Evening star., 1952-11-10
Two Persons Indicted
On Murder CHARGES
In District Sayings


Two persons were indicted onI
murder charges today in connec-
ton with recent slayings here.
True bills also were returned
against two others. accusing them
of manSlaughter in traffic deaths.
Eight persons. all colored, were
named in indictments charging
them with narcotic law violations.
In one of the killings, Helenl
Frigillana. 81, colored, of the 100
block of E street Sc, was indicted
on a first-degree murder charge
in the fatal shooting of Mrs. Eta
M Mitchell, IS, colored. of the
$500 block of Benning road NE.
on October 10.
Argument Over Husband.
The shooting, police said, was
on the street in front of the Frigil-
lana woman's residence after an
argument between the two women
over Mrs. Mitchell's husband,
John M. Mitchell, A. colored.
In a second case Hobert Jacobs,
35, colored. was indicted on a
charge of second degree murder in
the fatal stabbing of John Jones,
Al, colored, of the 1900 block of
u street NV. on October 5. The
stabbing, police said, took place in
Jacobs restaurant of the HOO
block of Seventh street NV.
Police said that Mr.. Jones was
fatally stabbed when he inter-
ceded during an alteration be-
tween Jacobs and Ernest Rose
baugh, So. colored, also of the
Seventh street address. Jacobs
also was indicted on a charge Of
assaulting Mr.. Rosebaugh.
In one of the manslaughter in
dictments, James c. Hebb III. %.
of the 1900 block of Bryant street
NE, was accused in the traffic
death last September of Arthur r.
Tremmer, "a, of the 3700 block of
Bunker Hill road NV. Mr.. Trem-
mer was fatally injured when a
motorcycle on which he was rid
ing on the rear seat ran into a
safety island in the 2300 block of
Bladensburg road NE. Both men
were thrown from the motorcycle
from the impact. The accident, po-
lice said, occurred while Hepb was
being chased by police for fast
driving. Prince Georges County
police, who had begun following
the motorcycle in nearby Mary
land reported that Hebb mad been
going 80 miles an hour.
Accused in Girls Death.
In the other manslaughter "ase.
James E. Galloway, q, colcred, of
the $500 block of Birney place
Sc, was accused in the fatal
death of a 9-year-old girl by
running his taxicab into her in
the 1900 block of Sumner road
Sc, October 8. The victim was
Frances Dyson, colored, of the
1900 block of Eaton road Sc.
Among persons indicted on mar
cotic charges were three from
New York State who were charged
with illegal possession Of more
than 1900 grains of a narcotic
mixture which included quinine
and sugar. All three were ar
rested in house in the 1900 block
of r street NV. They are Cliff
ford w. Hinton, 25, and Cora A.
Miller, 20, both of New York. and
Herbert Fell, Is, Of Yonkers, N. Y
In addition to being charged
with possession, the three were
accused in the indictment OF
facilitating the sale and conceal
ment of a narcotic. The indict-
ment, however, did not charge
them with making a sale. Other.
named on narcotic charges were
Melvin j. Chase. IS, of the 90'
block of Sixth street Sc; John c
Byrd, IS, of the 300 block of n
street NV; Elizabeth Waites, 29
of the 1900 block of Harvard stree
NV; William r. Minor, 81. o
the TOO block Of T street NV
whom authorities described as ;
professional boxer. and Albert j
Ingraham, 35, of the 1000 blocl
OF N street NV.
In another indictment, Ray
mond Webb, jr., Al, colored. o
the 400 block of First street S.W
was indicted on charge Of rapinI
55-year-old colored woman las
month in her home. Police quotes
the woman as saying she wa
choked and beaten about the face
Abortion Attempts.
Ruth E. Robinson, AZ, colored
of the 1900 block of Montello ave
nue. NE, was indicted on charge
of attempting two abortionS on
22-year-old colored woman. TIL
true bill charges that the secon,
abortion attempt caused the vic
TINS death.
The indictments were anon
a total of 81 returned by tw
grand jurys before Chief Judg
Bolitha j. Laws of the Unite
, States District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.