Evening star., 1946-04-22
District Grand Jury
|Indicts 42 on Wide
Variety Of 0ffenses


first-degree murder and robberies,
was included today in AZ indict-
ments returned by the District
grand jury before Justice Daniel
w. O'Donoghue of District Court.
One of those indicted was DR..
Milton L. T. Grant, 56-year-old
colored physician of the 1000 block
of T street NV, who was accused
of performing an illegal operation
on a 19-year-old colored girl, who
died. Already pending against DR..
grant are three previous indict-
ments charging him with perform
inng illegal operations.
Garfield r. Steele, 81, colored, of
the 400 block of E street Sc, was
charged with first-degree murder
in the fatal shooting ip February
of his wife, Mrs. Ora W Steele, 20.
Manslaughter Charges.
Jerome Kirksey, %. colored, of
the 800 block of Fiftieth street Sc,
was charged with manslaughter for
allegedly fatally stabbing Moses Lee
Stafford, "a, colored, of the 5000
block of Call place Sc, in March.
Among those indicted on a charge
of robbery was Charles L. Redmond
"a, colored, of the 1900 block OF
Ninth street NV, who was said
to have obtained $40 which his
victim had secreted in the flap OF
his hat. The man robbed was
quoted by police as stating he had
put the money in his hat for safe
keeping.
Kenneth Bonham, Is. and Ken
meth H. Scott, 18, are charged with
robbing Stephen o. Ford, $500 block
Of Colorado avenue NV, of $25
when he was preparing to put his
automobile in garage. The two
defendants were said to have come
here from Chicago.
Taxi Drivers Robbed.
David F. Copeland, 18, colored, of
New York. and Thomas w. Spells
26, colored, of the 1900 block of
Maryland avenue NE, were accused
of robbing two colored taxicab
drivers, allegedly obtaining SIS from
one of them and $22 and a watch
from another.
Flora R. Thompson, %, colored,
of the TOO block of Morton street
NV, and Leon T. Wimbush, whose
address was given as the District
Jail, were accused of robbing two
taxicab drivers, one of them a
woman, of their taxicabs and small
sums of money. They also were
accused of taking perfume from the
woman driver.
Milton H. Harris, 81, colored, of
the 600 block of Second street NE,
was accused of robbing sailor of
his pocketbook, containing $106 and
a railroad ticket to Charleston,
S. c. Police quoted the sailor as
stating another colored man struck
him and took the pocketbook while
he was talking to Harris and that
the latter afterwards returned the
pocketbook containing the ticket
but without the money.
Woman Saved Purse.
William E. Thompson, AZ. colored
of New York, was accused of as
Sault with intent to rob a woman
who, police said, clung to her
pocketbook and got away from him
by jumping into the automobile OF
a passing motorist.
Phoebe Carr, 40, colored, of the
l400 block of @ street NV, and
John H. Dockery, 80, colored, of the
600 block of Columbia road NV.
were named on gambling charges
allegedly in connection with the
numbers racket.
Others indicted included Richard
w. Henry, IS, of the first block o1
New York avenue NV, accused
Of a statutory offense involving a
14-year-old girl; Henry B. Hamm
IS, accused of failing to report fol
induction into the military service
in 1943 and failing to notify his
Selective Service board of a change
In address, in alleged violation O.
the Selective Training and Service
Act; Loren H. Waldo, %, colored
OF the 500 block of Twenty-fourtf
street NV, accused of bigamy, ane
Gilbert P. Wethers, Is, colored, o.
the 400 block of Douglas stree
NE, who is accused Of forging Gov.
ernment checks, belonging to hi.
father, for $377.
The indictments were presented
to the grand jury by Assistan,
United States Attorney John j
OIeary.