Evening star., 1945-03-26
3 Persons Indicted
On Charge Of Forging
Government Checks

hshsHS"t S"SSsNS
Eight persons were indicted to-
day on charges of forging Govern
ment checks. Among those charged
were three men said to have posed
as cosmetics statesmen as ruse to
enter buildings in order to take
checks from mail boxes.
The three charged with the theft
of checks from mail boxes and with
forgery, all colored, are James A.
Wright, As, of the 400 block of F
street NV; Mack OXi, 46, OF the
l400 block of Sixth street NV,
and James w. Hebron, At, of the
first block of Hanover place NV.
All are charged with five counts of
forgery. The checks involved. ex-
cept one for more than STA, were
for $40. or under.
Indicted in One Count.
Each of the following persons
were indicted one one count of forg-
cry of a Government check:
John A. Smith, 25, colored, TOO
block of Tenth street NV, who is
accused of forging check for more
than 500; Cyrus E. Meloy, %, said
to be from Roanoke, Va: Clarice E.
Cook, 81, colored, TOO block of Six
teenth street NE; Semore Frances
Gray, "a. colored, 400 block of c
street S.W., and Bernice Paogett,
10. colored, 400 block of Ridge street
NV.
The indictments were among
total of Sc returned today by the
grand jury in District Court before
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough.
Three l8-year-old colored youths
were charged with grand larceny OF
automobiles, several of which were
said to have been stripped of parts.
The trio is listed as Wheeler A.
Kelliebrew of Fairmont Heights,
Md; John Brooks of the 400 block
of Sixtieth street NE. and Alvin
L. Stephenson of Cedar Heights,
Md.
Five Held in Robbery.
Five colored youths were named
In indictments on a single charge OF
robbery and unauthorized use OF an
automobile. They were listed as
Clyde E. Thompson, %; Leroy
Glover, Charles Dixon, Harry Bailey,
the latter of 2l00 block of Second
street NV, and James A. Holt, OF
the 100 block of Sixth street NV.
All except Thompson were listed as
being 18. Holt, Thompson and
Bailey also were indicted on a sepa-
rate robbery charge.
Bennie L. Carr, 81, colored. of the
1400 block of w street NV, was in
dicted on charge Of criminally as
saulting a 43-year- old colored wom-
on on a lot near Fifteenth and V
streets NV, shortly after midnight
March g.
Four persons were charged with
illegal possession and facilitating
transportation of narcotics. They
were listed as Albert B. Smith, 40,
colored, of the 900 block of K street
NV; Leonard E. Jackson, 81, COL
ored. of the TOO block of Pierce
street NV; Charles w Henderson,
81, colored, of the first block of
First street NV, and John w,
Leach, colored, of the 1900 block of
Central avenue NE.
Prescription Forgery Charged.
Orlando w. Hodge, 81, colored, OF
the 1900 block of o street NV, was
charged with four cases of forging
prescriptions for narcotics,
Rose Anna Sistrunk, "a, colored,
of the 23O0 block of L street NV,
was indicted on a charge of second
degree murder in the fatal stabbing
of her husband, Alex Sistrunk, 30,
of the 900 block of Hughes court
NV. early this month.
Others indicted included Harry A.
Kite, jr., 80, listed as of no fixed
address. who was charged with false
pretenses in passing a check for
more thah $4,000 in payment for an
automobile; Lorenzo M. Pollard, Jr.,
%, colored, of the 100 block Of
Sixth street NV, who was charged
with opening three letters in his care
while serving as a letter carrier;
william R. Clemmons, 10, of the 1900
block of T street NV, an alleged
conscientious objector, who WIS ac-
cused of failing to report to con-
scientious. objectors' camp in viola
ton of the Selective Training and
Service Act, and Lloyd W. Gray, 81,
who is charged with failing to
register in 1910, in violation of the
act.
The grand jury ignored a case
involving Pearl Scott, 80, colored, of
the 900 block of Marion court NV,
the action eXonerating her of all
blame in the fatal stabbing of Eu
gene E. Steadman, 38, colored. of
the 1900 block of LIE Droit court
NV.
James w. Buckner. colored, was
indicted on a charge of perjury
for allegedly falsely testifying he
had not signed a certain statement
in connection with a criminal as
sault charge against him. The
trial jury was unable to agree when
Buckner was tried on the criminal
assault charge, in which he was
accused of asSaulting a colored
woman.
The indictments were presented to
the grand jury by Assistant United
States Attorney Joseph F. Law