Evening star., 1953-09-19
2Given Long Terms
In Check Machine
Theft and Forgery

Two men were given long
prison terms yesterday for break
ing into - office and for forgery.
Police said they used a check
writing machine they stole from
the office to write checks.
They are Vincent P. Mandley,
48, of Carmody Hills, Md, who
was given from "a months to 9
years, and William L. Poole. %,
of Upper Marlboro. Md, who was
given from 26 months to years.
The two had pleaded guilty
to breaking into the Vet Motors.
Inc. 1900 block of BladenSburg
road NE. last June and steal
ing a typewriter, radio and the
check-writing machine and to
forging.
Chief Judge Bolitha J. Laws
of the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia, gave each
of the men from 10 months to 3
years on the housebreaking and
larceny charges. He then gave
Mandley 8 months to 2 years on
each of three forgery charges
and Poole 8 months to years
on each of two forgery charges.
Third Awaits Trial.
He ordered their sentences to
run consecutively. The checks
in the combined forgeries totaled
more than 5000. Charges of ut
tering the checks were dropped.
A third defendant in the case
awaits trial.
In another sentence yesterday,
Judge Alexander Holtzoff gave
William H. Evans, At, colored,
who had been a fugitive from 5
to Is years for manslaughter in
the fatal stabbing another man
on July 81, 1943. The victim
was Leroy = A. Brown, colored.
Police said the stabbing took
place during an argument about
a girl. Evans had been indicted
on a charge of second-degree
murder in the Staying but plead
ed guilty to the lesser charge of
manslaughter.
Evans disappeared shortly
after the Staying and was identi-
fed by fingerprints earlier this
year. when he was picked up in
North Carolina on a theft
charge. He was returned here
after serving time for the theft.
Judge Holtzoff gave James C.
Grice. so, colored, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, from 6 to 20 years for twice
breaking into the John Quincy
Adams School in July and for
breaking into the Miner Teach
ers' College Building last June
and stealing equipment from the
two buildings. His loot included
picture projectors, microscope
and other items, valued at a
total of more than $500.
Prison Record Cited.
Judge Holtzoff gave Grice from
3 to 10 years for twice breaking
into and stealing from the
Adams School and a similar
sentence for breaking into and
stealing from the teachers COL
lege. He order the two SEN
tenceS to run conSecutively.
Grice previously has served sew
eral prison terms for housebreak-.
ings and thefts, thes court was
informed. 4
Rice Lipscomb, 80, colored, of
the 100 block of Rhode Island
avenue NV, was given from l
to 5 years by Judge Laws for un-
authorized use of an automobile
and for attempting to run down
a policeman with the car when
the officer attempted to question
him. The indictment charged as
sault with a dangerous weapon
an automobile-for the attempt
to run down the officer.
Judge Laws gave Nelson John
son, 35, colored, of the 1900 block
Of New Hampshire avenue NV,
from 81 months to 6 years for
stealing checks from three resi-
dental mail boxes and for forg-
ing Endorsements on five checks.
Judge Luther w. Youngdahl
sentenced Andrew L. Mccoy, 40,
colored, of the 600 block of N
street NV, to serve from 4 to
10 yraorr