The Washington times., 1904-09-30
TWOMEY IS HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
Charged With RObbing a
Hungarian Stranger.
HE GETS A FINE OF S25
Story Of Alleged Eseapades Which Gave
Him Name Of Terror Of South
west Washington"

Within the past two months and a
half. Dennis Twomey. q young man of
twenty years. known as the Terror of
Southwest Washington" is believed 10
have figured I'm three robbery cases and
one of assault with intent 10 KILL and
in addition to having three months TO
serve in Jail for his offenses, ne is under
81. 600 bond TO appear before the grand
jury on three charges.
While in "a cigar store. two or three
evenings ago, TWOmey met a Hungari-
an Iab0rer. Nicholas Rand0lk, who
knows not the denomination and value
of United States currency The foreign
er purchased 10 cents worth of cigars
but did not know what amount To pay
the woman from whom he got them
Twomey, IL is said, volunteered TO show
the Hungarian the coins 10 pay for the
cigars, and took the mans pocketb0Uks
containing goo
Bolt for Door.
l. After paying for the cigars Twomey
is said TO have made a bolt for the
door. He disappeared somewhere near
Ninth Street and Louisiana Avenue
There Nicholas, VINO had given chase
in order TO recover mis- money, came TO q
halt and began crying To Policeman
Edward Murphy, OF the First precinct
station, Who came up, the Hungarian
I told his story In broken English. The
police investigated the case and found
/ one of Twomey's friends and later arr
rested the young man who was ideul-
( fed ar the one who got the pocketbgok
Nicholas told his story on the stanl
+ fn the Police Court today, and several
/ witnesses testified as 20 how Twomey
I'got possession of the purse. Wher
/ Twomey went on the stand he informed
/ jude kimbau that Nicholas had an
I ultra fascination for the cup thai cheers
! and ineDTiates. and when he was in his
] cups. threw his p0cketbOOk at TW0mey
/ saving every b0dda haya ia drink 0ua
/ may TWOmeE says ne picked ti='
! IocketDook up ana was Keeping III Iol
/ JUDGE kimbaIE said he placed no sJoc4
I iu the boys story and imposed nnt
/ Of 50 or three months IN lall.
Figured in Case.
! Early i'm July TwOmey figured in d
much complicated case which gave the
police LOTS OF work before they finally
/ located him. He is said 10 have stolen
/ a watch from Salvador Hobbs about
I that time. and sold H. TO a secondhand
& dealer named Joseph Frank. with an
establishment 1T 800 F0ur-an1-a-lai
/ Street southwest. Hobbs reported 20 TN
police tHat be had been robbed. but DJ
whom ne did not know. The police lo-
Gated the watch I'm FRANKS store and
BE- told them that TWomey had SOLO
ID several days before ON the day LA'
police called at the store 3 W yL-irF t-5
|auuaare6 there and asked for the watch
Frank informed him tuat the ponce mao
taken ir away as stolen property
E--..E took two watches TrCm q cas-
in. rs store and showed them 10 ne.
81 man. They were go-C-ILa-eA
TU4usey said me wanted solid sofa 9--@
-r4 -lzaf mai some OF thar sort u
nIarrf on the case with tle plated ones
F'r4r.- said he would pug the p-LLe'
ones back first ana then take the otl-t
. -rgII- informed Frank. So the lali-
, SAYS that He would not replace IN
watches iH the csrs- ana pul-lA= til--
. 81 his rrrlraf ran. ouT of thee store
Frank reported the case To the police.