Evening star., 1949-02-14
Dealer
Faces True Bill
AS Embezz|er
Receivers From Shots
He Told Police
Were SeIf-InfIicted

Were SeIf-InfIicted
Louis Bombrest, 47-year-old usec
car dealer who told police he shot
himself January 3 because of fl.
nancial difficulties, was indicted ir
District Court today on charges
of emblezzing more than $4,000
The indictment alleged thai
Bombrest obtained that amount
in transactions with four persons
at his used car lot in the 1900 block
of Nichols avenue Sc.
Bombrest has recovered from
two wounds in his chest, said by
police to have been self-inflicteo
in the Office of his lot.
The official papers spell the ac-
cused mans name Bombrest al
though he was referred to in pre-
vious accounts of the stabbing as
Bonbrest.
Autos Left to Be Sold.
Two of the men from whom he
is accused of embezzling sums
are Army Force captains. One OF
them is Capt. Sidney Kegeles
stationed at the Pentagon build
ing, from whom he is accused of
embezzling $1,000 and the other
is Capt. Bruce C. Beck, stationed
at Boiling Field, from whom he
is accused of embezzling $1,000
Other alleged victims are Charles
H. Gill, 400 block of Orange st
Sc. and John B. Fenner, 1900
block of K street NV.
The indictment charges Bomb
rest with grand larceny of the
automobiles which had been left
him to be sold.
The indictment was among "a
returned before Judge Richmond
B. Keech of District Court.
Monroe johnson, 81. colored
was indicted on a charge of first
degree murder in the fatal stab
bing of Elizabeth Steel, 80, also
colored. at a house in the 1900
block of New Jersey avenue NV.
where both of them lived. The
Stabbing was on January 9.
Street Fight Brings Charge.
Alice Booker, 33, colored, was
indicted on a charge Of second
degree murder in the fatal stab
bing of Simpson Wilson. So. col
ored. during a fight in the street
Both the woman and Wilson lived
in the $500 block of street NV
Ulysses Delaney. %, colored. OF
the 1400 block of T street NV.
was accused of house breaking
and larceny of typewriters and an
adding machine.
Irving Lubchansky. 36, of Miami
Fla. was charged with larceny
after ihHst Of cameras valued u
approximately. 1000. Aa.,.4 :
Z. Lawrence, A. Watford. 43. was
charged with stealing 1891 from q
restaurant in the 800 block Of
Ninth street NV, :
Two Indicted as Sex Offenders.
Two persons were named on sex
offense charges. One of them
Elwood Gregory. %, colored, of
the 1900 block of First street S.W.
was charged with carnal knoWl-
edge involving a colored girl about
IA The other is Sergt. Ralph S.
Willets. 20. Boiling Field. indicted
on a charge Of taking indecent
liberties" with a 5-year-old boy.
Eight persons were indicted on
gambling charges involving the
numbers racket. They included
Josephine Anderson. %. and John
T. Anderson, 30, both of 1900
block of Rosedale street NE. Will
liam Taft Sullivan. 80. 2400 block
of Seventeenth street NV, Annie
Harris, 80, 100 block of Kalo-
rama road NV, Ben Hillman, 40,
and Winston Sims. 48. both of
230O block of Champlain street
NV, Charles H. Cooper. SIS,
Cedar Heights. Md. and Harry
Johnson. 66. TOO block of Cali
fornia street NV, all colored.
The jury ignored a homicide
charge involving James C. Hodge,
20. colored, 200 block of Thir-
teenth street NE. He had been
accused in the stabbing of his
brother, Edmond N. Hodge, "a.
The grand jury ignored also a
grnad larceny charge against
Roscoe Perry. 1900 block of
Twelfth place, NV, and a charge
of carnal knowledge against An
drew T. HaWes. "a, of 800 block
of Fifth street NV.