Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1936, Page 36

FORMER IANITOR HELD IN SLAYING Grand Jury Indicts Norman Robinson—Forty True Bills Returned. A first-degree murder indictraent was returned yesterday against Norman W. Robinson, 27, colored, who police say admitted slaying Mrs, Florence Goodwin, 43-year-old rooming house owner and Government worker, with an iron furnace shaker September 18. He was a former janitor at 1102 Six- teenth street, where Mrs. Goodwin operated the rooming establishment. Robinson was arrested the day after the murder and his room was searched. Confronted with the fact that bloody clothing had been found there, he re- portedly admitted killing Mrs. Good- win in a robbery attempt. Police quote him as saying he entered the house by unlocking the rear door with a pass key about 6 a.m., before the roomers had awakened. The first clue was the bloody fur- nace shaker, which was found in the basement. In another first-degree murder in- dictment, Theodore Padgett, 24, col- ored, was held in the ax slaying, September 10, of Ida Virginia Wigen- ton, colored, 3013 Sherman avenue. The killing occurred at the woman’s home. Police ascribed it to jealousy. Held on Drug Charges. Three men who allegedly have been selling dope in the vicinity of Judiciary Square for several months were in- dicted for violation of the Harrison narcotic act and the narcotic drugs import and expert act. Two others, said to belong to the same gang, were indicted last week. Those named yesterday were Charles H. Johnson, 54, and John Joseph Hand, 40, both of the 800 block of Third street, and Raymond Hitte, 48, 400 block of H street. All were arrested early in August after informers had made several “buys.” All three have served time in prison on drug convice tions. Mrs, Virginia Joseph, 18-year-old cafe hostess, who is alleged by police to have planned the $1,400 robbery October 18 of an O street merchant, and the two colored men said to be her acoomplices were indicted on a robbery charge. The men are John Harris, 34, and Clarence L. Mitch- ell, 30. Israel Orlove reported that Mitchell held him up at pistol point shortly after midnight, as he was about to get into his car at Seventh and O streets, and robbed him of a bag con- taining $1,400 in cash. Police say that Harris and Mrs. Joseph were waiting in the automobile in which Mitchell made his getaway. Both Mitchell and Harris were employed at the restaurant where Mrs. Joseph worked. The young woman formerly ‘was cashier at Orlove's place of busi- ness. 40 True Bills Returned. A total of 40 true bills were re- turned. Others indicted were: James Shirty, nonsupport of minor children; James Ross, John Davis, James Spicer, James H. Winbrake, Roscoe Barnes, Frances Henson and Andy Laderas, robbery; Alma P. Campbell, William Jackson, Amos Epps and Le Roy Murray, assault with & dangerous weapon; John W. J. Mc- Gaha, Ellis Glenn, Elizabeth H. Willls, Fletcher Jefferson, Frank Grimes, James L. Edwards, Henry A. Taylor, Raymond E. Dorsey, Albert A. Wil- liams and Charles Marshall, grand larceny; Joseph 8. Fletcher, Berley Littlejohn, Charlie Hoch, William Cropp, Charles R. Smith, Chris Kar- conanos and Ernest F. Must, joyrid- ing; Wilton P. Thompson, Lewis Franklin and Cain Robinson, house- breaking and larceny; Charles Leroy Anderson, gaming; Rose Walker, re- ceiving stolen property; Earle F. Storke, -mail theft; Caumilla Wag- staff, mayhem, and Frank C. Court- Dey, forgery and uttering. ‘The following charges were ignored: Howard Payne, housebreaking; Charles Bagansk, robbery; John Han- kins, grand larceny; Wallace Martin, forging a Government check; Edward ‘Torrence, rape and assault with in- tent to commit rape, and Sam Wolf- son and Manny Kline, gaming. VIRGINIA EXCEEDS PARTY FUND QUOTA Democrats Give More Than $40,000 to Provide Cam- paign Fund. B the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, November 5.— M. A Hutchinson, of the Democratic State Central Committee, announced today that citizens of Vir- ginia contributed to the national Democratic campaign fund a quota “far beyond” the $37,500 originally assigned the State. Hutchinson’s an- nouncement was made following pre- liminary reports given him by State Senator Robert W. Daniel of Prince George, State finance director for the National Committee. More than 1,000 subscribers, none of them corporations, contributed more than $40,000 to Senator Daniel’s division, Hutchinson said, with a number of contributions still to be tallied. Definite estimates of the total cost ©f the campaign to Virginia Demo- crats were not available here today, but fleld workers said the aggregate expenditures, including State local and Senator Daniel’s fund, would not exceed $75,000. The expenditures of Virginia Republicans and Jeffersonian Democrats, however it was pointed out, may run the cost of the presi- dential campaign in Virginia beyond $150,000. To Rebuild Smallest Church. OLNEY, MD. l N 20 ~iles North of the While House, ot Georgio Avenve, extended Drive Out Today for LUNCHEON, COCKTAILS OR DINNER and see our hills in their SUTENT £8°RRG The huge Roosevelt majority was no surprise to President Roosevelt. ‘Three weeks ago he predicted he would receive considerably more than 400 electoral votes, it became known yes- terday. In the presence of newspaper men, he wrote with pen and ink his guess on a plece of paper and had the paper sealed in an envelope marked: “To be opened the day after the election by Stephen Farly.” As early as Tuesday morning mes- sages of congratulations for Mr. Roose- velt began to pour into the White THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936. Roosevelt Predicted Victory By Over 400 Electoral Votes graph room and a telescope staff of household servants. This was nothing unususl. Most Presidents and their families have been away from the White House at election time. The one President to be at the White House on such an occasion in recent years was Calvin Coolidge in 1924. He and his wife cast their ballots by mail and re- mained in the mansion. President Coolicge, becoming early in the eve- ning confident of his success, retired about 9 o'clock. House.. This stream of felicitations from his admirers all over the coun- try continued into the night, and there was no let-up yesterday. At the rate these messages are be- ing received indications are that all records will be broken. Inasmuch as the President and the members of his family are in Hyde Park, N. Y., all these messages were sent immediately to the executive office at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The White House throughout the excitement Tuesday was a quiet, de- serted place. While the returns were rolling in indicating Mr. Roosevelt would again occupy the White House for four years, this historical mansion was virtually deserted and dark except for a customary number of police guards and one operator in the tele- Maj. Bowes Now General on Staff Of Governor Nice Ay the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, November 5.— Major Edward Bowes is now & Maryland general. Gov. Harry W. Nice named the entertainer an honorary assistant adjutant general of Maryland and assigned him to his personal staff. The Governor said he honored Bowes for “kindness to the people of Maryland” in aiding in a com- munity fund drive. BRIGADIER GENERALS GIVEN NEW POSTS Seven Assignments Are An- nounced by War Depart- ment. BY the Associated Press. New assignments for seven briga- dier generals of the line were an- nounced yesterday by the War De- partment, as follows: Brig. Gen. Manus McCloskey trans- ferred from command of the 13th Fleld Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg, N. C., to command the 1st Artillery Brigade at Fort Hoyle, Md., effective March 1. Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Merrill, ag- signed to succeed McCloskey in com- mand of the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, effective upon completion of his present tour of duty in Hawaii. Brig. Gen. Robert 8. Abernethy, as- signed to command the San Francisco port of embarkation, Fort Mason, SANITARY CARPET & RUG CLEANING CO. 106 INDIANA AVE. 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