Evening star., 1946-12-19
|1S Here Are Indicted
In Robberies;; 7 Held
In Criminal Assault

Eighteen persons today were IN
dicted on robbery charges. several
of them being named on two or
more counts. In all, 55 indictments
were returned by the grand jury
before Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws
of District Court.
Two OF those charged with rob-
berry, also were accused In one In
stance each OF criminally assault
ing victims.
One Of those charged with crim-
inal assault was Henry E. Higgins,
Is, colored, OF the 1900 block OF
Meigs place NE, who was accused
of criminally assaulting 24-year-
old white woman, the mother OF
two young children. Police claim
he forced his way into the victims
apartment in the 1700 block Of Trim
idad avenue NE, when she opened
the door after hearing some one IN
the hall. Higgins also is accused
Of robbing her OF So.
Assault Ut Church.
Charlie Scott, 26, colored, OF the
1900 block Of Girard street NV,
Is accused OF criminally assaulting
a 42-year- -old white woman last
month at a church at Ihirteentn
and Fairmont streets NV. He also
is accused Of robbing her OF jewelry.
In addition, Scott was indicted on
two other robbery charges and
named also on charges Of house,
breaking and larceny.
In another indictment, Walter
Anderson, jr., 23, colored, OF the
first block Of Patterson street NE,
described as truck driver. Is
charged with taking mail from q
residential mail box. The mail al
legedly included a Government re-
tirement check for $2.120. He also
is accused of forging q signature
on the check and cashing it. In
addition he is charged with forging
a signature and cashing another
Government check for small sum
and is named on three robbery
counts involving more than $3.50.
The cases were presented to the
grand jury by Assistant United
States Attorney John J. oLeary.
LIST OF INDICTMENTS.
Others indicted and the charges
listed against them were as follows:
Jones. Jones u. u. s,snes. s9losss
tine Kibler, 33. colored. 500 bloek q
A. lne Thomas aa % ss. eolored, 800 block Of IIvinE
street NV three s eases James s,dans a CuII5 s5sy
So cftUrfa four cases: oso RoSert n Muttcr ~ of
the 1900 bl9sk Of EEhtssntn stree. .oS,sss sW
Tsns1ey. rinsI as 3s Of the 1900 block Of Clark
place NV. two cases nySlvins mors Iaoo tinen .nan
ofGe' of .9feee 51aa \ Me- S Robert l. estIin la oi
the nrst block Of sevent.sntha street ,sat. NE;
W Wright Adrs aS ssieasd sSorsd Bsismore
Georsia avenue NV; Ace Payne. age. sd;
dress and dsseription, not siysSs; p9nsald asI
robbess 70 | Of a s5-year-oid man.
Leroy Jns. JSnss. q eo,sTsd: IS
sSion6n ssS3 aa0fa M.ssh.i 81 s eoiorsd block
q Third street NV = Earl ., HolloMfn. Isol e y
Of Eishth street NV. 80.
Oswald. 4S, N0floik, vs. William -. 1,1u
berry, "a, colored, 100 block OF Third
street NV: John H. Cooke, age and ad-
dress not given; Richard z, Mitchell, "a.
colored, 900 block Of r street S.W:; ROBERT
e. Reid, 10. 1000 block Of Twelfth street
NV: Gerald F. Chism. 20. 100 block OF
- False pr@essn.es-Ennis @ H. Hos,and. 80,
address not siven.
statutory ofense against sirt--.Charl rles
r Stubs, 90 sol9reda a,M. seSo. BLOCK q a,,a N
block of FoOte road 6,E. ~
James r. Taylor. ~. coiored. listed as
having no nyed address.
Chinese. 300 block Of New York avenue
NV; Hilda Smith. 81, 100 block OF
Illegal DEALING in ma.ihuans@cligsoTd n;.o,
Street NV: Edward B. Stokes. %. col
ored. 900 block Of NJ street NE.
WlIssI si. eoio.sd nfsY Siosk g g.. Nass.-
81 sausa 1asom sysnSs Mass SW winf4ea fah J. ymoar.
"a. Marlboro. Mass: Robert E.. Heid. l9'
] 1000 block Of Twelfth; street E.W Ger
aid r. Chism. 20. 100 block OF Columbia
usebreakinE-Thomas H. English. "a.
500 block of Tenth street NV; Eugene
M. Mothershead. 33, Bladensburs. Mo.;