Evening star., 1946-05-20
District Grand Jury
Returns Indictments
In Charges Against d

Eugene Lee, jr., %, colored, Of the
1000 block Of Eighth street NV
today was indicted on a charge Of
second degree murder in the fatal
shooting of one sailor and accused
of assault with a dangerous weapon
for allesedly shooting and wounding
a second one on April 6 during an
argument at Ninth street and Mount
Vernon place NV.
The fatally wounded sailor was
James G. Hulings, 81, who was sta
toned at barracks at Nebraska and
MasSa chusetts avenues NV. The
wounded sailor was John E. Carter,
81, of Takoma Park.
One version of the shootings was
that they occurred after sailor had
demonstrated with Lee and his COM
panions tor using profane language,
Police quoted Lee as saying that one
of the sailors bumped into him.
Indicted in Wife's Death.
Charles R. Diges, "a, colored, Of
The 300 block of Twenty third street
NV, was indicted on charge Of
flrst-degree murder in the fatal
shooting of his wife, Mrs. Mary e.
Diggs, %, colored, Of the 2700 block
of F street NV.
The indictments were among 43
returned today by the District grand
jury before Chief Justice Bolitha j
Laws of District Court. The indict-
ments were presented to the grand
jury by Assistant United States At
torney John j. OLeary.
Fred L. Waddell, %, of the $500
) block Of LinWood place NE, was
named in seVen-count indictmen,
. charging him with opening and tax.
) ing contents of letters at the City
Post Office. In separate indictments
, he was charged with forging Gov.
ernment checks for sums totalins
more than S400.
. Described as former postal EN-,
, ploye, Waddell gained entrance tt
the post Office workroom with {
, badge, authorities said. While EN-.
J ployed ne was reported to have loSt
the badge and was given a substi
tute for it, it was said, and turned
in the substitute badge when he re
,, signed. Subsequently he found th'
original badge, he is said to hav,
told authorities.
Two Accused of Forgery.
Grace M. Mullen, 81, and Gilber
F. Gurule, 26, were indicted on
charge of forging a Government
check for s57.
!, Three colored men were indicte,
on charges of trafficking in mari
huana cigarettes. They were list
ed as Robert E. Poole, 81, of tn
1900 block of Ninth street NV.
Wilbert F. Thornton, %, of the 130
block of Fourth street NV, an,
Arthur E. Wayne, 25, of the 1870
block of New Jersey avenue NV.
i jerome U. M Smith, 18-year-ol,
colored youth, of the 500 block O
J, Forty ninth street NE. was in
, dicted on charge of robbery, Crane
larceny, two charges of housebreak
ing and larceny and three charge
! of unauthorized use of automobiles
He was said to have been accom-
panied by one or two colored youth
,, in each Of the offenses, not alway
t the same ones. In the alleged rob
berry, Smith and Wesley r. Wright
20, colored, of the 900 block of Co
lumbia road. were accused of rob
J bing a taxicab driver of taXica
and s6. Oscar Dancy, jr, q. coloree
! of the first block OF R street NE
was accused with Smith in on
! HOUSEKEEPING and larceny charge
! also on the grand larceny charg
: and the three charges of unauthor
lied use of an automobile
Whisky Theft Charged.
: Lindbergh Petit, II, of the 100
/: block of New HAMPSHIRE avenu
NV, was charged with housebreak
. ing and larceny of nine and a hal
3. cases of whisky and $50 in cas-
from a restaurant and of trans
porting an automobile, said to hav
! been stolen, from Virginia to tn
! District.
Two men were charged with falls
pretenses for allegedly passing ba
, checks for rings. One of them, LIE
Mcpherson. so, was charged wit
passing a check for $500. The other
Richard H. Club, of Hillside, Md
; was charged with passing check
for $3.50 and SOS.
; Others indicted included Cal
Bassil. 80, colored, of the 2100 bloc
of Eighth street NV. accused c
arson for alegedly starting a fir
in a vacant house in the block i
which he lived Edward J. Norman
,, "a, was accused of failing to repor
for induction into the military serv
ice in March, 1914. Also charge
? with failing to report for physics
examinations and failing to motif
? his selective service board of
change in address, he is held i
: alleged violation of the Selectiv
! Caruioo Act