Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-18
Trio Indicted
In kidnapping
OF Dr.. Lindsay
Three Youths Also
Charged With
Theft of Auto

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Theft of Auto
Three youths were indicted today
on charges of kidnapping and robbing
DR.. Janvier w. Lindsay on May %
after allegedly forcing the 64-year-
old physician to re-enter his own
automobile as he prepared to visit
the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital to administer blood plasma
to boy who had a throat hem
orrhage.
The three youths charged are
Freddie F. Martin, 10, a sailor. said
to have been stationed at Camp
Peary. Va; James E. Doss, 20, and
Rutherford r. Patrick, 49, both of
the $500 block of University place
NV.
The indictment charges the youths
put the physician out of his auto
mobile, bound and gagged, near
Accotink Creek in Virginia. DR..
Lindsay later made his way to an
Army post after slipping off blind
fold and getting rid of a gag.
Auto Theft Also Charged.
The three youths, since the kid
mapping here, have been sentenced
in Virginia to serve eight years for
robbing taxicab driver. In addition
to the alleged kidnapping and rob-
berry of DR.. Lindsay, from whom they
are said to have obtained $l8, they
also were indicted on a charge of
violating the National Motor We
hicles Theft Act for allegedly driv-
ing the physicians automobile from
the District into Virginia.
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
Joseph F. Lawless, jr., presented
the cases to the grand jury.
The indictment was among "a
returned today by the District grand
jury before Justice James w. Nor
ris of District Court.
Norman R. Baker, 81, of the 3400
block of Eastern avenue NE, was
indicted on charges of setting up a
gaming table, keeping a place for
gaming, promoting lottery and
possession of numbers slips. The
alleged gambling establishment was
in the 500 block of F street NV.
In another gambling indictment
Anthony J. Villari, "a, was charged
with keeping place for gaming in
a taxicab.
Two Traffic Death Cases.
Two colored men were indicted on
manslaughter charges in connection
with traffic deaths. One of them,
Cleveland Cordell, q, of the 14OO
block of First street NV, was
charged in connection with the traf-
nc death OF Mrs. Jennie A. White,
u, of the 300 block of F street NE.
said to have been struck by a truck
operated by Corden on June 2.
Named also on a manslaughter
charge was Weldon w. Ray, 81. of
the 4700 block of Blaine street NE.
said to have been the driver of a
truck which struck and fatally in
jured Ernest j. Bailey 40, colored, on
May 30.
Eugene T. Shafer. 35, of the 1900
block OF First street NV, was in
dicted on charge of criminally as
saulting a 20-year-old woman who
lived in an adjacent apartment.
Improvisation Charged.
Mary A. Wellner, 26, of the 1900
block OF Canal road NV, was in
dicted on charge of falsely repre-
senting herself to be a policewoman.
While so posing, she allegedly de-
manded that sailor produce his
identifications cards and then in
duced a park policeman to arrest
the sailor, pending her arrival at the
station house. The sailor was re-
leased when she failed to show up
The sailor told police $40 was miss
ing from his billfold.
DR.. Albert E. Cherry, Sc, cobred
OF the 500 block of Second Street
NV, was indicted on a charge of
performing criminal opera ton On
a white woman. He recently was
convicted and sentenced for per-
forming a similar operation on a
colored woman and also is under
another similar indictment.
Louise Collins, 20, colored. OF
Philadelphia was indicted on q
grand larceny charge. She is &C
cused of taking a $500 ring and
other items from Miss Eleanor F.
Clark. 5000 block of r street NV
She had entered the house under
the pretext of going to work, it was
said.
Three Named in Brewery Theft.
Three coolred men, George Peter
son, 26, of the 1900 block of Fifth
street NV; Eddie L. Boyd, 30, OF
the first block of H street NE, and
Wade Harrison, "a, of the 100 block
of Tenth street NE, were charged
with theft of $500 pounds of grits
from the Heurich Brewing Co. The
trio is accused of stealing the grits
while hauling loads from freight
yards to the brewing company. A
fourth man, Christopher C. Pooler
81, colored, of the 400 block of New
York avenue NV, was charged in
separate indictment with theft OF
1000 pounds of grits.
Charles G. Porter, 43, colored, OF
the HOO block of Sixth street NE.
was charged with the theft of five
cases of whisky, said to have been
owned jointly by three British Army
officers, from house in the 5000
block OF Newark street NV.
The officers who owned the whisky
were listed as Brig. Gen. William E.
r. Blood, 1t. Col. Alan H. Wilson
and 1t. Col. Edgar j. r. Kennereu