Evening star., 1944-02-28
Indicted
In Fatal Beating
0fDaughter, ;
Grand Jury Returns
Second-Degree Charge
Against Mrs. Orencio

Against Mrs. Orencio
Mrs. Mary c. Orencia, 21-year-old
expectant mother, was indicted to-
day on a second-degree murder
charge in connection with the fatal
beating Of her 3-year-old daughter
Aurora.
Mrs. Orencia, wife Of a Filipino
cook and mother OF two other chill
dren, Is charged with striking her
daughter with chair rung at the
Orencia home in the 800 block Of
Mount Vernon place NV. on Feb
ruary -.
The indictment was among % re-
turned today before Chief Justice
Edward G. Eicher Of District Court.
Chinese Indicted.
Sung S. Kuei, 28-year-old Chi
nese, Of the 900 block of New York
avenue NV, was indicted on
charges of f1rst-degree murder and
assault with a dangerous weapon
IN connection with the fatal shoot
ing Of Chinese and the wounding
OF another on February in a
noodle factory in the 1900 block OF
Fifth street NV.
Both victims were employed at
the factory, 1t was said. Lum Tung
SO, Of the 400 block of Florida ave-
nue. NV, died four days after the
shooting. The indictment says
Kuei was attempting to commit
robbery at the time of the shooting
A second-degree murder charge
also was lodged against Irving
Parker, SO, colored, 200 block of
Morgan street NV, in the fatal
stabbing Of John N. Harris, so, COL
ored, 400 block of v street NV,
during a street fight early this
month.
Three Held in Stabbing.
Three colored men were indicted
on two charges of assault with a
dangerous weapon in the stabbing of
a sailor and soldier on a streetcar
on February 2.
Those charged are: Raymond
Bonds, %, and John Bonds, As, both
of the 500 block of Twenty-third
place NE, and Francis McElod. 10,
OF the 1700 block of Thirteenth
street NV.
In another Indictment, John C.
Alexander. 20, of the 4700 block of
Fifth street NV, said to be a grad
uate OF the Naval Academy and de-
scrtbed as having been a second
lieutenant In the Marine Corps at
Quantico, Va, until resigning his
commission in January, was in
dicted on charge of forging q
check for $3.50 which had been
made out to another second lieu
tenant. He also was charged with
false pretenses in connection with
allegedly passing a bad check for
SOS.
Two men who escaped from the
District jail early this month and
another whoAescaped Gallinger Hos
pitaf were named in today,s indict-
'ments on charges Of escaping.
All We're Recaptured.
They are William F. Thomas. "a,
awaiting trial on larceny charges,
and Elmer H. Day, IS. awaiting trial
on housebreaking and robbery
charges. Both men were captured
soon after. Day was picked up in
nearby Virginia, and Thomas in
Pennsylvania.
Joseph H. Hockenberry, 20, who
escaped with Daniel Reedy, 18, from
the Gallinger Hospital criminal
psychopatic ward on February l,
after allegedly beating and over
powering a 63-year-old guard, also
was indicted on charge of escap-
ing.
Hockenberry and his companion
are held in Alabama, where they
await grand jury action in connec-
ton with the alleged abduction of
two women, one of whom was said
to have been stabbed and criminally
assaulted.
George A. Thompson, 26, colored,
OF the first block of Logan court
NV, was indicted on three charges
Of HOUSEKEEPING and larceny for
allegedly breaking into drugrooms
at Providence, Children's and Gar
field Hospitals. He is accused of
stealing a quantity of narcotics from
each n1ace