The Washington herald., 1907-09-26
FAKE TIMERS JAILED
Boys Implicatedin Southeast
RObberieS Captured.
PART OF LOOT IS RECOVERED
Two of the Three Youths WhG Pre-
tended 40 Repair Buildings and
Then Stole JeweIFy and Money
Identified by VictIms-Third Makes
His Escape to Baltimore.

With the arrest of James Dram. aged
nineteen. and Ernest Wright aged seven
teen. yesterday afternoon, the police be-
lieve that they have succeeded in appre-
hending two of the three bogus plumbers
and roof repairers who, for the past few
days, have been robbing houses IN the
southeast section OF the city.
Several days ago Mrs. Madge Rose Of
l4l North Carolina avenue southeast, re-
ported to the police that three young men
had called at her house. and asked 10 be
allowed 10 go on the roof. claiming that
they We're timers who had been sent
there by the owner Of the property AZ
ter walking about the roof for a while.
under the pretense that they were exam
ming the timing. they left the house.
Mrs Rose discovered that her pocket
book. containing several dollars, was
missing
Three RObberies Reported.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Ada NJ Brink,
Of 2l5 A street southeast. received a sim
liar visit from the three men. Thinking
that they had been sent there by the
owner OF the house. Mrs. Brink admitted
them, and she in turn lost SONG money
The men asked to be allowed 20 go
[ through one OF the rooms. so that they
could get on rear root. and, while do
ing SO appropriated 81 from her pocket
I book, which she had left on a bureau
This report had hardly reached the DO
lice when Harry F. Cook. Of AZ Fourth
street southeast. informed them that his
hou.e had also been visited by the men
and that jewelry valued at 500 was miss
ing Mr. Cook said that the men called
at his house. and announcing that they
were plumbers. asked to be allowed TO
examine some OF the sewer pipes
They went through their usual per
/ foTmaDce. and then. after saying that
they would return later In the day to do
the work required. left the place With
them went a gold watch. several diamond
rings, and other pieces OF jewelry. bat
Mr.. Cook did not discover his loss until
they had been away from the place sew
eral minutes.
Gram Said to Have Confessed.
Working on information furnished him
by Mr. Cook, Officer Warfeld arrested
Dram yesterday afternoon while the
young man was attending a matinee per
foemance al a local theater. After being
questioned about the rObberies. Dram is
said 10 have confessed the whole affair
to the policeman Later on in the even
ing Wright was arrested on information
which the policeman gathered during his
conversation with the other youthful
prisoner
The police are now looking for the
third member Of the gang who accom-
panied Dram and Wright on their trips
Go the house. According 70 what they
have been able 20 learn. the man IS said
20 have started in the direction Of Balti-
more. Recently the police Of that city
reported that similar r0bberies had been
committed by bogus plumbers and tin
neTs in that city, which leads the local
authorities TO believe that perhaps the
men whom they have under arrest were
among those who recently operated at
that place
Mrs Rose and Mrs. Brink were called
TO the Fifth Precinct Station last evening
in order that they might get a look at
Dram and Wright. Both were positive
that they We're among the three men
who had visited their homes
The police have recovered the jewelry
stolen from Harry Cooks residence.