Evening star., 1947-06-28
kendrick 5 Hearing
On Shooting Charges
Continues Monday

John Kendrick, 81, one-time mem
ber of the Tri-State Gang, today
remained under $500 bond OF
charges of assault with intent to xii
and carrying a deadly weapon re-
sulting from police accusations that
he took a shot at another former
gang member on June l.
A hearing on the charge of as.
sault with intent to kill, which be-
gan late yesterday before Municipal
Court Judge Aubrey B. Fennell was
continued until 1:30 pm. Monday
Hendricks attorney, James K
Hughes, earlier asked for jury
trial on the second charge. 1t will
be held July 27.
English Denies Seeing Kendrick.
Tommy English, SO, identified by
police as a member of the ole
"Blackface gang" who police charge
was shot at by Kerdrick- at the
formers home in the 800 block OF
Tenth street NV. June l, denied or
the stand he saw Kendrick at his
home that night and said he did not
hear shot.
When asked by United States Dis
trict Attorney William Mckinley il
he did not tell a policeman at No
} precinct station later that night
that differences had arisen between
himself and Kendrick over some
money sometime before the alleged
shooting, English said:
II cannot answer that. 1t may
lincriminate me-" He later an
swered the question, however, with
an emphatic no
Mr. Mckinley dismissed English
from the witness chair saying, "the
Government feels it is dealing with
a hostile witness"
English Faces Trial.
English himself is scheduled tc
Il go on trial Wednesday in District
Court on a charge of housebreak-
ing. He was arrested with two
others in a grocery store in the 110(
block of Eleventh street NV. last
September and was indicted in the
housebreaking charge in December
There have been six postponements
granted in the case
Pfc. James j. Fury of the Army
Military Police, who was cruising
| in radio car about a block away
from English's home at the time
of the alleged shooting, testified he
heard a shot and went to investi-
gateg~ He notified Metropolitan
Police.
Pvt. William R. Shelton of No.
precinct testified he received q
radio call that night to investigate
an accident at Eleventh and M
streets NV, when he arrived at the
scene, he said, he learned a Virginia
car had left the scene.
Found Car and Automatic. I,
He said he then went to Thir-
teenth and M streets NV. and founc
the car. The officer said he found
a semi automatic pistol in the car
with one exploded shell and eight
unfred cartridges in the clip. The
autos tags, he testified, were listed
to Kendricks
Attorney Hughes objected to the
testimony on the ground the officer
had no right to search the car His
objection was taken under advise
ment by Judge Fenneu.
Pvt. Shelton testified he later saw
Kendrick at No. 13 precinct in a
Esraving" condition. Kendrick told
him, the officer said, he had been
involved in an accident at Eleventh
and M streets NV. and that he had
shot at English and had meant tc
kill him. IF my gun hadn't
jammed," he was quoted as having
told the policeman, Il would have
killed him"
On going to No. precinct, Pvt
Shelton testified, English was there
and that Kendrick lunged at him
kicking him under the chair. He
quoted Kendrick as saying, Il tried
to kill you, and I will do it again.