmas he OBJ
tanned few days employment In the
ONCE OF Representative Thomas, and
while there came into the possession
OF package of blank checks. After
leaving Mr.. Thomas's employ he
allegedly forged the legislators name
10 TWO OF the checks and later was
arrested in Philadelphia.
Thirty-two Others Indicted.
Thirty-two other indictments were
returned today by the grand iurv.
Among them were two charging sec
ond-degree murder.
Alma McCoppo1J ., .~,-. a..
block OF Florida avenue NV. was &C.
cused Of striking William B. Rudy.
62, on the head with a brick last
December IA, injuring him 80 &C.
verely he died three weeks later. Rudy
lived at 8l6 Otis place NV.
The other second-degree murder
true bill charged George jackson, 80,
colored, with shooting Marion Brack-
EFT, 20, colored, last January 20. Po-
lice said he was motivated by jealousy.
Arrested in Store Raid.
Arrested January 18 in a raid on a
store at GIT H street NV, Lee Bing
Chong, so, Chinese, was charged
with violation of the narcotic laws.
The raid followed visit to the store
by customs officials investigating ship
ment OF quantity Of narcotics from
Hong Kong. The customs men re-
ported they smelled opium smoke.
| and q search warrant was obtained.
A large amount of alleged narcotics
was seized. it was reported.
Alleged to have obtained $l,l3l from
Katherine Fitzpatrick, 507 Third street
NV, to purchase stock for her, and
to have failed to account for the
money. Elzina Howell, 60, was charged
with larceny after trust. The Defend
ant was reported under arrest In New
YORK City on grand larceny charge.
Lottery Violation CHARGED.
Five colored men arrested recently
as numbers" writer's were indicted
on charges OF violating the anti-lot-
terry statute. They were Daniel w.
Cunningham, 81; James T. Walker,
49,; Samuel Adams, "a; Lyman D.
Strong, 80. and Eugene Monroe, 80.
Others indicted We're:
William A. Thornton, Clayton w.
Gray, James r. Norfolk, William H.
Smith, John S. Lomax and Leo Row
Harley, housebreaking and larceny;
Thomas Parker, HOUSEKEEPING: Leo
Roy Harley, Thomas w. Blackstock
and Ralph H. McCalip, assault with q
dangerous weapon; Ralph H. McCalip,
Kenneth R. Locker, John o. Patterson,
Edward Woffard and James Walker,
robbery; James Wilson and Edward
M. Cummings, joyriding; Oliver H.
Harris and Daniel w. Kingsbury,
forgery and uttering. and Harvey Fox,
jr., violation of the national motor We
hicle theft act.
The grand jury ignored charges Of
assault with dangerous weapon
against Moses Clay and Edward Bell.