Evening star., 1949-10-04
Woman,
Indicted Here in
Counterfeit Rinq
Husband and Wife
Face Lonely Hearts
Froud Charges

Iu~S 6OIISiy ssS0itS
Froud Charges
Five persons today are under in
dictment, growing out of the
smashing Of a counterfeit ring
here last July by Secret Service
agents.
About $137 900 in counterfeit bills
were reported recovered, accord
ing to the United States attorneys S
office.
The indictment was returned
yesterday by a District grand jury,
which finished three months of
service.
OF those indicted in the coun-
terfeiting case. three were &C
cused of making and forging coun-
terfeit bills and two others were
charged with having bogus $40
bills in their possession.
Those charged with making and
forging the bills were Arthur M.
Bebar. 33. OF the 1000 block of
Seventeenth street NE; Eugene
H. Creighton, 26, of the 1900 block
of Delaf1eld place NV, and WAL
ter w. Kidwell. also Of the Dela-
field place address. William F.
Hughes. 26, and his wife. Mrs.
Josephine Hughes. both of the
5000 block of Thirteenth street
NV, were accused in the indict-
ment of having counterfeit bills In
their possession.
Plates Found Here.
Investigation was accelerated, it
was said. after bogus bills had been
passed in Cleveland by others than
those named in the indictment.
Federal agents were quoted at
the United States attorneys Office
as stating that plates for manu-
featuring the bogus bills were
found in an Office in the 2200 block
Of M street NV. and that bogus
bills were manufactured there
after regular employees had gone
for the day.
Federal agents. it was said. re-
ported they found some $73 900
in counterfeit bills in an auto
mobile Creighton allegedly had
been driving and another $64. 900
worth in a taxicab. after question
ing Kidwell.
It also was alleged by Federal
agents that space was used in a
building in the 1900 block Of H
street NV.
In another case two men,
Clarence A. Jackson. 80, of the
100 block of Howard road Sc.
and David Marshall. jr.. "a, Of the
1900 block of Eighth street NV,
both colored were accused Of hav-
ing "photostatic reproduction" Of
a bogus SO bill. The $40 bill
allegedyAs mad4by 15-year-
old boy who was turned over to
juvenile authorities.
iHs4rss Fraud Charged.
In other cases: Mrs. HELEN
Stancil, So. whose address was
listed in the 1900 block Of Shep-
herd street NV. and the 1900
block of Massachusetts, avenue
Sc. and her husband, Fred r.
StancI, sr.. were indicted on mail
fraud charges in connection with
lonely hearts" correspondence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stancil we're mar
ried after meeting through a cor
respondence club. 1t was said. Mrs.
Stancn is alleged to have received
gifts, including rings and break
fast sets, from men with whom she
corresponded. Mr.. Stancil. it was
said. received gifts of food from
women to whom he wrote. Neither
has yet been arrested.
A uSed-car dealer, James w.
Sacchino, was indicted on forgery
and embezzlement charges alleg-
edly involving more than $4,000
in connection with automobile
transactions.
Sacchino described as former
operator Of a used-car business in
the first block of Massachusetts,
avenue NV. was accused in the
indictment both with converting
money from the sale of automo-
biles to his own use and Of secret
ing and embezzling automobiles.
The cars allegedly were left him
to sell, 1t was said at the United
States attorneys Office. Sacchino
also was accused of forging title
certificates to automobiles.
One Of Sacchino's alleged vic
tins was listed as Thomas Basyn.
executive director of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction
and Development and also f1nan-
cial counselor of the Belgian En-
bassy.
False Representation Charged.
The grand jury also indicted
Bernard A. Winkel, 48, on a
charge of falsely representing
himself as a partner in the Shera-
ton chain Of hotels and In so
doing alleged getting a man to
accept promisory note for 81 $50.
Sylvan Hirsch. 60, of the 5000
block of Sixteenth street NV, was
indicted on a charge Of assault
with a dangerous weapon in which
he was accused of shooting and
wounding his landlady, Thelma F.
Owen, of the $500 block of Twen-
ty-seventh street NV, last Au-
gust. The landlady had been try
ing to evict Hirsch, it was said.
Six persons were indicted on
charges of promoting the numbers
racket. They included Clayroy A.
Seward, ~, Of District Heights,
Md; Eugene Lewis, for whom no
age or address WAS listed. Fred