Evening star., 1946-01-28
ID. {. Woman indicted
On Bigamy Charge
In Three MARRIAGES

i %s@Aos kA4&NS 4NAdC 4@CCy O1 Vic
1900 block of L street NE, who IL
days ago appeared in Municipal
Court with three men whom she
allegedly had married without OBJ
tanning divorce from any Of them,
was indicted today on a single
charge of bigamy.
The indictment charges she was
married in l941 at Elkton, Nd, to
Ashby L. Lee and that while still
married to him she married Robert
A. Sullivan, an Army private in
November, 1914, in the District.
Authorities also claim she was
married in April, 1943, at Oxon Hill,
Md, to Millard A. Brightwell. Any
charge of bigamy in the latter case,
however, would have to be preferred
in Maryland, where the offense
allegedly was committed. Mr.. Lee
lives in the TOO block of Newton
place NV, Mr.. Sullivan in the 400
block of I street SW and Mr.,
Brightwell in the 100 block of M
street Sc.
so Indictments Returned.
A District Court decree for a
divorce from Mr.. Lee was handed
down last month, but it was not to
become final until six months after
| it was granted.
The indictment was among so re-
turned today by the grand jury be-
fore Associate Justice Jennings
Bailey of District Court. The in
dictments were presented to the
grand jury by Assistant United
States Attorney John j. OLeary.
Charles H. Ross, 81. colored, of
the 1700 block of Willard street NV,
also was indicted today on charges
of bigamy and perjury. The indict-
ment alleged he was married last
month without dissolution of a 1941
marriage. The perjury charge al
leges that he falsely swore he had
no prior marriage when filing mar
riage license application last year.
Indicted for Perjury.
Leonard c. Cole, jr, "a, who was
said to have come from Mississippi,
was indicted on charge of per-
jury for allegedly stating he had no
prior marriage when filing an ap-
plication last November for mar
riage license. Authorities said he
had been married in South Carolina
in 1941. An investigation of his
marital status was launched before
he had gone through with the in
tended marriage here.
Last years drive against narcotics
in the District today resulted in
five colored men being indicted on
charges of narcotic law violations.
Large quantities of narcotics al
legedly were involved in several
instances. Those named on the
narcotic charges were listed as
follows:
Ernest Walker, So of the 1900
block of Ninth street NV; Edward |
Davis, 38, of the 1900 block of Third
street NV; Orlando w. Hodge, 80,
said to have an o street address;
Joseph Caldwell, As, of the 1900
block of Eleventh street NV, and
Thomas Kenney, IS, of the 1900
block of Temperance court NV.
Six Named in Gambling Charges.
Six colored persons were named
in indictments on gambling charges.
The list includes:
Leroy Minor, As, of the 4400 bieEk
of Sheriff road NE: James viraSon,
40, and Martha Vinson, As, both of
West Alexandria, Va: Leroy Brock
mond, 33, 900 block of T street
NV: Clarence L. Wilson, 33, and
Moody Wilson, "a, both of the 1900
block of c street Sc.
Robert F. Jones, 80, colored, of
the 1900 block of B street NE. was
charged with manslaughter in the
traffic death last month of Miss
Margaret Payne, 81, of the 1000
block of Eighth street NE. She was
hit, 1t is alleged. by an automobile
driven by Jones at Eighth and K
streets NE.
Meyer D. Rosenbloth, 54. of the
200 block of Third street Sc, de-
scribed as proprietor of a hardware
store in the 300 block of Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc, was indicted on a
charge of selling liquor at retail
without having paid tax required.
The alleged offense was committed
in 1943, it was said.
Others named in today's indict-
ments included Luther Jackson, As,
colored, of Huntsville, Md, who was
charged with robbing an 8-year -old
colored boy of $40; Carl E. Kenney,
AZ, and Robert A. Blankenship, 19.
both of the first block of H street
NV, who were charged with trans
porting into the District six suit
cases said to have been stolen in
Maryland. Blankenship also was
named in separate Indictment
accusing him of grand larceny for
the alleged theft of a physicians
medical kit from an automobile.