Evening star., 1953-07-09
II Seized in Raids
On Dope Pads Here
Face Court HEARINGS

race IOun hearings
Hearings have been scheduled
July 81 and August IL for 81
persons seized in mass raids de-
signed to stifle the illegal drug
traffic here. Another was held
for the grand jury.
Federal agents, aided by Dis
trict police and United States
marshals, raided nine suspected
dope pads early Wednesday.
Fourteen defendants, all
charged with possession and sale
either of heroin or marijuana,
pleaded not guilty yesterday be-
fore Judge James w. Morris of
the U. S. District Court for the
District Of Columbia.
Face July "a Hearing.
They were held for hearing
July q. Their names and bond
follow:
jeanne Howard. TOO block
Seventh street NV, $4,000;
Mary King, 1900 block Seventh
street NV. $4,000; Ronnie Mey-
ers. 1900 block Sixth street NV,
$4,000; Thomas Santora. 1900
block T street NV, $4,000; An
drew K. Randall. 900 block w
street NV, $4,000; Thomas E.
Cherry, 800 block K street S.W.,
$500; Lloyd Lyles. jr., first
block Quincy place NE, $4,000;
Edward Barnes. HOO block Third
street NV. $4,000; Irving Red
Sims, 1900 block Wiltberger
place NV, $4,000; Leo William
Woods, 1900 block Ninth street
NV, $4,000; Elisha Lee Pitcher,
no fixed address, $4,000; William
Waites, 600 block Freedmen's
court NV, $4,000: Charles Wes-
ley Jordan. jr., 800 block Ten
nesSee avenue NE, $4,000;
George C. Carter, known as
"BumpSie," 1000 block Fourth
street NV, $4,000.
All are colored except Ronnie
Meyers.
Cases Up August IL.
The following. all colored, ap-
peared before Judge George D.
Nelson in Municipal Court yes
terday, and had their cases con-
tinued in these bonds until Au-
gust IL:
Sylvester S. Wallace, 20, of
200 block Morgan street NV,
carrying a dangerous weapon and
Harrison Narcotic Act, $500.
Melvina O'Neal, 81, of 400
block K street NV, maintain
ing a common nuisance. and
Harrison Narcotic Act, $2,500;
Margaret S. Stewart. 35, 400
block K street NV. present in
an illegal establishment, $500;
Gloria C. Werner. %, $500
block Thirteenth street NV,
same charge, $500.
Audrey o. Webster, "a, of 1900
block Kalorama road NV, same
charge. $500.
Madeleine Brown, %. 700 Block
Rhode Island avenue NV, same
charge, $500.
Dolores L, Selby, "a. of 1000
Maryland avenue NE, same
charge, $500. 8
Albert C. Jones, %. of $500
block Hay street NE, same
charge. $500.
Pearline c.. Brown, "a, of 100
block Eighth street NV, same
charge, $500.
Rose M. Hall. 10, Of $500 block
Thirteenth street NV, main
tanning common nuisance,
$1,000:
Robert T. Harley. 81, of $500
block Hay street NE, maintain
ing a common nuisance and car
rying a dangerous weapon, ST.
500.
Harold Richards. Al, of 800
block Aliens court S.W.. present
in an illegal establishment and
maintaining a common nuisance,
$500.
Another defendant. Arthur j.
Hinton. %, colored, of the 1900
block of Columbia road NV,
waived preliminary hearing on
charge of violating the Har-
rison Narcotic Act and was held
in $4,000 bond for the grand
Jury.
Appearing in Municipal Court
today was Philip S. Spriggs, %,
colored, of the 900 block of M
street NV, also charged with
Harrison Act violation. His case
was continued to August IL. His
h0nd waS f1xed at 81 mn