Evening star., 1946-10-14
Youths Indicted
In Forgery Of
Stolen Checks
Poir Is Charged
With Thefts From
MuiI at Post Office

Two cOlOTeU yCuIIlS, Juldu "A.
Adams, 10, of the First block of N
street NV, and Smith Royster, jr.,
II, of the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street NV, today we're indicted on
charges Of forging signatures to Gov
ernment checks totaling more than
$1,000 and then cashing them. Ten
checks were involved.
In separate indictment they were
charged with taking seven Of the
checks from the mail at the City
Post Office, where they formerly
were employed. Several of the
checks were for mastering -out pay
to war veterans. The alleged offenses
were committed in October, Novem-
Der and December of last year.
The indictments were among 80
returned by the grand jury before
Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws of Dis
trict Court. The cases were pre-
sented to the grand jury by Assistant
United States Attorney John j.
OLeary.
Four Charged In Theft.
Four men were charged in an In
dictment with the grand larceny of
approximately $4,000 worth of
whiskey and gin from the Washing
ton Transfer, Inc, 1900 block OF. New
York avenue NV, last July. All but
90 cases, however, were reported re-
covered.
Those charged with the liquor
theft were listed as John p. Wellen-
reiter, 26, OF the first block of Sew
enteenth street Sc, a truck driver;
William F. Craver, 38, of the 1900
block of Morse street NE; Aubrey
w. Jones, 80, of the 200 block of Ten
nessee avenue NE, and Floyd Law
renee, %, of the 1900 block of D
street Sc.
The liquor. police said, was taken
away in a truck on which 1t already
was loaded. The truck was said to
be parked at the time in a front
yard driveway of the Washington
Transfer.
Indicted In Escape.
James w. Shores, SO, colored. who
formerly lived In the 1900 block Of
Corcoran street NV, was indicted
on a charge of escaping from a
deputy United States marshal last
February while at United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turn
ages Office for arraignment on a
mail theft charge.
LIST OF INDICTMENTS.
Others named In today's indict-
ments and the charges against them
were as follows:
HousebreaLinx-Timothy g. Moore. sa;
fSlorsd. Listed slea as q no xsd address sn ana
block Of. q street NV. ~
HousebreakinE and lareeny-Robert Lee
Smith Smith 20: eolored. n Of the 100 block block Of
Piunkett, 22, colored, 1900 block Of Fifth
street NV; Augustine Angus I. Hackett: 80. col,
4 aas ns ooek az o Screen st srss ss
Rich. IS. coiored. Of the 400 block Of q
ssa spa Is wan ao xed
Assault with . danEerops wsapon-oliver
~ eolSEsd %sd e hs n4ae block
Of the iioo block of North Capitol street.
block Of. Tenth street NV
colored, Of the 1000 block Of Nineteenth
dress. given: Robert Tuck. 49,. colored,
Blue. Is, eolored. Of the 500 Block of q
unauthsri.ed use Of motor vehicle
Soeh of ssreet %am o. nj
spd Arthur BsfSsd e. C Of Ps coinsS
"a. coiored. Of the 900 block Of n street
Transporting a stolen motor vehicle in
Is. 'eoiered of he 800 block q Forty.
en eoored street 81 hs S5a 1 boeE as
soldier. whose age and address were not
Robbery-Arthur Berned. 2I, Colmar
Manor, Md. and William Thompson. 3r.,
34. eolored, of the 22oo block Of Twelfth
Rsesivins stolen stolen property :.a James s,,:I !
of Kalorama road NV ..;,. ,y,... ..
colored' of the 1860 biocs q Tsmpsranes
court NV; Lee Auek. s5. Chinese. 500
ssek 5 eodrsd G5 sefef IF he ao6 boei
sf sx.h Sna street, saT NV ~ John white 0Ss: eoi
Hssa sss Ss ssseR s Of e sso
35. colored, OF the 100 block Of Ninth
street NV.
CASES IGNORED
Two cases were ignored. thus exonerat-
ms the, two men Of the charges under
Unauthorized use of an automobfle-
James M Owings. %. colored. of the
1900 block of Meigs street NE.
Rabbery-Louis Proctor. 36, colored,
of the 1900 block of Twelfth street NV.