Evening star., 1946-09-09
Six Persons Indicted
By District Grand jury
On Numbers Charges

Six persons were indicted today on
gambling charges involving the So
called numbers" game, two of
them allegedly having operated
around Soldiers Home.
Harry j. We'll, So, said to be a
resident Of Soldiers Home, was
charged with promoting a lottery,
selling chances on numbers and lille
gal possession of numbers slips.
We'll was arrested, police reported,
after he had been seen passing a
package to Leroy M. Boswell, AZ, of
Cheverly, Md, who had driven an
automobile into the Soldiers Home
grounds. Boswell, in turn, was in
dicted on charges of promoting a
lottery and illegal possession of
numbers slips.
-Four others named on gambling
charges; all colored, were listed as
Mamie McDaniels, 80, of the 1900
block of Georgia avenue NV; Ar
thur Beard, 38. of the 1000 block of
Eighth street NV; Evelyn M. Tay-
lor. 81, of the 400 block of L street
NV, and Roger B. Wesley, 4s, of the
l700 block of l. street NV, each of
whom was accused of promoting a
lottery selling numbers chances and
illegal possession of numbers slips, !
Woman Accused.
Ella M. Cooper, so, of the 1000
block of Seventh street NV, was
indicted on Mann Act, pandering
and narcotic charges.
The Mann Act charges accuse her
OF transporting one woman from
the Seventh street residence to q
hotel and from the District to
Maryland for the purpose of prosti-
tuition. She also is accused of trans
porting second woman from the
Seventh street address to hotel.
The pandering charges accuse her
OF receiving sums of money rang
ing from 81 to $50 for causing and
arranging for women to engage in
prostitution. A narcotic charge was
lodged against her, as a result of
a quantity Of narcotic tablets al
legedly having been seized when
police entered her home.
Also named on a narcotic charge
was Jane M. G. Jacobs, So, of the
300 block of I street NV, from
whom law enforcement officers al
legedly seized is narcotic tablets.
28 Indictments Returned.
The indictments were among %
returned by the grand jury before
Justice Jennings Bailey of District
Court. The cases were presented
to the grand jury by Assistant
United States Attorney John j.
OLeary.
Chauncey W. Witt, jr., 26, colored
Of the 3700 block of Hayes street
NE. was charged with dealing in
marihuana in violation of the law.
Anna E. Heavrin, 62, of the 100
block of Twenty-fifth street NV.
was charged with grand larceny of
$50 which a woman allegedly de-
posted with her for advance rent
on an apartment and for use of
utilities. The complainant was
quoted by police as stating that the
defendant denied having even seen
her when she returned with her
fiance to inspect the apartment.
Charles H. Plummer. jr., 20, COL
ored, Of the 1900 block of Capitol
avenue NE. and Joseph L. Ham,
mond, 20, colored, of the HOO block
of Sixteenth street NE, were in
dicted jointly on one charge of
housebreaking and larceny and two
housebreaking charges.
Theft Of Radios CharKed,
One indictment accuses them of
taking five radios, SIS in cash, a
fountain pen and cigarettes from a
store in the 1400 block OF H street
NE. Plummer, police reported, was
captured by watchman after
breaking into a laundry in the 1000
block of Bladensburg road NE
Hammond was arrested at home
police said.
The grand jury ignored a charge
involving Alfred L. Smith, 80, col
ored, of the 1900 block OF Tenth
street NV, in the fatal shooting
last May Of Raymond Jones, Al
colored, of the 1700 block of Swami
street NV. Jones allegedly was
shot during an alteration. Smith
was exonerated through the grand
jury ignoring the case.
The grand Jury also ignored gam.
bling charges against Verna r
Hayes, 80, Of the 1400 block Of r
street NV. and Wellington L