Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05

Grand Jury Charges
Man Also Possessed
Illegal Sugar Stamps
Constas Gus Basiliko, 5000 block
OF Eighth street NV, was indicted
today on charges of illegal posses
sion of ration coupons for 142,5OC
pounds of sugar and for 1926 gall
Ions of gasoline.
He also was indicted with two
others on charges of conspiracy to
acquire and control counterfeit
gasoline coupons. The others were
Aubrey w. Jones, a truck driver OF
the 200 block of Tennessee avenue
NE, and Wilbert H. HubbeI, a
dairy worker of 1900 block of East
Capitol street. All were arrested
several months ago.
Two colored men and a colored
girl were indicted on charges Of
, first-degree murder. They were:
Army Pvt. Frank w. Chichester,
50, of the 700 block of Columbia
road NV, charged with the fatal
shooting of his brother, George
Dewey Chichester, As, of the 400
block of Twenty-first street NV
On January Il; Kirby L. Hall, a.
of the 900 block of First street
NV, charged with Staying Louis
johnson, 30, of the 700 block of
Fourth sstreet NV, while in the
1 mems locker room Of the Internal
Revenue Building, and Gloria Pope
10, of the 1900 block of Rhode
Island avenue NV, charged with
the fatal shooting of Willie R.
Brown, 81, of the same address on
January Is in a house in the 600
block of N street NV.
81 Indictments Returned.
Pvt. Chichester was on furlough
at the time of the shooting, which
is said to have occurred after he
was stabbed with a knife. Halls
alleged victim was wounded in Au-
gust and died on December 20,
police said.
The indictments were among
total of 81 returned today by the
grand jury in District Court before
Justice James w. Morris.
A variety of violations were in
cluded in charges against six
post office employees in handling
mail placed in their care.
Those named and the charges
listed against them were:
Howard j. Miles, 80, colored. of
the $500 block of E street NE,
mail carrier, charged with delaying
and secreting two letters; David C.
Perry, 81, colored, of the 400 block
of Fifty-seventh avenue, mail car
rier, charged with delaying and
opening a letter; Mrs Phredice H.
Maggie, 81. of the 1000 block of Ely
place Sc. clerk. accused of de-
laying and opening letter;
Charles B. Klopfer, 80, of the 300
block of Maryland avenue NE.
clerk, charged with delaying and
opening two packages, and Mrs.
Byrd T. Foster, IS, of the 400 block
of B street NE, a clerk, charged
with delaying and opening a letter.
Bernard A. Turner. 26, of the 200
block Of Tenth street Sc. a mail
carrier, was charged with desert
ing mail in his custody and failing
to deliver it to its proper destina-
ton. A quantity of the mail was
found on vacant lot, it was said.
Some of the mail delayed was from
soldiers, it was said.
Three men were charged with
sending obscene letters through the
mails, all of them addressed to an
Army lieutenant and several of them
relating to nude pictures of men.
Those named on the charges include
John B. Wells, %, of the TOO block
Of Twentieth street NV; Ralph
R. Austin, $500 block of K street
NV, and Robert L. Fleming. 49,,
Of the TOO block of G street NV.
Wells is said to have served as a
clerk in the National Selective Serv-
ice system
Charged With Taking Cache.
Three men were indicted on stat
utory charges involving young girls.
Those charged are Harry H. Tolson,
30, of the 100 block of Twelfth
street NE. whose victim is said to
be his niece; Robert w. Williamson.
81, colored. of the 14OO block. of
Corcoran street NV, whose victim
is said to be his daughter, and
Charlie Rauch, 81, colored, of the
first block of Fenton street NV.
Raymond Webb, 20, colored, of the
200 block of Virginia avenue Sc.
was indicted on a charge OF GRIM
inally assaulting a 69-year COL
ored woman. .
Raymond Spriggs, 20, colored, of
the HOO block of Fourth street Sc.
and Joseph King, IT, colored, of the
100 block of D street Sc, were in
dlcted on charges of robbing two
taxicab drivers. King also was
named In a third indictment on a
charge Of robbing driver of his
taxicab.
Eve Jefferson, ~, colored, of the
LOO block OF E street NV. was
charged with grand larceny of s., 800
from Mollie Robinson of the same
address. The money is said to have
been taken from a private storage
room built beneath the steps,.
The indictments were presented
to the grand jury by Assistant
United States Attorney Joseph F..
Lawless, jr.