Evening star., 1946-08-26
Further Breakdown
On Gambling Seen as
Grand Jury |ndicts 13

A further breakdown on gambling
in the District was indicated today
with the indictment of 13 persons
on charges of promoting a lottery
and Illegally possessing numbers
slips.
One indictment names seven COL
ored persons. listed as Eugene w.
Pierce, Sc, of the first block of R
street NV; John E. Williams. %,
of the 100 block of r street NV;
Parthina Adams, 46, of the 1900
block of Fourteenth street NV;
Olivia Mason, 40, of the 270O
block of Dumbarton avenue NV;
Theresa Jackson, 36, Charlottesville
Va; Lillian Plummer, IS. of the 900
block of @ street NV, and Sadie
E. Porter, 80, of the 1900 block of
Fifth street NV.
Headquarters for the group was in
the 1900 block of o street NV, ac-
cording to police.
Others Indicted.
Two colored men. Earl H. McDon-
aid, 80, of the 2800 block of Thir-
teenth street NE, and Joseph F.
Washington, 48, of the 1900 block of
Twelfth street NV, were named
on numbers charges and also on
charges of setting up and keeping
both table and place for the pur-
pose of betting on horse races.
Others named on numbers
charges included Kermit J. Mallette,
1900 block of Girard street NE;
Bessie English, As, colored, and
Frederick D. English, 10, colored,
both of the 400 block of M street
NV, and Woodrow M Reeves, "a,
of the 1000 block of Tenth street
NE.
The indictments were among %
returned by the grand jury before
Justice F. Dickinson Let's of Dis
trict Court. The cases were pre-
sented to the grand jury by Assist
ant United States Attorney Joseph
F. Lawless, jr.
Larceny Indictment Returned.
Robert L. Ray, %, of the 400
block of H street NV, was indicted
on two charges of housebreaking
and larceny, one of the indict-
ments accusing him of stealing
$2,113, a quantity of narcotics,
cameras, pens, flashlights and per-
fume from the Embassy Drug Store,
1900 block of Columbia road NV,
last June, The other indictment
charges him with breaking into and
stealing narcotics from a Peoples
Drug Store in the 500 block of
Seventh street S.W.
William F. Jones, 25. colored. of
the TOO block of Third street Sc,
was charged with grand larceny of
S420 worth of clothing and also
was accused of receiving stolen
property for receiving the clothing,
which police said had been taken
from a cleaning establishment.
Three colored men, James Hud-
gems, 40, Simms Sanders, "a, and
Woodrow Reed, %, were accused
or receiving money for causing
young women to engage in prosti-
tuition. The alleged offenseS were
in a Ninth street hotel, police said.
Charged With Assault.
Edward w. Jackson, 40. colored,
of the 600 block of Irving street
NV, was charged with an assault
on a police officer for allegedly
firing two shots at him when the
policeman, Private Eden E. Ernst
of No. 10 precinct, was investigat-
ing a fight. The policeman re-
turned the fire and wounded Jack
son in the shoulder, it was said.
A man listed as Herbert r. Hoff-
man, was accused of obtaining
SAIL while falsely representing him
self as an employe of the Depart
ment of Justice. Charles H. Pol
lard, %, colored. of the 300 block
OF E street S.W., was charged with
.embezzlement and grand larceny of
$500 bricks from his employer.