Evening star., 1944-10-16
Grand Jury Returns
36 Indictments in
District Court
Womon. n, Is Charged
With Bi9omy in Marriage
To Two Navy Men

The District grand jury today re-
turned a total of 36 indictments
at District Court.
Garnet Louise Stalnaker, q. was
indicted on charges of bigamy and
perjury, which grew out of her al
legged marriage to two men, now said
to be in the Navy. She was mar
ried, it was charged, to Robert D.
Stalnaker, said to be now on duty
in the Pacific, in 1912, and last May
had local church wedding, marry
ing George Quillen, jr., a cousin of
Mr.. Stalnaker, it was alleged.
Besides the charge of bigamy pre-
ferred as result of her alleged
second marriage, she was named on
the perjury charge for allegedly
falsifying when applying for mar
riage license here, repeatedly stating
at the time that she was not mar
ried. Investigators quoted Mr..
Quillen. to whom she was married
last spring, as stating that Mrs
Stalnaker told him she had been
divorced.
Charles H. Jewell. jr., %, OF Alex
andria, Va, was indicted on a charge
of robbing Joseph Munitz, 38, and
Mrs. Munitz of money and jewelry
respectively, in their apartment in
the 2300 block of Fifteenth street
NV.
During the alleged robbery in
which Jewell and the companion
are said to have obtained $102 from
Mr. Munitz and watches and jew
elry from Mrs. Munitz both victims
were assaulted, it was said. Mr.
Munitz said that he was hit on the
head with pistol and Mrs. Munitz
claimed she was kicked.
James Scott Slaughter, 80, COL
ored, 900 block of French street
NV, and George Bailey, 18, COL
ored, l700 block of Tenth street
NV, were indicted on charge OF
grand larceny for the alleged theft
of tires and wheels from an Evening
Star truck and were also indicted
on charges of housebreaking and
larceny in connection with an al
legged theft of tools from The Eve
ming Star carpenter shop.
Henry j. Stultz, "a, and Edith
Marie Mitchell, 81, both of the 5000
block of Holmead place NV, were
indicted on charge of grand larceny
of more than $50 in cash and a
quantity Of clothing from a man
whom they are said to have accom-
panied to his room in a local hotel
Lonzo johnson, %, colored, was
indicted on a charge of assault on
police officer, allegedly firing at
an officer of No. 2 precinct with the
officers own revolver, after being
placed under arrest during an in
vestigation. The policeman, Will
liam S. McFadden, was not hit by
the bullet.
Erma P. Fong, IS, was indicted on
a charge OF assault with dangerous
weapon, allegedly shooting and
wounding John Chin, a Chinese
who was said to be a roomer in her
home.
James c. Irby, %, colored, of the
1700 block of Corcoran street NV,
was indicted on four charges of
housebreaking and larceny in which
he was said to have obtained sums
OF money from young women rang
ing up to more than $40.
Three men were indicted on
charges Of violating the Selectiye
Training and Service Act. They
were listed as Albert L. Tinsley, %,
colored; Robert Moore, 30, colored,
and Paul Lawrence Hammond, IS.
The indictment list also named &
couple OF men on robbery charges
in connection with alleged pocket
book snatchings.
All except one OF the indictments
were presented to the grand Jury
by Assistant United States Attorney
Joseph +. Lawless.