Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
Grand Jury Frees
Man in William Tell
Killing Of Friend
Victim in Demonstration
Had Asked Hole Be Shot
In His Hot, Then Moved

John w. Elliott, 80, arrested last
month after the William Tell STAY
ing" of T. friend, was freed today
when the District Court grand jury
ignored a charge of homicide against
him.
Mr.. Elliott had been charged by
police with fatally wounding Claude
Worrell, 81, on october IA in the
course of a shooting demonstration
in basement known as "the Dug
out" at 1914 street NV. Mr.. Wor-
rell died the next day in Emergency
Hospital.
Testimony at a coroner's inquest
into Mr.. Worrell's death showed that
the two men had been drinking to-
gether during the afternoon. Mr..
Elliott. demonstrating his proves
as marksman, shot a bottle out of
his daughters hand and then shot
one out of Mr.. Worrell's hand.
Mr.. Worrell then got gray hat
and put it on his head, challenging
Mr.. Elliott to shoot hole through
it. Mr.. Elliott, using an old 90
calibre rifle, fired, inflicting wound
in his friends head. Mr.. Elliott told
police that Mr.. Worrell moved just
as he fired
Manslaughter Charged
Clinton Van Horn, colored, %
years old, was indicted on charge
of manslaughter for the alleged kill
ing of Mamie Walker, colored, As,
on September in Shows Court. She
was hit in the left leg with brick
and as a result of this injury died
October %. the jury found.
Dennie F.. Barry was indicted as
former deputy collector Of internal
revenue, who allegedly received
sl724 in public money from the
District Typewriter Exchange end
failed to render an accounting of
this to the Government on Deem
Der 8. 1887. The indictment also
charged that on April Is Of this year
he allegedly falsely represented him.
self to be a revenue officer of the
United States and received $500
from Dora Mueller, representing tax
money due the Federal Government,
according to the Indictment. Be-
tween the time Of the first and sec
ond alleged offenses. he had left
the Government service, police said
Gladys NeWhard of the 200 block
of Fifteenth street NV. was indicted
on a charge of violating the postal
laws, when she was employed in
lawyers Office and a.legedly took
20 postal money orders. totaling sl13
and forging her employers name on
them.
Mary j. Colin, colored, widow of a
World War veteran. was indicted on
a charge of fraudulently accepting
Government checks as the widow,
after she had allegedly remarked.
Narcotics Charges.
Henry S. Grady was indicted on
a charge of procuring narcotic drugs
by allegedly illegally using a Bureau
of Internal Revenue form. Joe P.
Mallet was indicted on a charge of
false pretenses, when he allegedly
passed checks totaling $500 in the
purchase of an automobile.
Fifteen indictments charging vio-
lations of the narcotic laws were
handed up. Conspiracy, violation of
the Harrison Narcotic Act and the
Narcotic Drugs Import and Export
Act were charged to Joe Morton,
Alice Carter, Garfield Williams,
Julia Turner, Russell S. Slater, Law
renee W. Peden. Florence Mack and
Alberta Harris. Accused of violat-
ing the Harrison Narcotic Act and
the Narcotic Drugs Import and Ex-
port Act were Horace S. Diamond,
Ralph D. Brown, Russell S. Slater.
Alphonso Feemster, Luther Feem-
ster, Alice Carter, Ralph Mitchell,
Naomi I. Coram, John NJ. Buchanan,
Garfield Williams and Rufus Ford.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Grover C. Bot
kin. non-support of minor child:
Ralph S. Hart. joyriding and grand
larceny; James Broom and James
Hines, HOUSEKEEPING and larceny:
John Rieggo, Charles H. Jones' Reg
inald Greenfield and James Nelson,
robbery; James Nelson receiving
stolen property; Joseph Lee, David
Thomas, Hubert A. Anderson, as
sault with intent to commit rob-
berry; Rufus o. Smart and John F..
Brown, robbery and assault with a
dangerous weapon: John T. Wash
ington and Alphonso Scott. assault
with dangerous weapon; Benjamin
D. Mainhart and Clarence w. B.
Henson, forgery and uttering, and
Robert Butler and Earnest Vinson.
violating the Ijn,Ior Tayipp Act IF