Evening star., 1941-06-03
Three Boys Indicted
Who Had Been Sent
To Training School
New Policy in Dealing
With Serious Infructions
OF Institution Rules

The District grand jury today in
dicted three youths, sent to the Ma
tional Training School for Boys, on
various charges. They were among
"a indictments handed up to Justice
T. Alan Goldsborough in District
Court. Officials said this is a new
policy, under recent legislation, in
dealing with serious charges at the
school.
Emory OBryant, II, colored, who
won two court fights against the
Justice Department, which alleged
ly Illegally sent him to the Lorton
(Va0 Reformatory, after he had
escaped from the National Training
School for Boys, today was indicted
on charge of escaping from the
school on July 27, 1889 So i'm
portant did the Justice Department
consider the power to confine boys
from the school at Lorton under
certain circumstances, that Alex
ander Holtzoff, special assistant to
the Attorney General. took charge
of the cases. Both Justice Bolitha
j. Laws and the United States
Court of Appeals ruled against the
Justice Department, holding that
juveniles should be confined only in
the school and not sent to Lorton.
New Government Policy.
Assistant United States Attorney
Evan T. Davis, in charge of grand
jury work. said it would be the policy
of the Government, where serious
infractions of the school regulations
are concerned, to seek indictments,
where a waiver of jurisdiction has
been secured from Juvenile Court
and where the accused is under 18
years of age.
O'Bryant, because he pleaded
guilty in Juvenile Court on jan
uary T. 1899. to charge of house
breaking and larceny, was confined
at the school, officials recalled, after
he had broken into a boxcar and
stolen five cases of whisky valued at
500.
William NJ Williams, colored, IT,
another inmate of the school, was
indicted by the grand jury on a
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon. On August "a, 1889, he al
legedly attacked Joseph P. Concan-
non, parole officer at the school,
with knife as he was taking him
into custody after escape. officials
said he was confined on charges
of housebreaking.
Other Indictments.
James A. Anderson, a 16-year-old
white boy, was indicted on charge
of grand larceny and ioyriding, for
allegedly taking an automobile from
the school grounds on March 26.
Authorities said he was confined for
allegedly taking an automobile.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Joseph A. BriScoe,
Richard F. Costello, William H. Bur-
ton, Thomas B. Brown and Fred
erick j. Bailey, jovriding; Hubert O..
Metheny, joyriding and grand lar
ceny; Howard J. Clark, Eugene E.
Jackson and Simon Scott, grand
larceny; James D. Williams, re-
ceiving stolen property; Samuel D.
Foster, Rudolph r. Pediford and
Leon Mayfield, HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny; John r. Miller and William
j. Barnes, housebreaking and lar
ceny from the District of Columbia;
Lionel X. Clendenen and James l..
Waugh an, forgery and uttering;
Richard Moore, robbery, assault with
intent to commit robbery and as
sault with a dangerous weapon;
Gary Quarles, Picken Jennings,
Preston Quarles, Bishop Lee Quarles,
Eunice Robinson, robbery; John N.
Drumheller and Charles A. Langdon,
assault with intent to commit rob-
berry; william M. Williams, Walter
Simpson, Ernest H. Frazier, Ernest
Morgan, assault with a dangerous
weapon; James T. Williamson, as
sault with intent to commit rape;
John c. Roberts, carnal knowledge;
John Harrison, James Fulmer, Jack
J. Leonard and Abraham Leonard,
violation Of the numbers law.
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