Evening star., 1945-09-24
ID. {. Couple Indicted
0nConspiracy Charge
lin $1,000 Bank Case

HdyuAOHO =. JOiHlSOu, ~, OF Lne
400 block Of Buchanan street NV.
and his wife, Mrs. Gloria Hit john
son, ~, today were indicted on q
charge Of conspiracy, through which
it is alleged they attempted to
obtain $1,000 from the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank, Seventh and D streets
INV.
The conspiracy count accuses
them Of conspiring to have Mrs
Johnson-at the time bookkeeper
at the bank-make false entry
to indicate withdrawal of $1,000 from
one account and show the sum
credited to fictitious name, al
legedly used by Mr.. johnson. In a
separate indictment, she is charged
with actually making the false
entry.
In a third indictment, Mr.. john
son, described as a taxicab driver
and musician, is charged with forg-
ing and uttering. 1t is alleged he
deposited check for $4,000 in a
branch of the bank at Seventeenth
and H streets NV. under the name
of James B. Saters, the alias al
legedly used by Mr. johnson, drawn
on the account of Sarah Frank.
The grand jury ignored a con-
spiracy charge against Maj. Billy
Korban, "A, Of the $500 block of
Kansas avenue NV, a musician,
thus entirely exonerating him in
hA hnv
4S Indictments Returned.
A total Of 48 indictments were re-
turned by the District grand jury
before Justice James M. Proctor of
District Court. They were presented
to the grand jury by Assistant
United States Attorney Joseph F.
Lawless, jr.
Two colored men were indicted
on first-degree murder charges. One
of them, William Briscoe, 81, of the
1900 block of Fifteenth street NV,
was charged with killing Martha L.
Pollard. rs, colored. of the Fifteenth
street address, with a meat cleaver.
The other man, Freddie L. Thomas,
%. Of the HOO block Of Ninth street
NV, was accused Of fatally cut
ting Edwin L. Burgess, rs. colored,
of the 2300 block of L street NV.
Carl w. Brount. 1T. colored. Of
the 300 block Of Bryant street NV,
was charged with robbing two taxi
cab drivers Of total of $40 and
attempted robbery of a third one.
William E. Bryan, AZ, colored, OF
the 1900 block Of Third street S.W.,
said to have been porter at Union
Station. was charged with the theft
Of five suitcases and q trunk.
Jack D. Vaughan, 26, Of the 100
block OF Thirteenth street NV. was
indicted on charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon for allegedly
throwing a beer bottle at a bar
tender when the latter is said to
have refused him a drink. He also
Is charged with assault on a men,
Der of the police force for allegedly
striking a policeman after being
placed under arrest.
Others Indicted.
Others indicted included Roy K.
Barkley, 26. 600 block of A street
Sc, accused Of larceny after trust
and grand larceny of $l25 in one
indictment and named In three
others on housebreaking and larceny
charges for allegedly entering and
stealing from apartments.
The grand jury ignored the case
Of Charles w. Warner. 40. of the 800
block of Mount Vernon place NV,
and William r. Pratt, IS, of the
1000 block Of Eleventh street NV
who had been held by . coroners
jury In connection with the death in
August of Herbert w. Erwin, n, of
the 1900 block of N street NV. The
grand jury's action exonerated them
The coroner's jury had previously
exonerated a Raleigh Hotel detec-
tive. who reportedly had elected
Erwin from the hotel Subsequently,
Erwin was said to have engaged in
fight at Vermont avenue and L
street after entering an eating
place where Mr.. Warner and Mr.
Pratt were patrons.
Erwin died some time later from
a fractured skull after having been
arrested for drunkenness. 1t was
said.