Evening star., 1953-05-02
Householder Gets
; Sentences 1otaIinu.
From 4 10 12'Years

From 4 10 12'Years
Three sentences to run consec-
utively yesterday gave q house.
breaker q prison term totaling
from 4 to IL years.
The man is Daniel r. Holland.
80, Of the 200 block of Fourth
street Sc.
Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut
Of the q. s. District Court for
the District Of Columbia SEN
fenced Holland to serve from Is
months to, 4 years for breaking
into one home and then gave
him similar terms for stealing
from two other houses. all in
Southeast Washington.
Holland had pleaded guilty to
three charges, but q fourth was
dismissed.
From one home In the 22OO
block Of Thirty first place Sc,
Holland got $155 in cash and q
$500 diamond ring. From an
other In the 5000 block Of w
street Sc. he stole $3.50 and
5000 in jewelry.
Narcotic Violator.
Other judges also gave con-
secutive sentences yesterday in
different cases, but one narcotic
law violator received concurrent
sentences on multiple charges.
Judge James r. Kirkland SEN
fenced Estelle Murphy. 80, col
ored. Of the 1000 block of Quebec
place NV, to serve from 5 to
Is months for stealing an $50
coat from Woodward & Loth-
rop's.
The woman q short time ago
had been given a year for petty
larceny and placed on proba-
ton. Recently Judge Kirkland
ordered probation revoked on the
petty larceny and gave her / to
3 years for narcotic law VIOLA
tion. The additional time gives
her a total prison term Of from
20 to 81 months.
Judge Charles F. Mclaughlin
gave Thomas Higgins, 38, COL
ored, of the 900 block of Division
avenue NE. from 20 months to
5 years for conspiracy to violate
narcotic laws and for illegal pos
session of a narcotic. He ordered
the sentence to run consecutive
ly to another sentence Of 2 to 6
years given q short time ago on
a marijuana charge, giving Hig-
gins prison terms totaling A
months to II years.
20 Months to S Years.
In another case, Judge Nc
Laughlin gave James Ellison, 81,
colored, of the 900 block Of Divi-
sion avenue NE, concurrent
sentences totaling 20 months to
S years on narcotic charges.
Four men we're given long
prison terms by Judge Schwein-
haut for their part in either
stealing check from a resi-
Dental mail box or forging q
name on a check or both.
Two Of the men got from is
months to 4 years each. They
are Hillary S. Edwards, 26.
colored, of the HOO block Of
Bladensburg road NE, and Mill
ton S. West, 20, colored, Of the
1000 block of Kramer street NE.
Two others were given from is
months to 5 years each. They are
Howard T. Scott, 81. colored, of
the 1000 block of Meigs place
NE, and Leroy Tate, "a, colored.
of the 1000 block of Bladensburg
road NE.
Armed Robbery.
Thomas F. Deboard, 81, of the
1900 block of Fourth street S.W.,
was sentenced by Judge Ed
ward M. Curran from S to IS
years for a Sc armed robbery of
the night manager at the Royal
Hotel, 700 block Of Eleventh
street NV.
Theodore r. Orr, 40, colored,
Of the 2400 block of South Lin
coin road. Arlington, Va, was
given from 10 years to life i'm
prisonment by Judge Alexander
Holtzof for second degree mur-
der. Orr had pleaded guilty to
fatally stabbing Mrs. Alice E.
Hill, A, colored, at her home in
the 100 block of Fourteenth
street NV.
Judge Mclaughlin sentenced
Julian C. Riley, "a, colored, of
the 1900 block Of Eaton road
Sc, to serve from / to 4 years
for manslaughter in the fatal
shooting Of John F. Kee, 81.
colored, Of the TOO block of D
street Sc. in 1851. Following
the shooting, Riley was found to
be Of unsound mind. He was re-
ported recovered earlier this
year and pleaded guilty to man
slaughter.
$1,31l Theft.
Robert c. Reinhart. 33, Of the
800 block of Eighteenth street
NV, was given from to 3 years
by Judge Curran for stealing
$1,311 from a safe of Govern
ment Services. Inc, while en-