Evening star., 1938-10-03
Jury NAMES FIVE
IN Z DEATH CASES
Sanford Staying and Fatal
Crash Probed-TotaI of
al indictments Returned,

Winding up its three-month term
today, the current grand jury returned
Al indictments to Justice Peyton
Gordon in District Court. United
States Attorney David A. Pine gave
a farewell talk to the jury and thanked
1t for its work, as did Justice Gordon.
Charged with second degree murder
in the death of George E. Sanford,
slain while riding as a passenger in
an automobile at or near the 1900
block of Buchanan street NV. on
August l3, were: Leroy Evans, 10 years
old; George Malloy, 10 years old, and
James D. Posey, 20 years old Police
said Evans and Malloy were arrested
in Richmond, Va, while Posey was
apprehended here. The three youths
and Sanford. the grand jury was told,
picked up Thomas Giles, colored, and
were robbing him in their automobile,
when Evans fired the shot from which
Sanford died.
Indicted on a charge of second-de-
gree murder we're: Charles Sumner
Lee, jr., colored, 36 years, and Worster
Penn Dorey, colored, 80 years The
grand jury was informed that a car
in which the pair were riding crashed
into machine at Sheridan road and
Nichols avenue Sc. September 2,
while fleeing from liquor investigators
Two-year-old Muriel J. Lanham and
20-year-old Marion Wood died when
the car leaped into the air and burst
into flames, the jury was told.
Liquor investigators told the jury
they received a tip a load Of whisky
was being brought into the District
over Nichols avenue and after the
crash. inquiry disclosed, is five-gallon
cans of untaxed whisky and liquor was
pouring out of the machine driven
by Lee.
False Pretenses Charged.
Indicted also on charges of false
pretenses, were Thomas H. Hawkes.,
so years old, of Boston, Mass: Curtis
Jones, 40, and Wildwood F. Hastings,
both of New York City, who allegedly
figured in program for the extraction
Of tung oil at Mississippi plantation
and induced Mrs. Florence B. Hutch
inson Of a local hotel to part with
some $1,000 of her money.
Thomas Childress, SO years old, was
accused Of forgery and uttering and
of false pretenses for allegedly having
cashed check for $3.50 here on Au-
gust 10, representing himself to be
August Pitzenburger. Robert E. Lee,
clerk of the Lincoln National Bank.
became suspicious on September
after further telegram from
Brackettville, Tex, was received, read
ing: Send me $1O0 at once" notified
police, and Childress was apprehended
in a telegraph office, the grand jury
was informed. Childress allegedly
confessed, the inquisitors were ad-
viSed.
George w. Walker, Al, HOO Seventh
street NE, and Charles w. Bryan,
80, 14l5 Rhode Island avenue NV,
were indicted on charges of house
breaking and larceny for allegedly
having taken 20 pounds of ham, Gig
arettes, chewing gum and safe val
ued at 5000 from the Sanitary Gro
Gerry Co. store at 3748 Tenth street |
NE. The fact that their car was
stuck in the mud near the store led
to their Identification later by num-
Der of witnesses, police said, after
they sought assistance.
Murray w. Hawkins, colored, 18
years, and Ross E. Ford, colored, II
years, were indicted on a charge of
grand larceny of 446 pounds of ham
on September II from truck of the
Briggs Co. in front of 9l3 Liberty street
S.W Judge Fay L. Bentley relin-