Evening star., 1945-09-17
Ak Sayings Charged
In One Of | our Murder
Indictments Returned

Four eolored men were indicted
today on charges Of first degree
murder, one of them being accused
OF killing two colored men and
wounding three. colored women,
while another was charged with
killing two colored women.
Garfield Jones, %, of the 5000
block OF Q street NV, was charged
with fatally shooting Wylie Earle
Mack. 80, colored, of Freeman,
w. Va, and also Leroy Bolton, 20,
colored,. OF Roanoke, Va, on April 90.
At the same time he is accused
Of shooting and wounding Lille
Mack, 81, colored, of the 5400 block
OF lThirty-ninth street NV, and
Cofine Mack, %, colored, of the
3700 block of r street NV.
Earlier, Jones had been to Mu-
nicipal Court in connection with a
charge Of assault with a dangerous
weapon on his wife, Mrs. Dorothy
Jones, last February and was out on
bond. He also was indicted today
on the latter charge which accused
him of striking his wife with an
axe. Mrs. Jones is a sister of the
other two wounded women and of
Mr.. Mack, who was killed, it was
said.
A second man charged with
murder was Joseph H. Samuels, 40,
of the 1900 block of Half street,
S. E., who was accused of killing
his wife, Mrs. Pauline Samuels, 33,
colored, and Hattie Simms, IT, COL
ored, with an axe last month.
Two Others on Same Count.
The other two indicted on charges
OF first-degree murder were:
Eddie Joseph, 35, of the First block
of Fenton place N. W., accused of
fatally cutting Willie Bryson, Is,
colored, of the 1900 block of Sixth
street N. W., last June.
Henry Ashton, %, of the 1900
block of Walter place S. E., accused
of the fatal shooting of Virginia
Clark, 81, colored, of the 1900 block
of Hope avenue S. E., last month.
The indictments were among SO
returned today by the District grand
jury before Justice James M. Proctor
Of District Court. Some of the in
dictments were presented to the
grand jury by Assistant United
States Attorney Joseph F. Lawless,
Jr., and others by Assistant United
States Attorney Sylvan Schwartz.
IL Named in Robberies.
Twelve persons were named in
today's indictments on robbery
charges Among them were:
Jack E. Martin, 10, of the 500
block of Third street N. W., and
Bernard E. Glascock, 81, of the 140o
block of Columbia road NV; Will
liam R. Ottey, Jr., 20, of the 400
block of G street NJ E., John L. Car
drillo, 18, of the 100 block of Abbey
place N E.; Leon Jolly, 80, colored,
of the 1000 block of Fairmont street
N. w; Charles Mcneil, SO, colored,
Of the 1900 block of Fifth street
NJ W., and James E. Hall, Is, COL
ored, of the 400 block of Leroy
place NV; Richard o. Miller,
"a, colored; John F. Sumpter, %,
colored, of the First block of R
street N. E; John w. Mathis, %,
colored, HOO block of Shepherd
court N. W., and John T. Washing
ton, 81, colored, of the First block
Of MAYORS court N. W., and Linton
Epps, SO, colored of the 1900 block
of Linnean avenue N. w.
Charles o. Pippin, said to be from
Alexandria, Va, and to be in busi-
ness at the Fifth and K streets
market, was indicted on a charge OF
transporting TOO pounds of non
federally inspected smoked sausage
In interstate commerce, from Alex
andria to Washington.
Named on Perjury Charge.
Abraham Platt, so, was indicted
on a perjury charge, in connection
with which he is said to have rep
resented himself as a person of an
other name in order to reclaim an
automobile which had been i'm
pounded.