The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-06-06
BY Court Reporter

week by Recorders Judge faui
:. Krause.
Billings was found guilty by
jury of assault with intent To
10 great bodily harm.
Patrolman John Gcrtncr oil
he vice squad arrested Billings
Il Adelaide and John Il on the
,hargc of Accusing. Billings
pulled a knife and stabbed the
,fifccr, who fired one shot from
lis service revolver before Bill
ngs escaped. He was arrested
atcr at his home.
Stanley Wilson, rs, of 2575
Richton, was charged with first
degree murder and robbery arm
cd last week in Recorders Court.
The charges grew out of the
5000 robbery of a drug store at
$500 Milford, March 20, when
Wilson's companion was shot and
killed by the druggist.
Wilson and Horace w. Pitts,
81, of 1880 LaSalle, heldup Ros-
coe Campbell, 81, in his drug
store at the Milford address. Pc
lice said Campbell pulled a gun
and started gunbattle in which
Pitts was killed.
Although il was actually Camp
bell who killed Pitts, Wilson
was charged with first degree
murder under a law which makes
him criminally responsible for a
fatal shooting that takes place
during a holdup.
.
Linda Pratton, 7, of 1920 Lee
may, was taken TO Receiving Hos
pital last week suffering from
a skull fracture when she fell
down a flight of stairs at her
home. She is the daughter OF
Willard and Thelma Pratton.
Charles E. Hollcy, 20, of 1888
Carter, was arrested last week
and charged with possession of
gambling paraphcrnalia
Police said they confiscated
$675 in cash and note books CON
tanning numbers.
Elgcnc Cherry, 40, of 1885
Linwood. was arrested last week
and charged with violating the
state gambling law.
Police said they were called
TO the home. The officers said
they confiscated 40 tip sheets,
l20 past date mutuel bet slips,
and four Irish sweepstakes.
Simon Lee Till, 33, of 2l37 SUI
pcrior, an unemployed tunnel
worker, was sentenced TO 10
years in federal prison last week
for the Jan. 20 holdup of a bank
at 285 E. Grand Blvd.
Police said Till escaped with
$3.50 taken from a teller at the
point of gun. He was arrested
at his home a short time later.
Peggy Johnson, 5, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles John
son, of 1886 Huron, was rushed
to Receiving Hospital last week
in a critical condition after suf.
fering third degree burns over
so percent of her body.
Police said Peggy reached for
a pot of beans cooking on the
stove when the gas burner ig-
nited her underskirt.
The girls parents were taking
a ncighbors' child to the doctor
at the time Of the accident.
Draft evasion charges against
Cara Woods, %, of 35O6 Henry.
lnkster, who tried to outsmart
the government by playing dumb
we're dismissed last week by fed
eral Judge Clifford O'Sullivan.
FBl agents said Woods scored
only two out Of 10 points on an
army test for prospective draft.
ccs. The score put him in the
bottom l per cent of humanity
and automatically classified him
AT.
The FBI said check of
Woods background showed he
had an A9minus average when
he graduated from Parker High
School in Birmingham, Ala.
Robert J. Freeman, l6, of rs
Eliot, pleaded guilty to robbery
unarmed last week in Recorders
Court.
Police said Freeman was ar
rested on a purses natching
charge. While being booked on
the charge he pulled a concealed
knife and attacked a Juvenile
Home guard.
Juvenile authorities waived iu.
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