Evening star., 1951-01-30
Indictments Charge2
With Murder Of Driver
For UIine Ice Co.

TOuT uleH were 1nQlCCeQ mere
yesterday on charges of first-de-
gree murder and one on a charge
of second-degree.
Two of those indicted on first
degree charges were Albert Allen,
%. and Frank j. Proctor, 27, both
colored, who are accused of fatally
beating and robbing George
Schomber, 80, a truck driver for
the Uline Ice Co.. last month.
The indictment accuses Allen,
who also is a driver for the COM
pany, and Proctor. an unemployed
laborer, of fatally beating Mr..
Schomber with a broom on De-
cember 80 and robbing him of
$108.
Mr.. Schomber. who lived at 728
TWenty-Second street NV, was
found unconscious in his truck
in the Uline garage at Third and
M streets NE. and died shortly
after being taken to Casualty Hos
pital. Aliens home is in the 200
block of Warren street NE, while
Proctor lives in the 140c block of
Ninth street NV.
Wife murder Charged.
In another case Evald Nemm,
SO, of the 200 block of Fifth street
Sc. was indicted on ). charge of
f1rst-degree murder. He is &C
cused of strangling his wife, Mrs.
Edith F.. Nemm, So, with a rope
last October IT.
Police said the Staying was dis
covered after Nemm was struck
by an automobile at Second street
and Florida avenue NE. and was
taken to a hospital.
Joseph c. Nicholson, 80, colored,
of the TOO block of Fourth street
S.W.. was indicted on a charge
of first-degree murder accusing
him of fatally stabbing Bernard
L. Bradley, Sc, of no fixed address,
on December in a yard in the
800 block of Dixon court S.W.
A second-d -degree-murder indict-
ment was returned against Junius
B. McDougle, 43, colored, of the
3400 block of Warder street NV.
He is accused of fatally stabbing
Mabel Baskerville. 38, colored, 600
block of Morton street NV.
Liquor Conspiracy Charged.
Five men were indicted on q
charge of conspiracy to violate
liquor tax laws by buying, selling
and transporting untaxed liquor.
Those named on the conspiracy
charge are Nathan Cosman, So.
OF Pooks Hill Apartments, Bethes-
da, Md, who authorities describe
as a ring leader of the five; James
E. Riddle, 27, of the 3100 block of
Connecticut avenue NV; Leo j.
Seay, 48, of Silver Spring. Md,
and Richmond; John P. johnson,
80, colored, of the first block of
Hanover street NE, and George
Pringle, 81. colored. of the 17OO
block of Sixth street NV.
-Four OF those named on the
conspiracy count also were indict-
ed on charges of illegal possession
and transporting 227 gallons of
liquor here last August. They are
Pringle, Johnson, Riddle and Co.'S
man. Authorities said the LIQUOR
was brought in from Virginia.
Two Assault Charges.
Two men were indicted on rape
charges. One of them, John w.
Ferguson, 25, colored. of the 5000
block of Stanton road Sc, was
accused of raping a 25-year-old
colored woman. The other is Rob-
ert L. Wells. %. colored, of the
1900 block of T street NV. who is
accused of attacking a 17-year- -old
colored girl.
Henry McGettigan. 48. of the
24O0 block of K street NV. was
indicted on a charge of taking in
decent liberties with his 7-year-
old daughter.
Wesley Bausell, 80, was indicted
on a charge of arson in which he
is accused of setting fire to furni-
ture in room where he was living
in the Capitol Hotel, in the 1000
block of I street NV, last month.
The indictments were among a
total of IS returned by two grand
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