Evening star., 1950-07-01
Indictment Charges
Murder Of Supervisor
By Fired Emp|oye

The grand jury here yesterday
indicted Luther r. Weakley on a
first-degree murder charge in the
May 20 shooting of a job super
visor who had just fired him.
The indictment was among 10
returned before Judge Alexander
Holtzoff in District Court. Two
other men were accused of man
slaughter in accidental deaths.
The panel charged Weakley, 40,
of the 1900 block of G street Sc.
with the premeditated murder OF
Thomas G. Carnes, 43, of 82S
North Edison street, Arlington.
Mr.. Carnes was a supervisor of
the Blue Plate Foods Co., 316 F
street NE. where Weakley worked
as a salesman. An argument
between the two men occurred
there on May 20. in the course of
which Weakley was discharged.
Shortly afterward, Mr.. Carnes,
was shot with a pistol on the
premises.
Manslaughter Charged.
Manslaughter indictments were
returned against Wade T. Cum
ningham, %, colored, of the 100
block of I street NV, and George
A. Branch, 81, colored. of the
3400 block of Holmead place NV.
Cunningham was arrested in
the March 26 collision of his car
with another at Sixth and p
streets NV. Joseph H. Fields,
68, colored. of 1909 Sixth street
NV, driver of the other car,
died of spine injuries two months
later.
Branch was held, after a truck
he was driving collided with a |
taxicab April l at independence
avenue and Fourth street S.W.
Josephine Hebard, 81, of 2519 Con-
gress street Sc, passenger in
the cab, died of injuries the same
day.
Four charges of receiving stolen
property worth s1,577 were placed
against John T. McQuaid, 43, of
the 200 block of Twelfth place
NE, home furnishings store
operator in the Northeast section.
McQuaid also was indicted on two
counts of bribing a Government
witness with 5000 in an effort to
avoid prosecution The property
involved included three sets of
chairs and tables stolen from
Mayer Furniture Co., and me-
chanical equipment from the
Noland Co., Inc.
Auto Assault Charged.
Robert L. Rogers, 40, of the
HOO block of Oates street NE,
was charged with assaulting a
policeman with a deadly weapon
an automobile cor a hard surface
street'-last April. The police
man, Albert Pals of the Second
Precinct, was injured when ne
tried to question the motorist,
and Rogers suddenly drove off
knocking Pvt. Pals to the street.
Fifteen men and women were
indicted on gambling law viola
tionS charged by Metropolitan
Police during April and May.
The defendants are:
Leroy Jones, 40, colored, of the
3700 block of Jay street NV, two
counts: Edward Richards, ST., 81,
and his two sons, Edward, jr., 33,
and Walter, 36, all of the 1900
block of Fourth street S.W., seven
counts; Nelson S. Dubois, ir., 90,
colored, of the 600 block of Otis
place NV. six counts; Walter
Furneyhough, So. and Vivian Fur
neyhough, 26, both of the 44OO
block of Seventy first avenue.
Landover Hills. eight counts.
Also, Joseph F. Washington, so,
colored. of the 1900 block of Morse
street NE, two counts; Rupert
c. and Anna M. Kennedy, both
OF the 700 block of Eighth street
NE, seven counts; Katheryn M.
Hamilton, SO. of the 1900 block of
North Carolina avenue NE, and
Carl w. Jordan. 33, of the 800
block of Eighth street NE, 12I
counts; Lawrence j. Coates, %.
cOlored, of the 100 block of ri
street NE. and Clarence A. Green,
35, colored, of the 1900 block of
Twelfth place NV, five counts:
Julia T. Carroll. 33, colored, of
the 14o0 block of w street NV.
three counts.