Evening star., 1945-12-20
Widow, IS and Mother
|0f 10 Indicted in
IoveIorn' Fraud

l0vel0rn' Fraud
Mrs. Susanna, Hill IS, Widowed
mother of six sons and four daugh.
tiers, was indicted today on q
charge of using the mails to de.
fraud. She was accused of repre-
senting herself as an accomplished
young woman of % desirous to mar.
ry and of soliciting funds for trans.
portation, meals and other expenses
to meet prospective husbands.
At the same time, Mrs. Hill, who
lives in the 400 block of Irving street
NV; friend, George Driggers, Al
also of the Irving street address
three sons. a daughter and a daugh.
ter-in-law were accused OF conSpir-
acy to use the mails to defraud.
The sons named in the conspiracy
count are Edward Harlan Hill
about ~, said to live at an unlisted
P street address; Chancey Everett
Hill, about %, Oxon Hill, Md, ano
Charles Melvin Hill, "a, address un-
known. The daughter accused was
listed as Mrs. Edward Rucker. 80
of the first block of v street NV.
and the daughter-in-law as Mrs
Teresa Hill, %, wife of Edward Har-
Ian Hill.
II Indictments Returned.
The indictments were among n
returned by the District grand jury
before Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws
of District Court. They included
two second degree murder charges
two manslaughter chargers ano
charges of gambling law violations
and illegal dealings in narcotics.
Most of the indictments were pre-
sented to the grand jury by Assist
ant United States Attorney Joseph
F. Lawless, jr.
Among those named on gambling
counts are:
Patrick Dennean, 46, of the 40C
block Of East Capitol street: Luther
Simms, IS, colored, of the 500 block
OF Second street NE; Malvin j
King, 80, colored, 500 block OF
Twenty-first street NV; Julian C.
Nell, 80, colored, 800 block of v street
NV; Mamie Grant, 43, colored, and
Vivian Ward, II, colored, both of the
300 block of Elm street NE; James
p. Martell, 80, of the 900 block OF
I street NV; Apostolos Alexander
50, of the 1400 block Of Massachu.
setts avenue NV; Robert Stokes
jr., colored, Of the 1700 block of Will
lard street NV, and Joseph A
Chase, 40, colored, of the 1900 block
of Second street NV.
Substitute Gambling Indictment.
A substitute gambling indictment
for one returned last May was
handed down in connection with the
Trojan Club in the 17O0 block OF
Massachusetts, avenue NV. Five
are named in the new indictment
two more than in the first. The
five are listed as Joseph B. Walling
40, Of the 1700 block Of Massachu-
sets avenue NV; Charles r
Warde, So. of the 2l00 block OF
Massachusetts, avenue NV; Byron
M. Jones, "a, colored, of the 100
block OF s street NV; Christopher
Kennedy and man of the name
OF Greenfield, whose first name was
said to be unknown.
Those named on narcotic charges
include:
Charles A. Macaboy. HOO block
OF Thirteenth street NV; James c.
Irby, "a; Milburn Howard, SO, coll
ored, Of the 1900 block of Twelfth
street NV; Mae Childs, 80, col
orde Of the 1900 block of Eleventh
street NV; ;NElizabeth Tolbert. a
colored; Algie Patterson. %, colored /:
Catherine Lewis, ~, colored; Harold
V. Jones. 40, of the 1900 block of r
street NV, and William r. Nc
Abee, 35.s Of the 14o0 block of W
street NV. Tks
The two 4 manslaughter indict.
ments were in connection with traf-
nc Deaths One of those named is
Kenneth w. Lawson, IS. of the 200
block of Thirty-fifth street NE.
whose auto allegedly fatally injured
William Sadler,. IS, colored, of the
first block of Fifty-third street Sc
The other manslaughter indictment
Is against Henderson Robinson, 80
colored, of the 600 block of Second
street NE, said to have been driver
OF truck that struck and fatally in
jured William Buckman, jr.. SIS. COL
ored, of the 400 block of Kings
court NV.
Accused in Shotgun Killing.
Hilry H. Robertson, 80, colored, of
the 5700 block of Oates street NE,
was charged with second-degree
murder in the shotgun shooting of
James Smith, 40, colored, of the l4O0
block Of Seventeenth street NV.
Wallace j. Stewart, As, colo, = of
the 1700 block of Fifth street NV.
was charged with second-d degree
murder in the fatal shooting of wal
ter Richardson, jr., 81, colored, of
the 1400 block of Q street NV.
Arthur Adams, Is, colored, of the
First block of K street NE, was
named on seven robbery charges for
alleged pocketbook snatchings in
which he was said to have obtained
a total of more than $3.50.
Indicted on Uniform Charge.
Arthur. w. Hunt, 43, who is said
to have appeared at the Netherlands
Embassy wearing the uniform and
insignia of Navy captain, was in
dicted on charge of Illegally wear
ing a uniform.
The grand jury ignored man.
slaughter charges against John B
Payne, 10, of the $500 block of Rhode
Island avenue NE, and Carl T.
Breeze, 81, of Hyattsville, in the
traffic death of Mrs. Grace M. Kline
20, of the 1900 block of Randolph
street NE. The two youths were
said to have been drivers of auto
mobiles that collided at Fourteenth
and Franklin streets NE. in Sep
tember, resulting in injury to several
others.
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