Evening star., 1938-01-01
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Grand Jury Also Charges 81
Others on Various
Counts.

George Arone, organizer and presi-
dent Of the Krystal Chemical Co., was
indicted by the grand jury yesterday
In seven counts on charges Of false
pretenses and violation Of the Sc
curities Act of 1888.
The indictment was one of SIS re-
turned by the jury. They were the last
to be signed by United States Attorney
Leslie c. Garnet. who retired from
Office at the close Of business yester-
day, and also were the last returned
by the current grand jury, whose term
expires Monday. Because of the New
Year holiday. however, Justice F.
Dickinson Let's excused the jury after
its final report.
Arone was charged with falsely rep
resenting to prospective customers that
he was the inventor and owner Of Ger
tain soap formulae which served as q
basis for the product sold by Krystal
Chemical Co.; that the stock was
treasury stock and that he intended to
apply the proceeds to the benefit of the
concern.
Is Witnesses Listed.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Investigators listed as witnesses 18
persons to whom Arone allegedy sold
stock of the company The majority
OF those to whom it was sold were COL
ored physicians.
Three men, two of them colored,
were indicted on charge of escaping
from jail.
Charles r. Stewart, who was serv-
ing term in the District Jail on q
false pretenses charge, allegedly
escaped from the custody OF an officer
who was returning him to Jail after q
visit to his mother, who was critically
Ill in Sibley Hospital, October 26. Rich
ard Thomas, colored. "a. was said to
have escaped November 3, while work.
ing in the Jail grounds. Robert Big
ley, colored, Al, allegedly escaped No.
vember 3, while working at the Ninth
street wharf. from which supplies are
shipped to the District Workhouse at
OccOQuan.
Others Indicted.
Others indicted were:
Edwin A. Gordon, non-support of
minor child; Thomas Stevenson,
Henry Stewart, Richard K Gideon,
George H. Dezerne. Donald E. Gear
hart, Raymond Sutton, Berkley Smith
and Warren johnson, joyriding; Albert
J. Allison, Oliver James, Lewis King
and Thomas R. Moore, grand larceny;
Michael Mount, Albert Brice, William
James Reynolds. Alfred Douglas,
Irving johnson, William c. Bell, How
ard F. Hefron, Raymond o. Huer,
Elmer c. Thompson, Louis e. Brown,
James Cobb. Horace w. Butler, Samuel
Sutton. Benjamin baltimore, James
Allison, Walter K. Williams and John
Curry, housebreaking and larceny;
James E. Barnes, receiving stolen
property: George G. Price, Fred T.
Gray, James M. Taylor, Pembroke
Thomas. Charles johnson, Judson I.
Kingman and Israel Hunter, robbery;
Tasco Holmes, assault with intent to
commit robbery; Charles Cole, Arthur
M. Raiford, William Brown, Lynwood
Dudley, housebreaking and larceny;
Ben r. DITTO larceny after trust; Will
liam w. Jordon, false pretenses; Bur-
ton E. Gibson, forgery and uttering;
Russell R. Riddell, false pretenses and
forgery and uttering: Stuart M. Keyser
and William G. Hines, conspiracy to
commit depreciation on private prop
erty; Joseph Malone and Aloma Wood
blackmail; John R. Jackson, assault
with intent to commit rape; Lewis
Shedrick, assault with a dangerous
weapon and with intent to kill; Frank
H. Barry and Charles d. Lovern
assault with a dangerous weapon;
Charles Moore and Russell Epps, vio-
lation Of the Marihuana Tax Act, and
Jack Watkins. impersonating a Fed
eral officer.