Evening star., 1947-06-24
Indictments Charge !:
with Attempt TO Kill
z District Policemen

Three men were under indict-
ment today on charges of assault
with intent to kill for allegedly
shooting and wounding policemen.
One of those indicted was Ray
mont E. Sutton, %, colored, of the
1900 block of Gales street NE, who
was charged with shooting and
wounding Policeman Raymond D.
Padgett of No. 8 precinct, while the
officer was seeking to arrest him
last March. Sutton also Is ac-
cused in the same indictment of
assault with intent to kill John r.
GLADDEN., 33, colored, taxicab driv-
er, shot and wounded at the time.
The policeman had been called
to the 1900 block of Benning road
NE, after Sutton repeatedly had
threatened man. The defendant
allegedly made an effort to make
a getaway in the taxicab operated
by GLADDEN.. In separate indict-
ments, Sutton is charged In four
cases of housebreaking and larceny.
Held in Fenwich Shooting.
The other two charged with
shooting policeman are Matthew
Mcintosh, %, colored, of the 400
block of K street NV, and Rob-
Iert Simmons, 27, colored, for whom
no address was given, accused of
assault with intent to kill Police
man Francis c. Fenwick, colored,
of No. precinct last month.
The shooting occurred, it was said,
after the officer had cornered the
two men in an areaway in the TOO
block of Twenty second street NV.
The policeman was badly wounded.
The indictment alleges the pistol
was fired by Mcintosh.
Both Simmons and Mcintosh also
are named on two charges of grand
larceny. Fenwick was making an
investigation of thefts when he cor
nered the two men, it was said.
The indictments were among 81
returned yesterday afternoon by
the grand jury before Chief JUS
tice Bolitha j. Laws of District
Court.
A 22-year-old man was indicted
on charges of numbering a young
woman, said to be his girl friend,
and of attempting to kill his mother
and sister on the night of June 2
in his home in the 1900 block of
Corcoran street NV.
Notber xyounded
The man, Floyd Gillian, colored,
is accused of f1rst-degree murder In
the fatal shooting of Alberta Boyd,
80, colored, of the 3100 block of Gar
field street NV. He also is accused
of attempting to kill Mrs. Bessie
CASTOR, a., colored, his mother,
when he is said to have shot and
wounded, and also of attempting to
kill his sister, Rosalie Gillian, 81,
whom he Is said to have hit over the
head with a pistol after shooting at
her and missing.
Police quoted the defendant as
saying he and his girl friend had
an agrument, that he bore resent
ment toward his mother because of
alleged mistreatment as child and
that he was worried about his
sister.
Sylvester G. Harris, 33, colored, of
the 900 block of r street NV, was
charged with manslaughter in the
fatal cutting last month Of Jerome
L. Hall, 80, colored, of the 1900 block
of Columbia street NV.
-Four youths were indicted on
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny charges
as a result of policemen having be-,
come suspicious of a laundry truck
on Brentwood road NE. The four,
who are also accused of taking the
truck, were listed as follows:
Joseph Watson, 10, Of the 300
block of Eleventh street NE;
George Davis, 20, also of the
Eleventh street address: Charles
Rockinberg, 81, of the $500 black Of
Lilly Pond drive NE, and John P.
Buckler, %, for whom no address
uac given