Evening star., 1945-07-30
MargaretLocke,
Carmen Beach
Are Indicted
Grand Jury Action
Hints of Rumificutions
In Vice Case

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Beach, arrested July 13 in a po-
lice raid on an alleged disorderly
house in the 1700 block of Penn
sylvania avenue NV, which Was
advertised as a massage par
lor" were named today in in
dictments returned by the grand
jury.
Both women were named in one
of the true bills on charges of
procuring a woman for prostitu-
tion and then arranging for the
woman to engage in prostitution.
The other indictment, with eight
counts, charges Mrs. Locke with
receiving sums from $40 to $50 from
women engaged in prostitution for
furnishing and Servicing a place of
prostitution and also arranging for
women to engage in prostitution.
Date of Offenses Named.
The Joint indictment names July
10 date of the offenSes charged
while the separate one against Mrs,
Locke charges the crimes occurred
from November 4, 1914, to April
3, l945.
Nature of the charges indicated
today that an extensive inveStiga-
tion had been made into, the opera
tion of the place, and that inmates
or patrons, or both were grand jury
witnesses.
The Locke and Beach women
are due for preliminary hearing
tomorrow on charges of operating
a house of assignation. These
= charges were contained in warrants
obtained by the police vice squad.
Status Of Charges Uncertain.
Status of these charges was I'M
certain today in view of the indict
ments. The Beach woman and
three others arrested in the place
also are due to face vagrancy
charges in Municipal Court Au.-
gust s.
Still pending against the Beach
woman is a June, 1943. conviction
of transporting a woman in the
District for immoral purposes.
Todays indictments were among
"a returned by the District grand
jury before Chief Justice Bolitha
j. Laws of District Court. The
indictments we're presented to the
grand jury by Assistant United
States Attorney Joseph F. Law
less, jr.
Murder Charge Returned.
A second-degree murder indict-
ment was returned against Charles
D. Wise, "a. of the 1900 block of
Thirty-fourth street NV, in the
fatal stabbing of James r. McClel-
Ian, Sc, of the 5000 block of ReSer-
voir road NV.
Two men who are accused of try
ing to frighten a woman teller at
the Bank of Savings & Commerce
into giving them $4,000 were in
dicted under a special law. They
are charged with having given her
a note on the back of a check de-
manding the money in one minute.
The two are Samuel B. Courtney,
36. of Baltimore, who is in custody,
and Emerson D. Davis, 81, address
unknown, who escaped.
A charge of unlawfully acquiring
more than 900 grains of marijuana
is contained in an indictment OF
James R. Faiella, 81, of the 200 block
of Tenth street NV. Gilbert j.
Foster, 33, colored, of the 100 block
of Thirteenth street NV. was
named on charges of illegally trans
porting narcotics.
3 Charged Under Draft Law.
Selective service law violations
were charged against Daniel M.
May, 36: Thurman Lowe, 27, and
Edward Sam, 80, colored, whose ad-
dresses we're not given.
Theft of 300 pounds of meat and
81 in cash from a restaurant in the
1900 block of Good Hope road Sc.
was charged against Leroy A. Prue,
81, $500 block of Bowen road Sc,
and Robert L. Russell, l8, of the
$500 block of Sheridan road Sc,
both tolored
Assault with a dangerous weapon
on Stephen h. wilmington, deputy
United States marshal, was charged
against two colored men, Rodney
Hawkins, SO. first block of D street
Sc, and Robert Morris, 36, of the
300 block of Desmond court S.W.
The alleged assault was with knife
when Mr.. Wilmington was executing
writ.