Evening star., 1944-10-23
Intent 10 Kill Charged
To Couple Indicted
In Baby Beating Here
Grand Jury Also Returns
True Bill Against Trio
In Confidence Come

Mrs. Edith M. Newman, IS, and
her husband, Herman G., As, were
indicted today by the District grand
jury on charge of assault with in
tent to kill 2-month-old baby last
month while stopping at the City
Hotel, 900 block of New York ave-
nue NV.
Police quoted Mrs. Newman as
saying the father of the baby, Pa
tricia, Is Filipino who, she claims,
assaulted her in Annapolis.
Summoned to the scene by maid
at the hotel, police said they met
Mr.. Newman on the hotel steps with
the baby wrapped in newspapers,
and the child was unconscious. Mr..
Newman denied he intended to put
the child in deposit locker at the
bus terminal, which, police say, the
babys mother had told them they
had planned to do. The baby was
given artificial respiration by police
and rushed to Emergency Hospital,
from where it was taken to Gal
linger.
The indictment does not name any
particular method used in the al
legged assault on the child. Police
quote Mrs. Newman, however, as
having said she decided to kill the
baby and also that it was kicked by
several children.
Three Indicted i'm "COn" Game.
Connie A. Powers, 40, described
by police as confidence man." and
two alleged confederates were re-
indicted in a substitute indictment
on charges of grand larceny and
larceny after trust of $4,000 from
a former restaurant proprietor. They
are said to have promised to get
some beer for the restauranteur
with the money. The indictment is
the same as the previous indictment,
except that it carries with it the
additional charge of conspiracy to
commit grand larceny. The two
alleged confederates are Charles u.
James, so, and William F. Van SAINT.
IS.
Powers, who recently was con-
victed of a charge of grand larceny
of S8,500 following demonstration
of a "money-marking" machine to
a gasoline service station proprietor,
is awaiting sentence on the latter
charge.
Burgess B. Williams, 81. colored,
of the 1900 block of Eighth street
NV. was indicted on charge of
second-degree murder in connec-
ton with the fatal shooting of his
wife, Mrs. Ora L. Williams, 81, last
August.
Bus Driver Indicted.
In another indictment Andy j.
Franko, 80, bus driver, of Arling-
ton, Va, was named on a statutory
charge involving 14-year-old girl.
William E. Clinton, %, colored.
said to be from South Carolina, was
indicted on charges of criminally
assaulting a colored woman and of
grand larceny for allegedly taking
money and watch from her.
James w. Darlington, 48, of the |
300 block Of Maryland avenue NV. !
said to have been employed 7at |
Boiling Field, was indicted on
charges of larceny after trust of
more than $400 he is said to have |
obtained in pay checks indorsed by |
fellow workers to get cashed for
them.
Walter L. Gordon, %, colored of |
the 1900 block of S street NV. was
indicted on a charge of robbing a !
man of his false teeth, SIT in cash,
eyeglasses. tie clasp and fingernailI
clipper. The alleged victim, Lewis
B. Malugen, was said to have been
rendered unconscious during the
robbery.
Two Face Drug Charges.
Two men were indicted on charges
of narcotic law violations. They
were Russell S. Slater, 80, of the
1900 block of M street NV. and
Willard V. Hall. %, of the 400 block
of K street NV.
The indictments were among al
total of 36 returned by the grand
jury in District Court before Justice
James w. Morris. The cases were
presented to the grand jury by As
sistant United States Attorney
Joseph F. Lawless.
The grand jury ignored a case
against Elizabeth j. Owings, %, of !
the 600 block of A street NE, a |
truck driver for the Railway Express
Agency, who had been accused of
taking a dog from a shipment. She
told investigators she had taken the
dog to her home to feed it, but in
tended to deliver it later