Evening star., 1953-06-20
3 Given Long
Prison Terms
For Robberiies
Youth Gets 6 to 20
Years for Armed
! HoIdup Of Highs

yesterday in the q. S. District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia to long prison terms for
holdup-robberies.
One Of them, Herbert Stevens,
18, colored. of the TOO block of
Kenilworth terrace Me-, was
given from 6 to 20 years by
Judge Edward M. Curran for a
$40 armed robbery of a Highs
Ice Cream store in the 4300
block Of Sheriff road NE.
Two young men were given
from 4 to IL years each by Chief
Judge Bolitha j. Laws for a 1855
armed robbery of the Marion S.
Alley chemical laboratory, 1928
street NV, last April. The
two given the time are James
r. Grigg, 10, of the 1900 block
Of Eleventh street NV, and
James Fraser, "a, of the 1900
block Of Euclid street NV.
Both had pleaded guilty to
the robbery. Fraser's wife. Mary
ann Fraser, "a. was acquitted by
a jury on a charge Of receiving
some of the stolen money. She
was not accused of robbery.
Other Sentences.
Others sentenced for robbery
included:
Jesse ]. Kemp, jr., 80, colored.
of the first block of Seventh
street Sc, given from g. to 9
years by Judge Luther w. Young
dahl for robbing a taxicab
driver of $35.
James F. Owens, 20, colored,
of the 1900 block of Eighth street
NV, from 3 to 8 years, and a
co-defendant, Major L. Wilson,
80, colored, Of the 600 block Of
@ street NV. from 4 to II years
for a $46 street yoke robbery.
both sentenced by Judge Young
dahl.
James E. Adams, "a. Of the
900 block of Ninth street NV,
from 3 to 9 years, and George U.
Carpenter. 40, of the 200 block
of North Barton street, Arling-
ton, Va, from 2 to 8 years, both
by Judge Youngdahl. for rob-
bing a man on the street of a
small amount of cash and box
of tools.
Judge Curran gave Louis F.
Taylor. "a, colored, of the first
block of Patterson street NE,
from 3 to 9 years for attempting
to rob a woman of her pocket
book.
2 to Years for Gambling.
Apostolos Alexander, 81, of the
1400 block of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, who the court was
informed had a past criminal
record, was given from 2 to 6
years by Judge Richmond B.
Keech on gambling charges.
Alexander was sentenced for
promoting a numbers lottery,
selling numbers chances and
keeping a place for betting on
horse races. The sentence Is the
longest given for gambling law
violations in the memory of
court attaches.
The court was told that Alex
ander previously had served time
for selling securities which had
been stolen from a bank mes
senger by a gang in New York
in 1885.
Several persons were sem
fenced for housebreakings. One
of them, George Boxtail. 80, COL
ored, Of the 1000 block of Eighth
street NV, was given from 5 to
Is years by Judge Edward A.
Tamm for breaking in a store in
the HOO block of Seventh street.
Boxtail, who the court was in
formed has a long criminal rec
ord, was acquitted of a charge
of stealing from the store.
Willard Bennings, jr., 10, COL
ored, of the first block of Fenton
place NV. who police said was
wearing five overcoats, four of
them stolen, when arrested last
March 13. was given from 2 to
6 years by Judge Tamm for
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
Year for Carrying Pistol.
Judge Curran gave John F..
Shoppell. 20. of the 900 block
of Fourteenth street NV, from
16 months to 4 years for house.
breaking and carrying q pistol.
A sentence of from to 3 years
for the housebreaking and a
sentence of / year for carrying
the pistol were ordered to run
consecutively. Shoppell awaits
trial on three housebreaking and
larceny indictments.
Tracy Eng. Is. Chinese, Of the
1700 block of Lanier place NV,
was given sentences by Judge
Youngdahl totaling from 16
months to 4 years for house
breakings and thefts that netted
two twpewriters. a small amount
of jewelry and a razor.
Several persons were given
prison terms for narcotic law
violations. They include:
Mrs. Rosa E. Bailey. 26, COL
ored. Of the HOO block Of Ken
ilworth avenue NE. who was
given from 18 months to 6 years
by Judge Youngdahl.
Olivia Hunter, 80, colored, Of
the HOO block of Tenth street
NV, from 2 to 8 years by Judge
Laws.
Christopher Eugene Powell, 81.
Of Philadelphia, a bandleader, a
suspended sentence Of from 20
months to 8 years and s years
probation by Judge Curran for
facilitating the concealment Of
q narcotic.