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Grand Jury Frees Main and Indicts Johnson for Murder
A Frederick County grand jury issued 18 indictments after a five day session. Officer J Frank Main Jr was cleared and will return to duty. The most serious indictment charged Kenneth Baxter Johnson, 27, for the murder of his wife Lucille Helen Johnson, 42, at a Ridge scene near Maryland 144. Six larceny indictments involved Himal Washington and Glen Craver among others. Also charged were forgery, arson, burglary, grand larceny, statutory rape and a carnal knowledge case. The panel examined 54 witnesses and conducted a tavern alcohol inquiry before adjourning at 4 55 p m.
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Frederick County
Grand Jury
Frederick City
J. Frank Main Jr
Charles V. Main
Marshall Allen Jr
Church Streets
Allen
Main
Officer Main
Kenneth Baxter Johnson
Damascus
Lucille Helen Johnson
Maryland
Ridgewire
Washington House
West All Saints Street
Westinghouse
South Market Street
Glen Allen Craver
RFD 3
Frederick
North End
Lewistown
Snook's
RFD
David Gernand
Fish Hatchery Road
Charles Ross Keeney
RFD 1
Walkersville
Libertytown Bank
Frederick A. & P
Woodsboro
Harry McKinley Baugher
Brunswick
Eleanor Watkins Wenner
Leroy Gibbs
Savannah
Georgia
George M Schmidt
East Fourth Street
Leroy Sylvester Dotson
Mount Airy
Colonial Music
East Patrick Street
Donald Austin Day
Union Bridge
Libertytown
Robert P. Derr
Boonsboro
Circuit Court
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Schnauffer