Evening star., 1943-07-19
Money Machine Hoa)
Suspect Is Among
81 Persons Indicted
Grand Larceny Charged
After So, 500 Is Missing
In Demonstration

Connie A. Powers, 48, was indicted
today on charge of grand larceny
of $4,000 from service station oper-
ator on pretext of actually making
money in a machine in a downtown
hotel.
The victim had handed over
money which was placed in the ma
chine and was told it would transfer
markings of bills Of larger denom-
nations to smaller bills. When the
man, Identified as Powers. left the
hotel, he also left the machine with
his victim. When opened, the ma
chine contained only paper napkins
wrapped in two SIS bills.
The Indictment was one of 50 re-
turned by the grand jury before
Justice David A. Pine of District
Court. The returns were the first
made by the new grand jury which
sits until the first Tuesday in Octo-
ber.
$1,000 Aiegedly Defrauded.
In another indictment, Joseph M.
Brinker, described as being about so,
was charged with grand larceny
embezzlement and larceny after
trust of more than $1,000 from
Anna L. Barger of the 200 block Of
Twelfth street Sc. Assistant United
States Attorney Sylvan SWartz. who
presented the case. said the money
was to be used by Brinker to erect
houses here ard in Staten Island,
N. Y.
Recently, Brinker filed suit in
civil branch of District Court ask
ing dissolution of partnership
which he claimed existed between
himself and Mrs Barger. In this
civil suit he asked that a "just dis
tribution' OF the partnership assets
be decreed by the court.
Louis Rosso, described as trading
as a market in the 900 block OF
Fourth street SW.. was indicted on
a charge of transporting non-ln-
spected meat in interstate COM
merce. The meat totaled mere than
800 pounds of dressed beef and hog
carcasSes. it was alleged.
Military Act Held Violated.
Five men were indicted on charges
of violations of the Selective Train
ing and Service Act. They are:
Earl James Grant. 20, co'ored,
charged with failing to register and
of altering a notice Of classlflcation
issued to another person.
Thomas L. View, 80, colored
charged with failing to fill out a
supplemental questionnaire and
failing to tell his draft board where
he could be reached.
Joseph M. Fagins, 18, colored,
charged with failing to register.
Lewis Henderson, jr., 20, colored,
charged with failing to report for
induction.
James Pope, 25, colored, charged
with failing to submit to PREM
duction examination and with fail
ing to notify his board where he
could be reached
Several Gambling Charges.
A number of persons were charged
with gambling violations.
These and the charges against
each. include: Obie Mitchell, 18,
the 1900 block of Corcoran street
NV, setting up a gaming table;
Thomas NJ Nickless, 55, and Lewis
T. Chopof, 40, setting up a gaming
table in the HOO block OF Eight
eenth street NV.
Charles Cornweld. 81. colored. of
the 700 block of S street NV. ad-
vertising lottery and selling a
numbers slip: Lewis Zimmerman,
80. 1900 block of Belmont street
NV. numbers violation; Edward F.
Gaines. 34 colored, setting up a
gambling table in the 400 block of
M street NV: Charles Uncle, a.,
1000 block of Georgia avenue NV
numbers violation: John Wallace
Reed and Grant Franklin Bennett,
80, numbers violation, in the $500
block of Connecticut avenue NV;
Lucille Locklear, 38, colored. 700
block of Morton street NV, num-
bers activity.
The indictments included six true
bills against a total of six men and
women on robbery charges involving
small amounts.
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