Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-19
Two Indicted
In Tampering
With Witnesses
Attorney, Owner
Of Liquor Store
Are Charged Here

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belong Harris, a 40-year-old
attorney. and the proprietress of
a liquor store were indicted by
District Grand Jury today on
charges of tampering with two
Government witnesses.
Harris, who is colored and
lives at 1901 Eleventh street
NV. has appeared as counsel in
several important trials In Fed
|eral Court in the past half dozen
years.
Named with him in the indict-
ment charging a conspiracy to
"wilfully corrupt" the witnesses
was Eulalia A. Toland. As, coll
ored, Of GIT Howard road Sc.
well-to-do owner of a package
store.
Also named as co-conspirators,
but not as defendants, were Paul
o. Hansborough, 33. colored, of
1855 Robinson place Sc, a
trucking operator. and Arthur N.
Hodge, 80, colored, of 473 Ridge
street NV.
Harris Denies Charge
When informed of the charges
by newspaper men. Harris. in the
court law library at the time, APP
peared shocked. Il cannot un-
derstand it. It's untrue. Why,
i never saw those people before
in my life"
According to the indictment,
Mrs. Toland. following consul
tation with Attorney Harris on
November Is, handed $500 to
Hansborough and $40 to Hodge.
The sums, the true bill alleges.
we're given to the two men In
front of their respective homes.
A spokesman for the U. S.
Attorneys Office said Hans
borough made a complaint late
in October that a toolbox con-
tanning approximately $500
worth of equipment had been
stolen. from one of his trucks.
At the time, he told police. he
noticed two men running from
the vicinity of the truck Juggling
a heavy box.
Subsequently he obtained in
formation on which warrant
was based and as a result con-
suited Assistant U. S. Attorney
Joseph M. Harmon.
/ Mrs. Toland's Son Named :
The warrant was obtained on
November IS. Later that day,
investigators learned, Mrs. To-
land called at Hansborough's
home to ask about the warrant
which named her son Robert
Galloway as one of the subjects
sought.
1 Thereafter Hansborough re-
appeared at Mr. lannon's Office
to tell him he wished to with
draw his charges. Mr.. Harmon
told the trucker he would not
do so unless it was shown that
Hansborough had made a mis-
take in thinking the tools were
stolen Hansborough had told
the prosecutor that a friend,
who had gone out of town, had
taken the tools.
A little later. Todge appeared
at the prosecutors Office stating
that he felt he knew Hansbor-
ough SO well he did not have to
ask permission for the tools. He
told the prosecutor he had left
the city after taking the tools
and had just returned and upon
doing so had called Hansbor-
ough to tell the trucker he had
the equipment.
Warrant Still Outstanding
The indictment alleges that
the attorney and the package
store proprietress "corruptly en-
deovored to influence a witness"
The warrant against Galloway,
according to Assistant United
States Attorney Kenneth Wood.
in charge of the Municipal
Court criminal section, is still
outstanding. Meanwhile, Gallo
way is free on bail pending APP
peal of his conviction on as
saulting two policemen.
Assistant United States At
torney John Conliff pointed out
that there was no connection
between the assaulting a police
man charge and the allegation
made in the warrant charging
the theft of the tools which was
sworn to by Hansborough.