Evening star., 1943-08-30
50 Indictments
Returned Here
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By Grand Jury
Alexandria Driver
Held in Deaths Of
Two Women Here

A six-count Indictment charging
second degree murder was returnA
today by the District grand iuw
against Howard l.. Conway. 2l-yeaf-
old Alexandria youth, In connectidh
with the death of two women fatally
injured in a traffic accident heb
July "a.
Conway was the driver of LARD
moving van which collided with al
automobile at South Capitol and II
streets, resulting in the deaths II
Miss Nina De Croft, As. and MrS
Mary G. Terrell, "a. both of Alex
andria. They were passengers in 4
share-the-ride pool and were ri
turning from work at the Censth
Bureau.
At the time Of his arrest. polin
charged Conway with driving whiB
drunk and with cases involving III
and run. Y
Speed, Negligence Charged. =
Three counts involving each deasn
was returned by the jury. One court,
charges Conway with being erosslr
Negligent, the second with oueratiHI
tne vehicle while under the inf1ts-
ence OF liquor. and the third wifh
driylng at an excessive rate of speea.
A total of so indictments were rae
turned by the grand Jury before
Justice Matthew F. MCGUIRE.
DR.. Gaius Marcus Br,lmbauoh "a
a physician, 905 Massachusetts avsr
nue. NV, was indicted on is counfS
Tor alleged violations of the Harris
son Narcotic Act. DIR. BrumbaueH
was arrested by Federal narcotic
authorities January 25. The in
dictment charges that sales oh
morphine were made to a womarf
patient and to a narcotics agent
who posed as a patient. Il
Alleged sales of the drug wefS
made between June rs of last yea
and the day of his arrest, according
to the indictment.
Gas Station Operator Held.
j. D. Price, 81, former operator OF
gasoline station in the 1700 block
OF Nichols avenue Sc, was indicted
on charges of illegal possession of
ration coupons valued at $4,000 gal.
Ions of gasoline. ~
The indictment alleges Price was
in possession of 1920 &c" coupons
6,298 "T" coupons, $50 "Es" and 80
l00-gallon bulk coupons when arr
rested last February.
Price recently figured in the news
when he reported to police that he
had been swindled of $500 In
a money making machine"
-Four indictments were handed up
against Austin L. Sands, jr., Is. q
former warrant officer in the Army
Air Forces, charging unlawful wear J
ing of the uniform of an officer, vio-
lation of the National Stolen Prop
erty Act and using the uniform I'd
defraud.9 - -
Son of Army Major.
According to Assistant United
States Attorney Sylvan Schwartz,
Sands is from Boston and Is the
son of an Army major. One indict-
ment alleges that Sands used an
officers uniform to defraud the
Dodge Hotel of s425s, representing
lodging and other expenses.
Two other indictments, involving
the Stolen Property Act, alleges he
unlawfully transported a falsely
made check to New York to nay a
veterinary for the board of dog,
and similarly a check to North
Carolina for the purchase of uni
form at department store.
Indictments charging violations Of
the Selective Service and Training
Act by four men also were returned
Involved were: Henry Wade, 36
colored, alleged failure to report for
a pre-induction physical examina
ton and failure to notify his board
OF chance of address; William
Brown, 20, colored, failure to fill out
QUESTIONABLE and failure to notify
of address change; Clarence Barnes
%, colored, who claims to be a mem
Der Of the Nation of Islam failing
10 I'LL out supplemental question
naire, and Hymaf Abosh, 81, failing
to report for induction.
Charged With Embezziement.
FBI agents said Abosh claimed to
be a Jewish Quaker.
Benjamin C, Fields, 81, colored
was indicted on eight counts of en-
bezzling S540.98 of the funds of the
International Molders and Foundry
Workers Union of North America
Fields was listed as the treasurer OF
the union.
Two indictments were returned
against Fred L. Johnson, 48, colored
alleging pandering One case in
volved 15-year-old colored girl, ac-
cording to the Indictment.