Evening star., 1946-06-24
Two Indicted
lin Bernstein
Staying Case
Army Deserter
Faces Murder,
Robbery Charges

Two colored men said by police to
have confessed the brutal drugstore
murder OF Maurice Bernstein, 50,
were indicted today by a District
grand jury on charges of first degrees
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The men, Reginald J. Wheeler, rs,
OF the 400 block of Franklin street
NV, and Jesse James Patton, 81,
OF the 1900 block OF Corcoran street
NV, also were charged with rob-
berry in connection with the Staying
which occurred June S in the Bern
stein drugstore in the 1700 block of
Florida avenue NV.
Another first-degree murder in
dictment was returned against
Henry Eisenbarth, 18-year-old Army
deserter, in the fatal beating and
robbery OF Donald B. Glendening,
AZ, a piano tuner, in the victims
home in the 300 block of E street NE.
Robbery Charge Added.
Another count charges Eisen.
barth with robbing his victim of $50.
The indictment charges that the
offenses were committed on or about
Jane 3, the day Glendening's body
was found. Eisenbarth was returned
here after being captured in 1
Niagara Falls hotel.
Lucille Dobbins, %, colored, 400
block of E street S.W., was indicted
on charge of manslaughter in the
fatal stabbing of Ella Thompson,
40, colored, on May 6. The victim
and accused lived in the same
house, according to police.
The indictments were among q
total OF 36 returned today by the
grand jury before Chief Justice
Bolitha j. Laws. The cases were
presented to the grand jury by
Assistant United States Attorney
John j. OLeary.
George P. Bradley, ~, colored,
400 block of Neal street NE, was
charged with criminally assaultinR
29-year-old colored woman in her
home.
Arthur J. Mason, %, colored, $500
block of Nichols avenue Sc, was
charged with a statutory offense
involving a l5-year-old colored girl,
Accused Of Shooting.
Joseph L. Wood, "a, was charged
assault with intent to kill for al-
legedly firing two shots at his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Rosie Snyder.
in her home in the first block Of
v street NV. Both shots missed.
it was said. He also was accused
With having deadly weapon.
William M. Potts, 81, colored, 1900
block of Sixth and a half street
NV, was indicted on narcotic
charges, a large quantity of mar
cotics allegedly being involved.
Others named on narcotic charges
included William c. Byrne, A, of
the 2400 block of Fourth street
NE, who was named on a single
count: Walter Williams, %, colored,
first block of F street S.W., and
Wong Doc Hong, 40, Chinese, TOO
block of Sixth street NV.
Carl Linkins, 81. of the 400 block
Of Columbia road NV, was charged
with. illegally transferring mari
huana and Of obtaining it without
having paid tax on it. Leon James,
Is, colQred, of the 1900 block of
Eighth street NV, was charged
with acquiring marihuana without
paying tax on it and of transport
ing and delivering the weed.
Several persons were named on
robbery charges. Among them were
Danny c. Jones, 20, a soldier, who
was stationed at the Army War
College, who is accused of robbing
a taxicab driver of $35, and I'd
ward Butler, 10, colored, Of the 600
block of B street Sc, charged with
robbing a clerk in an ice cream
store of $34.
Two Held in Robbery.
Kermit r. eudd, %, of the 1900
block of Twelfth street NV, and
Donald T. Meyers, 26, of the 900
block OF M street NV, were
charged with housebreaking and
larceny of $500 from Michel's res
taurant in the 1000 block of ver-
mont avenue NV, after tying up
a night watchman. The men were
arrested by police when they rushed
there in response to a burglar alarm,
police reported.
Owen Bodden, 21, colored, of
Chapel Oaks, Md, was charged with
assault with dangerous weapon
for allegedly striking a young woman
with a blunt instrument" while she
was walking to her home in the $500
block Of Oates street NE.
Walter H. Swanson, Al, colored.
was charged with HOUSEKEEPING and
theft of $40 from a woman tenan.
in a building in the 24o0 block of
street NV, where he was
a janitor. The woman, police said,
claimed to have identified Swanson
when he was sent to her apartment
about two weeks later to repair q
sink. She reported Swanson struck
her at the time he allegedly broke In,
The grand jury ignored false
pretense charge against Richard o.
Kittleson, 24-year-old war veteran.
1t also ignored gambling charges
against Frank w. Jones, A, of the
500 block Of E street NE; Wallace
w. Beach, 38, Of the 1900 block OF
M street NV, and Joseph L. Cal.
andra, Al, OF the HOO block of Eight
eenth street NV.