Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Woman Among 6
Indicted in Series Of
HoIdup-Robberies

of holdup-robberies Of four liquor
stores. drugstore and market.
None of the defendants is ac-
cused in all of the cases. Five
of them are charged together in
two of the holdups.
The five are Mack Bryant, 20,
of the 800 block of Oakdale street
NV: Henry Banks. 20, and
Franklin Lanham, 81, both of the
200 block of v street NV; Ger
aid E. Green, %, of the 1900
block of Eighth street NV, and
Hattie B. Julian. 81, of the TOO
block of Eighth street NV. ALI
are colored.
The indictments charge the
five with a $500 holdup of q
liquor store in the 1900 block of
First street NV. and a $911
holdup of liquor store in the
1000 block of North Capitol
street, both last January Is.
| woman In One case.
In addition, Bryant also is
named in indictments charging
him with three other holdup-rob-
| berries; Banks and Lanham with
two others: Green with one other
robbery and the Julian woman
also in another.
A sixth person, James E
Thompson. Is. colored, of the
1000 block of Eighth street NV.
is named in one of the robbery
indictments with three of the
others.
Police gave statements regard
ing all except Thompson in con-
nection with other robberies
here. These linked Bryant to II
/ cases. and Banks, to IL, accord
ing to Assistant United States
Attorney John c. Conliff, jr.
! James r. Toney. 18. of the 900
block Of Irving street NV, was
named in two indictments charg-
ing him with housebreaking and
theft of property valued at a
total of STA.
Police presented statements In
connection with Is cases re-
garding Toney for consideration
of the United States Attorneys
office. Eleven of these lacked
sufficient evidence, Mr.. Conliff
said
Leonard Owens, 10. colored, of
the 100 block of Stanton ter
race Sc, was indicted on charges
OF breaking into a Peoples Drug
Store in the 1900 block of H
street NE. last December and
stealing property valued at more
than $1,000 including cash. ciga-
rettes and stockings.
The indictment also charges
Owens with destroying a safe in
the drugstore.
Helen c, Donovan. SO, of the
1900 block of Thirty seventh
street NV, was indicated on
charges of forging six checks.
ranging in value from $40 to $25.
Three persons were indicted On
charges of filing false state
ments with the Post Office De-
partment while seeking posi-
tons there during the Christ
mas mail rush. The indictment
accuses each of falsely stating
he had never been arrested.
All Three Men.
The three accused are william
Schutt. "a. of the 400 block of K
street NV; Edwin j. Brooks,
Is. colored. of the 1900 block of
Vernon street NV. and Raleigh
L, Morton. ST., 81, colored, of the
HOO block of Fourth street NE.
Five persons were indicted on
gambling charges. They are:
. Lewis E. Gibbs. 40. of the 500
block of Tenth street S.W.:
James Logan, 40, of the 1900
btONh VA i ClItLl OIL ecu IN. W., ALL
B. Smith. Sc. of the 5000 block
of Eighteenth street NV; Julius
Blankman. Sc. of the TOO block Of
Princeton place NV, and Sam
uel r. KurtZ. so, of the 1900
block of Georgia avenue NV.
All are charged with pro-
noting numbers lotteries. In adj
dition. Gibbs, Smith and Blank
man are charged with accepting
bets on horse races. Logan and
Smith also are accused Of per-
hitting gambling places to be
maintained.
The indictments were among
a total Of 80 returned by grand
jury before Judge James w.
Morris of the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia.