Evening star., 1953-04-18
Alto 14Years
Given Man. for
Liquor Ho|dups
Judges Giving More
Consecutive Terms
In Crime Cruckdown

a second sentence given him yes
terday was ordered to run con-
Secutively to one imposed last
month.
The defendant is Dexter ].
Shoemaker, SO, Of no fixed ad-
dress. He was sentenced yes
terday by Judge Henry A.
Schweinhaut of the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia to serve from two to
eight years for a $50 armed rob-
berry at the Monroe liquor store,
in the 5000 block of Fourteenth
street NV, last January 8.
Judge Schweinhaut ordered
the sentence to run consecutively
to a two-to-six-year sentence
given Shoemaker on March 13 by
Judge B'Irnita Shelton Matthews
for the $419 armed robbery of
Jacobson's market and liquor
store, in the 900 block of Tenth
street NV.
Shoemaker had pleaded guilty
to both robberieS. A Sawed-of
shotgun was used in each. In the
Monroe liquor store robbery, $50
was obtained from the cash reg
lister and $50 from the pocket of
the proprietor, Louis Goldman.
Long Criminal Record.
An accomplice also was SEN
fenced in March to serve from
2 to 6 years in the Jacobson'S
market and liquor store robbery.
The court was informed that
Shoemaker has a long criminal
record. including conviction for
robbery in North Carolina. At
one time he escaped Jail in Ten
nessee, after being arrested on a
charge of a violation of the mo-
tor vehicle theft act.
The two Washington robberies
were the only offenses charged
against Shoemaker here.
The maximum possible penalty
for armed robbery here is 80
months to 20 years. Authorities
expressed the belief that Shoe
maker probably will have to serve
out at least two-thirds of the IA
years. It is doubtful, it was
pointed out, that he will be con-
sidered for parole because of his
previous record.
In another case a man was
given a 1-to-3-year sentence for
unauthorized use of an auto
mobile. but Judge Alexander
Holtzoff, who imposed the SEN
tence, ordered it to run consecu-
lively to an earlier sentence of
20 months to years for theft
of automobile tires and wheels
from a truck.
The man is Ernest C. Harris,
SO, colored, of the 1000 block of
Nineteenth street NV. The two
sentences together give him a
total of 80 months to eight years.
Prison Terms Given.
Long prison terms we're given
at the court yesterday for a
variety of offenses.
Two youths were given from
three to nine years each by Judge
Edward M. Curran for assault
with intent to commit carnal
knowledge involving a 14-year-
old girl. They are Ovington j.
Jackson, 10, of the 1900 block of
Stevens road Sc, and Nathan
Rush, 18, of the 900 block of F
street S.W.
Judge Curran gave Ernest
Whitmyre. "a. colored, of the
100 block of K street NE, from
S to Is years for assault with
intent to kill Adron Speed,
Colored, of the 800 block of Sixth
street NE. The two men got into |
an argument after drinking to-
gether, according to authorities,
and Whitmyre fired a shotgun at
the victim from a distance. A
shot struck Mr. Speed, causing
him to lose sight in his left eye.
Judge James R. Kirkland gave
William G. Dixon, 26, colored, of
no fixed address, from to 9
years for robbing a man of SIS
in a billiard parlor in the 1900
block of U street NV.
Narcotics Addict.
William Smith, 26, colored, of
the first block of I street NE,
was given from % months to Z
years by Judge Alexander Holt
zof for stealing three pistols
from an automobile. Smith is
narcotic addict, the court was
informed, and repeatedly COM
mitted the theft to obtain money
to purchase narcotic.
Others sentenced yesterday
included:
John V. Jones, 25, of the 1900
block of L street NV, who was
given from 20 months to 5 years
by Judge Richmond B. Keech
for unauthorized use of an auto
mobile.
Alton Burke, 90, of the 400
block of Ninth street NV. given
from 20 months to years by
Judge Keech for stealing $3.50
from a gasoline service station.
The defendant had been en-
ployed at the station as night
manager.
James E. Ford. 36, of the 1900
block Columbia street NV, was
given from 20 months to S years
by Judge Keech for housebreak-
ing. Ford had been employed to
paint the house broken into at
$500 Georgia avenue NV.
Also Cornelius Williamson, 38,
colored. of the $500 block of
Tenth street NV, given from 4
to IL years by Judge Matthews
fnx manSlaughter in the fatal
Stabbing of Len Walker, "a, col
ored. last December during a
fight.
Two persons were given prison